Melon Music Awards


The Melon Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by kakao M through its online music store, Melon.
The 2019 edition was held on November 30, 2019 at the Gocheok Sky Dome.

Host venues

EditionDateVenueCityCountryRef.
1stDecember 16, 2009Olympic Hall SeoulSouth Korea
2ndDecember 15, 2010Hall of Peace
SeoulSouth Korea
3rdNovember 24, 2011Olympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoulSouth Korea
4thDecember 14, 2012Olympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoulSouth Korea
5thNovember 14, 2013Olympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoulSouth Korea
6thNovember 13, 2014Olympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoulSouth Korea
7thNovember 7, 2015Olympic Gymnastics ArenaSeoulSouth Korea
8thNovember 19, 2016Gocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea
9thDecember 2, 2017Gocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea
10thDecember 1, 2018Gocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea
11thNovember 30, 2019Gocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea

Judging criteria

Grand prizes

Artist of the Year Award

Album of the Year Award

Song of the Year Award

Record of the Year Award

Main prizes

Top 10 Artists Award

Best New Artist Award

Genre Awards

Rap/Hip Hop

Ballad

R&B

Rock

Trot

Pop

Dance

Folk/Blues

Indie

OST Award

Popularity awards

Netizen Popularity Award

Hot Trend Award

Special awards

Music Video Award

Song Writer Award

[MBC Music] Star Award

Global Artist

Kakao Hot Star Award

Stage of the Year

1theK Performance Award

Other awards

2009

Electronic

Performing Arts Award

Most wins

Most grand prizes awarded

This list includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year Award.
AwardsArtist
8BTS
4Exo
3IU
3Girls' Generation
2Busker Busker
2Big Bang
22NE1
2Beast

Most awarded overall

Broadcasting

South Korea