The Melon Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by LOEN Entertainment through its online music store, Melon. It is known for only calculating digital sales and online votes to judge winners.
This year the award ceremony took place at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on November 19th.
Now, let us see who took home the awards at the gala event.
+Top 10 Artists
~Akdong Musician ~BewhY ~BTS ~EXO ~GFRIEND
~MAMAMOO ~Red Velvet ~Taeyeon ~TWICE ~Zico
+Main Awards
Artist of the Year: EXO
Album of the Year: BTS
Song of the Year: “Cheer Up” – Twice
Best New Artist – BLACKPINK
+Genre Awards
Best Ballad :
Female: Jeong Eun Ji
Male: Lim Chang Jung
Best Dance:
Female: G-FRIEND
Make: EXO
Best Rap / Hip Hop: ZICO
Best Indie: Bolbbagan4
Best Trot: Hong Jin Young
Best Folk/Blues: 10cm
Best OST: “Always” from Descendants of the Sun – Yoon Mirae
+Popularity Awards
Netizen Choice Award: EXO
Hot Trend Award: ZICO
+Special Awards
Music Video Award: Russian Roulette – Red Velvet
MBC Music Star Award: Seventeen
Kakao Hot Star Award: EXO
Tencent QQ Music Asia Star: iKON
Hall of Fame: Sech Kies
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE ARTISTS!
