2017 Melon Music Awards

The 2017 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 2, 2017 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This was the ninth ceremony in the show's history.

2017 Melon Music Awards
DateDecember 2, 2017
LocationGocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea
Most awardsBTS & Exo (4)
Websitewww.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime240 minutes


Judging criteria
Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score
Main Awards* 20% 60% 20%
Genre Awards** 30% 40% 30%
Popularity Awards*** 60% 40% –
Special Awards**** – – 100%
*Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, New Artist

**Ballad, Dance, Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Soul, Indie, Rock, Trot, Folk/Blues, Pop, OST

***Netizen Choice Award, Hot Trend Award

****Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Kakao Hot Star Award, 1TheK Performance Award, Global Artist Award

Winners and nominees

Only artists who released music between November 20, 2016 and October 25, 2017 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 12, 2017. Voting for Category awards took place from November 13 through December 1, 2017.[1][2]

Voted Awards
Top 10 Artists Song of the Year

(Daesang)

Artist of the Year

(Daesang)

 Album of the Year

(Daesang)

Best New Artist Best Dance Award (Male)
Best Dance Award (Female) Best Folk/Blues Award
  • Jung Eunji – "The Spring" (ft. Harim)
    • 10cm – "Phoncert"
    • Akdong Musician – "Last Goodbye"
    • Yoon Ddan Ddan – "The Night I Miss You"
    • Cao Lu, Kisum, Yerin – "Spring Again"
Best Rap/Hip Hop Award Best R&B/Soul Award
Best Indie Award Best Rock Award
  • MeloMance – "Gift"
    • Cheeze – "Love You (bye)"
    • Vanilla Acoustic – "Only Think Of You"
    • Standing Egg – "You've Come To Think Of It"
    • Jung Joon Il – "Wish"
Best Trot Award Best OST Award
  • Hong Jin Young – "Ring Ring" (Composer Ver.)
    • Kim Yeon Ja, Dia, Hong Jin Young – "You Are My Flower"
    • Na Hoon A – "The Man's Life Story"
    • Jang Yoon Jung – "Cherry Blossom Road 2017"
    • Choi Won Young – "I'm Coming"
Best Pop Award Best Ballad Award
Netizen Popularity Award Hot Trend Award
  • Suran – "Wine" (ft. Changmo)

Other awards
Nominees Winners
Best Music Video Award BTS – "DNA"
Stage of the Year Park Hyo Shin
Best Songwriter Award IU
MBC Music Star Award Hyuna
Global Artist Award BTS
Kakao Hot Star Wanna One
1theK Performance Award GFriend

Presenters and performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters
Name(s) Notes
Yeo Jin-goo Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Twice and Bolbbalgan4)
Tony An Presenter for Best New Artist
Hong Jong-hyun and Han Eun-jung Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Exo)
Bae Jung-nam and Sim So-young Presenter for Best Indie and Best R&B/Soul
Kang Han-na Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Heize and IU)
Jung Sung-ho and Hong Yun-hwa Presenter for Best Folk/Blues and Best Trot
Kim Jun-hyun and Seol In-ah Presenter for MBC Music Star Award and Best Rap/Hip Hop
Daniel Lindemann, Alberto Mondi and Guillaume Patry Presenter for Kakao Hot Star Award
Baek Ji-young and Yoo Jae-hwan Presenter for Best Songwriter Award and Hot Trend Award
Ahn Hyo-seop, Kang Seung-hyun and Na Haeun Presenter for Best of Dance Performance
Kai and Park Ha-na Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Red Velvet and Winner)
Kim Poong and Park Kyung-lim Presenter for Best OST and Best Music Video
Kim So-hyun Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Wanna One) and Stage of the Year
Song Jae-rim and Jang Shin-young Presenter for 1theK Performance Award and Netizen Popularity Award
Han Hyun-min Presenter for Global Artist
Song Seung-heon Presenter for Album of the Year
Eugene Presenter for Song of the Year
Jung Woo-sung Presenter for Artist of the Year

Performers
Name(s) Performance(s)
Winner "Love Me Love Me" + "Really Really"
Hong Jin Young, Kim Young Chul "Ring Ring"
GFriend "Summer Rain" + "Love Whisper"
JBJ "Intro" + "Fantasy"
Red Velvet "Peek-A-Boo" + "Red Flavor"
Bolbbalgan4 "Some" + "Galaxy"
MeloMance "Gift"
Wanna One "Nothing Without You" + "Beautiful" + "Burn It Up"
Hyuna "Intro" + "Lip & Hip"
IU "Through The Night" + "Dear Name"
Park Hyo Shin "I Am A Dreamer"
Twice "Knock Knock" + "Likey"
BTS "Intro" + "DNA" + "You Never Walk Alone" + "Spring Day"
Exo "Intro" + "Forever" + "The Eve" + "Ko Ko Bop"
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References
  1. "2017 Melon Music Awards Announces Nominees For Category Awards + Voting Begins". Soompi. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. "2017 Melon Music Awards Announces Nominees For Top 10 Artists + Voting Begins". Soompi. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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