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.
Performers and presenters The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
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"
Presenters Name(s)NotesYeo Jin-gooPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Twice and Bolbbalgan4)Tony AnPresenter for Best New ArtistHong Jong-hyun and Han Eun-jungPresenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Exo)Bae Jung-nam and Sim So-youngPresenter for Best Indie and Best R&B/SoulKang Han-naPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Heize and IU) Jung Sung-ho and Hong Yun-hwaPresenter for Best Folk/Blues and Best TrotKim Jun-hyun and Seol In-ahPresenter for MBC Music Star Award and Best Rap/Hip HopDaniel Lindemann, Alberto Mondi and Guillaume PatryPresenter for Kakao Hot Star AwardBaek Ji-young and Yoo Jae-hwanPresenter for Best Songwriter Award and Hot Trend AwardAhn Hyo-seop, Kang Seung-hyun and Na Ha-eunPresenter for Best of Dance PerformanceKai and Park Ha-naPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Red Velvet and Winner)Kim Poong and Park Kyung-limPresenter for Best OST and Best Music VideoKim So-hyunPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Wanna One) and Stage of the YearSong Jae-rim and Jang Shin-youngPresenter for 1theK Performance Award and Netizen Popularity AwardHan Hyun-minPresenter for Global ArtistSong Seung-heonPresenter for Album of the YearEugenePresenter for Song of the YearJung Woo-sungPresenter for Artist of the Year
Judging criteria DivisionOnline VotingDigital SalesJudge ScoreMain 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.
Voted Awards Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)Song of the Year (Daesang) Zico Exo Red Velvet Twice Wanna One Winner BTS Bolbbalgan4 IU Heize BTS – "Spring Day" IU – "Through The Night" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Bolbbalgan4 – "Tell Me You Love Me" Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow"Artist of the Year (Daesang)Album of the Year (Daesang) Exo IU BTS Bolbbalgan4 Heize IU – Palette Exo – The War BTS – You Never Walk Alone Psy – 4X2=8 Big Bang – MadeBest New ArtistBest Dance Award (Male) Wanna One Kard Pristin Woo Won-jae Chungha Dreamcatcher Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Winner – "Really Really" BTS – "DNA" Psy – "New Face" Highlight – "Plz Don't Be Sad"Best Dance Award (Female)Best Folk/Blues Award Twice – "Knock Knock" Blackpink – "As If It's Your Last" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" Mamamoo – "Yes I Am" Sunmi – "Gashina" Jung Eun-ji – "The Spring" (featuring Harim) 10cm – "Phoncert" Akdong Musician – "Last Goodbye" Yoon Ddan Ddan – "The Night I Miss You" Cao Lu, Kisum, and Yerin – "Spring Again"Best R&B/Soul AwardBest Rap/Hip Hop Award Suran – "Wine" (featuring Changmo) G-Dragon – "Untitled, 2014" Zion.T – "The Song" Sistar – "Lonely" Zico – "She's A Baby" Dynamic Duo and Chen – "Nosedive" Nucksal, Hanhae, Rhino, and Jo Woo-chan – "1/N" (featuring Dynamic Duo) Mad Clown – "Lost Without You" (featuring Bolbbalgan4) Woo Won-jae – "We Are" (featuring Loco and Gray) Zico – "Bermuda Triangle" (featuring Crush and Dean)Best Indie AwardBest 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" Heechul and Min Kyung-hoon – "Sweet Dream" Buzz – "The Love" Day6 – "You Were Beautiful" F.T. Island – "Wind" Hyukoh – "Tomboy"Best Trot AwardBest OST Award Hong Jin-young – "Ring Ring" (Composer Ver.) Kim Yeon Ja, Dia and Hong Jin-young – "You Are My Flower" Na Hoon-a – "The Man's Life Story" Jang Yun-jeong – "Cherry Blossom Road 2017" Choi Won Young – "I'm Coming" Ailee – "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)" Bolbbalgan4 – "You And Me From The Start" (The Emperor: Owner of the Mask) Kassy – "Good Morning" (Fight for My Way) Sung Si Kyung – "Somewhere Someday" (The Legend of the Blue Sea) V and Jin – "It's Definitely You" (Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth)Best Pop AwardBest Ballad Award Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" The Chainsmokers, Coldplay – "Something Just Like This" Charlie Puth – "Attention" Maroon 5 – "Don't Wanna Know" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) Zedd and Alessia Cara – "Stay" Yoon Jong-shin – "Like It" Hwang Chi-yeul – "A Daily Song" Jungkey – "Anymore" (featuring Wheein) Jung Seung Hwan – "The Fool" Taeyeon – "Fine"Netizen Popularity AwardHot Trend Award Exo Big Bang BtoB BTS Highlight Hwang Chi-yeul Mamamoo Twice Wanna One Winner Suran – "Wine" (featuring Changmo) Girls Next Door – "Deep Blue Eyes" I.O.I – "Downpour" Kim Sejeong – "Flower Way" Taeil, Kim Sejeong – "I Like You, I Don't"
Other awards + Nominees WinnersBest Music Video AwardBTS – "DNA"Stage of the YearPark Hyo ShinBest Songwriter AwardIUMBC Music Star AwardHyunaGlobal Artist AwardBTSKakao Hot StarWanna One1theK Performance AwardGFriend
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