The 2019 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a Kakao company) through its online music store Melon, took place on November 30, 2019 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This is the eleventh ceremony in the show's history.
BTS took home all four most prestigious Daesang awards of the night.
Judging criteria Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score Top 10 Artists20%80%— Main awards* 20% 60% 20% Genre Awards**30% 40% 30% Popularity Awards***60% 40% —Special Awards**** — — 100%*Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist**Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Ballad, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blue, Indie, Electronic, Hot Trend Award***Netizen Popularity Award, KaKao Hot Star Award****Record of the Year, Stage of the Year, Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, 1theK Performance Award
Performers and presenters The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Performances + Artist(s) Song(s) Segment The Boyz "D.D.D" "Boyz in Wonderland" Heize, Giriboy "Falling Leaves are Beautiful" / "We Don't Talk Together" "만추" Giriboy, Yunhway, Han Yo-han, Justhis, Swings, Young B (Yanghongwon), Lil Tachi "I'm Sick" "IMJMWDP" N.Flying "Rooftop" / "Good Bam" "The Music for Tomorrow" AB6IX "Breathe" / "Blind for Love" "Love is Blindness" TXT "New Rules" / "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)" "School of Magic" Hwasa, Mamamoo "Twit" / "Gogobebe" "Neon in the black" Itzy "Want It?" / "Dalla Dalla" / "Icy" "The way I AM" Jannabi "Good Good Night" / "For Lovers Who Hesitate" Kang Daniel "What Are You Up To" / "Touchin'" "Touch My Color": Chungha "Gotta Go" / "Snapping" "Co-existing" BTS "Intro: Persona" / "Boy in Luv" / "Boy With Luv" / "Mikrokosmos" / "Dionysus" / Member dance solos (remixes) "Map of the Soul: The Show"
Presenters Name(s)NotesPark Seo-joonOpening, Presenter for Artist of the Year AwardLee Hyun-wooPresenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Jannabi)Lee Jae-wook & Byung Jung HaPresenter for Best New Artist AwardsJang Sung KyuPresenter for Netizen Popularity AwardKim So-hyun & Jung Ga-ram, Na Ha-eunPresenter for Best Dance AwardsHan Ji-hye & Kim Do WanPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Mamamoo and Heize)Kwak Dong-yeon & Jin Ki-jooPresenter for Best OST & Best Music Video AwardChoi Woo-shikPresenter for Record of the Year (Daesang)Kim Young-dae & Hong Soo-hyunPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Chungha and MC the Max)Kim Jae-wookPresenter for Kakao Hot StarKim Yeong-cheol & Oh Ah YeonPresenter for Hot Trend AwardYoo Su Bin & Hong Hyun HeePresenter for 1theK Performance AwardLee Joo-yeon & Byeon Woo-seokPresenter for Best Rock & Best R&B/Soul AwardLee Je-hoonPresenter for Song of the Year (Daesang)Im Soo-jungPresenter for Album of the Year (Daesang)Park Seo-joonPresenter for Artist of the Year (Daesang)
Winners and nominees Only artists who released music between December 1, 2018 and November 13, 2019 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 30 through November 13, 2019. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 29, 2019.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Main awards Bolbbalgan4 BTS Exo Jang Beom-june Jannabi Mamamoo MC the Max Taeyeon Heize Chungha BTS – "Boy With Luv" Ben – "180°" Chungha – "Gotta Go" Jannabi – "For Lovers Who Hesitate" N.Flying – "Rooftop" BTS Chungha Exo Taeyeon Jannabi BTS – Map of the Soul: Persona Bolbbalgan4 – Puberty Book I Bom Jang Beom-june – Jang Beom June 3rd Jannabi – Legend MC the Max – Circular BTS TXT Itzy Cherry Bullet Hynn X1 BTS – "Boy With Luv" Exo – "Love Shot" Minhyun (NU'EST) – "Universe" Seventeen – "Home" Winner – "Millions" Chungha – "Gotta Go" Itzy – "Dalla Dalla" GFriend – "Sunrise" Mamamoo – "Gogobebe" Twice – "Fancy"Epik High – "Lovedrunk" (feat. Crush) Blackpink – "Kill This Love" Changmo, Hash Swan, Ash Island, Kim Hyo Eun – "Band" Jvcki Wai, Young B, Osshun Gum, Han Yo Han – "DDING" Lil Tachi and Hotchkiss – "Snow" (Prod. Giriboy) Heize – "We Don't Talk Together" (feat. Giriboy) (Prod. Suga) Baek Yerin – "Maybe It's Not Our Fault" Crush – "Nappa" Park Bom – "Spring" (feat. Sandara Park) Urban Zakapa – "Seoul Night" (feat. Beenzino) MeloMance – "You&I" HAEUN and YOSEP – "Girlfriend" OVAN – "Happiness" MAKTUB – "To You My Light" (Feat. Lee Raon) Woody – "Fire up" N.Flying – "Rooftop" AKMU – "Freedom" Day6 – "Days Gone By" Jang Beom June – "Karaoke" Park Hyo Shin – "Lover" Hong Jin Young – "Love Tonight" Hong Ja – "I'm Here" Jang Yoon Jung – "Train to Mokpo" Jung Da Kyung – "Traffic Light of Love" Song Ga In – "Nameless Actress" Gummy – "Remember Me(Hotel del Luna)" Ha Jin – "We All Lie"(Sky Castle) Jang Beom June – "Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers" (Be Melodramatic) Naomi Scott – "Speechless" (Aladdin) Post Malone and Swae Lee – "Sunflower" (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care" Lauv and Troye Sivan – "I'm So Tired..." Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita" Taeyeon – "Four Seasons" Ben – "180°" Kassy – "The day was beautiful" MC the Max – "After You've Gone" Paul Kim – "Traffic Light" BTS Exo Jannabi Mamamoo Twice AB6IX Ha Sung Woon Jeon Somi Kang Daniel Kim Jae Hwan
Other awards + Award Winner(s) Best Music Video Award Kang Daniel – "What Are You Up To" Stage of the Year Seventeen Best Songwriter Award Pdogg Kakao Hot Star BTS 1theK Performance Award The Boyz
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