The 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena (KSPO Dome) in Seoul, South Korea on August 1, 2019. The event was the second edition of the awards ceremony and was hosted by model Han Hye-jin. The 2019 edition is named the "M2 X Genie Music Awards" (MGMA) as with their partnership with Mnet's digital studio, M2. The eligibility period for nominations was between July 1, 2018, and June 19, 2019.
Performances Chungha – "Gotta Go" + "Snapping" Verivery – "Boy With Luv" (BTS), "Oh My!" (Seventeen) mashup + "Tempo" (Exo) Nature – "Solo" (Jennie) Bvndit – "Twit" (Hwasa) Nature & Bvndit – "Shoot Out" (Monsta X) Nature & Verivery & Bvndit – "Yes or Yes" (Twice) TXT – "Crown" Day6 – "Bookmarks" (medley) + "Time of Our Life" AB6IX – "Absolute" + "Breathe" Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" + "Me After You" Part 1 & 2 Itzy – "Icy" + "Dalla Dalla" WJSN – "I Swear" + "Touch My Body" (Sistar) Pentagon – "Naughty Boy" + "Humph!" WJSN – "Boogie Up!" Kim Jae-hwan – "My Star" + "Begin Again" Iz*One – "Violeta" + "Highlight" Mamamoo – "Wind Flower" + "Gogobebe" EXID's Solji and B1A4's Sandeul – "Instinctively" + "Uphill Road" (Yoon Jong-shin) Twice – "Breakthrough" + "Fancy" + "Dance the Night Away"
Judging criteria DivisionOnline VotingDigital SalesJudge ScoreSocial MediaTwitter VotingThe Top Artist20%20%20%30%10%The Top Music—100%———The Top Best Selling Artist—100%———M2 Top Video———100%—Music Awards*30%30%30%10%—Special Awards**100%————
Winners and nominees Winners are highlighted in bold. Voting took place on the Genie Music website between June 20 to July 4, 2019.
Main awards
The Top Artist (Daesang)The Top Music (Daesang) BTS Paul Kim – "Me After You"The Best Selling Artist (Daesang)M2 Top Video (Daesang) Twice BTSBest Male GroupBest Female Group BTS BtoB Exo Got7 iKon MeloMance NU'EST Seventeen Vibe Winner Twice Apink Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 Davichi GFriend (G)I-dle Iz*One Mamamoo Red VelvetBest New Male ArtistBest New Female Artist TXT AB6IX Ateez Haeun Ha Sung-woon Kim Jae-hwan Oneus Park Ji-hoon Verivery Yoon Ji-sung Itzy Bvndit Cherry Bullet DreamNote Everglow GWSN Jeon Somi Loona Mia NatureBest Male Solo ArtistBest Female Solo Artist Paul Kim Chen Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Loco Song Mino Woody Yang Da-il Yoon Gun 10cm Chungha Baek Ye-rin Ben Heize Hwasa IU Jennie Kassy Sunmi Taeyeon Best Performing Artist – MaleBest Performing Artist – Female BTS Astro Exo Got7 Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Seventeen Super Junior-D&E Taemin Iz*One Blackpink Chungha GFriend (G)I-dle Oh My Girl Red Velvet Sunmi Twice WJSNBest Vocal ArtistBest Band Performance Mamamoo – "Gogobebe" Ben Bolbbalgan4 Chen Davichi Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Kassy Paul Kim Vibe Day6 – "Time of Our Life" Buzz F.T. Island Jannabi Kiha & The Faces MC the Max NeighBro. Nell N.Flying The Black Skirts
Other awards
Global Popularity Award – BTS The Performance Creator – Lia Kim M2 Hot Star Award – Pentagon, WJSN Genie Music Next Generation Star – Kim Jae-hwan, AB6IX The Genie Music Popularity Award – BTS The Innovator – Yoon Jong-shin
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