2019 Melon Music Awards
# 2019 Melon Music Awards

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 Artists | 20% | 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) | Notes |
| - | - |
| Park Seo-joon | Opening, Presenter for Artist of the Year Award |
| Lee Hyun-woo | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Jannabi) |
| Lee Jae-wook & Byung Jung Ha | Presenter for Best New Artist Awards |
| Jang Sung Kyu | Presenter for Netizen Popularity Award |
| Kim So-hyun & Jung Ga-ram, Na Ha-eun | Presenter for Best Dance Awards |
| Han Ji-hye & Kim Do Wan | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Mamamoo and Heize) |
| Kwak Dong-yeon & Jin Ki-joo | Presenter for Best OST & Best Music Video Award |
| Choi Woo-shik | Presenter for Record of the Year (Daesang) |
| Kim Young-dae & Hong Soo-hyun | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Chungha and MC the Max) |
| Kim Jae-wook | Presenter for Kakao Hot Star |
| Kim Yeong-cheol & Oh Ah Yeon | Presenter for Hot Trend Award |
| Yoo Su Bin & Hong Hyun Hee | Presenter for 1theK Performance Award |
| Lee Joo-yeon & Byeon Woo-seok | Presenter for Best Rock & Best R&B/Soul Award |
| Lee Je-hoon | Presenter for Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| Im Soo-jung | Presenter for Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| Park Seo-joon | Presenter 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

| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| - | - |
| 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" |
| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| 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 |
| Record of the Year (Daesang) | Best New Artist |
| BTS‡ | TXT‡ Itzy‡ Cherry Bullet Hynn X1 |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) |
| 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" |
| Best Rap/Hip Hop Award | Best R&B/Soul Award |
| 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) |
| Best Indie Award | Best Rock Award |
| 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" |
| Best Trot Award | Best OST Award |
| 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"‡ Ha Jin – "We All Lie" Jang Beom June – "Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers" Naomi Scott – "Speechless" Post Malone and Swae Lee – "Sunflower" |
| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award |
| 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" |
| Netizen Popularity Awards | Hot Trend Award |
| BTS‡ Exo Jannabi Mamamoo Twice Lee Sora Park Hyo Shin Red Velvet Taeyeon Winner | 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 |
