The 2020 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M through its online music store, Melon, took place virtually from December 2 through December 5, 2020 (dubbed as "MMA Week") in South Korea, with the main ceremony taking place on December 5 at 19:00 KST. This is the twelfth ceremony in the show's history, and the first to be held online and over a span of four days. It was held without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
| 2020 Melon Music Awards | |
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| Date | December 2–5, 2020 |
| Location | South Korea |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | BTS (6) |
| Most nominations | BTS (8) |
| Artist of the Year Award | BTS |
| Album of the Year Award | Map of the Soul: 7 |
| Song of the Year Award | "Dynamite" |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | 1theK Daum Melon YouTube KakaoTV |
BTS won 6 awards during the ceremony, sweeping all three Grand Awards (Daesangs) including Artist of the Year for the second consecutive year.
Judging criteria
edit| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
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| Top 10 Artists | 20% | 80% | — |
| Main awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% |
| Genre Awards** | 20% | 50% | 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 | |||
Winners and nominees
editVoting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 11 and continued until November 20. Only artists who released music between November 30, 2019, and November 10, 2020, are eligible. The longlist of nominees was selected based on a chart performance score (60% downloads and 40% streams) for each artist combined with weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved during the eligibility period.[3] Voting for Category awards, including daesang and rookie awards, took place from November 21–26, 2020.[4]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[5]
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
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| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
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| Best New Artist | Netizen Popularity Award |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) |
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| Best R&B/Soul Award | Best Rap/Hip Hop Award |
| Best OST Award | Best Rock Award |
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| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award |
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| Best Indie Award | Best Trot Award |
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| Hot Trend Award | |
Other awards
edit| Award | Winner(s) |
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| Best Songwriter Award | Young Tak |
| 1theK Original Content | The Boyz |
| Best Performance Director | Son Sung-deuk |
| Best Performance | Monsta X |
| Best Session Instrumental | Drums – Shin Seok-cheol Sound Designer – Hong Soo-jin Bassist – Choi-hoon Cross – Kim Hyun-ah Guitarist – Juckjae |
Performers
edit| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Notes / Segment |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | ||
| Yumdda, The Quiett, Deepflow, Paloalto, Simon Dominic | "I'mma Do" | Best Rap & Hip Hop awardee |
| Day6 | "Landed" / "Where the Sea Sleeps" / "Thanks To" | Tiny Room Live |
| Park Moon-chi | "We're Cool" (with Park Moon-chi Universe) / "I'm Into You" (with Kirin, Dala, & Jungu) | Park Moon Chi & Friends' City Music Tour |
| Day 2 | ||
| Gaho | "Start Over" (Itaewon Class OST) | "OST Medley" |
| "Give You My Heart" (orig. by IU) (Crash Landing on You OST) | ||
| "Aloha" (orig. by Cool & Jo Jung-suk) (Hospital Playlist OST) | ||
| "My Love" (orig. by Baekhyun) (Dr. Romantic 2 OST) | ||
| "Running" (Start-Up OST) | ||
| Leenalchi | Intro / "You Know Who I Am?" / "Tiger Is Coming" | Leenalchi Bespoke Story |
| Day 3 | ||
| Jeong Se-woon | "Twenty-Something" | Performance during "The-Play" segment |
| Crying Nut | "Isn't That Good" | |
| Weeekly | "Zig Zag" / "Tag Me" | Rookie Stage |
| Cravity | "Break All the Rules" | |
| Jang Beom-june | "Your Shampoo Scent In The Flowers" / "Can't Sleep" / "Karaoke" | Tiny Room Live |
| Day 4 | ||
| Choi Jung-hoon (Jannabi), Simon Dominic, Code Kunst | "For the Gone" (with Elle Korea) | Reconnect |
| Iz*One | Intro / "Fiesta" / "Secret Story of the Swan" | Bloomy |
| TXT | Intro / "Puma" / "Blue Hour" / Outro | The Moment When Time Becomes Space |
| Young Tak | "Why Are You Coming Out From There?" / "Jjin-iya" | Come On! My life |
| The Boyz | Intro / "The Stealer" | Dark Before the Dawn |
| YooA (Oh My Girl) | "Far" / "Bon Voyage" | Oh My Utopia |
| Oh My Girl | "Dolphin" (acoustic ver.) / "Nonstop" | |
| Monsta X | Intro / "Beastmode" / Love Killa" | Love's Madness |
| Lim Young-woong | "Trust In Me" / "Hero" | Hero: The Origin Of Love |
| BTS | "Black Swan" / "On" / "Life Goes On" / "Dynamite" | "Be" There |
Presenters
editDay 1
- Jae Jae, Wyatt (ONF), Lee Dae-hwi (AB6IX), Lee Jang-jun (Golden Child) – opening segment
- Davichi – Best Ballad Award & brief Q&A segment
Day 2
- Jae Jae, Wyatt, Lee Dae-hwi, Lee Jang-jun – opening segment
- Jo Jung-suk – Best OST & brief Q&A segment
Day 3
- Jeong Se-woon, Dr. Seo Chang-hun, Weeekly, Crying Nut – "The-Play" segment
- Shin Seok-cheol, Hong Soo-jin, Choi-hoon, Kim Hyun-ah, Juckjae – presented Best Session Instrumental Award & brief Q&A segment
Day 4
- Jeff Benjamin, David Amber, Mayu Wakisaka, Danny Lee, Andreas Oberg – opening Q&A segment
- Bae Suzy – narrator for intro and outro
- Yoo Yeon-seok – opening introduction
- Yoo Jae-suk – presented Album of the Year
- Kim Jun-soo – presented Best Dance Awards
- Ock Joo-hyun – presented Song of the Year
- Yoo Hee-yeol – presented Artist of the Year
References
edit- ^ Son, Jin-ah (October 28, 2020). 멜론뮤직어워드, 12월 첫째주 온라인 개최…MMA WEEK 진행(공식) [(Official) Melon Music Awards, held online in the first week of December… MMA WEEK proceeds]. Sports Maekyung (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Mi-ji (November 21, 2020). 'MMA 2020' TOP10 발표…김호중·방탄소년단·백현·아이유·임영웅 확정 [공식입장]. X Sports News (in Korean). Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Kyung-min (November 11, 2020). 카카오, 20일까지 ‘MMA 2020’ TOP10 선정 1차 투표 시작 [Kakao started the first round of voting for 'MMA 2020' TOP 10 selection until the 20th]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Noh, Man-young (November 11, 2020). MMA2020 TOP10 투표 진행 중...방탄소년단 1위 [MMA2020 TOP10 Voting in progress...BTS #1]. Culture News MHN (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Oh, Bo-ram (December 5, 2020). "방탄소년단, '멜론뮤직어워드' 2년 연속 대상 부문 싹쓸이". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 7, 2020.