2021 Melon Music Awards

2021 Melon Music Awards
2021 Melon Music Awards
	2021 Melon Music Awards title card
Awarded for	Excellence in music and singing
Date	December 4, 2021
Location	South Korea
Presented by	Melon
Hosted by	Lee Yong-jin, Park Seon-young
Highlights
Most awards	IU & BTS (5)
Most nominations	IU (7)
Artist of the Year	IU
Album of the Year	Lilac
Song of the Year	"Butter"
Record of the Year	Aespa
Website	Melon 2021
Television/radio coverage
Network	1theK; Daum; Melon; YouTube; KakaoTV; Joox; dTV and Music On! TV (Japan); MyMusic (Taiwan)

The 2021 Melon Music Awards, organized by Kakao M and Melon, took place on December 4, 2021. This was the thirteenth ceremony in the show's history, and the second to be held without an audience in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by comedian Lee Yong-jin and radio announcer Park Seon-young, the ceremony was broadcast online through KakaoTV, Melon, and 1theK's official YouTube channel. Artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, were eligible for and honored at the awards.^[1]^[2]

IU, BTS, and Aespa won the Daesangs for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year respectively.

Judging criteria

Division	Online Voting	Digital Sales	Judge Score
Top 10 Artists	20%	80%	—
Main awards*	20%	60%	20%
Genre Awards**	—	70%	30%
Popularity Awards***	60%	40%	—
Special Awards****	—	—	100%
Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male/Female Solo, Best Male/Female Group OST Award, Hot Trend Award, Project Music 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

Voting

Voting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 8 and continued until November 22, 2021. Only artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, 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. Voting by Category awards, including nine categories: Top 10 Artists, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, and Netizen Popularity Award.^[3]^[4]

Performances

List of musical performances
Artist	Song(s)	Segment	Ref(s)
STAYC	"Stereotype" "ASAP"	Beyond This Step	^[5]
Enhypen	"Drunk-Dazed" "Tamed-Dashed"	Welcome To The EN-WORLD
Brave Girls	"Rollin'" "Chi Mat Ba Ram"	The Queen's Theater
Lee Mu-jin	"The Assignment Song" "Traffic Light"	The Colour is Blooming
MSG Wannabe (M.O.M)	"Foolish Love"	Back To The Millenium
Heize	"Happen"	Contes Des Quatre Saisons
Tomorrow X Together	"0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" "Loser=Lover"	Shall We?
The Boyz	"Maverick"	—
Lim Young-woong	"Love Always Run Away" "My Starry Love"	By Your Side
IU	"Strawberry Moon" "Celebrity" "Lilac"	tracklist 20. OUTRO

Presenters


Name(s)	Notes
Lee Yeon-hee	Top 10 Artists (IU & Lim Young-woong)
Jung Hyuk	Hot Trend Award + Best New Artist (Male)
Lee Chung-ah	Top 10 Artists (Heize & IllboI)
Lee Tae-hwan	Best Solo (Male) & (Female)
Park Se-ri	Best Music Style & Music Video of The Year
Kim Eana	Best OST + Best Songwriter
Jung Hye-sung	Top 10 Artists (Lee Mu-jin & Ash Island)
Kim Je-deok & Choi Ye-bin	Global Rising Artist + 1thek Original Contents
Yoon Sang	Album Of The Year + Artist Of The Year

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[6]^[7]

Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)	Song of the Year (Daesang)
Aespa AKMU Ash Island BTS Heize IU Lee Mu-jin Lil Boi Lim Young-woong NCT Dream	BTS – "Butter" Aespa – "Next Level" Heize – "Happen" IU – "Celebrity" KyoungSeo – "Shiny Star (2020)" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" Miranni, Munchman, Kundi Panda, Mushvenom – "VVS" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" Rosé – "On The Ground" Song I-han – "I Will Be Your Shining Star"
Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Album of the Year (Daesang)
IU Aespa BTS Lim Young-Woong NCT Dream	IU – Lilac AKMU – Next Episode Baek Ye-rin – Tellusboutyourself Brave Girls – Summer Queen BTS – BE Heize – Happen Joy – Hello NCT Dream – Hot Sauce Oh My Girl – Dear OhMyGirl Shinee – Don't Call Me
Record of the Year (Daesang)	Hot Trend Award
Aespa	Brave Girls
Best New Artist	Netizen Popularity Award
Lee Mu-jin Aespa Enhypen Jeon Gunho KyoungSeo STAYC	BTS Aespa Brave Girls (G)I-dle IU Oh My Girl Red Velvet Rosé Taeyeon Yang Yo-seob, Jung Eun-ji
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
BTS Homies NCT Dream Seventeen Shinee	Aespa Brave Girls Oh My Girl STAYC Twice
Best Male Solo	Best Female Solo
Lim Young-woong 10cm Ash Island Lee Mu-jin Lil Boi	IU Heize KyoungSeo Rosé Taeyeon
Best Collaboration	Best OST
Coldplay and BTS – "My Universe"	Lee Mu-jin – "Rain and You"

Other


Award	Winner(s)
Best Songwriter	IU
Best Music Style	Homies
Music Video Of The Year	Tomorrow X Together
Best Project Music	MSG Wannabe (M.O.M)
Best Performance	The Boyz
Global Rising Artist	Enhypen
1theK Original Contents	STAYC
Best Performance Director	Son Sung-deuk
Best Session Instrumental	Guitar – Kim Dong-min Bass – Go Tae-yeong Keyboard – Gureum

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Count	Artist(s)
5	IU
5	BTS
4	Aespa
3	Lee Mu-jin

Notes

^ Selected territories only.

References

^ Kim, Soo-jin (November 8, 2021). 멜론, MMA2021 TOP10 및 부문별 투표 시작. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Kim, Min-ji (November 3, 2021). MMA2021, 12월4일 개최…티저 공개·레전드 무대 투표. News 1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.
^ "Here are the nominees for the 2021 Melon Music Awards". bandwagon asia. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "H방탄소년단, 아이유, 에스파, 임영웅..MMA2021 TOP10 후보". Star News. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Daum.
^ Kim, Han-bin (December 3, 2021). [포토] '2021 AAA' 사로잡은 상큼·발랄 틴프레시 파워 보여준 스테이씨. Open News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ Kim, Myung-mi (November 8, 2021). 'MMA 2021' TOP10+부문별 투표 시작, 방탄소년단부터 임영웅까지 [Voting for 'MMA 2021' TOP 10+ divisions begins, from BTS to Lim Young-woong]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Kyung, Ji-min (December 4, 2021). 아이유, 대상 2개 포함 ‘5관왕’ 영예..방탄소년단 5관왕·에스파 4관왕 (종합) [MMA2021]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Naver.

External links

Official website (in Korean) (Melon)

[1] Selected territories only.

[2] Kim, Soo-jin (November 8, 2021). 멜론, MMA2021 TOP10 및 부문별 투표 시작. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.

[3] Kim, Min-ji (November 3, 2021). MMA2021, 12월4일 개최…티저 공개·레전드 무대 투표. News 1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.

[4] "Here are the nominees for the 2021 Melon Music Awards". bandwagon asia. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[5] "H방탄소년단, 아이유, 에스파, 임영웅..MMA2021 TOP10 후보". Star News. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Daum.

[6] Kim, Han-bin (December 3, 2021). [포토] '2021 AAA' 사로잡은 상큼·발랄 틴프레시 파워 보여준 스테이씨. Open News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[7] Kim, Myung-mi (November 8, 2021). 'MMA 2021' TOP10+부문별 투표 시작, 방탄소년단부터 임영웅까지 [Voting for 'MMA 2021' TOP 10+ divisions begins, from BTS to Lim Young-woong]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Naver.

[8] Kyung, Ji-min (December 4, 2021). 아이유, 대상 2개 포함 ‘5관왕’ 영예..방탄소년단 5관왕·에스파 4관왕 (종합) [MMA2021]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Naver.

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