On Saturday, Melon held its annual Melon Music Awards and welcomed an in-person audience for the first time in three years. Although the COVID-19 pandemic affected its usual setup, it came back stronger and honored the best Korean artists and groups who contributed to South Korea’s booming music industry. This year’s event, organized by Kakao M through the music store, marked the 14th installment of the ceremony, which started as a fan-voted award before becoming an offline awards show. Among the winners, Lim Young Woung scored the most spotlight after bringing home two Daesang awards — Album of the Year and Artist of the Year Awards. ALSO READ: Weak Hero Class 1 Actors Park Ji Hoon, Choi Hyun Wook Say K-Drama Series Becomes Life-Changing
Daesang
Artist of the Year: Lim Young Woong
Album of the Year: Lim Young Woong’s “IM HERO”Best Song of the Year: IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”Record of the Year: BTS’s “Proof”
Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)
BE’OBTS(G)I-DLEIUIVELim Young WoongMeloManceNCT DREAMNewJeansSEVENTEEN
New Artist of the Year
IVENewJeans
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Male: BTSFemale: IVE
Best Solo Artist
Male: Lim Young WoongFemale: IU
Best Performance
Male: TXTFemale: LE SSERAFIM
Music Video of the Year
(G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
Stage of the Year
IU (“The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun”)
Netizen Popularity Award
Lim Young Woong
KakaoBank Everyone’s Star Award
BTS
Hot Trend Award
LE SSERAFIM
Global Artist
MONSTA X
Global Rising Artist
STAYC
1theK Global Icon
ENHYPEN
Best Songwriter
(G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon
Best Project Music
WSG Wannabe (from the variety show “How Do You Play?“)
Best OST
MeloMance’s “Love, Maybe” (OST of Korean drama “A Business Proposal”)
Best Collaboration
10cm and BIG Naughty
Best Music Style
BIG Naughty
Best Pop Artist
Charlie Puth
Best Performance Director
RyuD
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