# 2015 Melon Music Awards

The 2015 Melon Music Awards were held on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea. Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, the 2015 ceremony was the seventh installment of the event. The ceremony was hosted by television personality Yoo Byung-jae. Exo and Big Bang led the number of nominations with five each, with BigBang winning four of those awards while Exo won two.

## Performers

List of performances at 2015 Melon Music Awards :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Monsta X | "Trespass" / "Hero" |
| GFriend | "Glass Bead" / "Me Gustas Tu" |
| iKon | "My Type" / "Rhythm Ta" |
| Hong Jin-young | "Cheer Up" |
| EXID | "Up & Down" / "Ah Yeah" |
| Red Velvet | "Dumb Dumb" |
| BTS | Intro + "I Need U" |
| Hyukoh | "Hooka" / "Because I Love You" |
| Apink | "Mollayo" / "No No No" / "Mr. Chu" / "Luv" / "Remember" |
| Big Bang | "If You" / "Loser" / "Bang Bang Bang" / "Sober" / "Fantastic Baby" |

## Presenters

MCs
* Yoo Byung-jae
* Seo Kang-joon
* Lee Yu-bi
* Kim Shin-young
* Kim So-hyun
* Irene

## Winners and nominees
### Main awards

Winners and nominees are listed below. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| Big Bang Girls' Generation Shinee Exo Apink San E Sistar Zion.T You Hee-yeol Hyukoh | Exo – Exodus Big Bang – M Shinee – Odd Toy – Da Capo Hyukoh – 22 |
| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| Big Bang Shinee Exo Zion.T Hyukoh | Big Bang – "Bang Bang Bang" Sistar – "Shake It" Apink – "Luv" Exo – "Call Me Baby" Toy – "Three of Us" |
| Best New Male Artist | Best New Female Artist |
| iKon Monsta X Seventeen Up10tion N.Flying | GFriend Lovelyz Sonamoo CLC Oh My Girl |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) |
| BTS – "I Need U" Jonghyun – "Deja-Boo" Block B Bastarz – "Zero For Conduct" Jinusean – "Tell Me Once" Park Jin-young – "Who's Your Mama?" | Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake" Mamamoo – "Um Oh Ah Yea" EXID – "Ah Yeah" AOA – "Heart Attack" Miss A – "Only You" |
| Best Rap/Hip Hop Award | Best Ballad Award |
| Mad Clown ft. Jinsil – "Fire" MFBTY – "Angel" Loco – "You Don't Know" MC Mong – "Love Mash" Dynamic Duo ft. Lena Park – "Ssss" | Baek A-yeon ft. Young K – "Shouldn't Have..." Park Hyo-shin – "Happy Together" Huh Gak – "Snow of April" Davichi ft. Mad Clown – "Two Lovers" Noel – "Your Voice" |
| Best Indie Award | Best Rock Award |
| Standing Egg ft. Wheein – "The Sunlight Hurts" Vanilla Acoustic – "I can't last even a minute" (1분도 못버텨) The Black Skirts – "Hollywood" Sugarbowl – "Focus on Me" (나한테 집중해) Zitten – "Let's get along, we" (잘 지내자, 우리) | Kim Sung-kyu – "The Answer" CNBLUE – "Cinderella" Buzz – "Tree" Nell – "Green Nocturne" Lee Moon-sae ft. Naul – "Spring Breeze" |
| Best Trot Award | Best OST Award |
| Hong Jin-young – "Love Wi-Fi" Jang Yoon-jeong – "Adhesive Plaster" (반창고) Lizzy ft. Jung Hyung-don – "I'm Not an Easy Girl" So Yu-mi – "Shake Me Up" Hong Jeong-hee & Park Gu-yun – "I Love You and Thank You" | Loco & Yuju – "Spring Is Gone By Chance" Jang Jae-in ft. Nashow – "Auditory Hallucination" Park So-jin & Zico – "It Hurts" Kim Bum-soo – "From the Beginning of a Love Confession" MC the Max – "Look" (바라보기) |
| Netizen Popularity Award | Hot Trend Award |
| Big Bang Exo Infinite Beast Shinee Girls' Generation Apink iKon | Infinite Challenge Mino Kim Yeon-woo Jung Seung-hwan Shin Ji-min ft. Iron |
| Best R&B / Soul | Best Pop |
| Naul – "Living in the Same Time" | Mark Ronson – "Uptown Funk" (ft. Bruno Mars) |

### Other awards

| Nominees | Winners |
| MBC Music Star Award | EXID |
| 1theK Performance Award | Monsta X |
| Songwriter Award | Teddy Park |