# 2018 Melon Music Awards

The 2018 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 1, 2018 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This was the tenth ceremony in the show's history.
Wanna One, iKon and BTS took home the grand prizes, also known as the "Daesang Awards".

## Judging criteria

| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
| 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, Top 10 Artists, Best New Artist **Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Ballad, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blue, Indie, Electronic ***Netizen Popularity Award, Hot Trend Award ****Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Performing Arts Award, Global Star Award, QQ Asia Artist Award, Hall of Fame Award, Kakao Hot Star Award ||||

## Performers and presenters

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

### Performers

| Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
| Momoland | "Bboom Bboom" | "Youth Festival I" |
| GFriend | "Time for the Moon Night" | "Fly Me To The Moon" |
| Hong Jin young | "Intro Tango Performance" + "Goodbye (Tango Ver.)" | "Por Una Cabeza" |
| Dance War | "Unlimited", "DNA" and "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | "Unlimited" |
| (G)I-dle | "Hann", "Soyeon Rap Performance" and "Latata" | "Fatal Love" |
| The Boyz | "No Air" and "Boy" | "To All The Boyz I've Loved Before" |
| Apink | "I'm So Sick" | "Moulin Rouge" |
| Roy Kim | "Only Then" | "My Story" |
| iKon | "Intro + Love Scenario" and "Goodbye Road" | "A Short Film About Parting" |
| Blackpink | "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | "The Devil: Dangerous" |
| BtoB | "Missing You" and "Beautiful Pain" | "Moment To Remember" |
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Travel" | "Travel to Myself" |
| Mamamoo | "Wind Flower", "Starry Night" and "Egotistic" | Shadow Of The Black Moon |
| Wanna One | "Intro + Light", "Destiny" and "Spring Breeze" | Youth Festival II |
| BTS | "Intro + Fake Love", "Airplane Pt. 2" and "Intro + Idol + Outro" | "Love Yourself, In BTS' Own Words" |

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Notes |
| B.I | Opening |
| Wanna One | Presenter for Best New Artists |
| Nam Ji-hyun | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and iKon) |
| Heo Kyung-hwan and Jeon So-nee | Presenter for Dance War and 1theK Performance Award |
| Lee Sang-yeob and Kim Hee-jung | Presenter for Best Ballad and Best Rap / Hiphop |
| Kim Ho-young, Bae Jung-nam and Na Hae-un | Presenter for Best of Dance Performance |
| Park Sung-kwang and Jung Da-bin | Presenter for Kakao Hot Star Award |
| Shin Seung-ho and Kim Yong-ji | Presenter for Hot Trend Award |
| Lee Yu-bi | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Bol4 and Wanna One) |
| Ryu Hyun-jin | Presenter for Global Artist |
| Lee Yeong-ja | Presenter for Netizen Popularity Award |
| Choi Daniel | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Apink and Mamamoo) |
| Lee Hyun-hee and Kim Jae-hyun | Presenter for Best Song Writer |
| Hyunjae (The Boyz) and Soyeon ((G)I-dle) | Presenter for 10th Anniversary Best Song |
| Jung So-min | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Blackpink and BtoB) |
| | Presenter for Song of the Year |
| Lee Dong-wook | Presenter for Album of the Year |
| Go Soo | Presenter for Record of the Year |
| Lee Byung-hun | Presenter for Artist of the Year |

## Winners and nominees

Only artists who released music between December 2, 2017 and October 25, 2018 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 13, 2018. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 30, 2018.

### Voted Awards

| Top 10 Artists | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| Apink Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 BtoB BTS Exo iKon Mamamoo Twice Wanna One List of nominated artists Ben Big Bang Camila Cabello Chungha Dean Epik High Exo-CBX GFriend Haon Heize Hwasa (Mamamoo) ISU (MC the Max) Jang Deok Cheol Jung Seung-hwan Loco MeloMance Minseo Momoland Nilo Paul Kim Red Velvet Roy Kim Seventeen Shaun Sunmi Vinxen Winner Yang Da-il Yong Jun-hyung (Highlight) Yoon Jong-shin | iKon – "Love Scenario" BTS – "Fake Love" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Twice – "Heart Shaker" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" |
| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| BTS Exo Wanna One iKon Twice | BTS – Love Yourself: Tear Wanna One – 0+1=1 (I Promise You) iKon – Return Blackpink – Square Up Bolbbalgan4 – Red Diary Page.2 |
| Best New Male Artist | Best New Female Artist |
| The Boyz Yoo Seon Ho Haon Stray Kids Vinxen | (G)I-dle Iz*One Loona Fromis 9 Minseo |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) |
| Wanna One – "Boomerang" Exo-CBX – "Blooming Day" NU'EST W – Dejavu Seventeen – "Thanks" Seungri – "1, 2, 3!" | Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Chungha – "Roller Coaster" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Twice – "Heart Shaker" Momoland – "Bboom Bboom" |
| Best Rap/Hip Hop Award | Best R&B/Soul Award |
| BTS – "Fake Love" Winner – "Everyday" iKon – "Love Scenario" Heize – "Jenga (feat. Gaeko)" Haon – "Boong Boong (feat. Sik-K) (Prod. GroovyRoom)" | IU – "Bbibbi" Dean – "Instagram" Big Bang – "Flower Road" Yang Da-il – "Lie" Zico – "Soulmate (feat. IU)" |
| Best Indie Award | Best Rock Award |
| MeloMance – "Tale" 10cm – "Mattress" Shaun – "Way Back Home" Yun Ddan Ddan – "In My Room" OVAN – "Drunk Night (feat. Jinsil of Mad Soul Child)" | Kim Hee-chul, Min Kyung-hoon – "Falling Blossoms" Day6 – "I Like You" Sungkyu – "True Love" Hyukoh – "Lova Ya!" Oohyo – "Honey Tea" |
| Best Trot Award | Best OST Award |
| Hong Jin-young – "Good Bye" Kang Ho-dong, Hong Jin-young – "I Kicked My Luck Off" Kim Young Chul (feat. Wheesung) – "Andenayon" Na Hoon-a – "Hongshi" Boom – "Boy Next Door" | Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" Roy Kim – "No Longer Mine" Heize – "Would Be Better" MeloMance – "Good Day" Sondia – "Adult" |
| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award |
| Camila Cabello – "Havana" (featuring Young Thug) Charlie Puth – "Attention" Imagine Dragons – "Thunder" Marshmello, Anne-Marie – "Friends" "The Greatest Showman" Ensemble – "This Is Me" | Roy Kim – "Only Then" BtoB – "Only One For Me" Yong Junhyung – "Sudden Shower" Loco, Hwasa – "Don't Give It To Me" MeloMance – "You" |
| Netizen Popularity Award | Hot Trend Award |
| BTS Exo Wanna One BtoB Winner iKon Mamamoo Twice Red Velvet Big Bang | Loco, Hwasa – "Don't" Baekhyun, Loco – "Young" Jang Jae-in, Suho – "Do You Have a Moment" Taeyeon, MeloMance – "Page 0" Soyou, Sung Si Kyung – "I Still" |

### Other awards

| Nominess | Winners |
| Record of the Year (Daesang) | Wanna One |
| Best Music Video Award | Ko Yoo-jeong (Lumpens) (GFriend's "Time for the Moon Night") |
| Stage of the Year | Lee Sun Hee |
| Best Songwriter Award | iKon's B.I |
| Global Artist Award | BTS |
| Kakao Hot Star | BTS |
| 1theK Performance Award | Momoland |