# 2017 Melon Music Awards

The 2017 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 2, 2017, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This was the ninth ceremony in the show's history.

## Performers and presenters

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

### Performers

| Name(s) | Performance(s) |
| Winner | "Love Me Love Me" + "Really Really" |
| Hong Jin Young, Kim Young Chul | "Ring Ring" |
| GFriend | "Summer Rain" + "Love Whisper" |
| JBJ | "Intro" + "Fantasy" |
| Red Velvet | "Peek-A-Boo" + "Red Flavor" |
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Some" + "Galaxy" |
| MeloMance | "Gift" |
| Wanna One | "Nothing Without You" + "Beautiful" + "Burn It Up" |
| Hyuna | "Intro" + "Lip & Hip" |
| IU | "Through The Night" + "Dear Name" |
| Park Hyo Shin | "I Am A Dreamer" |
| Twice | "Knock Knock" + "Likey" |
| BTS | "Intro" + "DNA" + "You Never Walk Alone" + "Spring Day" |
| EXO | "Intro" + "Forever" + "The Eve" + "Ko Ko Bop" |

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Notes |
| Yeo Jin-goo | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Twice and Bolbbalgan4) |
| Tony An | Presenter for Best New Artist |
| Hong Jong-hyun and Han Eun-jung | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Exo) |
| Bae Jung-nam and Sim So-young | Presenter for Best Indie and Best R&B/Soul |
| Kang Han-na | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Heize and IU) |
| Jung Sung-ho and Hong Yun-hwa | Presenter for Best Folk/Blues and Best Trot |
| Kim Jun-hyun and Seol In-ah | Presenter for MBC Music Star Award and Best Rap/Hip Hop |
| Daniel Lindemann, Alberto Mondi and Guillaume Patry | Presenter for Kakao Hot Star Award |
| Baek Ji-young and Yoo Jae-hwan | Presenter for Best Songwriter Award and Hot Trend Award |
| Ahn Hyo-seop, Kang Seung-hyun and Na Ha-eun | Presenter for Best of Dance Performance |
| Kai and Park Ha-na | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Red Velvet and Winner) |
| Kim Poong and Park Kyung-lim | Presenter for Best OST and Best Music Video |
| Kim So-hyun | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Wanna One) and Stage of the Year |
| Song Jae-rim and Jang Shin-young | Presenter for 1theK Performance Award and Netizen Popularity Award |
| Han Hyun-min | Presenter for Global Artist |
| Song Seung-heon | Presenter for Album of the Year |
| Eugene | Presenter for Song of the Year |
| Jung Woo-sung | Presenter for Artist of the Year |

## 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, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, New Artist **Ballad, Dance, Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Soul, Indie, Rock, Trot, Folk/Blues, Pop, OST ***Netizen Choice Award, Hot Trend Award ****Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Kakao Hot Star Award, 1TheK Performance Award, Global Artist Award ||||

## Winners and nominees

Only artists who released music between November 20, 2016, and October 25, 2017, 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 12, 2017. Voting for Category awards took place from November 13 through December 1, 2017.

### Voted Awards

| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| Zico Exo Red Velvet Twice Wanna One Winner BTS Bolbbalgan4 IU Heize List of nominated artists Ailee Akdong Musician Apink Blackpink BtoB Chanyeol Crush Ed Sheeran G-Dragon GFriend Hangzoo Highlight Hyukoh Hwang Chi-yeul Jung Seung-hwan Mad Clown Mamamoo Nucksal Punch Psy Sechs Kies Seventeen Soyou Suran Taeyeon 20 Years of Age Woo Won-jae Yoon Jong-shin Zico Zion.T | BTS – "Spring Day" IU – "Through The Night" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Bolbbalgan4 – "Tell Me You Love Me" Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" |
| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| Exo IU BTS Bolbbalgan4 Heize | IU – Palette Exo – The War BTS – You Never Walk Alone Psy – 4X2=8 Big Bang – Made |
| Best New Artist | Best Dance Award (Male) |
| Wanna One Kard Pristin Woo Won-jae Chungha Dreamcatcher | Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Winner – "Really Really" BTS – "DNA" Psy – "New Face" Highlight – "Plz Don't Be Sad" |
| Best Dance Award (Female) | Best Folk/Blues Award |
| Twice – "Knock Knock" Blackpink – "As If It's Your Last" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" Mamamoo – "Yes I Am" Sunmi – "Gashina" | Jung Eun-ji – "The Spring" (featuring Harim) 10cm – "Phoncert" Akdong Musician – "Last Goodbye" Yoon Ddan Ddan – "The Night I Miss You" Cao Lu, Kisum, and Yerin – "Spring Again" |
| Best R&B/Soul Award | Best Rap/Hip Hop Award |
| Suran – "Wine" (featuring Changmo) G-Dragon – "Untitled, 2014" Zion.T – "The Song" Sistar – "Lonely" Zico – "She's A Baby" | Dynamic Duo and Chen – "Nosedive" Nucksal, Hanhae, Rhino, and Jo Woo-chan – "1/N" (featuring Dynamic Duo) Mad Clown – "Lost Without You" (featuring Bolbbalgan4) Woo Won-jae – "We Are" (featuring Loco and Gray) Zico – "Bermuda Triangle" (featuring Crush and Dean) |
| Best Indie Award | Best Rock Award |
| MeloMance – "Gift" Cheeze – "Love You (bye)" Vanilla Acoustic – "Only Think Of You" Standing Egg – "You've Come To Think Of It" Jung Joon Il – "Wish" | Heechul and Min Kyung-hoon – "Sweet Dream" Buzz – "The Love" Day6 – "You Were Beautiful" F.T. Island – "Wind" Hyukoh – "Tomboy" |
| Best Trot Award | Best OST Award |
| Hong Jin-young – "Ring Ring" (Composer Ver.) Kim Yeon Ja, Dia and Hong Jin-young – "You Are My Flower" Na Hoon-a – "The Man's Life Story" Jang Yun-jeong – "Cherry Blossom Road 2017" Choi Won Young – "I'm Coming" | Ailee – "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" Bolbbalgan4 – "You And Me From The Start" Kassy – "Good Morning" Sung Si Kyung – "Somewhere Someday" V and Jin – "Even If I Die, It's You" |
| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award |
| Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" The Chainsmokers, Coldplay – "Something Just Like This" Charlie Puth – "Attention" Maroon 5 – "Don't Wanna Know" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) Zedd and Alessia Cara – "Stay" | Yoon Jong-shin – "Like It" Hwang Chi-yeul – "A Daily Song" Jungkey – "Anymore" (featuring Wheein) Jung Seung Hwan – "The Fool" Taeyeon – "Fine" |
| Netizen Popularity Award | Hot Trend Award |
| Exo Big Bang BtoB BTS Highlight Hwang Chi-yeul Mamamoo Twice Wanna One Winner | Suran – "Wine" (featuring Changmo) Girls Next Door – "Deep Blue Eyes" I.O.I – "Downpour" Kim Sejeong – "Flower Way" Taeil, Kim Sejeong – "I Like You, I Don't" |

### Other awards

| Nominees | Winners |
| Best Music Video Award | BTS – "DNA" |
| Stage of the Year | Park Hyo Shin |
| Best Songwriter Award | IU |
| MBC Music Star Award | Hyuna |
| Global Artist Award | BTS |
| Kakao Hot Star | Wanna One |
| 1theK Performance Award | GFriend |

## Gallery

* BTS after winning Song of the Year
* Twice after winning Best Dance Performance
* Twice performing "Knock Knock"
* Twice performing "Likey"
* Red Velvet's Seulgi
* Red Velvet's Joy performing "Peek-a-Boo"
* Red Velvet's Irene performing "Peek-a-Boo"
* Hyuna after winning MBC Music Star Award
* IU
* Exo's D.O.
* Exo's Baekhyun
* Exo's Xiumin
* Twice's Jihyo
* Twice's Chaeyoung
* Wanna One's Kang Daniel
* Kim Dong-han