# 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards

The 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena (KSPO Dome) in Seoul, South Korea on August 1, 2019. The event was the second edition of the awards ceremony and was hosted by model Han Hye-jin. The 2019 edition is named the "M2 X Genie Music Awards" (MGMA) as with their partnership with Mnet's digital studio, M2. The eligibility period for nominations was between July 1, 2018, and June 19, 2019.

## Performances

* Chungha – "Gotta Go" + "Snapping"
* Verivery – "Boy With Luv" (BTS), "Oh My!" (Seventeen) mashup + "Tempo" (Exo)
* Nature – "Solo" (Jennie)
* Bvndit – "Twit" (Hwasa)
* Nature & Bvndit – "Shoot Out" (Monsta X)
* Nature & Verivery & Bvndit – "Yes or Yes" (Twice)
* TXT – "Crown"
* Day6 – "Bookmarks" (medley) + "Time of Our Life"
* AB6IX – "Absolute" + "Breathe"
* Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" + "Me After You" Part 1 & 2
* Itzy – "Icy" + "Dalla Dalla"
* WJSN – "I Swear" + "Touch My Body" (Sistar)
* Pentagon – "Naughty Boy" + "Humph!"
* WJSN – "Boogie Up!"
* Kim Jae-hwan – "My Star" + "Begin Again"
* Iz*One – "Violeta" + "Highlight"
* Mamamoo – "Wind Flower" + "Gogobebe"
* EXID's Solji and B1A4's Sandeul – "Instinctively" + "Uphill Road" (Yoon Jong-shin)
* Twice – "Breakthrough" + "Fancy" + "Dance the Night Away"

## Judging criteria

| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score | Social Media | Twitter Voting |
| The Top Artist | 20% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 10% |
| The Top Music | — | 100% | — | — | — |
| The Top Best Selling Artist | — | 100% | — | — | — |
| M2 Top Video | — | — | — | 100% | — |
| Music Awards* | 30% | 30% | 30% | 10% | — |
| Special Awards** | 100% | — | — | — | — |
| *The Male Group, The Female Group, The Male Solo Artist, The Female Solo Artist, The Male New Artist, The Female New Artist, The Performing Artist Male, The Performing Artist Female, The Vocal Artist, The Band **Genie Music Popularity Award, Global Popularity Award ||||||

## Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold. Voting took place on the Genie Music website between June 20 to July 4, 2019.

### Main awards

| The Top Artist (Daesang) | The Top Music (Daesang) |
| BTS | Paul Kim – "Me After You" |
| The Best Selling Artist (Daesang) | M2 Top Video (Daesang) |
| Twice | BTS |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| BTS BtoB Exo Got7 iKon MeloMance NU'EST Seventeen Vibe Winner | Twice Apink Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 Davichi GFriend (G)I-dle Iz*One Mamamoo Red Velvet |
| Best New Male Artist | Best New Female Artist |
| TXT AB6IX Ateez Haeun Ha Sung-woon Kim Jae-hwan Oneus Park Ji-hoon Verivery Yoon Ji-sung | Itzy Bvndit Cherry Bullet DreamNote Everglow GWSN Jeon Somi Loona Mia Nature |
| Best Male Solo Artist | Best Female Solo Artist |
| Paul Kim Chen Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Loco Song Mino Woody Yang Da-il Yoon Gun 10cm | Chungha Baek Ye-rin Ben Heize Hwasa IU Jennie Kassy Sunmi Taeyeon |
| Best Performing Artist – Male | Best Performing Artist – Female |
| BTS Astro Exo Got7 Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Seventeen Super Junior-D&E Taemin | Iz*One Blackpink Chungha GFriend (G)I-dle Oh My Girl Red Velvet Sunmi Twice WJSN |
| Best Vocal Artist | Best Band Performance |
| Mamamoo – "Gogobebe" Ben Bolbbalgan4 Chen Davichi Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Kassy Paul Kim Vibe | Day6 – "Time of Our Life" Buzz F.T. Island Jannabi Kiha & The Faces MC the Max NeighBro. Nell N.Flying The Black Skirts |

### Other awards

* Global Popularity Award – BTS
* The Performance Creator – Lia Kim
* M2 Hot Star Award – Pentagon, WJSN
* Genie Music Next Generation Star – Kim Jae-hwan, AB6IX
* The Genie Music Popularity Award – BTS
* The Innovator – Yoon Jong-shin