We are finally here with the winners of the much-awaited Melon Music Awards 2021!
The announcement of the winners of one of the most prestigious award shows of the year, Melon Music Awards 2021 was done through a live broadcast on 4th December, Saturday.
The award show is held every year to honor the talents of the music industry for their performance of the previous year. The 13th annual award ceremony that was held online was hosted by Lee Yong Jin and Park Sun Young from Seoul.
Here are the winners of the Melon Music Awards 2021
BTS, IU, aespa, Heize, BlackPink, SEVENTEEN, SHINee, TWICE, and Red Velvet are some of the top contenders of the awards. Artists whose music was launched between Nov-11, 2020 to Nov-7, 2021 were eligible for this year’s Melon Music Awards.
Here is the complete list of the winners of Melon Music Awards 2021 under different categories:
Top 10:
- Aespa
- AKMU
- ASH ISLAND
- BTS
- Heize
- IU
- Lee Mu Jin
- lIlBOI
- NCT DREAM
- Lim Young Woong
[MMA 2021 Winners]
오늘 수상한 아티스트분들 모두 축하드려요👏👏👏
Thanks for watching & Congratulations for all the artists! #MMA2021 pic.twitter.com/trZutj8bIV— 1theK(원더케이) (@1theK) December 4, 2021
Artist of the Year
IU
Album of the Year
IU for Lilac
Best Song of the Year
BTS for Butter
Congrats!🏆 MMA 2021 'BEST SONG OF THE YEAR' goes to #BTS @bts_bighit
Watch Now! https://t.co/7OK2mvzMiy#MMA #MMA2021 #MELONMUSICAWARDS #멜론뮤직어워드
— 1theK(원더케이) (@1theK) December 4, 2021
#MMA2021 BTS 🏆🎉
🏆 Best Song of the Year
🏆 Best Male Group
🏆 Best Collaboration
🏆 MMA TOP 10
🏆 Netizen's Choice pic.twitter.com/9uQjI51vjK— 브리이에 (@BRILLER__613) December 4, 2021
Record of the Year
Aespa for Next Level
New Artist of the Year
- Aespa (Female)
- Lee Mu Jin (Male)
Congrats!🏆 MMA 2021 'NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR – FEMALE' goes to #aespa @aespa_official
Watch Now! https://t.co/7OK2mvzMiy#MMA #MMA2021 #MELONMUSICAWARDS #멜론뮤직어워드
— 1theK(원더케이) (@1theK) December 4, 2021
Hot Trend Award
Brave Girls
Best Performance
The Boyz
Best Song Writer
IU
Best Collaboration
- Coldplay with BTS
- Best Music Style
- Homies
Music Video of the Year
Tomorrow x Together
Best Project Music
M.O.M
Best OST
Lee Mu Jin
Best Male Group
BTS
Best Female Group
Aespa
Best Male Solo Artist
Lim Young Woong
Congrats!🏆 MMA 2021 'BEST SOLO – MALE' goes to #LimYoungWoong
Watch Now! https://t.co/7OK2mvzMiy#MMA #MMA2021 #MELONMUSICAWARDS #멜론뮤직어워드
— 1theK(원더케이) (@1theK) December 4, 2021
Best Female Solo Artist
IU
Global Rising Artist
ENHYPEN
1theK Original Contents
StayC
Performance Director Award
Son Sung Deuk
Netizen Popularity Award
BTS
The event has been organized by Kakao M via its online store, Melon. This year is the second year for the event to be held online. As such, this year again, the event was missing the live audience due to the coronavirus pandemic.
[MMA 2021 Winners]
오늘 수상한 아티스트분들 모두 축하드려요👏👏👏
Thanks for watching & Congratulations for all the artists! #MMA2021 pic.twitter.com/V8cBo8jJW1— 1theK(원더케이) (@1theK) December 4, 2021
The performers of this stunning evening are IU, Lee Mu Jin, Heize, Lim Young Woong, M.O.M of MSG Wannabe, TOMORROW x TOGETHER, The Boyz, ENHYPEN, Brave Girls, and STAYC.
Let us share with you the criteria for finalizing the MMA 2021 winners under different categories.
20% online voting and 80% digital sales were taken into account for the Top 10 Artists Awards category. On the other hand, winners for the rest of the awards were decided based on 20% online voting, 60% digital sales, and 20% Judges’ score.
Genre awards and Special awards are however an exception as the winners for the former are selected based on 70% digital sales and 30% judges’ scores whereas Special awards are given based on 100% Judges’ scores.
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