2020 Melon Music Awards
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| 2020 Melon Music Awards | |
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| Date | December 2–5, 2020 |
| Location | South Korea |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | BTS (6) |
| Most nominations | BTS (8) |
| Artist of the Year Award | BTS |
| Album of the Year Award | Map of the Soul: 7 |
| Song of the Year Award | "Dynamite" |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | 1theK Daum Melon YouTube KakaoTV |
The 2020 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M through its online music store, Melon, took place virtually from December 2 through December 5, 2020 (dubbed as "MMA Week") in South Korea, with the main ceremony taking place on December 5 at 19:00 KST. This is the twelfth ceremony in the show's history, and the first to be held online and over a span of four days. It was held without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
BTS won 6 awards during the ceremony, sweeping all three Grand Awards (Daesangs) including Artist of the Year for the second consecutive year.
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
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| Top 10 Artists | 20% | 80% | — |
| Main awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% |
| Genre Awards** | 20% | 50% | 30% |
| Popularity Awards*** | 60% | 40% | — |
| Special Awards**** | — | — | 100% |
| *Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist **Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Ballad, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blue, Indie, Electronic, Hot Trend Award ***Netizen Popularity Award, KaKao Hot Star Award ****Record of the Year, Stage of the Year, Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, 1theK Performance Award | |||
Winners and nominees
Voting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 11 and continued until November 20. Only artists who released music between November 30, 2019, and November 10, 2020, are eligible. The longlist of nominees was selected based on a chart performance score (60% downloads and 40% streams) for each artist combined with weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved during the eligibility period.[3] Voting for Category awards, including daesang and rookie awards, took place from November 21 to 26, 2020.[4]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[5]
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
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| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) |
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| Best New Artist | Netizen Popularity Award |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) |
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| Best R&B/Soul Award | Best Rap/Hip Hop Award |
| Best OST Award | Best Rock Award |
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| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award |
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| Best Indie Award | Best Trot Award |
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| Hot Trend Award | |
Other awards
| Award | Winner(s) |
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| Best Songwriter Award | Young Tak |
| 1theK Original Content | The Boyz |
| Best Performance Director | Son Sung-deuk |
| Best Performance | Monsta X |
| Best Session Instrumental | Drums – Shin Seok-cheol Sound Designer – Hong Soo-jin Bassist – Choi-hoon Cross – Kim Hyun-ah Guitarist – Juckjae |