The 5th V Chart Awards

1. The "data-based category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV in between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 and the artist must be ranked in the chart throughout the whole year.^{[citation needed]}

2. "The Most Popular Artists" series of shortlisted nominees are the top 30 artists in the TOP100 list in all five regions.^{[citation needed]}

3. "Artist Award" series nominees are artists who released music-related work(s) in between January 2017 to December 31, 2017. In addition to the results of the MV chart, the awards will be based on a combination of criteria: the standard of the released album, participation in offline activities, performances, film and television, hosting and the results that accompanies.^{[citation needed]}

4. "Composition Category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 and the artist must have the most #1 wins in the chart throughout the whole year. "MV Awards" are based on MV production standards, word of mouth, shooting, conception, production and list of achievements to determine the winning entries.^{[citation needed]}

5. "Album of The Year" is determined according to the annual album sales data ranking on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall 2017. Shortlisted nominees are the top 10 albums on the data ranking.^{[citation needed]}

YinYueTai

StarTV YinYueTai

YinYueTai Mobile App, YinYueTai PC App, YinYueTai Official Website, Baidu

Billboard, Gaon Charts

Hunan Broadcasting System, Dragon TV, Sohu TV, KpopStars, Baidu, Miaopai by MeituPic and more.

On February 24, nominees for the "Favourite Artist of the Year" were announced.^[1] On March 7, the first phase of the "Favourite Artist of the Year" series of polls began.^[2] A complete list of the winners was published on the official website on the following day after the award ceremony ended.^[3]

Awards in white are major awards.^[4][5][6]