2021 Melon Music Awards

2021 Melon Music Awards
2021 Melon Music Awards title card
Awarded forExcellence in music and singing
DateDecember 4, 2021 (2021-12-04)
LocationSouth Korea
Presented byMelon
Hosted byLee Yong-jin, Park Seon-young
Highlights
Most awardsIU & BTS (5)
Most nominationsIU (7)
Artist of the YearIU
Album of the YearLilac
Song of the Year"Butter"
Record of the YearAespa
WebsiteMelon 2021
Television/radio coverage
Network1theK
Daum
Melon
YouTube
KakaoTV
Joox[a]
dTV and Music On! TV (Japan)
MyMusic (Taiwan)
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The 2021 Melon Music Awards, organized by Kakao M and Melon, took place on December 4, 2021. This was the thirteenth ceremony in the show's history, and the second to be held without an audience in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by comedian Lee Yong-jin and radio announcer Park Seon-young, the ceremony was broadcast online through KakaoTV, Melon, and 1theK's official YouTube channel. Artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, were eligible for and honored at the awards.[1][2]

IU, BTS, and Aespa won the Daesangs for Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year respectively.

Judging criteria

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Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score
Top 10 Artists 20% 80%
Main awards* 20% 60% 20%
Genre Awards** 70% 30%
Popularity Awards*** 60% 40%
Special Awards**** 100%
*Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male/Female Solo, Best Male/Female Group
**OST Award, Hot Trend Award, Project Music 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

Voting

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Voting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 8 and continued until November 22, 2021. Only artists who released music between November 11, 2020, and November 7, 2021, 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. Voting by Category awards, including nine categories: Top 10 Artists, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, and Netizen Popularity Award.[3][4]

Performances

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List of musical performances
Artist Song(s) Segment Ref(s)
STAYC "Stereotype"
"ASAP"
Beyond This Step [5]
Enhypen "Drunk-Dazed"
"Tamed-Dashed"
Welcome To The EN-WORLD
Brave Girls "Rollin'"
"Chi Mat Ba Ram"
The Queen's Theater
Lee Mu-jin "The Assignment Song"
"Traffic Light"
The Colour is Blooming
MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) "Foolish Love" Back To The Millenium
Heize "Happen" Contes Des Quatre Saisons
Tomorrow X Together "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"
"Loser=Lover"
Shall We?
The Boyz "Maverick"
Lim Young-woong "Love Always Run Away"
"My Starry Love"
By Your Side
IU "Strawberry Moon"
"Celebrity"
"Lilac"
tracklist 20. OUTRO

Presenters

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Name(s) Notes
Lee Yeon-hee Top 10 Artists (IU & Lim Young-woong)
Jung Hyuk Hot Trend Award + Best New Artist (Male)
Lee Chung-ah Top 10 Artists (Heize & IllboI)
Lee Tae-hwan Best Solo (Male) & (Female)
Park Se-ri Best Music Style & Music Video of The Year
Kim Eana Best OST + Best Songwriter
Jung Hye-sung Top 10 Artists (Lee Mu-jin & Ash Island)
Kim Je-deok & Choi Ye-bin Global Rising Artist + 1thek Original Contents
Yoon Sang Album Of The Year + Artist Of The Year

Winners and nominees

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IU won five awards, including Artist of the Year (Daesang), Album of the Year (Daesang), Top 10 Artists (Bonsang), Best Female Solo, and Best Songwriter Award.
BTS also won five awards, including the Song of the Year (Daesang), Top 10 Artists (Bonsang), Best Male Group, Netizen Popularity Award, and Best Collaboration.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[6][7]

Aespa won four awards, including Record of the Year, Best Female Group, Best New Artist and Top 10 Artists.
Lee Mu-jin won three awards: Best OST, Best New Artist and Top 10 Artists.
Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) Song of the Year (Daesang)
Artist of the Year (Daesang) Album of the Year (Daesang)
Record of the Year (Daesang) Hot Trend Award
Best New Artist Netizen Popularity Award
Best Male Group Best Female Group
Best Male Solo Best Female Solo
Best Collaboration Best OST

Other

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Award Winner(s)
Best Songwriter IU
Best Music Style Homies
Music Video Of The Year Tomorrow X Together
Best Project Music MSG Wannabe (M.O.M)
Best Performance The Boyz
Global Rising Artist Enhypen
1theK Original Contents STAYC
Best Performance Director Son Sung-deuk
Best Session Instrumental Guitar – Kim Dong-min
Bass – Go Tae-yeong
Keyboard – Gureum

Multiple awards

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The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Count Artist(s)
5 IU
BTS
4 Aespa
3 Lee Mu-jin

Notes

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  1. ^ Selected territories only.

References

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  1. ^ Kim, Soo-jin (November 8, 2021). 멜론, MMA2021 TOP10 및 부문별 투표 시작. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.
  2. ^ Kim, Min-ji (November 3, 2021). MMA2021, 12월4일 개최…티저 공개·레전드 무대 투표. News 1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Naver.
  3. ^ "Here are the nominees for the 2021 Melon Music Awards". bandwagon asia. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "H방탄소년단, 아이유, 에스파, 임영웅..MMA2021 TOP10 후보". Star News. November 8, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Daum.
  5. ^ Kim, Han-bin (December 3, 2021). [포토] '2021 AAA' 사로잡은 상큼·발랄 틴프레시 파워 보여준 스테이씨. Open News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Kim, Myung-mi (November 8, 2021). 'MMA 2021' TOP10+부문별 투표 시작, 방탄소년단부터 임영웅까지 [Voting for 'MMA 2021' TOP 10+ divisions begins, from BTS to Lim Young-woong]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 – via Naver.
  7. ^ Kyung, Ji-min (December 4, 2021). 아이유, 대상 2개 포함 ‘5관왕’ 영예..방탄소년단 5관왕·에스파 4관왕 (종합) [MMA2021]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Naver.
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Official website (in Korean) (Melon)