The 2018 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 1, 2018 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This was the tenth ceremony in the show's history.
Wanna One, iKon and BTS took home the grand prizes, also known as the "Daesang Awards".
Judging criteria Division Online Voting Digital Sales Judge Score Main awards* 20% 60% 20% Genre Awards**30% 40% 30% Popularity Awards***60% 40% —Special Awards**** — — 100%*Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Top 10 Artists, Best New Artist**Rap/Hip Hop, R&B/Ballad, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blue, Indie, Electronic***Netizen Popularity Award, Hot Trend Award****Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Performing Arts Award, Global Star Award, QQ Asia Artist Award, Hall of Fame Award, Kakao Hot Star Award
Performers and presenters
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Performers Name(s) Performance(s)Notes Momoland "Bboom Bboom" "Youth Festival I" GFriend "Time for the Moon Night" "Fly Me To The Moon" Hong Jin young "Intro Tango Performance" + "Goodbye (Tango Ver.)" "Por Una Cabeza" Dance War "Unlimited", "DNA" and "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" "Unlimited" (G)I-dle "Hann", "Soyeon Rap Performance" and "Latata" "Fatal Love" The Boyz "No Air" and "Boy" "To All The Boyz I've Loved Before" Apink "I'm So Sick" "Moulin Rouge" Roy Kim "Only Then" "My Story"iKon"Intro + Love Scenario" and "Goodbye Road""A Short Film About Parting"Blackpink"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du""The Devil: Dangerous"BtoB"Missing You" and "Beautiful Pain""Moment To Remember"Bolbbalgan4"Travel""Travel to Myself"Mamamoo"Wind Flower", "Starry Night" and "Egotistic"Shadow Of The Black MoonWanna One"Intro + Light", "Destiny" and "Spring Breeze" Youth Festival IIBTS"Intro + Fake Love", "Airplane Pt. 2" and "Intro + Idol + Outro""Love Yourself, In BTS' Own Words"
Presenters Name(s) NotesB.I OpeningWanna One Presenter for Best New ArtistsNam Ji-hyun Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and iKon)Heo Kyung-hwan and Jeon So-nee Presenter for Dance War and 1theK Performance AwardLee Sang-yeob and Kim Hee-jung Presenter for Best Ballad and Best Rap / Hiphop Kim Ho-young, Bae Jung-nam and Na Hae-un Presenter for Best of Dance Performance Park Sung-kwang and Jung Da-bin Presenter for Kakao Hot Star Award Shin Seung-ho and Kim Yong-ji Presenter for Hot Trend Award Lee Yu-bi Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Bol4 and Wanna One) Ryu Hyun-jin Presenter for Global ArtistLee Yeong-jaPresenter for Netizen Popularity AwardChoi DanielPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Apink and Mamamoo)Lee Hyun-hee and Kim Jae-hyunPresenter for Best Song WriterHyunjae (The Boyz) and Soyeon ((G)I-dle)Presenter for 10th Anniversary Best SongJung So-minPresenter for Top 10 Artists (Blackpink and BtoB)Presenter for Song of the YearLee Dong-wookPresenter for Album of the YearGo SooPresenter for Record of the YearLee Byung-hunPresenter for Artist of the Year
Winners and nominees Only artists who released music between December 2, 2017 and October 25, 2018 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 13, 2018. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 30, 2018.
Voted Awards Top 10 Artists Song of the Year (Daesang) Apink Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 BtoB BTS Exo iKon Mamamoo Twice Wanna OneiKon – "Love Scenario" BTS – "Fake Love" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Twice – "Heart Shaker" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Artist of the Year (Daesang) Album of the Year (Daesang)BTS Exo Wanna One iKon TwiceBTS – Love Yourself: Tear Wanna One – 0+1=1 (I Promise You) iKon – Return Blackpink – Square Up Bolbbalgan4 – Red Diary Page.2 Best New Male Artist Best New Female ArtistThe Boyz Yoo Seon Ho Haon Stray Kids Vinxen(G)I-dle Iz*One Loona Fromis 9 Minseo Best Dance Award (Male) Best Dance Award (Female)Wanna One – "Boomerang" Exo-CBX – "Blooming Day" NU'EST W – "Dejavu" Seventeen – "Thanks" Seungri – "1, 2, 3!"Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Chungha – "Roller Coaster" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Twice – "Heart Shaker" Momoland – "Bboom Bboom" Best Rap/Hip Hop Award Best R&B/Soul AwardBTS – "Fake Love" Winner – "Everyday" iKon – "Love Scenario" Heize – "Jenga" (feat. Gaeko) Haon – "Boong Boong" (feat. Sik-K) (Prod. GroovyRoom)IU – "Bbibbi" Dean – "Instagram" Big Bang – "Flower Road" Yang Da-il – "Lie" Zico – "Soulmate" (feat. IU) Best Indie Award Best Rock AwardMeloMance – "Tale" 10cm – "Mattress" Shaun – "Way Back Home" Yun Ddan Ddan – "In My Room" OVAN – "Drunk Night" (feat. Jinsil of Mad Soul Child)Kim Hee-chul, Min Kyung-hoon – "Falling Blossoms" Day6 – "I Like You" Sungkyu – "True Love" Hyukoh – "Lova Ya!" Oohyo – "Honey Tea" Best Trot Award Best OST AwardHong Jin-young – "Good Bye" Kang Ho-dong, Hong Jin-young – "I Kicked My Luck Off" Kim Young Chul (feat. Wheesung) – "Andenayon" Na Hoon-a – "Hongshi" Boom – "Boy Next Door"Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment (Should We Kiss First?)" Roy Kim – "No Longer Mine" (Familiar Wife) Heize – "Would Be Better" (Prison Playbook) MeloMance – "Good Day" (Mr. Sunshine) Sondia – "Adult" (My Mister) Best Pop Award Best Ballad AwardCamila Cabello – "Havana" (featuring Young Thug) Charlie Puth – "Attention" Imagine Dragons – "Thunder" Marshmello, Anne-Marie – "Friends" "The Greatest Showman" Ensemble – "This Is Me"Roy Kim – "Only Then" BtoB – "Only One For Me" Yong Junhyung – "Sudden Shower" Loco, Hwasa – "Don't Give It To Me" MeloMance – "You" Netizen Popularity Award Hot Trend AwardBTS Exo Wanna One BtoB Winner iKon Mamamoo Twice Red Velvet Big BangLoco, Hwasa – "Don't" Baekhyun, Loco – "Young" Jang Jae-in, Suho – "Do You Have a Moment" Taeyeon, MeloMance – "Page 0" Soyou, Sung Si Kyung – "I Still"
Other awards + Nominess WinnersRecord of the Year (Daesang)Wanna OneBest Music Video AwardKo Yoo-jeong (Lumpens) (GFriend's "Time for the Moon Night")Stage of the YearLee Sun HeeBest Songwriter AwardiKon's B.IGlobal Artist AwardBTSKakao Hot StarBTS1theK Performance AwardMomoland
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