| Date: | December 2, 2017 |
| Location: | Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea |
| Main: | 2017 |
| Most Awards: | BTS & Exo (4) |
| 2017 Melon Music Awards | |
| Next: | 2018 |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Runtime: | 240 minutes |
The 2017 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 2, 2017, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. This was the ninth ceremony in the show's history.
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
| Name(s) | Performance(s) | |
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| Winner | "Love Me Love Me" + "Really Really" | |
| Hong Jin Young, Kim Young Chul | "Ring Ring" | |
| GFriend | "Summer Rain" + "Love Whisper" | |
| JBJ | "Intro" + "Fantasy" | |
| Red Velvet | "Peek-A-Boo" + "Red Flavor" | |
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Some" + "Galaxy" | |
| MeloMance | "Gift" | |
| Wanna One | "Nothing Without You" + "Beautiful" + "Burn It Up" | |
| Hyuna | "Intro" + "Lip & Hip" | |
| IU | "Through The Night" + "Dear Name" | |
| Park Hyo Shin | "I Am A Dreamer" | |
| Twice | "Knock Knock" + "Likey" | |
| BTS | "Intro" + "DNA" + "You Never Walk Alone" + "Spring Day" | |
| EXO | "Intro" + "Forever" + "The Eve" + "Ko Ko Bop" |
| Name(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Yeo Jin-goo | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Twice and Bolbbalgan4) | |
| Tony An | Presenter for Best New Artist | |
| Hong Jong-hyun and Han Eun-jung | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Exo) | |
| Bae Jung-nam and Sim So-young | Presenter for Best Indie and Best R&B/Soul | |
| Kang Han-na | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Heize and IU) | |
| Jung Sung-ho and Hong Yun-hwa | Presenter for Best Folk/Blues and Best Trot | |
| Kim Jun-hyun and Seol In-ah | Presenter for MBC Music Star Award and Best Rap/Hip Hop | |
| Daniel Lindemann, Alberto Mondi and Guillaume Patry | Presenter for Kakao Hot Star Award | |
| Baek Ji-young and Yoo Jae-hwan | Presenter for Best Songwriter Award and Hot Trend Award | |
| Ahn Hyo-seop, Kang Seung-hyun and Na Ha-eun | Presenter for Best of Dance Performance | |
| Kai and Park Ha-na | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Red Velvet and Winner) | |
| Kim Poong and Park Kyung-lim | Presenter for Best OST and Best Music Video | |
| Kim So-hyun | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Wanna One) and Stage of the Year | |
| Song Jae-rim and Jang Shin-young | Presenter for 1theK Performance Award and Netizen Popularity Award | |
| Han Hyun-min | Presenter for Global Artist | |
| Song Seung-heon | Presenter for Album of the Year | |
| Eugene | Presenter for Song of the Year | |
| Jung Woo-sung | Presenter for Artist of the Year |
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score | ||||
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| Main Awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% | ||||
| Genre Awards** | 30% | 40% | 30% | ||||
| Popularity Awards*** | 60% | 40% | – | ||||
| Special Awards**** | – | – | 100% | ||||
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Only artists who released music between November 20, 2016, and October 25, 2017, 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 12, 2017. Voting for Category awards took place from November 13 through December 1, 2017.[1] [2]
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) | |
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| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) | |
| Best New Artist | Best Dance Award (Male) | |
| Best Dance Award (Female) | Best Folk/Blues Award | |
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| Best R&B/Soul Award | Best Rap/Hip Hop Award | |
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| Best Indie Award | Best Rock Award | |
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| Best Trot Award | Best OST Award | |
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| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award | |
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| Netizen Popularity Award | Hot Trend Award | |
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| Winners | ||
| Best Music Video Award | BTS – "DNA" | |
| Stage of the Year | Park Hyo Shin | |
| Best Songwriter Award | IU | |
| MBC Music Star Award | Hyuna | |
| Global Artist Award | BTS | |
| Kakao Hot Star | Wanna One | |
| 1theK Performance Award | GFriend |