| 2019 Melon Music Awards | |
| Date: | November 30, 2019 |
| Location: | Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea |
| Most Awards: | BTS (8) |
| Most Nominations: | BTS (6) |
| Runtime: | 240 minutes |
| Previous: | 2018 |
| Main: | Melon Music Awards |
The 2019 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a Kakao company) through its online music store Melon, took place on November 30, 2019 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea.[1] [2] This is the eleventh ceremony in the show's history.
BTS took home all four most prestigious Daesang awards of the night.[3]
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score | |
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| Top 10 Artists | 20% | 80% | — | |
| Main awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% | |
| Genre Awards** | 30% | 40% | 30% | |
| Popularity Awards*** | 60% | 40% | — | |
| Special Awards**** | — | — | 100% | |
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The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Segment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boyz | "D.D.D" | "Boyz in Wonderland" | |
| Heize, Giriboy | "Falling Leaves are Beautiful" / "We Don't Talk Together" | "만추" | |
| Giriboy, Yunhway, Han Yo-han, Justhis, Swings, Young B (Yanghongwon), Lil Tachi | "I'm Sick" | "IMJMWDP" | |
| N.Flying | "Rooftop" / "Good Bam" | "The Music for Tomorrow" | |
| AB6IX | "Breathe" / "Blind for Love" | "Love is Blindness" | |
| TXT | "New Rules" / "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)" | "School of Magic" | |
| Hwasa, Mamamoo | "Twit" / "Gogobebe" | "Neon in the black" | |
| Itzy | "Want It?" / "Dalla Dalla" / "Icy" | "The way I AM" | |
| Jannabi | "Good Good Night" / "For Lovers Who Hesitate" | ||
| Kang Daniel | "What Are You Up To" / "Touchin'" | "Touch My Color": | |
| Chungha | "Gotta Go" / "Snapping" | "Co-existing" | |
| BTS | "" / "Boy in Luv" / "Boy With Luv" / "Mikrokosmos" / "Dionysus" / Member dance solos (remixes) | "Map of the Soul: The Show" |
| Name(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Park Seo-joon | Opening, Presenter for Artist of the Year Award | |
| Lee Hyun-woo | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (BTS and Jannabi) | |
| Lee Jae-wook & Byung Jung Ha | Presenter for Best New Artist Awards | |
| Jang Sung Kyu | Presenter for Netizen Popularity Award | |
| Kim So-hyun & Jung Ga-ram, Na Ha-eun | Presenter for Best Dance Awards | |
| Han Ji-hye & Kim Do Wan | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Mamamoo and Heize) | |
| Kwak Dong-yeon & Jin Ki-joo | Presenter for Best OST & Best Music Video Award | |
| Choi Woo-shik | Presenter for Record of the Year (Daesang) | |
| Kim Young-dae & Hong Soo-hyun | Presenter for Top 10 Artists (Chungha and MC the Max) | |
| Kim Jae-wook | Presenter for Kakao Hot Star | |
| Kim Yeong-cheol & Oh Ah Yeon | Presenter for Hot Trend Award | |
| Yoo Su Bin & Hong Hyun Hee | Presenter for 1theK Performance Award | |
| Lee Joo-yeon & Byeon Woo-seok | Presenter for Best Rock & Best R&B/Soul Award | |
| Lee Je-hoon | Presenter for Song of the Year (Daesang) | |
| Im Soo-jung | Presenter for Album of the Year (Daesang) | |
| Park Seo-joon | Presenter for Artist of the Year (Daesang) |
Only artists who released music between December 1, 2018 and November 13, 2019 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 30 through November 13, 2019. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 29, 2019.[4] [5]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .
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| Winner(s) | |
| Best Music Video Award | Kang Daniel – "What Are You Up To" |
| Stage of the Year | Seventeen |
| Best Songwriter Award | Pdogg |
| Kakao Hot Star | BTS |
| 1theK Performance Award | The Boyz |