| 2020 Melon Music Awards | |
| Date: | December 2–5, 2020 |
| Location: | South Korea |
| Most Awards: | BTS (6) |
| Most Nominations: | BTS (8) |
| Award1 Type: | Artist of the Year Award |
| Award1 Winner: | BTS |
| Award2 Type: | Album of the Year Award |
| Award2 Winner: | |
| Award3 Type: | Song of the Year Award |
| Award3 Winner: | "Dynamite" |
| Network: | 1theK Daum Melon YouTube KakaoTV |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Main: | Melon Music Awards |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M through its online music store, Melon, took place virtually from December 2 through December 5, 2020 (dubbed as "MMA Week") in South Korea, with the main ceremony taking place on December 5 at 19:00 KST. This is the twelfth ceremony in the show's history, and the first to be held online and over a span of four days. It was held without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [2]
BTS won 6 awards during the ceremony, sweeping all three Grand Awards (Daesangs) including Artist of the Year for the second consecutive year.
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Artists | 20% | 80% | — |
| Main awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% |
| Genre Awards** | 20% | 50% | 30% |
| Popularity Awards*** | 60% | 40% | — |
| Special Awards**** | — | — | 100% |
Voting for Melon's Top 10 Artists category opened on the Melon Music website on November 11 and continued until November 20. Only artists who released music between November 30, 2019, and November 10, 2020, 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.[3] Voting for Category awards, including daesang and rookie awards, took place from November 21–26, 2020.[4]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[5]
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) | |
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| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Album of the Year (Daesang) | |
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| Best New Artist | Netizen Popularity Award | |
| Best Dance Award (Male) | Best Dance Award (Female) | |
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| Best R&B/Soul Award | Best Rap/Hip Hop Award | |
| Best OST Award | Best Rock Award | |
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| Best Pop Award | Best Ballad Award | |
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| Best Indie Award | Best Trot Award | |
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| Hot Trend Award | ||
| Winner(s) | ||
| Best Songwriter Award | Young Tak | |
| 1theK Original Content | The Boyz | |
| Best Performance Director | Son Sung-deuk | |
| Best Performance | Monsta X | |
| Best Session Instrumental | Drums – Shin Seok-cheol Sound Designer – Hong Soo-jin Bassist – Choi-hoon Cross – Kim Hyun-ah Guitarist – Juckjae |
| Song(s) | Notes / Segment | ||
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| Day 1 | |||
| Yumdda, The Quiett, Deepflow, Paloalto, Simon Dominic | "I'mma Do" | Best Rap & Hip Hop awardee | |
| Day6 | "Landed" / "Where the Sea Sleeps" / "Thanks To" | Tiny Room Live | |
| Park Moon-chi | "We're Cool" (with Park Moon-chi Universe) / "I'm Into You" (with Kirin, Dala, & Jungu) | Park Moon Chi & Friends' City Music Tour | |
| Day 2 | |||
| Gaho | "Start Over" (Itaewon Class OST) | "OST Medley" | |
| "Give You My Heart" (orig. by IU) (Crash Landing on You OST) | |||
| "Aloha" (orig. by Cool & Jo Jung-suk) (Hospital Playlist OST) | |||
| "My Love" (orig. by Baekhyun) (Dr. Romantic 2 OST) | |||
| "Running" (Start-Up OST) | |||
| Leenalchi | Intro / "You Know Who I Am?" / "Tiger Is Coming" | Leenalchi Bespoke Story | |
| Day 3 | |||
| Jeong Se-woon | "Twenty-Something" | Performance during "The-Play" segment | |
| Crying Nut | "Isn't That Good" | ||
| Weeekly | "Zig Zag" / "Tag Me" | Rookie Stage | |
| Cravity | "Break All the Rules" | ||
| Jang Beom-june | "Your Shampoo Scent In The Flowers" / "Can't Sleep" / "Karaoke" | Tiny Room Live | |
| Day 4 | |||
| Choi Jung-hoon (Jannabi), Simon Dominic, Code Kunst | "For the Gone" (with Elle Korea) | Reconnect | |
| Iz*One | Intro / "Fiesta" / "Secret Story of the Swan" | Bloomy | |
| TXT | Intro / "Puma" / "Blue Hour" / Outro | The Moment When Time Becomes Space | |
| Young Tak | "Why Are You Coming Out From There?" / "Jjin-iya" | Come On! My life | |
| The Boyz | Intro / "The Stealer" | Dark Before the Dawn | |
| YooA (Oh My Girl) | "Far" / "Bon Voyage" | Oh My Utopia | |
| Oh My Girl | "Dolphin" (acoustic ver.) / "Nonstop" | ||
| Monsta X | Intro / "Beastmode" / Love Killa" | Love's Madness | |
| Lim Young-woong | "Trust In Me" / "Hero" | Hero: The Origin Of Love | |
| BTS | "Black Swan" / "On" / "Life Goes On" / "Dynamite" | "Be" There | |
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