Kicking off the music awards season are the Melon Music Awards which were held on Saturday the 7th of November 2015 at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul. The main MC of the night was entertainer Yoo Byung Jae, with actor Seo Kang Joon (Hwajung), actress Lee Yubi (Scholar Who Walks the Night), entertainer Kim Shin Young, actress Kim So Hyun (School 2015) and Red Velvet’s Irene serving as special MC’s throughout the night. Performances for the night included Big Bang, WINNER, iKON, SISTAR, Girls’ Generation, EXID, Hong Jin Young, Red Velvet, BTS, GFRIEND, Mad Clown, MONSTA X, ZION.T, Band Hyukoh, A Pink, and San E. International artists Big Bang, were the biggest winners of the night, nabbing both “Artist of the Year” and “Song of the Year” for their song “Bang, Bang, Bang” as well as the “Netizen Popularity Award“.
Winners List
Artist of the Year – Big Bang
Album of the Year – EXO “Exodus”
Song of the Year – Big Bang “Bang, Bang, Bang”
Top 10 Artists of the Year
SNSD
SHINee
EXO
BigBang
Sistar
A Pink
Zion.T
San E
Toy
Hyukoh
Netizen Popularity Award – Big Bang
Best Dance (Female) – Red Velvet
Best Dance (Male) – BTS
Hot Trend Award – 2015 Infinity Challenge Music Festival
Best New Artist (Female) – GFriend
Best New Artist (Male) – iKON
Best OST – Loco & Yuju “Spring Is Gone By Chance” (Girl Who Sees Smells OST)
Best Ballad – Baek Ah Yeon “Shouldn’t Have ”
Best Rap & Hip Hop – Mad Clown
Best R&B / Soul – Naul “You From The Same Time”
Best Rock – Kim Sunggyu “The Answer“
Best Pop – Mark Ronson “Uptown Funk”
Best Folk – 10cm “Sseudam Sseudam”
Best Indie – Standing Egg “The Sun Hurts”
Best Trot –Hong Jinyoung
MBC Music Star – EXID
1theK Performance – Monsta X
Best Song Writer – Teddy Park
Best Music Video – JYP “Who’s Your Mama“
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