On November 26th, the Melon Music Awards (MMA), major music awards show held by Kakao Entertainment through their music platform Melon, was held offline for the first time in three years.
Some of the winners include IVE, the young girl group who managed to snag their first Daesang as "Best Song of The Year", Lim Young Woong who won two Daesangs, and BTS who won the fourth and final Daesang "Record of the Year".
Here's a recap of all the winners:
Artist of the Year (Daesang): Lim Young Woong Album of the Year (Daesang): Lim Young Woong’s “IM HERO” Best Song of the Year (Daesang): IVE’s “LOVE DIVE” Record of the Year (Daesang): BTS’s “Proof”
Top 10 Artists (Bonsang): BE’O, BTS, (G)I-DLE, IU, IVE, Lim Young Woong, MeloMance, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN
New Artist of the Year: IVE, NewJeans
Best Group (Male): BTS Best Group (Female): IVE
Best Solo Artist (Male): Lim Young Woong Best Solo Artist (Female): IU
Best Performance (Male): TXT Best Performance (Female): LE SSERAFIM
Music Video of the Year: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY” Stage of the Year: IU’s “The Golden Hour: Under the Orange Sun”
Netizen Popularity Award: Lim Young Woong KakaoBank Everyone’s Star Award: BTS Hot Trend Award: LE SSERAFIM
Global Artist: MONSTA X Global Rising Artist: STAYC 1theK Global Icon: ENHYPEN
Best Songwriter: (G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon Best Project Music: WSG Wannabe Best OST: MeloMance’s “Love, Maybe” (from “A Business Proposal”)
Best Collaboration: 10cm and BIG Naughty Best Music Style: BIG Naughty Best Pop Artist: Charlie Puth
Best Performance Director: RyuD
Who were you cheering for? Did your favorite k–pop artist win? Let us know in the comments!