K-Pop stars flocked to the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on December 14th to attend the ‘2012 MelOn Music Awards‘.
The awards show, which began in 2009 and is now entering its 4th
year, established itself as one of the big four music awards ceremonies
in South Korea alongside the ‘Mnet Asian Music Awards‘, ‘Golden Disk Awards‘, and ‘Seoul Music Awards‘.
The award winners of the top ’2012 MelOn Music Awards’ were chosen by
calculating the number of downloads and streams (80%) as well as online
votes (20%) with the exception of: the Global Artist Award (50% YouTube
score & 50% online votes), and Netizen Popularity Award (20%
downloads and streams & 80% online votes), as well as the Songwriter
Award and MBC Music Star Awards (special judge votes).
The 2012 event was hosted by B2ST‘s Kikwang, INFINITE‘s Woohyun, Moon Hee Jun (H.O.T), and Danny Ahn (g.o.d).
Check out the list of nominees and winners from this year’s show below!
N E W The "2012 MelOn Music Awards" Ceremony (3 hours) Part 1 | Part 2
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N E W The "2012 MelOn Music Awards" Ceremony (3 hours) Part 1 | Part 2
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Best New Artist - Ailee, BAP
Best OST - Seo Inguk and Eunji "All For You" (Reply 1997)
Best Rock Award - Nell "The Day Before"
Best Rap & HipHop - Dynamic Duo "Without You"
Hot Trend - Troublemaker
Best Songwriter - Double Side Kick
Global Artist - Psy "Gangnam Style"
Best Netizen Song - B2ST "Midnight"
R&B Ballad - K.Will "Please Don't"
MBC Music Star - Shinyoung and Shindong
Album of the Year (Daesang) - Busker Busker
Song of the Year (Daesang) - Psy "Gangnam Style"
Artist of the Year (Daesang) - B2ST
Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)
2NE1
PERFORMANCES
K.Will feat. INFINITE-H - Please Don't Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 |
INFINITE - Intro + The Chaser Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4
B2ST - Intro + It's Not Me + Beautiful Night Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4
INFINITE - Intro + The Chaser Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4
B2ST - Intro + It's Not Me + Beautiful Night Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 | Link 4
Source: MelOn, allkpop