Melon Music Award for Song of the Year

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Melon Music Award
for Song of the Year
Awarded forQuality song containing both lyrics and melody
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao M
First awarded2005 (online)
2009 (ceremony)
Currently held byBTS – "Butter" (2021)
Most awardsBTS (4)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Melon Music Award for Song of the Year is an award presented by Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards. The award was first introduced at its inaugural online ceremony in 2005 and is one of the most prestigious awards given at the event, alongside Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. From 2005 to 2008, Melon Music Award winners were announced online. Since 2009, the ceremony has been held offline in Seoul—with the exception of 2020–21. The breakdown of the award criteria currently consists of 60% digital sales and streaming figures, 20% judges evaluation, and 20% online voting.[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Wonder Girls received the Best Song award in 2007–08
2009 award winner for "Gee", Girls' Generation
2010 winner 2AM for "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die"
2011 recipient IU, winning for "Good Day"
2013 recipient for "Growl", Exo
2015 recipient Big Bang, winning for "Bang Bang Bang"
Twice won the award for "Cheer Up" in 2016
Four-time award winner BTS, winning in 2017 and 2019–21

Best Song Award[]

Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Song Ref.
2005 Epik High "Fly" [2]
2006 Baek Ji-young "I Won't Love" [3]
2007 Wonder Girls "Tell Me" [4]
2008 "So Hot" [5]

Song of the Year (daesang)[]

Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Song Nominees[b] Ref.
2009
(1st) 		Girls' Generation "Gee" N/A [6]
2010
(2nd) 		2AM "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die" [7]
2011
(3rd) 		IU "Good Day" [8]
2012
(4th) 		Psy "Gangnam Style" [9]
[10]
2013
(5th) 		Exo "Growl" [11]
2014
(6th) 		Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips" [12]
[13]
2015
(7th) 		Big Bang "Bang Bang Bang" [14]
[15]
2016
(8th) 		Twice "Cheer Up" [16]
[17]
2017
(9th) 		BTS "Spring Day" [18]
2018
(10th) 		iKon "Love Scenario" [19]
[20]
2019
(11th) 		BTS "Boy with Luv" [21]
2020
(12th) 		"Dynamite" [22]
2021
(13th) 		"Butter" [23]

Artists with multiple wins[]

4 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations[]

7 nominations
5 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Note: Shortlisted nominations only

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Winners for the event were announced online from 2005 to 2008.
  2. ^ Shortlisted nominees only

References[]

  1. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (December 6, 2020). "Winners at 2020 Melon Music Awards". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "2005 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "2006 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "2007 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "2008 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "2009 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "2010 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  8. ^ Kim, Eun-goo (November 24, 2011). [2011 MMA]아이유 베스트송상 수상 '좋은 날~' [[2011 MMA] IU wins Best Song Award for 'Good Day~']. Edaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "2012 Melon Music Awards Winners". Manila Bulletin. December 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2021 – via Yahoo.
  10. ^ 2012 MelOn Music Awards 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 23, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "2013 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "2014 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ^ Jung, Ji-won (November 13, 2014). 태양 '눈코입' MMA 올해의 베스트송, 2관왕 저력 [Taeyang's 'Eyes, Nose, Lips' wins MMA best song of the year, 2 wins possible]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "2015 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  15. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Winners from the 2016 MelOn Music Awards". The Korea Herald. November 20, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  17. ^ [2016 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Who won BIG on day 3 of the 2017 MAMAs and the 2017 Melon Music Awards?". SBS PopAsia. December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  19. ^ "2018 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  20. ^ [2018 MMA] 2018 멜론뮤직어워드 - 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. December 3, 2018. Event occurs at 92:27. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  21. ^ Herman, Tamar (December 1, 2019). "BTS Turn 2019 Melon Music Awards Into Mini Concert Before Picking Up Top Honors". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  22. ^ Covington, Abigail (December 5, 2020). "Missing Out on the BTS Magic? Check Out Their Performance from Last Night's Melon Awards". Esquire. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  23. ^ [MMA 2021] Melon Music Awards 2021 (멜론뮤직어워드 2021) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. December 4, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

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