On Saturday, Melon held its annual Melon Music Awards and welcomed an in-person audience for the first time in three years. Although the COVID-19 pandemic affected its usual setup, it came back stronger and honored the best Korean artists and groups who contributed to South Korea’s booming music industry. This year’s event, organized by Kakao M through the music store, marked the 14th installment of the ceremony, which started as a fan-voted award before becoming an offline awards show. Among the winners, Lim Young Woung scored the most spotlight after bringing home two Daesang awards — Album of the Year and Artist of the Year Awards. ALSO READ: Weak Hero Class 1 Actors Park Ji Hoon, Choi Hyun Wook Say K-Drama Series Becomes Life-Changing

Daesang

Artist of the Year: Lim Young Woong

Album of the Year: Lim Young Woong’s “IM HERO”Best Song of the Year: IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”Record of the Year: BTS’s “Proof”

Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)

BE’OBTS(G)I-DLEIUIVELim Young WoongMeloManceNCT DREAMNewJeansSEVENTEEN

New Artist of the Year

IVENewJeans

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Male: BTSFemale: IVE

Best Solo Artist

Male: Lim Young WoongFemale: IU

Best Performance

Male: TXTFemale: LE SSERAFIM

Music Video of the Year

(G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”

Stage of the Year

IU (“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 (from the variety show “How Do You Play?“)

Best OST

MeloMance’s “Love, Maybe” (OST of Korean drama “A Business Proposal”)

Best Collaboration

10cm and BIG Naughty

Best Music Style

BIG Naughty

Best Pop Artist

Charlie Puth

Best Performance Director

RyuD

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