2015 Melon Music Awards

2015 Melon Music Awards
DateNovember 7, 2015
LocationOlympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea
Highlights
Most awardsBig Bang (4)
Most nominationsBig Bang and Exo (5)
Song of the Year"Bang Bang Bang"
Album of the YearExodus
Artist of the YearBig Bang
Websitewww.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime240 minutes
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The 2015 Melon Music Awards were held on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, the 2015 ceremony was the seventh installment of the event. The ceremony was hosted by television personality Yoo Byung-jae. Exo and Big Bang led the number of nominations with five each, with BigBang winning four of those awards while Exo won two.

Performers

List of performances at 2015 Melon Music Awards
Artist(s) Song(s)
Monsta X "Trespass" / "Hero"
GFriend "Glass Bead" / "Me Gustas Tu"
iKon "My Type" / "Rhythm Ta"
Hong Jin-young "Cheer Up"
EXID "Up & Down" / "Ah Yeah"
Red Velvet "Dumb Dumb"
BTS Intro + "I Need U"
Hyukoh "Hooka" / "Because I Love You"
Apink "Mollayo" / "No No No" / "Mr. Chu" / "Luv" / "Remember"
Big Bang "If You" / "Loser" / "Bang Bang Bang" / "Sober" / "Fantastic Baby"

Presenters

MCs[2]

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners and nominees are listed below.[3][4] Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.[5][6][7]

Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) Album of the Year (Daesang)
Artist of the Year (Daesang) Song of the Year (Daesang)
Best New Male Artist Best New Female Artist
Best Dance Award (Male) Best Dance Award (Female)
Best Rap/Hip Hop Award Best Ballad Award
Best Indie Award Best Rock Award
  • Standing Egg ft. Wheein – "The Sunlight Hurts"
    • Vanilla Acoustic – "I can't last even a minute" (1분도 못버텨)
    • The Black Skirts – "Hollywood"
    • Sugarbowl – "Focus on Me" (나한테 집중해)
    • Zitten – "Let's get along, we" (잘 지내자, 우리)
Best Trot Award Best OST Award
Netizen Popularity Award Hot Trend Award
Best R&B / Soul Best Pop
  • Naul – "Living in the Same Time"

Other awards

Nominees Winners
MBC Music Star Award EXID
1theK Performance Award Monsta X
Songwriter Award Teddy Park

References

  1. ^ "Melon Music Awards - Last Awards". Melon (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 26, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "[단독] 유병재 '2015 멜론뮤직어워드' MC로 참석…첫 진행 나선다" [[Exclusive] Yoo Byung-jae as MC for '2015 Melon Music Awards'... go first]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. November 6, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.1 (1부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2022 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "2015 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Sung, So-young (November 8, 2015). "Big Bang snags four Melon awards". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Kim, Young-jin (November 8, 2015). "'2015 멜론뮤직어워드' 빅뱅, 4관왕…여자친구·아이콘 신인상 영예(종합)" ['2015 Melon Music Awards' Big Bang wins 4 awards ... GFriend, iKon wins Rookie of the Year Award (Comprehensive)]. Asia Today (in Korean). Retrieved February 22, 2022.