The 2009 Melon Music Awards were held on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Olympic Hall, Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, it was the first offline installment of the event in the show's history, having previously been held online since 2005.
| 2009 Melon Music Awards | |
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| Date | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
| Location | Olympic Hall, Olympic Park |
| Country | South Korea |
| Hosted by |
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| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Girls' Generation (6) |
| Album of the Year | Heartbreaker |
| Artist of the Year | Girls' Generation |
| Song of the Year | "Gee" |
| Website | Melon Music Awards website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
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Performers
edit| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Kim Tae-woo | "Love Snow" |
| Davichi | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" "8282" "Shout" |
| 8Eight | "Without a Heart" |
| K.Will | "Miss, Miss and Miss" "With You" |
| Kara | "Wanna" "Mister" "Honey" |
| Brown Eyed Girls | "Sign" (remix) "Abracadabra" |
| 2NE1 | "Let’s Go Party" "Fire" "I Don’t Care" |
| Girls' Generation | "Genie" "Gee" |
| 2PM | "Heartbeat" "Again & Again" |
| Kim Tae-woo Ok Taec-yeon |
"The Night When I Can't Sleep" |
| Lee Seung-chul | "Love is Difficult" "Don't Say Goodbye" |
Presenters
edit- Jang Keun-suk & Park Shin-hye (only the second part) – Official Host & Presenter for the Top 10 Award
- Kim Na-young – Backstage Host
- Kim Tae-hoon – Best Songwriter award
- Jung Yong-hwa & Lee In-hye – Best Special Album
- Hong Seok-cheon & Yu Soo-hyun[a] – Best Smart Radio Artist / Seok-cheon then Later introduced 2PM
- Lim Yo-hwan & Kim Taek-yong – Best Oddyesey
- Jung Yoon-gi & Jin Bora – Best Mania Artist / Bora then Later introduced 2NE1
- Son Jang-min – Best Star Award
- Jang Kwang-ho – Best Current Stream Song Award
- Choi Hyun-woo – Introducing Girls Generation Performance & Presenting the As I thought, T-Mobile Music Award
- Yiruma & Kim Joo-won – Y-Star Live Award
- Kim Chang-wan – Best New Artist
- Joo Young-hoon & Lee Yoon-mi – Artist of the Year
- Kim Hyung-suk & Ahn Hye-kyoung – Album of the Year
- Kim Tae-won & Park Shin-hye – Song of the Year
Winners and nominees
editMain awards
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Winners and nominees are listed below. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.[2]
Special awards
edit| Best Smart Radio Artist Award | Best Mania Artist Award |
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| Current Stream Song Award | Mobile Music Award |
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Other awards
edit| Category | Winners |
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| Best Songwriter | "Hitman" Bang |
| Star Award | TVXQ – "Mirotic" |
| Odyssey Award | Girls' Generation – "Gee" |
| Sudden Rise Award | Leessang |
| Y-Star Live Award | Lee Seung-chul |
Notes
edit- ^ One of the Lucky App User to be chosen to present the award.
References
edit- ^ "음악사이트 멜론, 첫 디지털 음원 연말 시상식 개최!" [Music site Melon hosts the first digital music year-end awards ceremony!]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. November 9, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ "2009 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ Kim, Hyun-woo (December 16, 2009). 빅뱅 지드래곤 불참불구 MMA 대상 올해의 앨범상 수상 기염 [Big Bang's G-Dragon wins the MMA Award for Album of the Year despite his absence]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "'5관왕' 소녀시대 MMA 대상 올해의 아티스트상 수상 '눈물펑펑'" [Girls' Generation won the Artist of the Year award at the MMA Awards 'flood of tears']. Newsen. December 16, 2009. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "소녀시대'Gee' MMA 대상 올해의 노래상 수상 '6관왕' 기염" [Girls' Generation's 'Gee' won the Song of the Year award at the MMA Awards 'six crowns']. Newsen. December 16, 2009. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "[2009 멜론뮤직어워드0] 2NE1, 신인상 수상" [[2009 Melon Music Awards] 2NE1, Rookie of the Year Award]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Naver. December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2022.