Recently, news spread that the Melon Music Awards (MMA) will not be pursuing the event this year. With this issue, MMA has finally made an official response regarding the news.
According to Soompi, the music platform usually holds the awards ceremony, MMA, between November and December. As the COVID-19 resurged in Korea, news has scattered that the ceremony will not push through this year. South Korea is currently implementing Level 2.5 social distancing rules.
As per industry representative, “Melon seems like it has decided not to host MMA since July.” Another source shared that they have to look into things like the lineup and schedule for them to hold the awards ceremony from late November to December. He continued that Melon, as of this moment, has not taken any action yet. “[Which means] MMA decided to take a break this year due to COVID-19 without switching to an online ceremony.”
With these statements, a source from Kakao, the company in charge of Melon, shared that MMA will push through this year, and they are currently considering various aspects due to external factors. “We will announce the date and arrangement once they are confirmed.”
A Flashback From MMA 2019
The Melon Music Awards 2019 was held on November 30 at Gocheol SkyDome. During the ceremony, BTS swept all four Daesang’s 9grand prizes) of the night, including the Artists of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year with “Boy With Luv,” and Album of the Year with “Map of the Soul: Persona.”
Before the ceremony, Melon already announced the Top 10 artists for the Melon Music Awards 2019. The awardees include BOL4, BTS, Chungha, EXO, Heize, Jang Beom June, JANNABI, MAMAMOO, MC the MAX, and Taeyeon (Girl’s Generation).
About Melon Music Awards
Kakao M organizes Melon Music Awards through its online music store, Melon, and it is a major music awards show in South Korea. Its first awarding ceremony was broadcast through CU Media’s y-star Dramax and Comedy Channels in 2009.
