The nominees are as follows:
Best Artist Award
BIGBANG Bolbbalgan4 BTS EXO Heize IU Red Velvet TWICE Wanna One WINNER
Best Album Award
Akdong Musician – “Winter” BIGBANG – “MADE” Bolbbalgan4 – “Red Diary Page. 1” BTS – “You Never Walk Alone” EXO – “The War” G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “Kwon Ji Yong” Heize – “/// (You, Clouds, Rain)” IU – “Palette” PSY – “4X2=8” Zion.T – “OO”
Best Song Award
Ailee – “I Will Go to You Like the First Snow” Akdong Musician – “Last Goodbye” BIGBANG – “FXXK IT” BLACKPINK – “As If It’s Your Last” Bolbbalgan4 – “Tell Me You Love Me” BTS – “Spring Day” Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You” EXO – “Ko Ko Bop” G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “Untitled” Heize – “You, Clouds, Rain” Hwang Chi Yeol – “A Daily Song” Hyorin, Changmo – “Blue Moon” IU – “Through the Night” Jung Seung Hwan – “The Fool” PSY – “New Face” Red Velvet – “Rookie” Suran – “Wine” (Feat. Changmo) TWICE – “Knock Knock” WINNER – “Really Really” Yoon Jong Shin – “Like It”
Best New Artist Award
Chungha DreamCatcher Jeong Sewoon KARD MXM ONE PRISTIN Wanna One Weki Meki Woo Won Jae
Stage of the Year
Kim Junsu (JYJ) – “2016 XIA Ballad&Musical Concert with Orchestra Vol. 5” Park Hyo Shin – “Park Hyo Shin 2016 LIVE : I AM A DREAMER” Seo Taiji – “Seo Taiji 25th Anniversary Concert Lotte Card MOOV : Soundtrack Vol. 2” SEVENTEEN – “SEVENTEEN 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘DIAMOND EDGE'” VIXX – “VIXX LIVE FANTASIA DAYDREAM”
Netizen Popularity Award
BIGBANG BTOB BTS EXO Highlight Hwang Chi Yeol MAMAMOO TWICE Wanna One WINNER
Hot Trend Award
Girls Next Door – “Deep Blue Eyes” I.O.I – “Downpour” Kim Sejeong (gugudan) – “Flower Way” Suran – “Wine” (Feat. Changmo) Taeil (Block B), Kim Sejeong (gugudan) – “I Like You, I Dont”
Best Ballad Award
Hwang Chi Yeol – “A Daily Song” Jungkey – “Anymore” Feat. Wheein (MAMAMOO) Jung Seung Hwan – “The Fool” Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “Fine” Yoon Jong Shin – “Like It”
Best Dance Track Award
BLACKPINK – “As If It’s Your Last” BTS – “DNA” EXO – “Ko Ko Bop” Highlight – “Plz Don’t Be Sad” MAMAMOO – “Yes I Am” PSY – “New Face” Red Velvet – “Red Flavor” Sunmi – “Gashina” TWICE – “Knock Knock” WINNER – “Really Really”
Best Rap/Hip Hop Award
Dynamic Duo, Chen (EXO) – “nosedive” Mad Clown – “Lost Without You” Feat. Bolbbalgan4 Nucksal, Hanhae, Rhino, Jo Woo Chan – “1/n” Feat. Dynamic Duo Woo Won Jae – “We Are” Feat. Loco & Gray Zico (Block B) – “Bermuda Triangle” Feat. Crush & Dean
Best R&B/Soul Award
G-Dragon – “Untitled” SISTAR – “Lonely” Suran – “Wine” (Feat. Changmo) Zico (Block B) – “She’s a Baby” Zion.T – “The Song”
Best Indie Award
CHEEZE – “Love You (bye)” Jung Joonil – “Wish” MeloMance – “Gift” Standing Egg – “Thought of You” Vanilla Acoustic – “Just Thinking About You”
Best Rock Award
Buzz – “The Love” DAY6 – “You Were Beautiful” FTISLAND – “Wind” Hyukoh – “TOMBOY” Kim Heechul (Super Junior), Min Kyung Hoon – “Sweet Dream”
Best Trot Award
Choi Won Young – “I’m Coming” Hong Jin Young – “Ring Ring” (Composer Ver.) Jang Yoon Jung – “Cherry Blossom Road 2017” Kim Yeon Ja, DIA, Hong Jin Young – “You Are My Flower” Na Hoon A – “The Man’s Life Story”
Best Folk/Blues Award
Akdong Musician – “Last Goodbye” Cao Lu (FIESTAR), Kisum, Yerin (GFRIEND) – “Spring Again” Jung Eun Ji (Apink) – “The Spring” Feat. Hareem Yun DdanDdan – “The Night I Miss You” 10cm – “Phonecert”
Best Pop Award
The Chainsmokers, Coldplay – “Something Just Like This” Charlie Puth – “Attention” Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You” Maroon 5 – “Don’t Wanna Know” Feat. Kendrick Lamar Zedd, Alessia Cara – “Stay”
Best OST Award
Ailee – “I Will Go to You Like the First Snow” Bolbbalgan4 – “You and Me from the Start” Kassy – “Good Morning” Sung Si Kyung – “Somewhere Someday” V (BTS), Jin (BTS) – “Even If I Die, It’s You”
Voting will run until December 1, and the winners will be announced at the 2017 Melon Music Awards on December 2.