Genie Music Awards

Genie Music Awards
Description	Excellence in music
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Genie Music MBC Plus (2018) M2 (2019)
Hosted by	2018: Jun Hyun-moo 2019: Han Hye-jin
Formerly called	MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards
First awarded	2018
Television/radio coverage
Network	2018: MBC Plus MBC Music MBC Every1 2019: Mnet
Runtime	90 minutes (Red Carpet), 240 (Main event)

The Genie Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea and organized by Genie Music together with their partner network.

The 2019 Genie Music Awards are named M2 X Genie Music Awards (MGMA) as with their partnership with Mnet's digital studio, M2.

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	City	Country	Ref.
1st	November 6, 2018	Namdong Gymnasium	Incheon	South Korea
2nd	August 1, 2019	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul

Judging criteria

2018 MGA

Key

Main Award (Daesang)

Division	Online Voting	Digital Sales	Judge Score	Social Media
Artist of the Year	30%	30%	20%	20%
Song of the Year	20%	40%	20%	20%
Best Selling Artist of the Year	10%	50%	20%	20%
Digital Album of the Year	10%	50%	20%	20%
Artist Category Awards*	30%	30%	20%	20%
Song Genre Awards**	20%	40%	20%	20%
Special Awards***	100%	—	—	—
*Male Artist Award, Female Artist Award, Male Group Award, Female Group Award, Male Rookie Award, Female Rookie Award, Discovery of the Year **Dance Track (Male), Dance Track (Female), Vocal Track (Male), Vocal Track (Female), Rap/Hip Hop Music Award, Band Music Award, OST Award ***Genie Music Popularity Award, Idolchamp Global Popularity Award

2019 MGMA

Key

Main Award (Daesang)

Division	Online Voting	Digital Sales	Judge Score	Social Media	Twitter Voting
The Top Artist	20%	20%	20%	30%	10%
The Top Music	—	100%	—	—	—
The Top Best Selling Artist	—	100%	—	—	—
M2 Top Video	—	—	—	100%	—
Music Awards*	30%	30%	30%	10%	—
Special Awards**	100%	—	—	—	—
*The Male Group, The Female Group, The Male Solo Artist, The Female Solo Artist, The Male New Artist, The Female New Artist, The Performing Artist Male, The Performing Artist Female, The Vocal Artist, The Band **Genie Music Popularity Award, Global Popularity Award

Daesang Awards (Grand Prizes)

The Top Artist

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019	BTS

The Top Music

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
2019	Paul Kim	“Me After You”

The Top Best Selling Artist

Year	Winner
2018	Twice
2019	Twice

M2 Top Video

Year	Winner
2019	BTS

Best Digital Album of the Year

Year	Winner	Album
2018	BTS	Love Yourself: Answer

Artist Category Awards

Best Group / The Group

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	BTS	Twice
2019	BTS	Twice

Best Solo Artist / The Solo Artist

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	Jung Seung-hwan	Chungha
2019	Paul Kim	Chungha

Best New Artist / The New Artist

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	Stray Kids	(G)I-dle
2019	TXT	Itzy

Discovery of the Year

Year	Winner
2018	Celeb Five

Song Genre Awards

Best Dance Performance / The Performing Artist

Year	Winner		Song
2018	Male	BTS	"Idol"
	Female	Momoland	"Bboom Bboom"
2019	Male	BTS	"Boy With Luv"
	Female	Iz*One	"Violeta"

Best Vocal Performance / The Vocal Artist

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
2019	Mamamoo	"Gogobebe"

Best Rap/Hip Hop Performance

Year	Winner	Song
2018	iKon	"Love Scenario"

Best Band Performance / The Band

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Day6	"Shoot Me"
2019	Day6	"Time of Our Life"

Best OST

Year	Winner	Song	Drama
2018	Paul Kim	"Every Day, Every Moment"	Should We Kiss First?

Special Awards

MBC Plus Star Award / M2 Hot Star

Year	Winners
2018	Wanna One
2019	Pentagon
	Cosmic Girls

Next Generation Star

Year	Winners
2019	AB6IX
	Kim Jae-hwan

Genie Music Popularity Award

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019	BTS

Best Global Performance

Year	Winner
2018	Twice

Global Popularity Award

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019	BTS

M2 The Most Popular Artist

Year	Winner
2019	Iz*One

Other awards

Best Producer

Year	Winner
2018	Bang Si-hyuk

Best Pop Artist

Year	Winner
2018	Charlie Puth

Best Choreography

Year	Winner	Work
2018	Son Sung-deuk	BTS – "Idol"

Best Fandom

Year	Winner
2018	A.R.M.Y (BTS Fandom)

The Innovator

Year	Winner
2019	Yoon Jong Shin

The Performance Creator

Year	Winner
2019	Lia Kim