K-Pop stars flocked to the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on November 24th to attend the ‘2011 Melon Music Awards‘.
The awards show, which began in 2009 and is now entering its 3rd year, established itself as one of the big four music awards ceremonies in South Korea, alongside the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Seoul Music Awards.
There were a number of performances from participating artists like IU, f(x), B2ST, and more. If you missed the live broadcast for some reason or if you just want to see it all again, check out the videos below!
K-Pop stars flocked to the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on November 24th to attend the ‘2011 Melon Music Awards‘.
The awards show, which began in 2009 and is now entering its 3rd year, established itself as one of the big four music awards ceremonies in South Korea, alongside the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Seoul Music Awards.
Hosted by Super Junior’s Leeteuk, actress Park Shin Hye and B2ST‘s Doojoon, the awards ceremony is famed for calculating ONLY digital sales (80%) and online votes (20%) on Melon.com; the final tally of those two factors will produce the winners in the various categories.
Check out the list of winners from this year’s show below!
▲ 2011 Artist (Daesang)
- B2ST
▲ 2011 Album (Daesang)
- 2NE1 (’2NE1 2nd mini-album’)
▲ 2011 SK Planet Best Song (Daesang)
- IU (“Good Day”)
▲ 2011 Top 10 Artists
2NE1 | f(x) | Leessang | Park Jung Hyun | B2ST
Big Bang | Super Junior | SECRET | SISTAR | IU
▲ 2011 Best New Artist
- Huh Gak
▲ 2011 Global Artist
- SNSD
▲ 2011 Netizen Popularity Battle
- Super Junior
▲ 2011 Hot Trend
- ‘Infinity Challenge’: ‘West Coast Highway Song Festival’ project album
▲ 2011 MBC Music Star Award
- Baek Ji Young
▲ 2011 OST
- Sunny Hill’s Jubee (“Pit-a-Pat” from ‘The Greatest Love’ OST)
▲ 2011 Rap/Hip Hop
- GD&TOP
▲ 2011 R&B/Ballad
- Kim Bum Soo
▲ 2011 Rock
- CNBLUE
▲ 2011 Music Video
- T-ara (“Roly-Poly”) directed by Cha Eun Taek
▲ 2011 Song Writer
- Jun Hye Sung (Davichi’s “Don’t Say Goodbye”, Baek Ji Young’s “That Woman”)
▲ 2011 Performing Arts Award
- Lee Seung Hwan
Congratulations to all of the winners!
So, what did you think of the results of the Melon Music Awards this year? Tell us your thoughts on the winners below.
Fans of ‘Dream High‘ felt disappointed by the announcement made KBS today, who revealed that SM Entertainment has no plans to take part in the drama’s sequel.
Although the company had agreed to team up with KeyEast Entertainment and JYP Entertainmentfor ‘Dream High 2‘, they bowed out at the casting stage due to overwhelming overseas schedules for all of their artists, including Super Junior, SNSD, TVXQ, SHINee, and f(x).
“We focused on casting with the plan that SM Entertainment artists would take part in Season 2 based on Season 1′s success, but schedules were so tight that the plan eventually amounted to nothing,”said a representative for KBS. “It’s a shame, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”
‘Dream High 2′ is scheduled to air its first episode on January 30th, and has so far confirmed like 2AM‘s Jinwoon, SISTAR‘s Hyorin, actress Kang Sora, and rookie Ailee.
On the November 23rd airing of KBS2 ‘Star Life Theater‘, the ladies of SNSD revealed what their everyday lives are like off-camera.
SNSD’s Tiffany showed her soft side as she shared a story about her family. She began by revealing that when she joined the group, she was only 16 years old. “It had only been two years since my mother had passed away, and I didn’t know it at the time but I was lost and a little rebellious. The only thing that made me happy was music.”
“And the more I worked, the further my relationship with my father suffered. I thought about it, and I realized I have spent very little time with him. It breaks my heart“, she admitted, unable to hold back her tears.
But on the same episode, Tiffany was able to put on her first successful musical performance, earning the high praises and cheers of the audience members.
