The 2018 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M (a

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company) through its

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'', took place on December 1, 2018 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in

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, South Korea. This was the tenth ceremony in the show's history. Wanna One, iKon and

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took home the grand prizes, also known as the "Daesang Awards".

Judging criteria

Performers and presenters

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Performers

Presenters

Winners and nominees

Only artists who released music between December 2, 2017 and October 25, 2018 were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 13, 2018. Voting for Category awards took place from November 14 through November 30, 2018.

Voted Awards

Other awards

References

External links

{{Melon Music Awards 2018 music awards Melon Music Awards ceremonies Annual events in South Korea