Loen Entertainment, which operates the online music site MelOn, named MelOn Music Awards 2014’s
Top 10 artists who received the most love throughout this year and
announced on October 31 that the second round of voting to select the
winners of different categories will begin.
This year’s MelOn Music Awards 2014 Top 10 includes 2NE1, EXO, g.o.d, Winner, Girl’s Day, B2ST, SISTAR, IU, Akdong Musician, Big Bang’s Taeyang, who have been selected through online voting (20%) and music scores (80%).
The Top 10 artists include some of the
most popular male idol groups, such as EXO and B2ST as well as 1st
generation idol group g.o.d. Three girl groups, namely 2NE1, Girl’s Day
and SISTAR, also are on the list.
Winner and Akdong Musician, the monster
rookie groups that have caused a major wave, Big Bang’s Taeyang who
successfully carried out his solo activities this year and IU, who swept
the charts with her mature sentiments, have also been named.
The first round of online voting raked
in over 4.37 million votes, more than twice the amount compared to last
year. The second round of voting to select the winners for various
awards will continue until November 12.
The winners of MelOn Music Awards 2014’s
Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year awards will be
announced during the award ceremony taking place on November 13.
The nominees for various genres of awards, including The Newcomer
Award, Netizen Popularity Award and Hot Trend Award, have also been
announced. The winners will be selected after the results are collected
from the second round of online voting closing on November 12.
The nominees for The Newcomer Award include Winner, Park Bo Ram, Red
Velvet, Eddy Kim and MAMAMOO. The nominees for The Netizen Popularity
Award include EXO, Infinite, B2ST, B1A4, Winner, Park Hyo Shin and more.
The nominees of The Hot Trend Award include High4 & IU’s Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms, San E & Reina’s A Midsummer Night’s Sweetness, Soyou & Junggigo’s Some and more.
The upcoming MelOn Music Awards 2014 will be carried out under the concept of ‘Melon, You: Your Music Story.’
MelOn Music Awards 2014 will be launched on
November 13 Olympic Gymnastics Arena and will be aired live through MBC
Music, MBC Every1, MBC Queen, MelOn, 1thek and YouTube channel, making
it available for all fans in and out of Korea to watch.
Credits: YGUnited
Source: Mnet
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