Genie Music Awards

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.[1]

Genie Music Awards
Awarded for	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
Website	http://event.genie.co.kr/promotion/mgavote
Television/radio coverage
Network	2018: MBC Plus MBC Music MBC Every1 2019: Mnet
Runtime	90 minutes (Red Carpet), 240 (Main event)

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	[2]
2nd	August 1, 2019	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul		[3]
3rd	December, 2020	Online			[4]

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)

Artist of the Year[lower-alpha 1]

Year	Winner
2018	BTS
2019	BTS
2020	Lim Young-woong

Song of the Year [lower-alpha 2]

Year	Winner	Song
2018	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
2019	Paul Kim	“Me After You”
2020	Zico	“Any Song”

Album of the Year [lower-alpha 3]

Year	Winner	Album
2018	BTS	Love Yourself: Answer
2020	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7

Artist Category Awards

The Group Award[lower-alpha 4]

Year	Winners
	Male	Female
2018	BTS	Twice
2019	BTS	Twice

The Solo Artist Award[lower-alpha 5]

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

The New Artist Award[lower-alpha 6]

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

Genre-specific Tracks Awards

Best Dance Track[lower-alpha 7]

Year	Winner		Song
2018	Male	BTS	"Idol"
	Female	Momoland	"Bboom Bboom"
2019	Male	BTS	"Boy With Luv"
	Female	Iz*One	"Violeta"
2020	Overall	BTS	"Dynamite"

Best Ballad Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	M.C The Max	"Bloom"

Best R&B/Soul Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	Lee Hi	"HOLO"

Best Rap/Hip Hop Track

Year	Winner	Song
2018	iKon	"Love Scenario"
2020	Zico	"Any Song"

Best Trot Track

Year	Winner	Song
2020	Lim Young-woong	"Trust in Me"

Best OST Award

Year	Winner	Song	Drama
2018	Paul Kim	"Every Day, Every Moment"	Should We Kiss First?
2020	Jo Jung-suk	"Aloha"	Hospital Playlist

Discontinued Awards

See Awards

The Top Best Selling Artist [lower-alpha 8]

Year	Winner
2018	Twice
2019	Twice

M2 Top Video[lower-alpha 9]

Year	Winner
2019	BTS

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

The Vocal Artist [lower-alpha 10]

Year	Winner		Song
2018	Male	Wanna One	"Beautiful"
	Female	Heize	"Jenga"
2019		Mamamoo	"Gogobebe"

Best Band Performance

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

MBC Plus Star Award

Year	Winners
2018	Wanna One

M2 Hot Star

Year	Winners
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

Discovery of the Year

Year	Winner
2018	Celeb Five

Notes

1. before: Best Artist of the Year (2018)/"The Top Artist"(2019)
2. before: "Best Song of the Year"(2018)/"The Top Music"(2019)
3. before "Best Digital Album of the Year"(2018)
4. before "Best Female/Male Group"(2018)
5. before "Best Female/Male Artist"(2018)
6. before "Best New Female/Male Artist"(2018)
7. before: "Best Dance Perfomance"(2018)/"The Performing Artist"(2019)
8. "Grand Prize"
9. "Grand Prize"
10. before: "Best Vocal Performance"(2018)

References

1. "방탄소년단·워너원·트와이스, '2018 MGA' 출격..초특급 라인업 [공식입장]". 미주중앙일보. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
2. "방탄소년단·워너원·트와이스, '2018 MGA' 출격..초특급 라인업 [공식입장]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). October 9, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
3. "Mnet M2X지니뮤직 의기투합…8월 1일 'MGMA' 개최". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). June 4, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
4. "방탄소년단·워너원·트와이스, '2018 MGA' 출격..초특급 라인업 [공식입장]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). October 9, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2019.