2012 Melon Music Awards

The 2012 Melon Music Awards were held on Friday, December 14, 2012, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, the 2012 ceremony was the event's fourth edition since its offline launch in 2009. The award winners were determined by combining digital sales data and voting conducted by netizens online.

2012 Melon Music Awards
Date	Friday, December 14, 2012
Location	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Country	South Korea
Highlights
Most awards	Psy (4)
Most nominations	Psy (5)
Song of the Year	"Gangnam Style"
Album of the Year	Busker Busker 1st Album
Artist of the Year	Beast
Website	Melon Music Awards website
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC2 JTBC4 1theK KakaoTV Daum Melon
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The 2012 ceremony was the show's largest ceremony at the time, attracting an audience of over 11,000 people. It was directed under the theme of "Music is Healing" and was broadcast live globally via YouTube as well as cable television channels domestically.^[2]

Psy was the most nominated and awarded act of the night, where he won four awards including Song of the Year with "Gangnam Style", Global Artist, Top 10 Artist and Best Music Video. Beast and Busker Busker were awarded with Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, respectively. B.A.P and Ailee additionally won the Best New Artist Awards.

Performers

List of performances at 2012 Melon Music Awards

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Rhythm Power Simon Dominic Dynamic Duo	"Sanaee" "Cheerz" "Friday Night"
K.Will Hoya Dongwoo	"Please Don't..."
B.A.P	"Warrior"
T-ara	"Sexy Love" "Lovey-Dovey"
Infinite	"The Chaser"
Sistar	"Alone"
Nell	"White Night" "Cliff Parade"
Ailee Huh Gak	"Heaven" "A Someone Who Loves Me" "You Raise Me Up"
2NE1	"I Love You"
Beast	"It's Not Me" "Beautiful Night"

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners and nominees are listed below.^[3][4] Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.^[5][6]

Top 10 Artists (Bonsang)	Song of the Year (Daesang)
Psy Busker Busker Big Bang 2NE1 Sistar Huh Gak Beast IU Infinite T-ara	Psy – "Gangnam Style" Busker Busker – "Cherry Blossom Ending" Sistar – "Alone" IU – "You & I" Trouble Maker – "Trouble Maker"
Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Album of the Year (Daesang)
Beast Busker Busker Big Bang Psy IU	Busker Busker – Busker Busker 1st Album IU – Last Fantasy Big Bang – Alive G-Dragon – One of a Kind Psy – Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1
Best New Artist	Best Rap/Hip Hop Award
B.A.P Ailee Ulala Session Lee Hi Juniel	Dynamic Duo – "Without You" Epik High – "Its Cold" Verbal Jint – "Pretty Enough" Leessang – "Someday" Primary – "See Through"
Best Rock Award	Best R&B/Ballad Award
Nell – "The Day Before" CNBLUE – "Hey You" F.T. Island – "Severely" 10cm – "Fine and Thank You" Rubber Fish – "Dont Live Like That"	K.Will – "Please Don’t" Ailee – "Heaven" 2AM – "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me" Baek Ji-young – "Voice" Noel – "Fading Away"
Best OST Award	Hot Trend Award
Eunji & Seo In-guk – "All For You" (from Reply 1997) Lyn – "Back in Time" (from Moon Embracing the Sun) Lee Jong-hyun – "My Love" (from A Gentleman's Dignity) Huh Gak – "One Person" (from Big) Noel – "To Live" (from Padam Padam)	Trouble Maker – "Trouble Maker" Roy Kim & Jung Joon-young – "Becoming Dust" Hyungdon & Daejoon – "The Gloomy Song" Huh Gak & Zia – "I Need You" Geeks feat. Soyou – "Officially Missing You, Too"
Best Pop Song	Popular Netizen Song
Maroon 5 – "Payphone" (feat. Wiz Khalifa)	Beast – "Midnight" Xiah Junsu – "Love Is Like Snow" Girls' Generation-TTS – "Twinkle" Big Bang – "Fantastic Baby" Shinhwa – "Venus" IU – "You & I" Kara – "Pandora" G-Dragon – "Crayon"

Other awards

Nominees	Winners
Songwriter Award	Double Sidekick
Global Artist	Psy
Music Video of the Year	Cho Soo-hyun – Psy's "Gangnam Style"
MBC Music Star Award	Shindong & Kim Shin-young