2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards

The 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards ceremony, organized by MBC Plus and Genie Music, took place on November 6, 2018, at Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea. This is the first MGA ceremony.^[1]

2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards
Date	November 6, 2018
Location	Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea
Hosted by	Jun Hyun-moo
Most awards	BTS (5)
Website	event.genie.co.kr/promotion/mga
Television/radio coverage
Network	MBC Plus MBC Music MBC Every1 V Live
Runtime	210 minutes
Genie Music Awards · 2019 →

BTS, Wanna One, and Twice took home the grand prizes, also known as the "Daesang Awards".^[2]

Attendees, performers and presenters

Jun Hyun-moo hosted the show. Day6, Momoland, Chungha, Stray Kids, Heize, (G)I-DLE, Jung Seung-hwan are among the attendees of the show and won.

Performers

• Celeb Five and Akane Kikaku – "I Wanna Be a Celeb"
• Charlie Puth – "See You Again"
• BTS and Charlie Puth – "We Don't Talk Anymore" and "Fake Love"
• Generations from Exile Tribe – " F.L.Y BOYS F.L.Y GIRLS"
• Vibe, Ben, and 4Men's Kim Won-joo – "I Can't". "Love, ing" and "Please Come Back Again"
• Twice – "Heart Shaker", "What Is Love", "Dance the Night Away", and "Yes or Yes"
• Wanna One – "To Be One", "Nothing Without You", "I'll Remember", "Light" and "Beautiful"
• BTS – "Save Me", "I'm Fine" and "Idol"

Presenters

Pyo Ye-jin Lee Ji-hoon Seol In-ah Yeo Hoe-hyun Moon Gabi BJ Banzz Fukushi Sota

Kim Ho-young Kang Han-na Kim Kwon Jo Woo-ri Shin Ah-young Jo Hyun-jae Lee Hyun-yi

Judging criteria

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

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting took place on the Genie Music website from October 1, 2018, through October 31, 2018.

Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Song of the Year (Daesang)
BTS Blackpink BtoB Celeb Five Chungha Dean Fromis 9 (G)I-dle HAON Heize iKon Jang Deok Cheol Jung Seung Hwan KHAN Kim Dong Han Loona Mamamoo Momoland Pentagon Paul Kim Red Velvet Roy Kim Seventeen Seungri Stray Kids Sunmi Suzy Twice Taeyeon The Boyz VINXEN Wanna One Yong Jun-hyung	Wanna One – "Beautiful" BEN – "Can’t Go" BEN – "Love, ing" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" BtoB – "Missing You" BTS – "Fake Love" BTS – "Idol" Bolbbalgan4 – "Travel" Day6 – "Shoot Me" Davichi – "Days Without You" Epik High – "Love Story" (Feat. IU) F.T. Island – "Summer Night’s Dream" Hyukoh – "Love Ya!" Heize – "Jenga" (Feat. Gaeko) iKon – "Love Scenario" ISU (M.C THE MAX) – "My Way" Jang Deok Cheol – "Good Old Days" Jaurim – "For Ever and Ever" Mamamoo – "Rainy Season" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Momoland – "Bboom Bboom" MeloMance – "Deepen" MeloMance – "Tale" NELL, GroovyRoom – "Today" Pentagon – "Shine" Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" Red Velvet – "Power Up" Roy Kim – "Only Then" Seventeen – "Oh My!" Shinee – "Good Evening" Sondia – "Adult" Twice – "What is Love?" Winner – "Everyday" Wanna One – "Boomerang" Yong Jun-hyung – "Sudden Shower" (Feat. 10 cm)
Best Selling Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Digital Album of the Year (Daesang)
Twice Bolbbalgan4 BTS MeloMance Red Velvet	BTS – Love Yourself: Answer Bolbbalgan4 – Red Diary Page.2 Epik High – We've Done Something Wonderful iKon – Return Wanna One – 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You)
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
BTS BtoB iKon Seventeen Wanna One	Twice Red Velvet Mamamoo Momoland Blackpink
Male Rookie Group	Female Rookie Group
Stray Kids HAON Kim Dong Han The Boyz VINXEN	(G)I-dle Celeb Five Fromis 9 Loona KHAN
Best Male Solo Artist	Best Female Solo Artist
Jung Seung-hwan Dean Roy Kim Seungri Yong Jun-hyung	Chungha Heize Sunmi Suzy Taeyeon
Discovery of the Year	Rap/HipHop Music Award
Celeb Five Jang Deok Cheol Momoland Paul Kim Pentagon	iKon – "Love Scenario" BTS – "Fake Love" Epik High – "Love Story" (Feat. IU) Winner – "Everyday" Yong Jun-hyung – "Sudden Shower" (Feat. 10 cm)
Best Band Performance Award	Best OST Award
Day6 – "Shoot Me" F.T. Island – "Summer Night’s Dream" Hyukoh – "Love Ya!" Jaurim – "For Ever and Ever" NELL, GroovyRoom – "Today"	Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" BEN – "Can't Go" ISU (M.C THE MAX) – "My Way" MeloMance – "Deepen" Sondia – "Adult"
Best Male Dance Performance	Best Female Dance Performance
BTS – "Idol" Pentagon – "Shine" Seventeen – "Oh My!" Shinee – "Good Evening" Wanna One – "Boomerang"	Momoland– "Bboom Bboom" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" Red Velvet – "Power Up" Twice – "What is Love?
Best Male Vocal Performance	Best Female Vocal Performance
Wanna One – "Beautiful" BtoB – "Missing You" Jang Deok Cheol – "Good Old Days" MeloMance – "Tale" Roy Kim – "Only Then"	Heize – "Jenga" (Feat. Gaeko) Ben – "Love, ing" Bolbbalgan4 – "Travel" Davichi – "Days Without You" Mamamoo – "Rainy Season"
Best Rap/Hip Hop Award	Genie Music Popularity Award
iKon – "Love Scenario" BTS – "Fake Love" Epik High – "Love Story" (feat. IU) Winner – "Everyday" Yong Jun-hyung – "Sudden Shower" (Feat. 10 cm)	BTS List of nominated artists Ben Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 BtoB Celeb Five Chungha Day6 Davichi Dean Epik High Fromis 9 F.T. Island (G)I-dle HAON Heize Hyukoh iKon ISU (M.C THE MAX) Jang Deok Cheol Jaurim Jung Seung Hwan KHAN Kim Dong Han Loona Mamamoo MeloMance Momoland NELL and GroovyRoom Pentagon Paul Kim Red Velvet Roy Kim Seventeen Seungri Shinee Sondia Stray Kids Sunmi Suzy Twice Taeyeon The Boyz VINXEN Wanna One Winner Yong Junhyung

Other Awards

• MBC Plus Star Award – Wanna One
• Best Global Performance – Twice
• Best Producer – Bang Si-hyuk
• Best Pop Artist – Charlie Puth
• MGA Best Choreographer – Son Sung-deuk (BTS' Idol)