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| Bangtan Boys / Courtes of Twitter |
By Ko Dong-hwan
K-pop boy bands Bangtan Boys (BTS) and EXO, and girl band TWICE won the top three awards at the 2016 melon Music Awards on Saturday.
BTS from Big Hit Entertainment won the top album award in the eighth year of the awards at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
"This is the best award ever since our debut," said BTS' Rap Monster, according to Yonhap news agency, which said his bandmates J-Hope and Jin cried.
Three years after its debut, the band has become one of the hottest K-pop bands. Its latest full-length album "WINGS" ranked as high as 26th on the Billboard 200 chart ― the highest of any K-pop band to date.
Boy band EXO claimed five awards ― top artist, best dancer, Kakao hot star, TOP 10 and the netizen choice award.
BTS was EXO's biggest rival for the dance award, but EXO had more music downloads and album sales.
GFriend, last year's winner of the rookie award, won the best female dancer award. The band from Source Music competed in the category with S.M. Entertainment's Red Velvet, JYP Entertainment's TWICE and Wonder Girls, and MAMAMOO from RBW Entertainment.
TWICE won the best song of the year award with its dance-pop tune"Cheer Up."
"It's been only a year since our debut," TWICE's Jihyo said, as the members cried under the spotlight.
"A year ago, we'd never imagined that we'd be able to win such a big award. We'll do all we can to prove that we're deserving of such an honor."
Girl group BLACKPINK from YG Entertainment took the rookie's award, outpacing I.O.I from YMC Entertainment. Debuting on Aug. 8, BLACKPINK gained popularity quickly with "Playing with Fire," "Stay" and "Whistle."
"I'd like to thank our fans for their love and support," BLACKPINK's Rose said. "This award is only the beginning. We will do our best to keep up the good work."
This year's Top 10 award, which is partly based on voter's' choice, went to EXO, BTS, BewhY, Zico, TWICE, Akdong Musician, GFriend, Red Velvet, MAMAMOO and Taeyeon.
Rapper-singer Yoon Mi-rae won the best OST award. Her song was for the KBS TV drama "Descendants of the Sun," which was a smash hit in Korea and overseas.
The folk blues award went to 10cm, the top male balladeer award to Im Chang-jung and the top female balladeer award to Jeong Eun-ji of girl band Apink.
BTS from Big Hit Entertainment won the top album award in the eighth year of the awards at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
"This is the best award ever since our debut," said BTS' Rap Monster, according to Yonhap news agency, which said his bandmates J-Hope and Jin cried.
Three years after its debut, the band has become one of the hottest K-pop bands. Its latest full-length album "WINGS" ranked as high as 26th on the Billboard 200 chart ― the highest of any K-pop band to date.
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| EXO / Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons |
Boy band EXO claimed five awards ― top artist, best dancer, Kakao hot star, TOP 10 and the netizen choice award.
BTS was EXO's biggest rival for the dance award, but EXO had more music downloads and album sales.
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| GFriend / Courtesy of Wikipedia |
GFriend, last year's winner of the rookie award, won the best female dancer award. The band from Source Music competed in the category with S.M. Entertainment's Red Velvet, JYP Entertainment's TWICE and Wonder Girls, and MAMAMOO from RBW Entertainment.
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| TWICE / Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons |
TWICE won the best song of the year award with its dance-pop tune"Cheer Up."
"It's been only a year since our debut," TWICE's Jihyo said, as the members cried under the spotlight.
"A year ago, we'd never imagined that we'd be able to win such a big award. We'll do all we can to prove that we're deserving of such an honor."
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| BLACKPINK / Courtesy of Twitter |
Girl group BLACKPINK from YG Entertainment took the rookie's award, outpacing I.O.I from YMC Entertainment. Debuting on Aug. 8, BLACKPINK gained popularity quickly with "Playing with Fire," "Stay" and "Whistle."
"I'd like to thank our fans for their love and support," BLACKPINK's Rose said. "This award is only the beginning. We will do our best to keep up the good work."
This year's Top 10 award, which is partly based on voter's' choice, went to EXO, BTS, BewhY, Zico, TWICE, Akdong Musician, GFriend, Red Velvet, MAMAMOO and Taeyeon.
Rapper-singer Yoon Mi-rae won the best OST award. Her song was for the KBS TV drama "Descendants of the Sun," which was a smash hit in Korea and overseas.
The folk blues award went to 10cm, the top male balladeer award to Im Chang-jung and the top female balladeer award to Jeong Eun-ji of girl band Apink.
