Melon Music Awards 2022: Time, where to watch live broadcast and all you need to know

It’s a once-in-a-year opportunity to catch the top-of-the pops stars live! The eagerly awaited Melon Music Award show is back – on November 26; the venue of the 14th edition of the Award ceremony is Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, at 6 pm. The time corresponds to 9 am UK-GMT, 4 am EST –in the US, and 2.30 pm Indian time.

Steaming platforms

For global fans, the 1- THEK Youtube channel is ideal for catching up with the exciting programme. Locally in South Korea, Wavve will stream the show live.

What’s coming up

LIVE, New Jeans, TXT, Monsta X, and ATBO are among the many to perform live at the event. In addition, there are special presentations like (G)I-DLE's Soyeon and Shuhua will come up with rap and dance performances, and Lim Young Woong will present his latest songs.

The Award selection process

Voting for the 2022 Melon Awards began on November 4 for Korean residents and continued till November 18.

The criteria for selection were the tracks released between November 8, 2021, and November 3, 2022. In addition, the nominees were chosen based on their chart performances and the Weekly Melon Popularity Awards during the review period.


The top categories are Album of the Year, Song of the Year Best New Artist, among a few more.

FAQs:

1. What is the Melon Music Award?
   Kakao Entertainment organises the annual award show began as an online fan-voting award for recognising exceptional performances in digital music.
2. Who has won the maximum number of melon awards in recent times?
   BTS won the top awards consecutively between 2019 and 2022.