2011 Melon Music Awards

The 2011 Melon Music Awards were held on Thursday, November 24, 2011, at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea, the event's first use of the venue. Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, the 2011 ceremony was the third installment of the event since its offline launch in 2009. Beast, IU and 2NE1 received the most nominations at the ceremony, have each been nominated five times. The trio along with Super Junior were the only artists who received multiple accolades, with all four artists winning two awards each. Furthermore, the aforementioned trio won the three daesang prizes at the event.

Presenters

Park Shin-hye, Leeteuk & Yoon Doo-joon – Official host
Kim Sung-soo & Kim Seon-woo – Best New Artist
Kim Hyun-joong & Woori – Best Music Video
Lim Tae-kyung & Cha Ji-yeon – Best Songwriter
Lee Kwang-soo & Han Chae-ah – Hot Trend Award
Choi Hyo-sung – Hot Issue Segment
Nam Tae-jeong & Moon Ji-ye – MBC Music Star Award
Ki Tae-young & Jin Bora – Best R&B/Ballad Award
Lee Eun-gyeol & Lee Hee-jin – Best OST Award
Jung Seung-ho & Kim Se-ah – Culture Performer Award
Hong Jong-hyun & Kim Kyung-jin – Best Rock Award & Best Rap/Hip Hop Award
Nam Hee-suk & Lee Ji-seon – Netizen Popularity Award & Global Artist Award
Bang Si-hyuk & Song Kyung-ah – Album of the Year
Bae Cheol-soo – Artist of the Year & Song of the Year

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners and nominees are listed below. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.

Top 10 Artists	Album of the Year
BeastBig Bangf(x)IULena Park2NE1Super JuniorLeessangSecretSistar	2NE1 – 2NE1 2nd Mini Album * Leessang – Asura Balbalta * Beast – Fiction and Fact * Big Bang – Tonight * IU – Real
Artist of the Year	Song of the Year
Beast * 2NE1 * Leessang * Big Bang * IU	IU – "Good Day"* 2NE1 – "I Am the Best" * Beast – "On Rainy Days" * GG featuring Park Bom – "Having an Affair" * T-ara – "Roly-Poly"
Best New Artist	Best Music Video
Huh Gak * F-ve Dolls * Kim Bo-kyung * Dal Shabet * Brave Girls	T-ara – "Roly-Poly"* 2PM – "Hands Up" * Miss A – "Goodbye Baby" * Brown Eyed Girls – "Sixth Sense" * Sunny Hill – "Midnight Circus"
Best Rap/Hip Hop Award	Best Rock Award
GD & TOP – "Oh Yeah" * Mighty Mouth – "Tok Tok" * Verbal Jint – "You Look Good" * Tablo – "Airbag" * Yoon Mi-rae – "Get It In"	CNBLUE – "Intuition"* 10cm – "Not That" * F.T. Island – "Hello Hello" * YB – "After Sending You" * Kiha & The Faces – "A Sort of Relationship"
Best R&B/Ballad Award	Best OST Award
Kim Bum-soo – "Please"* Davichi – "Don't Say Goodbye" * Baek Ji-young – "Today, I'm in Love with You" * Zia featuring Ha Dong-kyun – "The Way I Am" * 4Men – "Once While Living"	Sunny Hill – "Pit-A-Pat" * Baek Ji-young – "Today, I'm in Love with You" * IU – "Someday" * Jung Yong-hwa – "You've Fallen for Me" * Taeyeon – "I Love You"
Hot Trend Award	Netizen Popularity Award
Infinite Challenge – West Coast Highway Song Festival * I Am a Singer – Part 2 * Star Audition: The Great Birth – Part 8 * Top Band – Part 10 * Superstar K 3 – Top 11	Super Junior – "Mr. Simple" * 2NE1 – "I Am the Best" * 2PM – "Hands Up" * Girl's Day – "Twinkle Twinkle" * Beast – "On Rainy Days" * Big Bang – "Tonight" * Girls' Generation – "The Boys" * f(x) – "Hot Summer"