The 2009 Melon Music Awards were held on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the

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, South Korea. Organized by

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through its

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, it was the first offline installment of the event in the show's history, having previously been held online since 2005.

Performers

Presenters

Jang Keun-suk Jang Keun-suk () is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the Korean television dramas ''Beethoven Virus'' (2008), '' You're Beautiful'' (2009), ''Mary Stayed Out All Night'' (2010), '' Love Rain'' (2012), ''Pretty M ...

Park Shin-hye Park Shin-hye (, born February 18, 1990) is a South Korean actress and singer. She gained recognition as a child on TV shows such as ''Stairway to Heaven'' (2003), and ''Tree of Heaven'' (2006). Later on, she would achieve further success when ...

(only the second part) – Official Host & Presenter for the Top 10 Award * Kim Na-young – Backstage Host * Kim Tae-hoon – Best Songwriter award *

Jung Yong-hwa Jung Yong-hwa (; ; born June 22, 1989) is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in '' You're Beautiful'' (2009), and has since st ...

& Lee In-hye – Best Special Album *

Hong Seok-cheon Hong Seok-cheon (born February 3, 1971) is a South Korean actor, television personality, restaurateur and member of the dissolved Democratic Labor Party. He caused considerable controversy in his home country when he came out as gay in 2000, a ...

& Yu Soo-hyun – Best Smart Radio Artist / Seok-cheon then Later introduced 2PM *

Lim Yo-hwan Lim Yo-hwan (), known by the ID SlayerS_`BoxeR` (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game ''StarCraft''. He is often referred to as The Terran Emperor (), or simply "The Emperor", and ...

& Kim Taek-yong – Best Oddyesey * Jung Yoon-gi &

Jin Bora Jin Bora (; born November 14, 1987) is a South Korean jazz pianist, composer, music arranger, and CF model. Biography Jin Bora is a professional musician despite her young age. She considers herself first and foremost a pianist. She began pl ...

– Best Mania Artist / Bora then Later introduced 2NE1 * Son Jang-min – Best Star Award * Jang Kwang-ho – Best Current Stream Song Award * Choi Hyun-woo – Introducing Girls Generation Performance & Presenting the As I thought, T-Mobile Music Award *

Yiruma Lee Ru-ma ( ko, 이루마; born 15 February 1978), better known by his stage name Yiruma ( ko, 이루마, links=no), is a South Korean pianist and composer. Biography Yiruma was born in Seoul to a pastor. At age five, he began learning the pia ...

& Kim Joo-won – Y-Star Live Award *

Kim Chang-wan Kim Chang Wan (born February 22, 1954) is a South Korean singer, composer, musician, actor, host, radio DJ and writer. Career Sanulrim Kim Chang-wan, along with his younger brothers Kim Chang-hoon and Kim Chang-ik, began composing music d ...

– Best New Artist * Joo Young-hoon &

Lee Yoon-mi Lee Yoon-mi (born September 25, 1981) is a South Korean actress and entrepreneur. Career Lee Yoon-mi won the top prize in the Super Elite Model Best Talent Awards in 1998. She made her entertainment debut in 2003 as a member of the K-pop/dance ...

– Artist of the Year * Kim Hyung-suk & Ahn Hye-kyoung – Album of the Year *

Kim Tae-won Kim Tae-won (, April 12, 1965) is a Korean guitarist with over 30 years of experience in Korean music industry, currently leading one of the most successful rock bands in Korean music history, Boohwal. His life was dramatised in a four episode ...

– Song of the Year

Winners and nominees

Main awards

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

Special awards

Other awards

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{Melon Music Awards 2009 music awards Melon Music Awards ceremonies Annual events in South Korea