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'', took place on December 2, 2017, at the

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, South Korea. This was the ninth ceremony in the show's history.

Performers and presenters

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Performers

Presenters

Judging criteria

Winners and nominees

Only artists who released music between November 20, 2016, and October 25, 2017, were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 12, 2017. Voting for Category awards took place from November 13 through December 1, 2017.

Voted Awards

Other awards

Gallery

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References

External links

{{Melon Music Awards 2017 music awards Melon Music Awards ceremonies Annual events in South Korea