On December 2, the 2017 Melon Music Awards took place at the Gocheok Sky Dome (Seoul).
The Melon Music Awards is an awards ceremony hosted by South Korea's largest music service, Melon, in partnership with Kakao. At the end of each year, winners are selected through a combination of performance charts and online fan voting.
There are 17 categories featured this year, including 5 daesangs, 2 popularity awards, and 1 Kakao award.
Major awards
Best New Artist: Wanna One
Artist of the Year: EXO
Album of the Year: Ayu - "Palette"
Best Song of the Year: BTS - "Spring Day"
Performance of the Year: Park Hyo Shin
Popularity awards
Netizens of choice: EXO
Hot Trend of the Year: SURAN (singer) & BTS's Suga (producer) - "Wine"
Music awards
Best Ballad Artist: Yoon Jong Shin
Best Dance Style Performer:
Female group: TWICE
Boy group: EXO
Best Rap / Hip Hop Artist: Dynamic Duo and EXO's Chen
Best R & B / Soul Artist: SURAN
Best Indie Artist: Melomanc
Best Rock Artist: Min Kyung Hoon & Super Junior's Heechul
Best Trot Artist: Hong Jin Young & Kim Young Chul
Best Folk / Blues Artist: Jung Eun Ji
Best Pop Artist: Ed Sheeran
Best Soundtrack: Eiley (Goblin Soundtrack)
Special awards
MBC Music Star (MBC + Choice 100% of the votes of the judges): Hyuna
Kakao Hot Star: WANAN ONE
The American Music Awards (AMA) is being presented for the 45th time this year, but the award, created in opposition to the Grammy, has never been on par with the competition. Perhaps this is because the Grammy is awarded by the decision of the members of the professional Recording Academy, which are joined by the most successful artists, and the AMA chooses the nominees and winners by public vote, which makes this prize similar to the one what is called People's Choice Awards, which also appeared in the 70s. But be that as it may, the Grammy is still the main musical event of the year, while the AMA already seems to have come to terms with his role as "forever second".
Of course, this does not prevent the creators of the award (this is the company of producer Dick Clark and) from organizing a three-hour show annually -
with performances of stars, invitations of celebrities and the obligatory red carpet, which is written about by all publications covering the events of show business. Still, shows of this magnitude are quite rare (something similar is done by MTV, but not so seriously), and one Grammy is still unable to meet the demand. In addition, the AMA sometimes manages to set fashion - for example, last year it was at this award that performers and laureates first spoke about the dangers of Trump's presidency, which has become the trend of the year at various ceremonies, from the Golden Globes to MTV awards. However, in this case, the time factor played a role - the American Music Prize is traditionally awarded in November, before the start of the main premium season, and was the first to respond to the unexpected results of the US elections.
This year, due to the absence of any bright political events, the musicians and the host of the show, the actress Tracy Ellis Ross (as well as the organizers of the award) had to focus on purely musical issues. And in this anniversary year for AMA, there were no surprises.
Claimed to win in eight categories, he easily took seven prizes for himself.
He received the title of "Artist of the Year" - that is, he won the main nomination of this award, became the best singer in two categories at once - "Pop / Rock" and "Soul / R & B", and his album "24K Magic" became the best album of these types of music. In addition, Bruno Mars' song "That" s What I Like "won the category" Best Soul / R & B Song ", and the video for it became the best video of the year.
The fact that AMA, as a rule, only captures popular phenomena, and does not set them, has long been no secret. One of such phenomena this year was the song "Despacito" - a composition by Puerto Rican musician Luis Fonsi, recorded with the participation of vocalist Daddy Yankee, which was released back in January, but only reached a wide audience in April, after recording a remix in which he participation. After that, something unimaginable began - the Spanish-language composition topped the charts in the United States and Britain (for the first time in the last twenty years, after the success of the song "Macarena"), the video clip collected more than 4 billion views on YouTube, and also became the service's record holder for likes (more than 20 million).
The winners of the 2017 American Music Awards, the annual National American Music Awards, were announced on November 19. Past ceremony was distinguished by the scale of performances, and also showed interesting results.
Evan Ross and Ashlee Simpson with children
Lady Gaga
Pink with husband Carrie Hart
Selena Gomez
Demi Lovato
Christina Aguilera
Among the best live performances at the 2017 American Music Awards, Christina Aguilera undoubtedly took the lead with the honor of performing the Whitney Houston tribute. Recall that just the other day, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary, the soundtrack to the film "The Bodyguard" was reissued. It was from the songs to this movie that Aguilera's eight-minute performance consisted.
Unfortunately, rock artists this year did not particularly distinguished themselves at the awards, but the fans were delighted with the joint number of Khalid and Imagine Dragons, who successfully mixed their hits. In addition, among the duets, the audience and TV viewers noted with particular warmth who performed the classic rock ballad Everybody Hurts.
Kelly and Pink also appeared on stage with solo numbers. For Clarkson, the performance was more than traditional (although the young lady sings, of course, beautifully). But P! Nk set a new acrobatic record by performing a single at 34 floors. The singer has repeatedly flown in the air at her performances, including at several music awards, but she has never risen so high. However, like other artists.
In a more traditional vein, Lady Gaga performed her latest studio single, putting on a great show with live musicians, set design and cool choreography.
At the end of the evening, guests, nominees and winners of the American Music Awards 2017 honored disco legend, real pop icon Diana Ross. The artist received an award for life achievements and gave the audience a pleasant performance, which was preceded by a documentary.
2017 American Music Awards Winners:
Artist of the Year - Bruno Mars
Best Pop / Rock Female Artist - Lady Gaga
Best Contemporary Artist - Shawn Mendes
Best New Artist - Niall Horan
Best Group / Duo - Imagine Dragons
Best Duo - Despacito, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber (Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)
Video of the Year - That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars
Best Hip Hop Artist - Drake
Choice Soul / R&B Female Artist - Beyonce
Best Hip Hop Album - Damn, Kendrick Lamar
Best Hip Hop Song - I’m the One, DJ Khaled & Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wane
Best Soul / R&B Album - 24K Magik, Bruno Mars
Best Soul / R&B Song - That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars
Best Electronic Artist - The Chainsmokers
Best Latin American Performer - Shakira
Best Alternative Artist - Linkin Park
Best Live Tour of the Year - Coldplay
Best Country Performer - Keith Urban ( Keith Urban)
Choice Country Female Artist - Carrie Underwood
Best Country Album - Ripcord, Keith Urban ( Keith Urban)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Diana Ross
Noah and Miley Cyrus, Ellen DeGeneres
On August 27, the 34th Music Awards took place in Inglewood, California, where, as you might guess from the title, the best music videos of the year are chosen. the site tells how the show went and who became the triumphant of the evening.
Having admired the guests of the red carpet, we move, albeit virtually, to The Forum hall, where the main action took place that evening. Miley Cyrus, Pink, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Jared Leto and many other popular performers took the stage. However, the figurines in the shape of an astronaut in a spacesuit with a flag bearing the MTV logo did not go to everyone.
The winner of the award was rapper Kendrick Lamar, who won in six nominations at once: his video Humble, which plays on the theme of the famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper", was recognized best video of the year. True, this did not help Lamar to win in the nomination "Best Artist": this title went to British singer Ed Sheeran.
The award for Katy Perry was not very successful in terms of awards: the singer's video Chained to the Rhythm was nominated in four categories, but in the end it won none. However, the star was clearly not upset because she had to leave the VMA empty-handed: Katie, who became the host of the evening, put on an enchanting show for the audience and got a lot of applause. She hovered over the stage in an astronaut costume, tried on different outfits and wigs, and danced on a giant basketball ball... Even Miley Cyrus, who this evening lit up on stage in the style of the 50s, could not outshine Perry!
Pink, who received the Michael Jackson award from Ellen DeGeneres, also had a bright performance. The singer thanked for the honor given to her and turned to her little daughter, who at that moment was sitting in the hall, with an emotional speech, the meaning of which was as follows: you need to love yourself, anyone and know that all people are different.
Jared Leto also had an emotional speech, who remembered the lead singer of Linkin Park Chester Bennington:
Chester was a friend of mine, and he taught me many important things - by example: to work hard, follow your dreams, and always be kind and caring while doing it. When I think of Chester, his face immediately rises in front of my eyes, and he always smiles. I think about his incredibly big heart. I think about his wife, family, and the group, where everyone was like brothers. I remember Chester's voice, fierce and gentle at the same time. A voice that will live forever
- concluded Leto.
Another poignant speech was made that evening by Paris Jackson, who appeared at the ceremony to present the award for Best Pop Video. Michael Jackson's daughter spent the time allotted to her on stage to stigmatize racism: Paris condemned the racially motivated riots in Charlottesville.
By the way, videos, one way or another condemning discrimination on the basis of skin color, religion, nationality, orientation and other grounds, were allocated a separate category.
MTV Video Music Awards 2017 Winners
Summer song - Lil Uzi Vert, XO Tour Llif3
Video of the Year - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Artist of the Year
Best New Artist - Khalid
Best Collaboration - Taylor Swift and Zane, I Don’t Wanna Live Forever ("Fifty Shades Darker")
Best Pop Video - Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane, Down
Best Hip Hop Video - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Best Dance Video —Zedd and Alessia Kara, Stay
Best Rock Video - Twenty One Pilots, Heavydirtysoul
Best Cinematography - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Best Director - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Best Stage Director - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Best visual effects - Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE
Best Choreography - Kanye West, Fade
Best Editing - Young Tag, Wyclef Jean
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award - Pink
Logic and Damian Lemar Hudson, Black SpiderMan
Soundtrack from The Hamilton, Immigrants
Alessia Cara, Scars to Your Beautiful
Taboo and Shailene Woodley, Stand Up / Stand N Rock
John Legend, Surefire
