Song Joong Ki hosted the event, while a number of K-popÔÇÖs biggest names presented jaw-dropping performances. All 4 Grand Prizes ÔÇô Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Worldwide Icon of the Year ÔÇô went to the mega Korean act BTS. Their mesmerizing achievements didnÔÇÖt stop there. BTS took home a total of 8 awards, once again proving that the year 2020 was indeed theirs. Though the performancesÔÇÖ quality was praised, many netizens showed disappointment in the ÔÇťexcessive splittingÔÇŁ of the awards. For example, the Best Dance Performance award was divided into 6 categories ÔÇô Best Dance Performance for Male Group, Female Group, Solo and Favorite Dance Performance for Male Group, Female Group, Solo. Here are the rest of the winners. Main Awards: á Artist of the Year ÔÇô BTS Song of the Year ÔÇô BTS ÔÇťDynamiteÔÇŁ Album of the Year ÔÇô BTS Map of the Soul: 7 Worldwide Icon of the Year ÔÇô BTS ┬á Best Male Group ÔÇô BTS Best Female Group ÔÇô Blackpink Best Male Artist ÔÇô Baekhyun Best Female Artist ÔÇô IU ┬á Best Dance Performance (Male Group) ÔÇô BTS ÔÇťDynamiteÔÇŁ Best Dance Performance (Female Group) ÔÇô Blackpink ÔÇťHow You Like ThatÔÇŁ Best Dance Performance (Solo) ÔÇô Hwasa ÔÇťMariaÔÇŁ Best Vocal Performance (Solo) ÔÇô IU ÔÇťBluemingÔÇŁ Best Vocal Performance (Group) ÔÇô MAMAMOO ÔÇťHipÔÇŁ Best Collaboration ÔÇô IU & Suga ÔÇťEightÔÇŁ ┬á Best New Male Artist ÔÇô Treasure Best New Female Artist ÔÇô Weeekly ┬á Best OST ÔÇô Gaho ÔÇťStart OverÔÇŁ (Itaewon Class) Best Band Performance ÔÇô Day6 ÔÇťZombieÔÇŁ Best HipHop & Urban Music ÔÇô Zico ÔÇťAny SongÔÇŁ Best Music Video ÔÇô BTS ÔÇťDynamiteÔÇŁ ┬á Favorite Awards: Worldwide FansÔÇÖ Choice Top 10 ÔÇô NCT, Treasure, TXT, GOT7, ATEEZ, Seventeen, MAMAMOO, TWICE, BTS, Blackpink Favorite Dance Performance (Female Solo) ÔÇô Jessi ÔÇťNunu NanaÔÇŁ Favorite Dance Performance (Male Solo) ÔÇô Taemin ÔÇťCriminalÔÇŁ Favorite Dance Performance (Group) ÔÇô TXT ÔÇťCanÔÇÖt You See Me?ÔÇŁ Favorite Asian Artist ÔÇô WayV Favorite Female Group ÔÇô IZ*ONE Favorite Male Group ÔÇô NCT Global Favorite Performer ÔÇô Seventeen ┬á Special Awards: Best New Asian Artist ÔÇô JO1 Discovery of the Year ÔÇô ATEEZ Best of Next ÔÇô Cravity Best Stage ÔÇô MONSTA X Notable Achievement Artist ÔÇô Seventeen Inspired Achievement ÔÇô BoA Most Popular Artist ÔÇô TWICE ┬á Professional Categories: Best Executive Producer of the Year ÔÇô Bang Si Hyuk Best Producer of the Year ÔÇô Pdogg for BTSÔÇÖs ÔÇťONÔÇŁ Best Composer of the Year ÔÇô Yovie Widianto Best Engineer of the Year ÔÇô Gu Jong Pil & Kwon Nam Woo Best Video Director of the Year ÔÇô Lumpens for BTSÔÇÖs ÔÇťDynamiteÔÇŁ Best Choreographer of the Year ÔÇô Quang Dang Best Art Director of the Year ÔÇô MU:E for BTSÔÇÖs ÔÇťDynamiteÔÇŁ ┬á Source (1)
