'Melon Music Awards 2020' Predictions: BTS And IU Lead The Top 10 Artists
Voting for the Top 10 Artists Award opened on November 1 and will close on November 20. It will determine 20% of the final results (the remaining 80% is based on streaming and downloads).
Although it is still a week before the final results are revealed, netizens have already made their predictions about the Top 10 based on the achievements that the nominees have earned on the Melon Chart during the past 1 year.
Top '2020 MMA' nominees based on the total number of streams
(The artist with the most number of listeners will receive absolute score, broadcast and OST included)
1. BTS (80 points)
2. IU (31.72 points)
3. Lim Youngwoong (30.97 points)
4. Baek Yerin (26.05 points)
5. Zico (25.46 points)
6. Baekhyun (19.66 points)
7. Oh My Girl (18.86 points)
8. BLACKPINK (18.14 points)
9. SSAK3 (17.96 points)
10. YUMDDA (15.05 points)
11. IZ * ONE (15.03 points)
12. Jo Jung Suk (14.58 points)
13. Kim Ho Joong (14.21 points)
14. Red Velvet (13.91 points)
15. Paloalto (13.39 points)
16. The Quiett (12.73 points)
17. OVAN (12.16 points)
18. Deepflow (12.08 points)
19. Gaho (11.98 points)
20. Simon Dominic (11.97 points)
21. BOL4 (11.75 points)
22. Young Tak (11.31 points)
23. Hwasa (10.74 points)
24. Elderly 127 (10.67 points)
25. Crush (10.62 points)
26. M.C the MAX (10.33 points)
27. Baek Jiyoung (10.42 points)
28. Davichi (10.25 points)
29. ITZY (9.28 points)
30. Jeon Mido (8.41 points)
31. Joy (7.62 points)
32. Sandeul (7.12 points)
33. Taeyeon (6.98 points)
34. (G) I-DLE (6.92 points)
35. A Pink (6.88 points)
36. TWICE (6.87 points)
37. Jessi (6.56 points)
38. SEVENTEEN (6.29 points)
39. Suho (5.98 points)
40. Lee Hi (5.00 points)
Top '2020 MMA' nominees based on voting results by 12:20 PM KST on November 13 (including broadcast song and OST)
1. BTS (100.00 points)
2. Lim Youngwoong (42.69 points)
3. IU (36.05 points)
4. Baek Yerin (26.17 points)
5. Baekhyun (26.11 points)
6. Zico (25.74 points)
7. Kim Hojoong (21.52 points)
8. BLACKPINK (21.27 points)
9. Oh My Girl (20.96 points)
10. IZ * ONE (19.35 points)
11. SSAK3 (18.77 points)
12. Elderly 127 (18.53 points)
13. YUMDDA (15.10 points)
14. Red Velvet (14.93 points)
15. Jo Jung Suk (14.75 points)
16. Young Tak (14.26 points)
17. SEVENTEEN (13.51 points)
18. Paloalto (13.43 points)
19. Hwasa (12.88 points)
20. The Quiett (12.84 points)
21. OVAN (12.21 points)
22. Deepflow (12.10 points)
23. Simon Dominic (12.05 points)
24. Gaho (12.02 points)
25. BOL4 (11.93 points)
26. Crush (10.83 points)
27. M.C the MAX (10.68 points)
28. Davichi (10.39 points)
29. Baek Jiyoung (10.37 points)
30. ITZY (9.64 points)
31. (G) I-DLE (9.40 points)
32. A Pink (8.73 points)
33. Jeon Mido (8.51 points)
34. TWICE (8.24 points)
35. Taeyeon (7.80 points)
36. Joy (7.68 points)
37. Sandeul (7.57 points)
38. Suho (7.24 points)
39. Jessi (6.67 points)
40. Lee Hi (5.13 points)
Top '2020 MMA' nominees based on voting results by 12:20 PM KST on November 13 (excluding broadcast song and OST)
1. BTS (100.00 points)
2. Zico (25.46 points)
3. BLACKPINK (21.27 points)
4. IU (20.88 points)
5. Oh My Girl (20.77 points)
6.IZ * ONE (19.35 points)
7. Baek Yerin (19.15 points)
8. Elderly 127 (18.53 points)
9. YUMDDA (15.10 points)
10. Baekhyun (15.09 points)
11. Red Velvet (14.79 points)
12. Paloalto (13.43 points)
13. SEVENTEEN (13.26 points)
14. Hwasa (12.88 points)
15. The Quiett (12.84 points)
16. Kim Hojoong (12.76 points)
17. Deepflow (12.10 points)
18. Simon Dominic (12.05 points)
19. BOL4 (11.93 points)
20. Lim Youngwoong (11.80 points)
21. OVAN (11.77 points)
22. M.C the MAX (10.68 points)
23. Baek Jiyoung (9.67 points)
24. ITZY (9.64 points)
25. (G) I-DLE (9.40 points)
26. A Pink (8.73 points)
27. TWICE (8.24 points)
28. Sandeul (7.52 points)
29. Taeyeon (7.35 points)
30. Davichi (7.35 points)
31. Suho (6.87 points)
32. Jessi (6.67 points)
33. Crush (5.31 points)
34. Lee Hi (5.00 points)
35. Young Tak (2.96 points)
36. SSAK3 (0.80 points)
37. Jo Jung Suk (0.17 points)
38. Jeon Mido (0.13 points)
39. Gaho (0.13 points)
40. Joy (0.07 points)
It can be seen that in every prediction, BTS is the leading name of the Top 10 Artists Award with a score far ahead of the rest of the nominees. Some other artists are also predicted to have a firm position in the Top 10, including IU, Baek Yerin, Zico, BLACKPINK...
Of course, this is still a prediction based on the voting results as of November 13. The final ranking may have many changes compared to the aforementioned list as fans are still working hard to vote until the MMA voting officially closes.