[NEWS] 2013 MelOn Music Awards announces "Top 10 Artists of The Year" + Other nominees

The top ten artists of the year 2013 have been revealed by the '2013 MelOn Music Awards.'

Loen Entertainment, the parent company of MelOn is hosting this award ceremony and received over 1,740,000 online votes in the first round that counted as 20% of the final score. The other 80% consisted of the artists' scores based on their music sales.

In the end, these artists were chosen as the Top 10 of 2013:

EXO
Davichi
Dynamic Duo
Busker Busker
B2ST
SHINee
SISTAR
IU
Ailee
G-Dragon

EXO received the most votes with 24% (417,952), B2ST was second with 20% (353,692), and SHINee was third with 12% (204,708).

The other awards and their nominees:

BEST ALBUM

EXO’s “XOXO”

G-Dragon’s “Coup D-Etat”

SHINee’s “Dream Girl”

IU’s “Modern Times”

Busker Busker’s “2nd Album”

Cho Yong Pil’s “Hello” 

Huh Gak‘s “Little Giant” 

Lee Hyori‘s “Monochrome”

Dynamic Duo’s “Lucky Number“

BEST NEW ARTIST

Lim Kim

Roy Kim

BTS

History 

Ladies Code

BEST GLOBAL ARTIST

2NE1

EXO

Girls’ Generation

Super Junior-M

PSY

HOT TREND AWARD

Crayon Pop’s “Bar Bar Bar”

 PSY’s Gentleman”

Hyungdon & Daejun‘s “Hemansahang”

Rose Motel‘s “Long Time Lover”

UV‘s “Because of You“ 

For a complete list of awards and nominees, check out the “2013 Melon Awards” website. The winners will be announced during the broadcast of “2013 Melon Awards” on November 14. the show will be streamed live on YouTube and MBC Music.

Source: allkpop, soompi