2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards

2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards
2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards
Date	August 1, 2019
Location	Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea
Hosted by	Han Hye-jin
Most awards	BTS (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet

Last updated March 16, 2025

The 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards was held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena (KSPO Dome) in Seoul, South Korea on August 1, 2019. The event was the second edition of the awards ceremony and was hosted by model Han Hye-jin.^[1] The 2019 edition is named the "M2 X Genie Music Awards" (MGMA) as with their partnership with Mnet's digital studio, M2. The eligibility period for nominations was between July 1, 2018, and June 19, 2019.^[2]

Performances

Chungha – "Gotta Go" + "Snapping"
Verivery – "Boy With Luv" (BTS), "Oh My!" (Seventeen) mashup + "Tempo" (Exo)
Nature – "Solo" (Jennie)
Bvndit – "Twit" (Hwasa)
Nature & Bvndit – "Shoot Out" (Monsta X)
Nature & Verivery & Bvndit – "Yes or Yes" (Twice)
TXT – "Crown"
Day6 – "Bookmarks" (medley) + "Time of Our Life"
AB6IX – "Absolute" + "Breathe"
Paul Kim – "Every Day, Every Moment" + "Me After You" Part 1 & 2
Itzy – "Icy" + "Dalla Dalla"
WJSN – "I Swear" + "Touch My Body" (Sistar)
Pentagon – "Naughty Boy" + "Humph!"
WJSN – "Boogie Up!"
Kim Jae-hwan – "My Star" + "Begin Again"
Iz*One – "Violeta" + "Highlight"
Mamamoo – "Wind Flower" + "Gogobebe"
EXID's Solji and B1A4's Sandeul – "Instinctively" + "Uphill Road" (Yoon Jong-shin)
Twice – "Breakthrough" + "Fancy" + "Dance the Night Away"

Judging criteria

Division	Online Voting	Digital Sales	Judge Score	Social Media	Twitter Voting
The Top Artist	20%	20%	20%	30%	10%
The Top Music	—	100%	—	—	—
The Top Best Selling Artist	—	100%	—	—	—
M2 Top Video	—	—	—	100%	—
Music Awards*	30%	30%	30%	10%	—
Special Awards**	100%	—	—	—	—
The Male Group, The Female Group, The Male Solo Artist, The Female Solo Artist, The Male New Artist, The Female New Artist, The Performing Artist Male, The Performing Artist Female, The Vocal Artist, The Band *Genie Music Popularity Award, Global Popularity Award

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.^[3] Voting took place on the Genie Music website between June 20 to July 4, 2019.^[4]

Main awards

The Top Artist (Daesang)	The Top Music (Daesang)
BTS	Paul Kim – "Me After You"
The Best Selling Artist (Daesang)	M2 Top Video (Daesang)
Twice	BTS
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
BTS BtoB Exo Got7 iKon MeloMance NU'EST Seventeen Vibe Winner	Twice Apink Blackpink Bolbbalgan4 Davichi GFriend (G)I-dle Iz*One Mamamoo Red Velvet
Best New Male Artist	Best New Female Artist
TXT AB6IX Ateez Haeun Ha Sung-woon Kim Jae-hwan Oneus Park Ji-hoon Verivery Yoon Ji-sung	Itzy Bvndit Cherry Bullet DreamNote Everglow GWSN Jeon Somi Loona Mia Nature
Best Male Solo Artist	Best Female Solo Artist
Paul Kim Chen Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Loco Song Mino Woody Yang Da-il Yoon Gun 10cm	Chungha Baek Ye-rin Ben Heize Hwasa IU Jennie Kassy Sunmi Taeyeon
Best Performing Artist – Male	Best Performing Artist – Female
BTS Astro Exo Got7 Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Seventeen Super Junior-D&E Taemin	*IzOne** Blackpink Chungha GFriend (G)I-dle Oh My Girl Red Velvet Sunmi Twice WJSN
Best Vocal Artist	Best Band Performance
Mamamoo – "Gogobebe" Ben Bolbbalgan4 Chen Davichi Im Chang-jung Jang Beom-june Kassy Paul Kim Vibe	Day6 – "Time of Our Life" Buzz F.T. Island Jannabi Kiha & The Faces MC the Max NeighBro. Nell N.Flying The Black Skirts

Other awards

Global Popularity Award – BTS
The Performance Creator – Lia Kim
M2 Hot Star Award – Pentagon, WJSN
Genie Music Next Generation Star – Kim Jae-hwan, AB6IX
The Genie Music Popularity Award – BTS
The Innovator – Yoon Jong-shin

References

↑ "[공식] 한혜진, '2019 MGMA' 호스트 발탁..단독 진행 맡는다" [[Official] Hyejin Han selected as '2019 MGMA' host ... exclusive host]. Seoul Economy (in Korean). Naver. July 30, 2019. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
↑ "Here's the winners & performances from the 2019 M2 x Genie Music Awards". SBS PopAsia . August 2, 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
↑ Herman, Tamar (August 1, 2019). "BTS, Paul Kim & TWICE Win Top Prizes at 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
↑ "Here's the 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards nominees". SBS PopAsia . June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

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[1] "[공식] 한혜진, '2019 MGMA' 호스트 발탁..단독 진행 맡는다" [[Official] Hyejin Han selected as '2019 MGMA' host ... exclusive host]. Seoul Economy (in Korean). Naver. July 30, 2019. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[2] "Here's the winners & performances from the 2019 M2 x Genie Music Awards". SBS PopAsia . August 2, 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[3] Herman, Tamar (August 1, 2019). "BTS, Paul Kim & TWICE Win Top Prizes at 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[4] "Here's the 2019 M2 X Genie Music Awards nominees". SBS PopAsia . June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

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