2007 Mnet Km Music Festival


The 2007 Mnet Km Music Festival was the ninth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 17, 2007 at the Seoul Sports Complex.
Boy band Big Bang, trio SG Wannabe, and solo artist Yangpa lead the nominees with five nominations each. By the end of the ceremony, Big Bang received two awards including Song of the Year daesang award. In addition, Epik High and Clazziquai both received 2 wins as well with the former receiving the Album of the Year daesang award and the latter winning both of their nominations.

Background

The award-giving body continued to use the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" for the ninth consecutive time. The event took place at the Seoul Olympic Stadium for the first time with Shin Dong-yup as a returning host for the fifth time and Lee Da-hae as his co-host.
Japanese artist Gackt performed on the stage for the second time since the sixth ceremony, while co-host Lee Da-hae performed "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" kor. version during the middle of the show.

Controversy

and Shin Hye Sung, both members of Shinhwa left the event right before broadcasting.

Criteria

The following criteria for winners include:
Preference by Professional Research Organizations20%
Viewers' Vote via the Internet Mobile20%
Professional Jury Screening20%
Record Sales20%
Album Sales10%
Integrated Digital Sales Chart10%
Nominations Selection Committee Score10%
Total100%

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Song of the Year
Artist of the Year

  • Big Bang - "Lies"
  • * Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?"
  • * Epik High – "Fan"
  • * Ivy – "Sonata Of Temptation"
  • * SG Wannabe – "Arirang"
  • Super Junior
  • * Big Bang
  • * Yangpa
  • * Wonder Girls
  • * SG Wannabe
    • Album of the Year
    		Best New Artist
  • Epik High – Remapping the Human Soul
  • * Big Bang – Always
  • *Yangpa – The Windows Of My Soul
  • *Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years
  • *SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord
  • Younha – "Password 486"
  • * Min Hyo-rin – "Stars"
  • * JJ – "Love Actually"
  • * K.Will – "Left Heart"
  • * Zia – "Voice Of Heaven"
    • Best New Male GroupBest New Female Group
  • F.T. Island – "Love Sick"
  • * Battle – "Crash"
  • * Supernova – "Hit"
  • * Tachyon – "Feel Your Breeze"
  • * T-max – "Blooming"
  • Wonder Girls – "Irony"
  • * Kara – "Break It"
  • *Black Pearl – "What Should I Do, I Like You"
  • *Girls' Generation – "Into the New World"
  • * Baby Vox Re.V – "Shee"
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • Big Bang – "Lies"
  • * Super Junior – "Don't Don"
  • * Epik High – "Fan"
  • * SG Wannabe – "Arirang"
  • * SS501 – "4Chance"
  • SeeYa – "Love Greeting"
  • * Brown Eyed Girls – "Oasis"
  • *Big Mama – "Betrayal"
  • *The Grace – "Once More, Ok?
  • *LPG – "Princess Of Sea"
    • Best House & ElectronicBest Dance Performance
  • Clazziquai – "Lover Boy"
  • * Banana Girl – "Chocolate"
  • * House Rulez – "Do It"
  • * Humming Urban Stereo – "Baby Love"
  • * Lexy – "Above The Sky"
  • The Grace - "One More Time, OK?"
  • * Seo In-Young – "I Want You"
  • * Super Junior – "Don't Don"
  • * Ivy – "Sonata Of Temptation"
  • * Lee Min-woo – "Stomp"
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Lee Seung-gi – "White Lie"
  • *Park Hyo-shin – "Memories Resembles Love"
  • *Shin Hye-sung – "The First Person"
  • *Eru – "Because We Are Two"
  • *Lee Juck – "It's Fortunate"
  • Ivy – "Sonata of Temptation"
  • * Baek Ji-young – "I Only Need One Love"
  • * Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?"
  • * Lee Hyori – "Toc Toc Toc"
  • * Chae Yeon – "My Love"
    • Best R&B PerformanceBest Rock Performance
  • SG Wannabe – "Arirang"
  • * Bobby Kim – "Bluebird"
  • * Wheesung – "Love Is Delicious"
  • * Fly to the Sky – "My Angel"
  • * Yoon Mi-rae – "Have You Forgotten?"
  • Cherry Filter – "Feel It"
  • *No Brain – "That Is Youth"
  • *TransFixion – "Get Show"
  • *Pia – "Black Fish Swim"
  • *Nell – "It's Okay"
    • Best Hip Hop PerformanceBest Ballad Performance
  • Epik High – "Fan"
  • * Leessang – "Ballerino" ft. Ali
  • * Big Bang – "Lies"
  • * Drunken Tiger – "8:45 Heaven"
  • * Dynamic Duo – "Attendance Check"
  • Yangpa – "Love... What Is It"
  • * Kim Dong-wan – "Handkerchief"
  • * Shin Hye-sung – "The First Person"
  • * Lee Ki-chan – "Beautiful Woman"
  • * MC the Max – "Stop My Heart"
    • Music Video ActingBest Music Video
  • Jung Il-woo and Baek Sung-hyun
  • * no nominees announced
  • Dynamic Duo – "Attendance Check"
  • *Kim Sa-rang – "Consolation"
  • *Leessang – "Ballerino" ft. Ali
  • *Miro Band – "mAMA"
  • *Dynamic Duo – "Complex"
    • Best Mixed Group
  • Clazziquai – "Lover Boy"
  • * Turtles – "It's Been A Long Time"
  • * Rumble Fish – "Smile Again"
  • * Cherry Filter – "Feel It"
  • * Typhoon – "Only You"
    • ;Special awards

    Artist(s) with multiple wins

    The following artist received two or more wins :
    AwardsArtist
    2Big Bang
    2Epik High
    2Clazziquai

    Artist(s) with multiple nominations

    The following artist received two or more nominations:
    NominationsArtist
    5Big Bang
    5Yangpa
    5SG Wannabe
    4Epik High
    3Ivy
    3Super Junior
    3Wonder Girls
    3Dynamic Duo
    2The Grace
    2Clazziquai
    2Shin Hye-sung
    2Cherry Filter
    2Leessang

    Presenters and performers

    The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

    Presenters

    Performers