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The Melon Music Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the South Korean entertainment company Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards since the inaugural online ceremony in 2005. The award is based on data collected from the South Korean music platform Melon, and honors artists who have had exceptional performance during the recording year. From 2005 to 2008, Melon Music Award winners were announced online, but no album accolade was presented in 2007 or 2008. The ceremony was held live in Seoul beginning with the 2009 awards, with Album of the Year becoming one of the ceremony's grand prizes. As of the 2021 awards, the criteria for the accolade currently consist of digital sales and streaming figures (60 percent), evaluation from a panel of judges (20 percent), and online voting (20 percent). As of 2021, the award has been given to nine artists, with BTS, IU (pictured), 2NE1, and Busker Busker each having won more than once. The most recent recipient is IU, for her 2021 album Lilac. (Full list...)