'2013 MelOn Music Awards' Winners Revealed - SHINee, EXO, and Busker Busker Take Home Top Prizes

Check out the full list of winners and clips of their acceptance speeches

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On the evening of November 14 (KST), MelOn, one of South Korea's biggest music sites, held their annualMelOn Music Awards ceremony in Seoul at the Olympic Gymnastic Arena.

Now in its fifth year, the MelOn Music Awards is counted among K-Pop's biggest and most important awards shows. The ceremony's popularity is largely contributed to the emphasis on fan votes and digital sales to determine winners, thus making it a more accurate representation of the Korean music industry's international appeal.

Some of this year's winners did not come at all as a surprise to fans, while other, lesser known artists took home some awards for their hard work.

Check out the winners for each category below as well as some clips from the awards show that was broadcasted live on MBC.

As previously announced, Ailee, B2ST, Busker Busker, Davichi, Dynamic Duo, EXO, G-Dragon, IU, SHINee, and SISTAR were all recognized as this year's top ten artists and during the awards show each artist or group was recognized on stage for their achievements.

However, the night's highest honor, Artist of the Year, went to SM Entertainment male idol group SHINee.

Busker Busker managed to impress fans this year with the release of their '2nd Album' which went on to win the MelOn Award for Album of the Year.

"Growl" from 12-member Korean-Chinese boy band EXO took the prize for Song of the Year, which altogether was not entirely surprising considering the group's widespread international fame and high record sales. This distinction also gained the group the Netizen's Choice Award.

When Psy was announced as the Global Artist Award winner, few were surprised. His hit songs "Gangnam Style" and this year's "Gentleman" have broken records the world over and have made him one of the most recognizable stars on the planet.

Rookie artists BTS and Kim Ye Rim were recognized as the best of K-Pop's fresh new faces with their acceptance of Newcomer Awards while Crayon Pop and Rose Motel took home Hot Trend Awards.

B2ST's "Shadow" music video and its director Lee Gi Baek won the Music Video Award and songwriterShinsadong Tiger was acknowledged for his contribution to this year's rich musical offers.

Colorful girl group f(x) was recognized with the MBC Star Award.

As for the various Music Style Awards, "Shower of Tears" by Baechigi and featuring Ailee took the prize for Rap/Hip-Hop while Yoon Mirae scored the OST Award for her track "Touch Love" from the Master's Sun soundtrack.

Balladeer Huh Gak scored a win for "Monodrama" and K.Will nabbed recognition for his R&B tune "You Don't Know Love."

The Pop Award distinction went to American Bruno Mars whose single "Young Girls" was also widely popular among South Korean fans this year.