[1] The eighth installment of the event since its offline launch in 2009, it was held at the Gocheok Sky Dome for the first time, which is one of the largest indoor concert venues in South Korea.

[3] A list of nominations and the awardees for the Top 10 Artists were announced on November 4, with voting for the main awards beginning the same day.

[4] The criteria for the awards varied depending on the category, consisting a mixture of digital sales data, judges evaluation, and online voting.

BTS, GFriend and Twice followed with the second most nominations with five each, while Zico received the second most awards, having won three times.

When BTS was announced as one of the Top 10 Artists ,[10] An Yu-jin, who was an ordinary audience member at the time, enthusiastically cheered along with the crowd.