The 2017 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by kakao M (a kakao company) through its online music store, Melon, took place on December 2, 2017, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea.

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

Only artists who released music between November 20, 2016, and October 25, 2017, were eligible, and the nominees were selected by calculating the number of downloads, streams, and weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved by each artist.

Voting for Top 10 Artists took place on the Melon Music website from October 26 through November 12, 2017.

Voting for Category awards took place from November 13 through December 1, 2017.