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Melon Music Awards
South Korean annual music awards
South Korean annual music awards
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Melon Music Awards | |
| image | MMA new logo.jpg | |
| image_size | 240px | |
| current_awards | 2025 Melon Music Awards | |
| awarded_for | Exceptional digital performance | |
| presenter | Kakao Entertainment | |
| country | South Korea | |
| year | {{plainlist | |
| network | {{plainlist | |
| website |
- 2005 (online)
- (live)}}
- K-Star (2009)
- MBC Plus channels (2010–2017)
- JTBC Plus channels (2018)
- KakaoTV (2017–present)
- Melon (2019–present)
- KakaoTalk (2020–present)}}
("Home Sweet Home") (Übermensch)
The Melon Music Awards () is a major music awards show that is held annually by Kakao Entertainment (a Kakao company) through its online music store Melon. The event was initially a fan-voted award conducted entirely online from 2005 through 2008, and has been officially held offline in Seoul since 2009.
The award show uses digital data from the Melon music platform, online voting and judges' evaluation—to base its awards on artists who have performed exceptional during the year.
History
The awards show underwent a logo rebranding starting with the 2019 edition. The 2020 Melon Music Awards was held for 4 days from December 2 to 5, dubbed as "MMA Week," and was broadcast online due to government restrictions imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Host venues
| Year | Date | Venue | City | Ref. | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2009 | Olympic Hall | Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 15, 2010 | Kyung Hee University Hall of Peace | ||||||||||||||||||||
| November 24, 2011 | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | ||||||||||||||||||||
| December 14, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 14, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 13, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 7, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 19, 2016 | Gocheok Sky Dome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| December 2, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 30, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 2–5, 2020 | Virtual event | rowspan="2" | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 4, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| November 26, 2022 | Gocheok Sky Dome | Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 2, 2023 | Inspire Arena | Incheon | |||||||||||||||||||
| November 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 20, 2025 | Gocheok Sky Dome | Seoul |
Judging criteria
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score | Grand prizes | Best New Artist | Main prizes | Genre Awards | Popularity Awards | Special Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 60% | 20% | |||||||
| 20% | 80% | — | |||||||
| 30% | 40% | 30% | |||||||
| 60% | 40% | — | |||||||
| — | — | 100% |
Grand prizes
The four grand prizes (known as daesangs):
- Artist of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
| Year | Winner | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanna One | ||||||||
| BTS | ||||||||
| Aespa | ||||||||
| BTS | ||||||||
| NCT Dream | ||||||||
| (G)I-dle | ||||||||
| Jennie |
Main prizes
Top 10 Artist Award
| Year | Winners | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2PM | Girls' Generation | Kara | K.Will | G-Dragon | 8eight | Super Junior | 2NE1 | Brown Eyed Girls | Davichi | |||||||||
| 2AM | IU | DJ DOC | CNBLUE | Lee Seung-gi | T-ara | 4Men | ||||||||||||
| f(x) | Secret | Beast | Big Bang | Sistar | Super Junior | Leessang | Lena Park | |||||||||||
| Psy | Busker Busker | Infinite | T-ara | Huh Gak | ||||||||||||||
| Shinee | G-Dragon | Exo | Ailee | Dynamic Duo | Davichi | |||||||||||||
| g.o.d | Winner | Taeyang | 2NE1 | Girl's Day | AKMU | |||||||||||||
| Shinee | Girls' Generation | Hyukoh | Apink | Big Bang | San E | Zion.T | Toy | |||||||||||
| Bewhy | Taeyeon | BTS | GFriend | Mamamoo | Zico | Twice | Red Velvet | AKMU | ||||||||||
| Heize | Winner | IU | Big Bang | Wanna One | Bolbbalgan4 | |||||||||||||
| iKon | BtoB | Apink | Mamamoo | Blackpink | ||||||||||||||
| Heize | Taeyeon | Chungha | MC the Max | Jannabi | Jang Beom-june | |||||||||||||
| Kim Ho-joong | Baek Ye-rin | IU | Oh My Girl | Zico | Baekhyun | Lim Young-woong | Blackpink | Iz*One | ||||||||||
| Heize | Lee Mu-jin | Lil Boi | NCT Dream | Aespa | Ash Island | AKMU | ||||||||||||
| (G)I-dle | NewJeans | MeloMance | Be'O | Ive | Seventeen | |||||||||||||
| Le Sserafim | Jungkook | Aespa | ||||||||||||||||
| Riize | IU | Jungkook | Plave | Day6 | TWS | |||||||||||||
| Rosé | BoyNextDoor | Jennie | G-Dragon | Lim Young-woong | Ive | NCT Wish |
Millions Top 10 Album Award
| Year | Winners | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (G)I-dle – I Feel | Aespa – My World | BSS – Second Wind | Ive – I've Ive | Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) |
| Taeyeon – To. X | Aespa – Armageddon | Plave – Asterum 134-1 | Ive – Ive Switch | Jungkook – Golden |
| Jennie – Ruby | Rosé – Rosie | Plave – "Caligo Pt. 1" | Ive – Ive Empathy | G-Dragon – Übermensch |
New Artist of the Year Award
Main article: Melon Music Award for Best New Artist
Genre Awards
Best Rap/Hip Hop
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Team | "Dang Dang Dang" | ||||||||||||
| GD & TOP | "Oh Yeah" (feat. Park Bom) | ||||||||||||
| Dynamic Duo | "Without You" | ||||||||||||
| Baechigi | "Shower of Tears" (feat. Ailee) | ||||||||||||
| San E & Raina | "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness" | ||||||||||||
| Mad Clown | "Fire" (feat. Jinsil) | ||||||||||||
| Zico | "Eureka" (feat. Zion.T) | ||||||||||||
| Dynamic Duo & Chen | "Nosedive" | ||||||||||||
| BTS | "Fake Love" | ||||||||||||
| Epik High | "Lovedrunk" (feat. Crush) | ||||||||||||
| Yumdda, Paloalto, The Quiett, Deepflow, Simon Dominic | "I'mma Do" (feat. Woo Won-jae, Keem Hyo-eun, Nucksal, Huckleberry P) |
Best Ballad
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gummy | "Because You're A Man" | ||||||||||||
| Kim Bum-soo | "Please" | ||||||||||||
| K.Will | "Please Don't" | ||||||||||||
| Huh Gak | "Monodrama" (with Yoo Seung-woo) | ||||||||||||
| K.Will | "Love Blossom" | ||||||||||||
| M.C the Max | "Wind That Blows" | ||||||||||||
| Baek Ah Yeon | "Shouldn't Have" (feat. Young K) | ||||||||||||
| Jung Eun-ji | "Hopefully Sky" | ||||||||||||
| Im Chang-jung | "The Love I Committed" | ||||||||||||
| Yoon Jong-shin | "Like It" | ||||||||||||
| Roy Kim | "Only Then" | ||||||||||||
| Taeyeon | "Four Seasons" | ||||||||||||
| Davichi | "Dear" |
Best R&B
| Year | Winner | Song | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly to the Sky | "You You You" | ||||||||
| Naul | "Living in the Same Time" | ||||||||
| Baekhyun & Suzy | "Dream" | ||||||||
| Suran | "Wine" | ||||||||
| IU | "Bbibbi" | ||||||||
| Heize | "We Don't Talk Together" | ||||||||
| Baek Ye-rin | "Square (2017)" |
Best Rock
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Potato | "Confession" | ||||||||||||
| CNBLUE | "Intuition" | ||||||||||||
| Nell | "The Day Before" | ||||||||||||
| Cho Yong-pil | "Bounce" | ||||||||||||
| CNBLUE | "Can't Stop" | ||||||||||||
| Kim Sunggyu | "The Answer" | ||||||||||||
| Ha Hyun-woo | "Don't Cry" | ||||||||||||
| Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon | "Sweet Dream" | ||||||||||||
| Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon | "Falling Blossoms" | ||||||||||||
| N.Flying | "Rooftop" | ||||||||||||
| IU | "Eight" (feat. Suga) |
Best Trot
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jang Yoon-jeong | "Come On" | ||||||||
| Hong Jin Young | "Love Wifi" | ||||||||
| Hong Jin Young | "Thumbs Up" | ||||||||
| Hong Jin Young & Kim Young Chul | "Ring Ring (Composer ver.)" | ||||||||
| Hong Jin Young | "Goodbye" | ||||||||
| Hong Jin Young | "Love Tonight" | ||||||||
| Lim Young-woong | "Trust in Me" |
Best Pop
| Year | Winner | Song | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon 5 | "Payphone" (feat. Wiz Khalifa) | ||||||||||||
| Bruno Mars | "Young Girls" | ||||||||||||
| Mark Ronson | "Uptown Funk" (feat. Bruno Mars) | ||||||||||||
| Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself" | ||||||||||||
| Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | ||||||||||||
| Camila Cabello | "Havana" (feat. Young Thug) | ||||||||||||
| Billie Eilish | "Bad Guy" | ||||||||||||
| Sam Smith | "To Die For" | ||||||||||||
| Charlie Puth | "That's Hilarious" | ||||||||||||
| Charlie Puth | "That's Not How This Works" (feat. Dan + Shay) | ||||||||||||
| Benson Boone | "Beautiful Things" |
Best Dance
| Year | Winner | Song | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Block B | "Her" | |||||||
| Female | Apink | "Mr. Chu" | |||||||
| Male | BTS | "I Need U" | |||||||
| Female | Red Velvet | "Ice Cream Cake" | |||||||
| Male | Exo | "Monster" | |||||||
| Female | GFriend | "Rough" | |||||||
| Male | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop" | |||||||
| Female | Twice | "Knock Knock" | |||||||
| Male | Wanna One | "Boomerang" | |||||||
| Female | Blackpink | "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | |||||||
| Male | BTS | "Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey) | |||||||
| Female | Chungha | "Gotta Go" | |||||||
| Male | BTS | "Dynamite" | |||||||
| Female | Blackpink | "How You Like That" |
Best Folk/Blues
| Year | Winner | Song | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akdong Musician | "200%" | ||||||
| 10cm | "Sseudam Sseudam" | ||||||
| 10cm | "What The Spring??" | ||||||
| Jung Eun-ji | "The Spring" | ||||||
| Hong Jin-young | "Good Bye" |
Best Indie
| Year | Winner | Song | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Egg | "Lean on Me" (feat. Park Se-young) | ||||||||
| Standing Egg | "The Sunlight Hurts" (feat. Wheein & Obroject Yundak) | ||||||||
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Galaxy" | ||||||||
| MeloMance | "Gift" | ||||||||
| MeloMance | "Fairy Tale" | ||||||||
| MeloMance | "You&I" | ||||||||
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Leo" (feat. Baekhyun) |
Best OST
| Year | Winner | Song | Drama/TV Show/Film | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Liger | "Let's Dance" | Infinite Challenge | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Seung-gi | "Losing My Mind" | My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sunny Hill | "Pit-a-Pat" | The Greatest Love | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seo In-guk & Jung Eun-ji | "All For You" | Reply 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yoon Mi-rae | "Touch Love" | Master's Sun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lyn | "My Destiny" | My Love from the Star | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loco & Yuju of GFriend | "Spring is Gone By Chance" | A Girl Who Sees Smells | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yoon Mi-rae | "Always" | Descendants of the Sun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ailee | "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" | Goblin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Kim | "Every Day, Every Moment" | Should We Kiss First? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gummy | "Remember Me" | Hotel del Luna | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jo Jung-suk | "Aloha" | Hospital Playlist | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Mu-jin | "Rain and You" | Hospital Playlist 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MeloMance | "Love, Maybe" | Business Proposal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lim Jae-hyun | "Heaven" | It Was Spring | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eclipse (Byeon Woo-Seok) | "Sudden Shower" | Lovely Runner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Huntrix (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami) & KPop Demon Hunters Cast | "Golden" | KPop Demon Hunters |
Best Performance
| Year | Winner | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Monsta X | ||||||
| Male | The Boyz | ||||||
| Male | Tomorrow X Together | ||||||
| Female | Le Sserafim | ||||||
| Male | Seventeen | ||||||
| Female | Aespa | ||||||
| Male | BoyNextDoor | ||||||
| Female | Aespa | ||||||
| Male | Riize | ||||||
| Female | Illit |
Popularity awards
Netizen's Choice Award
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Junior | "Bonamana" | ||||||||||||||
| Super Junior | "Mr. Simple" | ||||||||||||||
| Beast | "Midnight" | ||||||||||||||
| Exo | "Growl" | ||||||||||||||
| Beast | "Good Luck" | ||||||||||||||
| Big Bang | "Bang Bang Bang" | ||||||||||||||
| Exo | "Monster" | ||||||||||||||
| Exo | "Ko Ko Bop" | ||||||||||||||
| BTS | "Idol" | ||||||||||||||
| BTS | "Boy with Luv" | ||||||||||||||
| BTS | "Dynamite" | ||||||||||||||
| BTS | "Butter" | ||||||||||||||
| Lim Young-woong | "If We Ever Meet Again" |
Hot Trend Award
| Year | Winner | Work | Topic | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' Generation | "Hoot" | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Infinite Challenge | "West Coast Expressway Music Festival" | Variety Series | |||||||||||||||||
| Trouble Maker | "Trouble Maker" | Collaboration | |||||||||||||||||
| Crayon Pop | "Bar Bar Bar" | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Rose Motel | "Longtime Lovers" | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Soyou & Junggigo | "Some" | Collaboration | |||||||||||||||||
| Infinite Challenge | "Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival" | Variety Series | |||||||||||||||||
| Zico | "I Am You, You Are Me" | Radio Star | |||||||||||||||||
| Suran & Suga | "Wine" | Singer and Producer | |||||||||||||||||
| Loco & Hwasa | "Don't" | Collaboration | |||||||||||||||||
| AB6IX | — | Produce 101 Alumni | |||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Trot 6 | — | Reality Show | |||||||||||||||||
| Brave Girls | "Rollin' | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Le Sserafim | "Fearless" | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Jungkook | "Seven" | Soloist & Unit | |||||||||||||||||
| QWER | — | Music | |||||||||||||||||
| Woodz | "Drowning" | Music |
Special awards
Music Video Award
| Year | Winner | Music Video | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hwang Soo-ah | Ga-in's "Irreversible" | ||||||||||||||||
| Cha Eun-taek | T-ara's "Roly-Poly" | ||||||||||||||||
| Cho Soo-hyun | Psy's "Gangnam Style" | ||||||||||||||||
| Lee Gi-baek (Tiger Cave Studio) | Beast's "Shadow" | ||||||||||||||||
| Won Tae-yeon (LOEN Entertainment) | Melody Day's "Another Parting" | ||||||||||||||||
| Naive Creative Production | Park Jin-young's "Who's Your Mama?" (feat. Jessi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Shin Hee-won | Red Velvet's "Russian Roulette" | ||||||||||||||||
| Choi Yong-su (Lumpens) | BTS' "DNA" | ||||||||||||||||
| Ko Yoo-jeong (Lumpens) | GFriend's "Time for the Moon Night" | ||||||||||||||||
| VM Project Architecture | Kang Daniel's "What Are You Up To" | ||||||||||||||||
| Yong Seok Choi, Guzza (Lumpens) | TXT's "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" (feat. Seori) | ||||||||||||||||
| Samson (Highqualityfish) | (G)I-dle's "Tomboy" | ||||||||||||||||
| Naive Creative Production | STAYC's "Bubble" | ||||||||||||||||
| Yoon Seung-rim, Jang Dong-ju (Rigend Film) | Ive's "Heya" | ||||||||||||||||
| Jinooya Makes | KiiiKiii's "I Do Me" |
Songwriter Award
| Year | Winner | Song | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitman Bang | 8eight's "Without A Heart" & "Goodbye My Love" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Min-soo & Kim Eana | IU and Im Seulong's "Nagging" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jeon Hye-sung | Davichi's "Don't Say Goodbye", Baek Ji-young's "That Woman" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duble Sidekick | Sistar's "Loving U", Baek Ji-young's "Voice", "Good Boy" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinsadong Tiger | Ailee's "U&I", Apink's "NoNoNo", Trouble Maker's "Now" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Do-hoon | Soyou & Junggigo's "Some", Mad Clown's "Without You", Ailee's "Don't Touch Me" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teddy Park | BigBang's "Loser", "Bae Bae", "Bang Bang Bang", "We Like 2 Party", "Sober", "Zutter" (GD & TOP), and "Let's Not Fall In Love" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hitman Bang | BTS' "Fire", "Save Me", and "Blood Sweat & Tears" | ||||||||||||||||||
| IU | IU's "Through the Night", "Can't Love You Anymore", "Palette", and "Ending Scene" | ||||||||||||||||||
| B.I | iKon's "Love Scenario", "Killing Me", and "Goodbye Road" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pdogg | BTS' "Boy with Luv", "Dionysus", "Mikrokosmos", "Make It Right", and TXT's "Angel or Devil" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Young Tak | Lee Daewon's "Champion", Jang Minho's "Read and Ignored", Jung Dongwon and Nam Seungmin's "Hit It Off", Young & Wild's "Thirsty", Ko Jaegeun's "Love Cowboy", Sungwonee's "Because of Money", and Han Leejae's "Knock Knock Knock" | ||||||||||||||||||
| IU | IU's "Strawberry Moon", "Lilac", "Celebrity", "Coin", "My Sea" and "Hi Spring Bye" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jeon So-yeon | (G)I-dle's "Tomboy", "My Bag" and "Nxde" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan S. Jhun | Ive's "I Am", "Kitsch", "I Want", "Off the Record", "Baddie" & "Either Way", Monsta X's "Beautiful Liar", Hwang Min-hyun's "Hidden Side", Queendom Puzzles "SNAP", "Bad Blood" & "I Do", Fromis_9's "#menow", Ren's "Ready to Move", Oh My Girl's "Summer Comes", Infinite's "New Emotion", Cignature's "Smooth Sailing", Weeekly's "Good Day (Special Daileee)", D.O's "I Do", Just B's "Medusa", Viviz's "Untie" & Enhypen's "Orange Flower (You Complete Me)" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jeon So-yeon | (G)I-dle's "Super Lady", "Fate", "Wife" and "Klaxon", QWER's "My Name Is Malgeum" | ||||||||||||||||||
| G-Dragon | G-Dragon's "Home Sweet Home", "Power" and "Too Bad" |
Best Performance Director
| Year | Winner | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son Seung-duk | |||
| Son Seung-duk |
Best Music Style
| Year | Winner | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homies | ||||||
| Big Naughty | ||||||
| Silica Gel | ||||||
| Bibi & Lee Young-ji | ||||||
| 10cm & AllDay Project |
Best Solo
| Year | Winner | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Lim Young-woong | |||||
| Female | IU | |||||
| Male | Lim Young-woong | |||||
| Female | IU | |||||
| Male | Jungkook | |||||
| Female | Lee Young-ji | |||||
| Male | Jungkook | |||||
| Female | IU | |||||
| Male | G-Dragon | |||||
| Female | Rosé |
Best Group
| Year | Winner | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | BTS | |||||
| Female | Aespa | |||||
| Male | BTS | |||||
| Female | Ive | |||||
| Male | NCT Dream | |||||
| Female | NewJeans | |||||
| Male | Riize | |||||
| Female | aespa | |||||
| Male | Boynextdoor | |||||
| Female | Ive |
Best Collaboration
| Year | Winner | Song | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldplay & BTS | "My Universe" | ||||
| 10cm & Big Naughty | "Beyond Love" | ||||
| Jung Kook & Latto | "Seven" |
Global Artist Award
| Year | Winner | Song | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2017 | 2018 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' Generation | "The Boys" | ||||||||||
| Psy | "Gangnam Style" | ||||||||||
| Psy | "Gentleman" | ||||||||||
| BTS | "DNA" | ||||||||||
| BTS | "Fake Love" | ||||||||||
| Monsta X | "Love" | ||||||||||
| aespa | — | ||||||||||
| Ateez | — | ||||||||||
| Ive | — | ||||||||||
| aespa | — |
Global Rising Artist
| Year | Winner | Song | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhypen | "Drunk Dazed" | ||||||
| STAYC | "Beautiful Monster" | ||||||
| Boynextdoor | "But Sometimes" | ||||||
| Riize | "Impossible" | ||||||
| IDID | — |
Kakao Hot Star Award
| Year | Winner | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exo | |||||
| Wanna One | |||||
| BTS | |||||
| BTS |
Stage of the Year
| Year | Winner | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Hyo Shin | ||||||||
| Lee Sun-hee | ||||||||
| Seventeen | ||||||||
| IU - The Golden Hour | ||||||||
| Shinee – Shinee World VI: Perfect Illumination | ||||||||
| IU – IU HEREH World Tour | ||||||||
| Aespa – Synk: Aexis Line |
1theK Performance Award
| Year | Winner | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsta X | |||||
| GFriend | |||||
| Momoland | |||||
| The Boyz |
1theK Original Contents
| Year | Winner | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boyz | |||
| STAYC |
1theK Global Icon
| Year | Winner | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enhypen | |||||
| Kiss of Life | |||||
| TripleS | |||||
| KiiiKiii |
Other awards
2009
- Star: TVXQ
- Mania: TVXQ - "Mirotic"
- Current Stream: Kim Tae-woo – "Love Rain"
- Smart Radio: Girls' Generation
- Odyssey: Girls' Generation – "Gee"
- Mobile Music: Girls' Generation
- Sudden Rise: Leessang
- Y-STAR Live: Lee Seung-chul
2010
- Best Dressed Singer: Girls' Generation
- Best MBC Radio Singer: Jung Yeop – "Without You"
2016
- Hall of Fame Award: Sechs Kies
- Tencent-QQ Music Asia Star Award: iKon
2020
- Best Drum: Shin Seok Cheol
- Best Bass: Choi Hoon
- Best Synthesizer: Hong So Jin
- Best Guitar: Juk Jae
- Best Chorus: Kim Hyun Ah
2021
- Project Music: MSG Wannabe M.O.M
- Best Session Instrumental Award: Kim Dong-min (Guitarist), Go Tae-yeong (Bassist), Gureum (Keyboardist)
- Legendary Performance: BTS – "IDOL"
2022
- Project Music Award: WSG Wannabe
- KakaoBank Everyone's Star: BTS
2023
- Kakao Favorite Star: BTS
- J-Pop Favorite Artist: imase
2024
- Kakao Bank Everyone's Star: Riize
- J-Pop Favorite Artist: Yoasobi
- Track Zero Choice: Hyukoh & Sunset Rollercoaster - "Young Man"
- Best Producer: Seo Hyun-joo (Starship Entertainment)
2025
- Kakao Bank Everyone's Star: NCT Wish
- J-Pop Favorite Artist: Kenshi Yonezu
- Japan Favorite Artist by U-Next: BoyNextDoor
- Track Zero Choice: Hanroro - "Goodbye, My Summer"
- Best Producer: Zico (KOZ Entertainment)
- Berriz Global Fan's Choice: Hearts2Hearts
Discontinued awards
Best Electronic
| Year | Winner | Song | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2NE1 | "Come Back Home" |
MBC Music Star Award
| Year | Winner | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss A | |||||||||
| Baek Ji-young | |||||||||
| Shindong & Kim Shin-young | |||||||||
| f(x) | |||||||||
| Ladies' Code | |||||||||
| EXID | |||||||||
| Seventeen | |||||||||
| Hyuna |
Performing Arts Award
| Year | Winner | Song | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psy | "Right Now" | ||||
| Lee Seung-hwan | "Super Hero" | ||||
| Shin Seung-hun | — |
Most wins
Most grand prizes awarded
This list includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year Award.
| Awards | Artist | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTS | ||||||
| IU | ||||||
| Exo | ||||||
| Aespa | ||||||
| G-Dragon | ||||||
| Girls' Generation | ||||||
| Big Bang | ||||||
| 2NE1 | ||||||
| NewJeans | ||||||
| Ive | ||||||
| Busker Busker | ||||||
| Beast | ||||||
| Lim Young-woong |
Most awarded overall
| Awards | Artist | 40 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTS | |||||||||
| IU | |||||||||
| Exo | |||||||||
| G-Dragon | |||||||||
| Ive | |||||||||
| Girls' Generation | |||||||||
| 2NE1 | |||||||||
| NewJeans | |||||||||
| Beast | |||||||||
| Big Bang |
Broadcasting
South Korea
- The 1st Melon Music Awards ceremony was broadcast through CU Media's y-star, Dramax and Comedy TV channels. Internet partners include Melon, Nate (then a sister brand), GOMTV and Afreeca TV (2009-2010).
- In 2010, LOEN Entertainment partnered with MBC Plus Media, and the latter transmitted the awards night through MBC every1, MBC Dramanet (from 2010 to 2011 and 2013), MBC Game (now defunct) and MBC Life (now defunct). When MBC Music was launched in 2012, it shared the honor of being the flagship station of MMA with MBC every1. MBC QueeN joined in 2013.
- Daum was the local internet partner in 2013. One year later, it merged with LOEN's incumbent parent company Kakao.
- In 2018, the awards show was broadcast on JTBC2, JTBC4, 1theK, and KakaoTV as part of their partnership with JTBC Plus Media.
Worldwide
- Since 2011, Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube (specifically the 1theK (formerly LOEN Music) channel) is the internet broadcast partner of Melon Music Awards. Microsoft's Zune was the first internet broadcast partner (2009).
China
- Tencent, via its QQ Music and QQ Live services, owns the broadcast rights since 2016.
Japan
- The Sony Music Japan-owned Music On! TV acquired the local broadcast rights in 2015, making Melon Music Awards the second Korean music awarding event that it broadcasts (the first being Mnet Asian Music Awards).
Thailand
- Joox, another Tencent-owned music service, together with its sister property Sanook.com, brought Melon Music Awards to its users in Thailand in 2016 and 2017.
Taiwan
- Streaming rights is handled by Taiwan Mobile's MyMusic service.
References
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