Melon Music Awards

South Korean annual music awards

Melon Music Awards

Current: 2024 Melon Music Awards
Awarded for| Exceptional digital performance
Country| South Korea
Presented by| Kakao Entertainment
First award|

* 2005 (online)
* December 16, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12-16) (live)

Website| www.melon.com/mma/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network|

* K-Star (2009)
* MBC Plus channels (2010–2017)
* JTBC Plus channels (2018)
* KakaoTV (2017–present)
* Melon (2019–present)
* KakaoTalk (2020–present)

Most recent Melon Music Award winners | ← 2023 | 2024 | 2025 →

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Award  | Song of the Year | Album of the Year
Winner  | Aespa
("Supernova")  | Aespa
(Armageddon)
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Award  | Artist of the Year | Record of the Year
Winner  | Aespa  | (G)I-dle

The Melon Music Awards (Korean: 멜론 뮤직어워드) 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.[1]

The award show uses digital data from the Melon music platform—along with online voting and judges evaluation—to base its awards to artists who have had exceptional performance during the year.[2]

## History

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The awards show underwent a logo rebranding starting with the 2019 edition. 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 because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

## Host venues

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Year  | Date  | Venue  | City  | Ref.

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2009 | December 16, 2009  | Olympic Hall | Seoul | [4]
2010 | December 15, 2010  | Kyung Hee University Hall of Peace  | [5]
2011 | November 24, 2011  | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | [6]
2012 | December 14, 2012  | [7]
2013 | November 14, 2013  | [8]
2014 | November 13, 2014  | [9]
2015 | November 7, 2015  | [10]
2016 | November 19, 2016  | Gocheok Sky Dome | [11]
2017 | December 2, 2017  | [12]
2018 | December 1, 2018  | [13]
2019 | November 30, 2019  | [14]
2020 | December 2–5, 2020  | Virtual event  | —  | [15]
2021 | December 4, 2021  | [16]
2022 | November 26, 2022  | Gocheok Sky Dome  | Seoul  | [17]
2023 | December 2, 2023  | Inspire Arena | Incheon | [18]
2024 | November 30, 2024  | [19]
2025  | December 20, 2025  | Gocheok Sky Dome  | Seoul  | [20]

## Judging criteria

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Division  | Online Voting  | Digital Sales  | Judge Score

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Grand prizes[a] | 20% | 60% | 20%
Best New Artist
Main prizes[b] | 20% | 80% | —
Genre Awards[c] | 30% | 40% | 30%
Popularity Awards[d] | 60% | 40% | —
Special Awards[e] | — | — | 100%

* ^[a] Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year
* ^[b] Top 10 Artist, Millions Top 10 Album
* ^[c] Rap/Hip Hop, Ballad, R&B, Rock, OST, Trot, Pop, Dance, Folk/Blues, Indie
* ^[d] Netizen's Choice Award, Hot Trend Award
* ^[e] Record of The Year, Music Video Award, Song Writer Award, MBC Music Star Award, Performing Arts Award, Global Star Award, QQ Asia Artist Award, Hall of Fame Award, Kakao Hot Star Award

## Grand prizes

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The four grand prizes (known as daesangs):

* Artist of the Year
* Album of the Year
* Song of the Year

Record of the Year  Year  | Winner

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2018  | Wanna One
2019  | BTS
2021  | Aespa
2022  | BTS
2023  | NCT Dream
2024  | (G)I-dle

## Main prizes

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### Top 10 Artist Award

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Year  | Winners[21][22]

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2009  | 2PM | Girls' Generation | Kara | K.Will | G-Dragon | 8eight | Super Junior | 2NE1 | Brown Eyed Girls | Davichi
2010  | 2PM | Girls' Generation | 2AM | IU | DJ DOC | CNBLUE | Lee Seung-gi | 2NE1 | T-ara | 4Men
2011  | f(x) | Secret | Beast | IU | Big Bang | Sistar | Super Junior | 2NE1 | Leessang | Lena Park
2012  | Psy | Busker Busker | Beast | IU | Big Bang | Sistar | Infinite | 2NE1 | T-ara | Huh Gak
2013  | Shinee | Busker Busker | Beast | IU | G-Dragon | Sistar | Exo | Ailee | Dynamic Duo | Davichi
2014  | g.o.d | Winner | Beast | IU | Taeyang | Sistar | Exo | 2NE1 | Girl's Day | AKMU
2015  | Shinee | Girls' Generation | Hyukoh | Apink | Big Bang | Sistar | Exo | San E | Zion.T | Toy
2016  | Bewhy | Taeyeon | BTS | GFriend | Mamamoo | Zico | Exo | Twice | Red Velvet | AKMU
2017  | Heize | Winner | BTS | IU | Big Bang | Wanna One | Exo | Twice | Red Velvet | Bolbbalgan4
2018  | iKon | BtoB | BTS | Apink | Mamamoo | Wanna One | Exo | Twice | Blackpink | Bolbbalgan4
2019  | Heize | Taeyeon | BTS | Chungha | Mamamoo | MC the Max | Exo | Jannabi | Jang Beom-june | Bolbbalgan4
2020  | Kim Ho-joong | Baek Ye-rin | BTS | IU | Oh My Girl | Zico | Baekhyun | Lim Young-woong | Blackpink | Iz*One
2021  | Heize | Lee Mu-jin | BTS | IU | Lil Boi | NCT Dream | Aespa | Lim Young-woong | Ash Island | AKMU
2022  | (G)I-dle | NewJeans | BTS | IU | MeloMance | NCT Dream | Be'O | Lim Young-woong | Ive | Seventeen
2023  | (G)I-dle | NewJeans | BTS | Le Sserafim | Jungkook | NCT Dream | Aespa | Lim Young-woong | Ive | Seventeen
2024  | (G)I-dle | NewJeans | Day6 | IU | Jungkook | Plave | Aespa | Riize | TWS | Seventeen

### Millions Top 10 Album Award

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Year  | Winners[23]

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2023  | (G)I-dle – I Feel | Aespa – My World | BSS – Second Wind | Ive – I've Ive | Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) | Le Sserafim – Unforgiven | Lim Young-woong – "Do or Die"  | NCT Dream – ISTJ | NewJeans – Get Up | Seventeen – FML
2024  | Taeyeon – To. X | Aespa – Armageddon | Plave – Asterum 134-1 | Ive – Ive Switch | Jungkook – Golden | IU – The Winning | Lim Young-woong – Warmth | Riize – Riizing | NewJeans – How Sweet | Day6 – Band Aid

## New Artist of the Year Award

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Main article: Melon Music Award for Best New Artist

## Genre Awards

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### Best Rap/Hip Hop

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Supreme Team | "Dang Dang Dang"
2011  | GD & TOP | "Oh Yeah" (feat. Park Bom)
2012  | Dynamic Duo | "Without You"
2013  | Baechigi | "Shower of Tears" (feat. Ailee)
2014  | San E & Raina | "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness"
2015  | Mad Clown | "Fire" (feat. Jinsil)
2016  | Zico[24] | "Eureka" (feat. Zion.T)
2017  | Dynamic Duo & Chen | "Nosedive"
2018  | BTS | "Fake Love"
2019  | Epik High | "Lovedrunk" (feat. Crush)
2020  | Yumdda, Paloalto, The Quiett, Deepflow, Simon Dominic | "I'mma Do" (feat. Woo Won-jae, Keem Hyo-eun, Nucksal, Huckleberry P)

### Best Ballad

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Gummy | "Because You're A Man"
2011  | Kim Bum-soo | "Please"
2012  | K.Will | "Please Don't"
2013  | Huh Gak | "Monodrama" (with Yoo Seung-woo)
K.Will | "Love Blossom"
2014  | M.C the Max | "Wind That Blows"
2015  | Baek Ah Yeon | "Shouldn't Have" (feat. Young K)
2016  | Jung Eun-ji | "Hopefully Sky"
Im Chang-jung | "The Love I Committed"
2017  | Yoon Jong-shin | "Like It"
2018  | Roy Kim | "Only Then"
2019  | Taeyeon | "Four Seasons"
2020  | Davichi | "Dear"

### Best R&B

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2014  | Fly to the Sky | "You You You"
2015  | Naul | "Living in the Same Time"
2016  | Baekhyun & Suzy | "Dream"
2017  | Suran | "Wine"
2018  | IU | "Bbibbi"
2019  | Heize | "We Don't Talk Together"
2020  | Baek Ye-rin | "Square (2017)"

### Best Rock

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Hot Potato | "Confession"
2011  | CNBLUE | "Intuition"
2012  | Nell | "The Day Before"
2013  | Cho Yong-pil | "Bounce"
2014  | CNBLUE | "Can't Stop"
2015  | Kim Sunggyu | "The Answer"
2016  | Ha Hyun-woo | "Don't Cry"
2017  | Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon | "Sweet Dream"
2018  | Kim Hee-chul & Min Kyung-hoon | "Falling Blossoms"
2019  | N.Flying | "Rooftop"
2020  | IU | "Eight" (feat. Suga)

### Best Trot

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Jang Yoon-jeong | "Come On"
2015  | Hong Jin Young | "Love Wifi"
2016  | Hong Jin Young | "Thumbs Up"
2017  | Hong Jin Young & Kim Young Chul | "Ring Ring (Composer ver.)"
2018  | Hong Jin Young | "Goodbye"
2019  | Hong Jin Young | "Love Tonight"
2020  | Lim Young-woong | "Trust in Me"

### Best Pop

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2012  | Maroon 5 | "Payphone" (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
2013  | Bruno Mars | "Young Girls"
2015  | Mark Ronson | "Uptown Funk" (feat. Bruno Mars)
2016  | Justin Bieber | "Love Yourself"
2017  | Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You"
2018  | Camila Cabello | "Havana" (feat. Young Thug)
2019  | Billie Eilish | "Bad Guy"
2020  | Sam Smith | "To Die For"
2022  | Charlie Puth | "That's Hilarious"
2023  | Charlie Puth | "That's Not How This Works" (feat. Dan + Shay)
2024  | Benson Boone | "Beautiful Things"

### Best Dance

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Year  | Winner[24] | Song

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2014  | Male | Block B | "Her"
Female | Apink | "Mr. Chu"
2015  | Male | BTS | "I Need U"
Female | Red Velvet | "Ice Cream Cake"
2016  | Male | Exo | "Monster"
Female | GFriend | "Rough"
2017  | Male | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop"
Female | Twice | "Knock Knock"
2018  | Male  | Wanna One | "Boomerang"
Female  | Blackpink | "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"
2019  | Male  | BTS | "Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey)
Female  | Chungha | "Gotta Go"
2020  | Male  | BTS | "Dynamite"
Female  | Blackpink | "How You Like That"

### Best Folk/Blues

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2014  | Akdong Musician | "200%"
2015  | 10cm | "Sseudam Sseudam"
2016  | 10cm[24] | "What The Spring??"
2017  | Jung Eun-ji | "The Spring"
2018  | Hong Jin-young | "Good Bye"

### Best Indie

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2014  | Standing Egg | "Lean on Me" (feat. Park Se-young)
2015  | Standing Egg | "The Sunlight Hurts" (feat. Wheein & Obroject Yundak)
2016  | Bolbbalgan4 | "Galaxy"
2017  | MeloMance | "Gift"
2018  | MeloMance | "Fairy Tale"
2019  | MeloMance | "You&I"
2020  | Bolbbalgan4 | "Leo" (feat. Baekhyun)

### Best OST

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Year  | Winner  | Song  | Drama/Show TV

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2009  | Future Liger | "Let's Dance" | Infinite Challenge
2010  | Lee Seung-gi | "Losing My Mind" | My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox
2011  | Sunny Hill | "Pit-a-Pat" | The Greatest Love
2012  | Seo In-guk & Jung Eun-ji | "All For You" | Reply 1997
2013  | Yoon Mi-rae | "Touch Love" | Master's Sun
2014  | Lyn | "My Destiny" | My Love from the Star
2015  | Loco & Yuju of GFriend | "Spring is Gone By Chance" | A Girl Who Sees Smells
2016  | Yoon Mi-rae | "Always" | Descendants of the Sun
2017  | Ailee | "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" | Goblin
2018  | Paul Kim | "Every Day, Every Moment" | Should We Kiss First?
2019  | Gummy | "Remember Me" | Hotel del Luna
2020  | Jo Jung-suk  | "Aloha" | Hospital Playlist
2021  | Lee Mu-jin | "Rain and You" | Hospital Playlist 2
2022  | MeloMance | "Love, Maybe" | Business Proposal
2023  | Lim Jae-hyun | "Heaven" | It Was Spring
2024  | Eclipse (Byeon Woo-Seok)  | "Sudden Shower" | Lovely Runner

### Best Performance

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Year  | Winner

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2020  | Male  | Monsta X
2021  | Male  | The Boyz
2022  | Male  | Tomorrow X Together
Female  | Le Sserafim
2023  | Male  | Seventeen
Female  | Aespa
2024  | Male  | BoyNextDoor
Female  | Aespa

## Popularity awards

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### Netizen's Choice Award

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Super Junior | "Bonamana"
2011  | Super Junior | "Mr. Simple"
2012  | Beast | "Midnight"
2013  | Exo | "Growl"
2014  | Beast | "Good Luck"
2015  | Big Bang | "Bang Bang Bang"
2016  | Exo | "Monster"
2017  | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop"
2018  | BTS | "Idol"
2019  | BTS | "Boy with Luv"
2020  | BTS | "Dynamite"
2021  | BTS | "Butter"
2022  | Lim Young-woong | "If We Ever Meet Again"

### Hot Trend Award

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Year  | Winner  | Work  | Topic

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2010  | Girls' Generation | "Hoot" | Music
2011  | Infinite Challenge | "West Coast Expressway Music Festival" | Variety Series
2012  | Trouble Maker | "Trouble Maker" | Collaboration
2013  | Crayon Pop | "Bar Bar Bar" | Music
Rose Motel | "Longtime Lovers" | Music
2014  | Soyou & Junggigo | "Some" | Collaboration
2015  | Infinite Challenge | "Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival" | Variety Series
2016  | Zico | "I Am You, You Are Me" | Radio Star
2017  | Suran & Suga | "Wine" | Singer and Producer
2018  | Loco & Hwasa | "Don't" | Collaboration
2019  | AB6IX | — | Produce 101 Alumni
2020  | Mr. Trot 6 | — | Reality Show
2021  | Brave Girls | "Rollin'" | Music
2022  | Le Sserafim | "Fearless" | Music
2023  | Jungkook | "Seven" | Soloist & Unit
2024  | QWER | — | Music

## Special awards

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### Music Video Award

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Year  | Winner  | Music Video

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2010  | Hwang Soo-ah | Ga-in's "Irreversible"
2011  | Cha Eun-taek | T-ara's "Roly-Poly"
2012  | Cho Soo-hyun | Psy's "Gangnam Style"
2013  | Lee Gi-baek (Tiger Cave Studio) | Beast's "Shadow"
2014  | Won Tae-yeon (LOEN Entertainment) | Melody Day's "Another Parting"
2015  | Naive Creative Production | Park Jin-young's "Who's Your Mama?" (feat. Jessi)
2016  | Shin Hee-won | Red Velvet's "Russian Roulette"
2017  | Choi Yong-su (Lumpens) | BTS' "DNA"
2018  | Ko Yoo-jeong (Lumpens) | GFriend's "Time for the Moon Night"
2019  | VM Project Architecture  | Kang Daniel's "What Are You Up To"
2021  | Yong Seok Choi, Guzza (Lumpens) | TXT's "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" (feat. Seori)
2022  | Samson (Highqualityfish) | (G)I-dle's "Tomboy"
2023  | Naive Creative Production  | STAYC's "Bubble"
2024  | Yoon Seung-rim, Jang Dong-ju (Rigend Film) | Ive's "Heya"

### Songwriter Award

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2009  | Hitman Bang | 8eight's "Without A Heart" & "Goodbye My Love"
2010  | Lee Min-soo & Kim Eana | IU and Im Seulong's "Nagging"
2011  | Jeon Hye-sung | Davichi's "Don't Say Goodbye", Baek Ji-young's "That Woman"
2012  | Duble Sidekick | Sistar's "Loving U", Baek Ji-young's "Voice", "Good Boy"
2013  | Shinsadong Tiger | Ailee's "U&I", Apink's "NoNoNo", Trouble Maker's "Now"
2014  | Kim Do-hoon | Soyou & Junggigo's "Some", Mad Clown's "Without You", Ailee's "Don't Touch Me"
2015  | 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"
2016  | Hitman Bang | BTS' "Fire", "Save Me", and "Blood Sweat & Tears"
2017  | IU | IU's "Through the Night", "Can't Love You Anymore", "Palette", and "Ending Scene"
2018  | B.I | iKon's "Love Scenario", "Killing Me", and "Goodbye Road"
2019  | Pdogg  | BTS' "Boy with Luv","Dionysus", "Mikrokosmos", "Make It Right", and TXT's "Angel or Devil"
2020  | 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"
2021  | IU | IU's "Strawberry Moon", "Lilac", "Celebrity", "Coin", "My Sea" and "Hi Spring Bye"
2022  | Jeon So-yeon | (G)I-dle's "Tomboy", "My Bag" and "Nxde"
2023  | 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 Puzzle's "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)"
2024  | Jeon So-yeon | (G)I-dle's "Super Lady", "Fate", "Wife" and "Klaxon", QWER's "My Name Is Malgeum"

### Best Performance Director

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Year  | Winner

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2020  | Son Seung-duk
2021  | Son Seung-duk

### Best Music Style

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Year  | Winner

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2021  | Homies
2022  | Big Naughty
2023  | Silica Gel
2024  | Bibi & Lee Young-ji

### Best Solo

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Year  | Winner

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2021  | Male | Lim Young-woong
Female | IU
2022  | Male | Lim Young-woong
Female | IU
2023  | Male | Jungkook
Female | Lee Young-ji
2024  | Male | Jungkook
Female | IU

### Best Group

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Year  | Winner

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2021  | Male | BTS
Female | Aespa
2022  | Male | BTS
Female | Ive
2023  | Male | NCT Dream
Female | NewJeans
2024  | Male | Riize
Female | aespa

### Best Collaboration

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2021  | Coldplay & BTS | "My Universe"
2022  | 10cm & Big Naughty | "Beyond Love"
2023  | Jung Kook & Latto | "Seven"

### Global Artist Award

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2011  | Girls' Generation | "The Boys"
2012  | Psy | "Gangnam Style"
2013  | Psy | "Gentleman"
2017  | BTS | "DNA"
2018  | BTS | "Fake Love"
2022  | Monsta X | "Love"
2023  | aespa | —
2024  | Ateez | —
Ive | —

### Global Rising Artist

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Year  | Winner  | Song

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2021  | Enhypen | "Drunk Dazed"
2022  | STAYC | "Beautiful Monster"
2023  | Boynextdoor | "But Sometimes"[25][unreliable source?]
2024  | Riize | "Impossible"

### Kakao Hot Star Award

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Year  | Winner

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2016  | Exo[24]
2017  | Wanna One
2018  | BTS
2019  | BTS

### Stage of the Year

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Year  | Winner

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2017  | Park Hyo Shin
2018  | Lee Sun-hee
2019  | Seventeen
2022  | IU \- The Golden Hour
2023  | Shinee – Shinee World VI: Perfect Illumination
2024  | IU – IU HEREH World Tour

### 1theK Performance Award

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Year  | Winner

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2015  | Monsta X
2017  | GFriend
2018  | Momoland
2019  | The Boyz

### 1theK Original Contents

[edit]

Year  | Winner

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2020  | The Boyz
2021  | STAYC

### 1theK Global Icon

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Year  | Winner

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2022  | Enhypen
2023  | Kiss of Life
2024  | TripleS

## Other awards

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### 2009

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* 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

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* Best Dressed Singer: Girls' Generation
* Best MBC Radio Singer: Jung Yeop – "Without You"

### 2016

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* Hall of Fame Award: Sechs Kies
* Tencent-QQ Music Asia Star Award: iKon

### 2020

[edit]

* Best Drum: Shin Seok Cheol
* Best Bass: Choi Hoon
* Best Synthesizer: Hong So Jin
* Best Guitar: Juk Jae
* Best Chorus: Kim Hyun Ah

### 2021

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* 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

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* Project Music Award: WSG Wannabe
* KakaoBank Everyone's Star: BTS

### 2023

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* Kakao Favorite Star: BTS
* J-Pop Favorite Artist: imase

### 2024

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* 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)

## Discontinued awards

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See Awards

Best Electronic

Year  | Winner  | Song

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2014  | 2NE1 | "Come Back Home"

MBC Music Star Award

Year  | Winner[24]

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2010  | Miss A
2011  | Baek Ji-young
2012  | Shindong & Kim Shin-young
2013  | f(x)
2014  | Ladies' Code
2015  | EXID
2016  | Seventeen
2017  | Hyuna

Performing Arts Award

Year  | Winner  | Song

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2010  | Psy | "Right Now"
2011  | Lee Seung-hwan | "Super Hero"
2013  | Shin Seung-hun | —

## Most wins

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### Most grand prizes awarded

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This list includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year Award.

Awards  | Artist

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13  | BTS
5  | IU
4  | Exo
Aespa
3  | Girls' Generation
2  | Big Bang
2NE1
NewJeans
Ive
Busker Busker
Beast
Lim Young-woong

### Most awarded overall

[edit]

Awards  | Artist

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40  | BTS
25  | IU
17  | Exo
15  | Aespa
12  | Girls' Generation
11  | Lim Young-woong
10  | Ive
9  | 2NE1
NewJeans
Beast
7  | Big Bang

## Broadcasting

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### South Korea

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* 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.[26]

### Worldwide

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* 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

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* Tencent, via its QQ Music and QQ Live services, owns the broadcast rights since 2016.

### Japan

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* 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).[27]

### Thailand

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* 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

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* Streaming rights is handled by Taiwan Mobile's MyMusic service.

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