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'Melon Music Awards 2025' announces full nominee lineup

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Posted by Demian09 Friday, December 5, 2025 17,563

The 'Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2025' has officially revealed this year’s nominees, following the earlier announcement of the Top 10 Artists. This year’s awards consider music released between October 31, 2024 and November 19, 2025.

With the exception of the Millions Top 10 and the Track Zero Choice awards, winners across all categories will be determined by a combination of 60 percent download and streaming counts, 20 percent judges’ evaluations, and 20 percent fan votes. The Millions Top 10 awards, which are given to albums that surpassed 1 million streams on Melon within the first 24 hours of their release, will be determined by 80 percent download and streaming counts and 20 percent votes.

Voting will be open from December 5 to 11:59 p.m. KST on December 19.

Artist of the Year (Top 10 Winners)

aespa
BOYNEXTDOOR
G-Dragon (Big Bang)
IVE
Jennie (BLACKPINK)
Lim Young Woong
NCT WISH
PLAVE
RIIZE
Rosé (BLACKPINK)

Album of the Year

BABYMONSTER ‘DRIP’
G-Dragon (Big Bang) ‘Übermensch’
IU ‘Kkot Galpi 3’
IVE ‘IVE EMPATHY’
Jennie (BLACKPINK) ‘Ruby’
Lim Young Woong ‘IM HERO 2’
PLAVE ‘Caligo Pt.1’
RIIZE ‘ODYSSEY’
Rosé (BLACKPINK) ‘Rosie’
Seventeen ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’

Song of the Year

10cm “To Reach You”
BABYMONSTER "DRIP"
BOYNEXTDOOR “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU”
G-Dragon (Big Bang) “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung
HUNTR/X “Golden” sung by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami
IVE “REBEL HEART”
Jennie (BLACKPINK) “like JENNIE”
Maktub “Starting With You”
Rosé (BLACKPINK) “toxic till the end”
ZO ZAZZ “Don’t you know”

Millions Top 10

Baekhyun (EXO) “Essence of Reverie”
BOYNEXTDOOR “No Genre”
BSS (Seventeen) “TELEPARTY”
CxM (Seventeen) “HYPE VIBES”
DAY6 “The DECADE”
Doyoung (NCT) “Soar”
G-Dragon (Big Bang) ‘Übermensch’
Haechan (NCT) “TASTE”
ISEGYE IDOL “Stargazers”
IU ‘Kkot Galpi 3’
IVE ‘IVE EMPATHY’
Jennie (BLACKPINK) ‘Ruby’
Jin (BTS) “Happy”
Lee Chan Won “bright;燦”
Lim Young Woong ‘IM HERO 2’
Mark (NCT) “The Firstfruit”
NCT Dream “Go Back To The Future”
NCT WISH “COLOR”
NMIXX “Blue Valentine”
PLAVE ‘Caligo Pt.1’
RIIZE ‘ODYSSEY’
Rosé (BLACKPINK) “rosie”
Seventeen ‘HAPPY BURSTDAY’
Sungjin (DAY6) “30”
TXT “The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY”
ZEROBASEONE “BLUE PARADISE”

New Artist of the Year

ALLDAY PROJECT
Hearts2Hearts
JAESSBEE
KiiiKiii
ZO ZAZZ

Best Group (Female)

aespa
BABYMONSTER
Hearts2Hearts
IVE
LE SSERAFIM

Best Group (Male)

BOYNEXTDOOR
PLAVE
RIIZE
Seventeen
TXT

Best Solo Artist (Female)

IU
Jennie (BLACKPINK)
Jisoo (BLACKPINK)
Rosé (BLACKPINK)
Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation)

Best Solo Artist (Male)

10cm
G-Dragon (Big Bang)
Lim Young Woong
Maktub
ZO ZAZZ

Best OST

Changsub (BTOB) “True Love” from ‘Secret Relationships’
Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.) of EXO “FOREVER” from ‘Resident Playbook’
HUNTR/X “Golden” from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
PLAVE “We don’t stop” from ‘The Fiery Priest 2’
TXT “When the Day Comes” from ‘Resident Playbook’

Best Pop Artist

Don Toliver
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
KATSEYE
Lady Gaga

Track Zero Choice

Bek Hyunjin “Mogwa”
CHS “ECHO”
CHUDAHYE CHAGIS “Jakdu: Standing on Blades”
Effie “MORE HYPER”
HANRORO “Goodbye, My Summer”
huijun woo “spacious house”
Kim Oki “Lucky” featuring Wonstein
Sanmanhan “Heart of a Dog”
Shin In Ryu “Attack!”
Wah Wah Wah and Noridogam “Uncertainty”

The 'Melon Music Awards 2025' will take place on December 20 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. A full lineup of performing artists will be revealed soon.