'Melon Music Awards 2025' announces full nominee lineup

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.