Winners Of The Melon Music Awards 2023

On December 2, the Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2023—an annual award ceremony held by Korea’s No. 1 music platform Melon—took place at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon.

NewJeans took home two Daesangs (Grand Prizes), snagging both Artist of the Year and Best Song of the Year (for their smash hit “Ditto”). The girl group won five awards in total at this year’s ceremony: in addition to their two Daesangs, NewJeans also won Best Group (Female), Top 10 Artist, and Millions Top 10.

NCT DREAM won a total of four awards, including one Daesang: Record of the Year. The group also took home Best Group (Male), Top 10 Artist, and Millions Top 10.

IVE, who won Best Song of the Year at last year’s Melon Music Awards, took home another Daesang this year. The group won Album of the Year for their record-breaking first full-length album “I’ve IVE,” snagging three awards in total (including Top 10 Artist and Millions Top 10).

Watch all of this year’s performances here, and check out the full list of winners below!

Artist of the Year (Daesang): NewJeans
Album of the Year (Daesang): IVE’s “I’ve IVE”
Record of the Year (Daesang): NCT DREAM
Best Song of the Year (Daesang): NewJeans’ “Ditto”

New Artist of the Year: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE

Top 10 Artists (Bonsang): aespa, BTS, (G)I-DLE, IVE, Jungkook (BTS), LE SSERAFIM, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN

Millions Top 10: BSS (SEVENTEEN), aespa, (G)I-DLE, IVE, Jungkook (BTS), LE SSERAFIM, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN

Best Group (Male): NCT DREAM
Best Group (Female): NewJeans

Best Solo Artist (Male): Jungkook (BTS)
Best Solo Artist (Female): Lee Young Ji

Best Performance (Male): SEVENTEEN
Best Performance (Female): aespa

Stage of the Year: SHINee
Music Video of the Year: STAYC’s “Bubble”

Hot Trend Award: Jungkook (BTS)
KakaoBank Favorite Artist: BTS

Global Artist: aespa
Global Rising Artist: BOYNEXTDOOR
1theK Global Icon: KISS OF LIFE

Best OST: Lim Jae Hyun’s “Heaven (2023)” (from “It Was Spring”)
Best Songwriter: Ryan Jhun
Best Producer: Han Sung Soo
Best Music Style: Silica Gel
Best Pop Artist: Charlie Puth
J-Pop Favorite Artist: imase

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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