The 2024 Melon Music Awards (Korean: 2024 멜론 뮤직어워드) was an awards ceremony held on November 30, 2024. It was organized by Melon, and Kakao Entertainment and broadcast through Melon, 1theK for global audience, and Unext in Japan.[1][2]
| 2024 Melon Music Awards | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Date | November 30, 2024 |
| Venue | Inspire Arena |
| Country | South Korea |
| Most nominations | |
| Website | melon.com/mma/info.htm |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | |
Aespa, IU, and TWS are the most nominated artists at the ceremony, with seven nominations each. Three of them and (G)I-dle are nominated in all the main Daesang categories: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year.[3]
Criteria
editAll songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from November 2, 2023, to October 30, 2024.[4]
| Category | Digital sales | Online voting | Panelist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Artist of the Year | |||
| Song of the Year | |||
| Record of the Year | N/A | 100% | |
| Top 10 Artist | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| Millions Top 10 Artist | |||
| Rookie of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Pop Artist | |||
| Best Male Solo | |||
| Best Female Solo | |||
| Best Male Group | |||
| Best Female Group | |||
| Best OST | |||
| Hot Trend Award | 70% | N/A | 30% |
| Kakao Bank's Favorite Star Award | N/A | 80% | 20% |
| Track Zero Choice | 20% | 20% | 60% |
| Stage of the Year | N/A | 100% | |
| Best Music Style | |||
| Music Video of the Year | |||
| Songwriter Award | |||
| Producer Award | |||
| J-pop Favorite Artist | |||
| Best Male Performance | |||
| Best Female Performance | |||
| Global Artist | |||
| Global Rising Artist | |||
Winners and nominees
editThe list of nominees for Top 10 Artists was announced on October 31, 2024, through the official website. Voting took place from October 31 to November 14, 2024.[5][6] The remaining categories, excluding Record of the Year and Hot Trend Award, were announced on November 15. Voting began that same day, and ended on November 29.[7]
Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasized in bold.[8]
Main awards
editPopularity awards
edit| Track Zero Choice | Kakao Bank Favorite Star Award |
|---|---|
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| Hot Trend Award | |
Special awards
edit| 1theK Global Icon | Best Music Style |
|---|---|
| Best Performance – Female | Best Performance – Male |
| Best Producer | Global Artist |
| Global Rising Artist | J-Pop Favorite Artist |
| Music Video of the Year | Songwriter Award |
| Stage of the Year | |
Performers
editThe list of performers was announced throughout November, with the final line-up revealed on November 21.[9]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) performed | Segment |
|---|---|---|
| (G)I-dle | ||
| Ateez | ||
| Aespa | ||
| Bibi | ||
| BoyNextDoor | ||
| Christopher | ||
| Ive | ||
| Lee Young-ji | ||
| Plave | ||
| QWER | ||
| Riize | ||
| TWS | ||
| TripleS | ||
| Yoasobi |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Eclipse is a fictional band from the series Lovely Runner. The song is performed by Byeon Woo-seok as vocalist, Lee Seung-hyub as guitarist, Yang Hyuk as bassist, and Moon Yong-suk as drummer.
References
edit- ^ Kim, Ye-na (September 4, 2024). MMA2024(멜론뮤직어워드), 11월 30일 개최…"K팝 새 비전 제시" [MMA2024 (Melon Music Awards), to be held on November 30..."Propose a new vision for K-pop"] (in Korean). Xsport News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024 – via Naver.
- ^ Woo, Ji-won (September 4, 2024). "Kakao Entertainment to host Melon Music Awards on Nov. 30". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ Yeo, Gladys (November 18, 2024). "Melon Music Awards 2024: aespa, IU, (G)I-DLE and more lead nominations". NME. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ MMA2024 – 안내 [MMA2024 – Guide]. Melon Music Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ Cho, Soo-hyun (October 31, 2024). MMA2024(멜론뮤직어워드), 올해 가장 사랑 받은 아티스트는 누구일까? TOP10 투표 및 이벤트 시작 [MMA2024 (Melon Music Awards), who is this year's most loved artist? Top10 voting and event starts] (in Korean). Star Daily News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024 – via Naver.
- ^ "MMA 2024 Top 10 Voting Result". Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ Kim, D (November 15, 2024). "Melon Music Awards 2024 Announces Nominees". Soompi. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "MMA 2024 Voting by Category Result". Archived from the original on November 24, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ^ Ahn, Hee-jung (November 21, 2024). 멜론, ‘MMA2024' 최종 라인업 발표 [Melon Announces Final Lineup of 'MMA2024'] (in Korean). Zdnet. Archived from the original on November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024 – via Naver.