The Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2025 has revealed this year’s nominees!

Following the announcement of this year’s Top 10 winners, the Melon Music Awards has now announced the nominees for the Daesangs (Grand Prizes) and category awards.

Only music released between October 31, 2024 and November 19, 2025 was eligible for this year’s awards.

With the exception of the Millions Top 10 awards and the Track Zero Choice award, all of the following awards will be determined 60 percent by download and streaming counts, 20 percent by judges’ evaluations, and 20 percent by votes.

The Millions Top 10 awards, which are given to 10 albums that surpassed 1 million streams on Melon within the first 24 hours of their release, will be determined 80 percent by download and streaming counts and 20 percent by votes.

Voting for the following awards will run from December 5 to 11:59 p.m. KST on December 19.

Check out all of this year’s nominees below!

Artist of the Year (Top 10 Winners)

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

Album of the Year

• BABYMONSTER – “DRIP”
• G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “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 (BIGBANG) – “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 (BIGBANG) – “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 (BIGBANG)
• Lim Young Woong
• Maktub
• ZO ZAZZ

Best OST

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

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 & Noridogam – “Uncertainty”

The Melon Music Awards 2025 will take place on December 20 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Check out the lineup of performing artists here!

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The Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2025 has announced this year’s Top 10 artists!

The first round of voting for the upcoming award ceremony took place from November 20 to December 4, with Melon users casting votes for the 10 artists who received the most love on the music streaming platform over the past year.

According to Melon, the final winners of this year’s Top 10 awards were determined based 60 percent on Melon download and streaming counts, 20 percent on users’ votes, and 20 percent on judges’ evaluations.

The Top 10 artists for the Melon Music Awards 2025 are as follows:

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

The Melon Music Awards 2025 will take place on December 20 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Check out the lineup of performing artists here!

Congratulations to this year’s Top 10!

This year’s Spotify Wrapped is out!

On December 4, Spotify Wrapped unveiled their year-end campaign, showcasing a summary of this year’s listeners’ song preferences through global charts and domestic (Korean) charts.

Check out the categories and ranking below!

Global

Most-Streamed K-pop Artists (Global)

1. BTS
2. Stray Kids
3. Jennie
4. Rosé
5. HUNTR/X
6. TWICE
7. BLACKPINK
8. Jungkook
9. ENHYPEN
10. KATSEYE

Most-Streamed K-Pop Tracks (Global)

1. “APT.” – Rosé, Bruno Mars
2. “Golden” – HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, “Kpop Demon Hunters” Cast
3. “Who” – Jimin
4. “Don’t Say You Love Me” – Jin
5. “like JENNIE” – Jennie
6. “Your Idol” – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, “KPop Demon Hunters” cast
7. “Soda Pop” – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, “KPop Demon Hunters” cast
8. “Seven (feat. Latto) – Jungkook, Latto
9. “How It’s Done” – “Golden” – HUNTR/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, “Kpop Demon Hunters” cast
10. “Gabriela” – KATSEYE

Korea

Most Streamed Artists (Korea)

1. Jimin
2. Lim Young Woong
3. Jin
4. Jungkook
5. PLAVE
6. G-Dragon
7. BIGBANG
8. aespa
9. NewJeans
10. DAY6

Most Streamed Songs (Korea)

1. “Who” – Jimin
2. “Don’t Say You Love Me” – Jin
3. “Seven (feat. Latto)” – Jungkook
4. “Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Jin)” – V, Park Hyo Shin
5. “Standing Next to You” – Jungkook
6. “Be Mine” – Jimin
7. “Heavenly Ever After” – Lim Young Woong
8. “Dash” – PLAVE
9. “Warmth” – Lim Young Woong
10. “Home” – Lim Young Woong

Most Streamed Albums (Korea)

1. “MUSE” – Jimin
2. “GOLDEN” – Jungkook
3. “Echo” – Jin
4. “KPop Demon Hunters” – “KPop Demon Hunters” cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys
5. “IM HERO” – Lim Young Woong
6. “IM HERO 2” – Lim Young Woong
7. “Übermensch” – G-Dragon
8. “MADE” – BIGBANG
9. “Happy – :’) (Remixes)” – Jin
10. “Ruby” – Jennie

What songs made your Spotify Wrapped list? Also read more about Spotify Wrapped’s 2025 list of top 10 most-streamed songs here!

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