2024 Melon Music Awards
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| 2024 Melon Music Awards | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Date | November 30, 2024 |
| Venue | Inspire Arena |
| Country | South Korea |
| Most wins | Aespa (7) |
| Most nominations | |
| Website | melon.com/mma/info.htm |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | |
The 2024 Melon Music Awards (Korean: 2024 멜론 뮤직어워드), part of the Melon Music Awards series, 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]
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] Aespa won seven awards, with three Daesangs for Song of the Year, Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, set record for a girl group with most winning in a single ceremony, while Record of the Year went to (G)I-dle.[4]
All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from November 2, 2023, to October 30, 2024.[5]
| Category | Digital sales | Online voting | Panelist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize[A] | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Record of the Year | N/A | 100% | |
| Top 10 Awards[B] | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| Main Awards[C] | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Hot Trend Award | 70% | N/A | 30% |
| Kakao Bank's Favorite Star Award | N/A | 80% | 20% |
| Track Zero Choice | 20% | 20% | 60% |
| Special Awards[D] | N/A | 100% | |
Performers
The list of performers was announced throughout November, with the final line-up revealed on November 21.[6]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) performed | Segment |
|---|---|---|
| QWER | "My Name Is Malgeum" "T.B.H" |
First Love |
| TripleS | "Girls Never Die" | Girls Assemble! |
| Lee Young-ji | "16 (Intro)" "My Cat" "Small Girl" (with Sohee) |
Specialize Every Moment |
| Christopher | "Bad" "Trouble" (with Lee Young-ji) | |
| Plave | "Way 4 Luv" "Pump Up the Volume!" |
Welcome to the New World |
| Bibi | "Bam Yang Gang" "Derre" |
LO...VE |
| TWS | "Plot Twist" "Double Take" "Last Festival" |
Press the Next Chapter |
| BoyNextDoor | "Intro" "Dangerous" "Earth, Wind & Fire" |
My Youth is Free! |
| Yoasobi | "Intro" / "Idol" "New Me" |
The Boundary |
| Riize | "Combo" "Boom Boom Bass" |
Love Your Rockstar |
| Ateez | "Work" "Ice on My Teeth" |
Our Journey Never Dies |
| Ive | "Heya" "Ice Queen" "Accendio" |
The Magic Music Box |
| (G)I-dle | Intro: "Latata" (Soyeon solo) / "Hann (Alone)" (Shuhua solo) / "Lion" (Minnie solo) / "Tomboy" (Yuqi solo) / "Queencard" (Miyeon solo) "Fate" |
Welcome, I Festival |
| Aespa | "Whiplash" "Supernova" "Armageddon" |
Game Changer |
Presenters
The list of presenters was announced throughout November, with the final line-up revealed on November 26.[7]
- JAESSBEE – Red carpet host
- Jang Won-young – Opening speech
- Kim Young-dae and Han Ji-hyun – presented Top 10 Award
- Jang Geun-suk – presented Top 10 Award
- Bae In-hyuk and Lee Yul-eum – presented Top 10 Award and Music Video of the Year
- Choi Hyun-seok and Song Hae-na – presented Best Performance – Male and Best Performance – Female
- Lee Chang-ho and Park Se-mi – presented J-Pop Favorite Artist and Global Rising Artist
- Kim Won-hoon and Uhm Ji-yoon – presented Best Female Group and Best Male Group
- Moon Geun-young – presented Millions Top 10
- Cha Woo-min and Park Yoo-na – presented Songwriter Award and Best Producer
- Lee Se-hee and Yoon Ji-on – presented Hot Trend and Stage of the Year
- JAESSBEE – presented 1theK Global Icon
- Kang Hoon and Keum Sae-rok – presented New Artist of the Year
- Kim Bo-ra and Nam Yoon-su – presented Best Music Style
- Kim Jun-ho and Sung Hae-eun – presented Kakao Bank Everyone's Star
- Ahn Jae-hyun – presented Millions Top 10
- Risabae – presented Global Artist – Male and Global Artist – Female
- Lee Je-hoon – presented Song of the Year (Daesang) and Artist of the Year (Daesang)
- Uhm Jung-hwa – presented Record of the Year (Daesang) and Album of the Year (Daesang)
Winners and nominees
The list of nominees for Top 10 Award was announced on October 31, 2024, through the official website. Voting took place from October 31 to November 14, 2024.[8][9] 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.[10][unreliable source?]
Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasized in bold.[11][12]
Grand Prize
| Album of the Year (Daesang) |
Artist of the Year (Daesang) |
|---|---|
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List of longlisted nominees |
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| Song of the Year (Daesang) |
Record of the Year (Daesang) |
List of longlisted nominees
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Main awards
Popularity awards
| Track Zero Choice | Kakao Bank Everyone's Star |
|---|---|
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| Hot Trend Award | |
Special awards
| 1theK Global Icon | Best Music Style |
|---|---|
| Best Performance – Female | Best Performance – Male |
| Best Producer | Global Artist – Female |
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| Global Artist – Male | Global Rising Artist |
| J-Pop Favorite Artist | Music Video of the Year |
| Songwriter Award | Stage of the Year |
