# 2024 Melon Music Awards

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.
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. 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.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from November 2, 2023, to October 30, 2024.
| Category | Digital sales | Online voting | Panelist |
| Album of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Artist of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Song of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Record of the Year | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Top 10 | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| Millions Top 10 | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| Rookie of the Year | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Pop Artist | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Male Solo | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Female Solo | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Male Group | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best Female Group | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Best OST | 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% |
| Stage of the Year | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Best Music Style | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Music Video of the Year | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Songwriter Award | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Producer Award | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| J-pop Favorite Artist | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Best Male Performance | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Best Female Performance | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Global Artist | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Global Rising Artist | N/A | N/A | 100% |

## Performers

The list of performers was announced throughout November, with the final line-up revealed on November 21.
List of performances :
| 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) | Specialize Every Moment |
| 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.
* 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. 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.
Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasized in bold.

### Main awards

List of winners and nominees for the main awards :
| Album of the Year (Daesang) | Artist of the Year (Daesang) |
| Aespa – Armageddon (G)I-dle – 2 Day6 – Fourever IU – The Winning Plave – Asterum: 134-1 List of longlisted nominees Illit – Super Real Me Jungkook – Golden Le Sserafim – Easy Taeyeon – To. X TWS – Sparkling Blue | Aespa (G)I-dle Day6 NewJeans Plave List of longlisted nominees IU Jungkook Riize Seventeen TWS |
| Song of the Year (Daesang) | Record of the Year (Daesang) |
| Aespa – "Supernova" (G)I-dle – "Fate" IU – "Love Wins All" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" TWS – "Plot Twist" List of longlisted nominees Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" Illit – "Magnetic" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lim Jae-hyun – "Rhapsody of Sadness" Taeyeon – "To. X" | (G)I-dle |
| Top 10 | Millions Top 10 |
| (G)I-dle Aespa Day6 IU Jungkook NewJeans Plave Riize Seventeen TWS List of nominees Babymonster Bibi Bol4 Crush Eclipse Illit Ive Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Chang-sub Lee Mu-jin Lee Young-ji Lim Jae-hyun Nmixx QWER Red Velvet Roy Kim Taeyeon Viviz Zico | Aespa – Armageddon Day6 – Band Aid IU – The Winning Ive – Ive Switch Jungkook – Golden Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" NewJeans – How Sweet Plave – Asterum: 134-1 Riize – Riizing Taeyeon – To. X List of longlisted nominees Baekhyun – Hello, World BoyNextDoor – 19.99 D.O. – Blossom Doyoung – Youth Hwang Young-woong – 당신 편 Jaehyun – J Jimin – Muse JxW – This Man Lee Chan-won – Bright NCT 127 – Walk NCT Dream – Dreamscape Red Velvet – Chill Kill Seventeen – Spill the Feels Stray Kids – Rock-Star Taeyong – Tap The Boyz – Trigger Tomorrow X Together – Minisode 3: Tomorrow Young Tak – SuperSuper Zerobaseone – Melting Point Zico – "Spot!" (featuring Jennie) |
| New Artist of the Year | Best Pop Artist |
| Illit TWS Babymonster Meovv Pagaehun | Benson Boone Ariana Grande Ayumu Imazu Max Sabrina Carpenter |
| Best Male Solo | Best Female Solo |
| Jungkook Lee Chang-sub Lee Mu-jin Lim Jae-hyun Zico | IU Bibi Bol4 Lee Young-ji Taeyeon |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| Riize Day6 Plave Seventeen TWS | Aespa (G)I-dle Illit Le Sserafim NewJeans |
| Best OST ||
| Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" (from Lovely Runner) 10cm – "Spring Snow" (from Lovely Runner) Crush – "Love You With All My Heart" (from Queen of Tears) Roy Kim – "Whenever, Wherever" (from My Demon) Taeyeon – "Dream" (from Welcome to Samdal-ri) ||

### Popularity awards

List of winners for the special awards :
| Track Zero Choice | Kakao Bank Everyone's Star |
| Hyukoh & Sunset Rollercoaster – "Young Man" Bongjeingan – "Know You Did" Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – "Independent" Hanroro – "H O M E" Kim Sa-wol– "Default" O'KOYE – "O'KOYE" (featuring Yun Seok-cheol) Savina & Drones – "Nobody Knows" Sumin & Slom – "Why, Why, Why" The Solutions – "N/A" Wave to Earth – "Annie." | Riize (G)I-dle Aespa Day6 IU Jungkook NewJeans Plave Seventeen TWS |
| Hot Trend Award ||
| QWER ||

### Special awards

List of winners for the special awards :
| 1theK Global Icon | Best Music Style |
| TripleS | Bibi Lee Young-ji |
| Best Performance – Female | Best Performance – Male |
| Aespa | BoyNextDoor |
| Best Producer | Global Artist – Female |
| Seo Hyun-joo (Starship Entertainment) | Ive |
| Global Artist – Male | Global Rising Artist |
| Ateez | Riize |
| J-Pop Favorite Artist | Music Video of the Year |
| Yoasobi | Ive – "Heya" |
| Songwriter Award | Stage of the Year |
| Jeon So-yeon | IU – IU HEREH World Tour |

## Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
| Count | Artist(s) |
| 7 | Aespa |
| 5 | Riize |
| 4 | IU |
| 3 | Ive |
| 3 | Jungkook |
| 2 | (G)I-dle |
| 2 | Day6 |
| 2 | NewJeans |
| 2 | Plave |
| 2 | TWS |