# 2023 Melon Music Awards

The 2023 Melon Music Awards (Korean: 2023 멜론 뮤직어워드) was an awards ceremony held on December 2, 2023. It was organized by Melon, and Kakao Entertainment and broadcast through Melon, and Wavve in South Korea, Abema in Japan, and Beyond Live in selected regions. The ceremony was hosted by An Yu-jin, with pre-ceremony red carpet event hosted by Hitomi Honda, Nako Yabuki, and Ha Ji-young.
NewJeans won five awards, with two Daesangs for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year. Ive won Album of the Year while Record of the Year went to NCT Dream.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from November 4, 2022, to November 1, 2023.
| Category | Digital sales | Online voting | Panelist |
| Top 10 Artist | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| Millions Top 10 Album | 80% | 20% | N/A |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Best Music Style | 20% | 20% | 60% |
| Hot Trend Award | 70% | N/A | 30% |
| Favorite Star Award | N/A | 80% | 20% |
| Stage of the Year | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Music Video of the Year | N/A | N/A | 100% |
| Songwriter 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% |

## Winners and nominees

The list of nominees for Top 10 Artists was announced on November 2, 2023, through the official website. Voting took place from November 2 to 16. The remaining categories, excluding Record of the Year and Hot Trend Award, were announced on November 17. Voting began that same day, and ended on December 1.
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) |
| Ive – I've Ive (G)I-dle – I Feel Aespa – My World Le Sserafim – Unforgiven NewJeans – Get Up List of longlisted nominees Jimin – Face NCT Dream – ISTJ Parc Jae-jung – Alone Seventeen – FML Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Temptation | NewJeans Aespa Ive Le Sserafim NCT Dream List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle BTS Jungkook Lim Young-woong Seventeen |
| Song of the Year (Daesang) | Record of the Year (Daesang) |
| NewJeans – "Ditto" (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Aespa – "Spicy" BSS – "Fighting" (featuring Lee Young-ji) Ive – "I Am" List of longlisted nominees Jisoo – "Flower" Le Sserafim – "Unforgiven" (featuring Nile Rodgers) NCT Dream – "Candy" Parc Jae-jung – "Let's Say Goodbye" STAYC – "Teddy Bear" | NCT Dream |
| Top 10 Artist | Millions Top 10 Album |
| (G)I-dle Aespa BTS Ive Jungkook Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong NCT Dream NewJeans Seventeen List of nominees AKMU Big Naughty BSS DK Fifty Fifty Huh Gak Jimin Jisoo Lim Han-byul NCT 127 Nmixx Parc Jae-jung Sin Ye-young Song Ha-yea STAYC Suga Taeyang Tomorrow X Together Woody Zia | (G)I-dle – I Feel Aespa – My World BSS – Second Wind Ive – I've Ive Jungkook – "Seven" (featuring Latto) Le Sserafim – Unforgiven Lim Young-woong – "Do or Die" NCT Dream – ISTJ NewJeans – Get Up Seventeen – FML List of nominees Agust D – D-Day BtoB – Wind and Wish D.O. – Expectations Exo – Exist Isegye Idol – "Kidding" Jimin – Face Lee Chan-won – One Lee Seung-yoon – Shelter of Dreams Monsta X – Reason NCT 127 – Ay-Yo NCT DoJaeJung – Perfume Plave – Asterum: The Shape of Things to Come Shinee – Hard Shownu X Hyungwon – The Unseen Stray Kids – 5-Star The Boyz – Be Awake Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Temptation V – Layover Young Tak – Form Zerobaseone – Youth in the Shade |
| Rookie of the Year | Best Pop Artist |
| Riize Zerobaseone BoyNextDoor Kiss of Life Plave | Charlie Puth Ed Sheeran Post Malone Sia SZA |
| Best Male Solo | Best Female Solo |
| Jungkook Big Naughty DK Lim Young-woong Woody | Lee Young-ji Jisoo Sin Ye-young Song Ha-yea Zia |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| NCT Dream BTS BSS Seventeen Tomorrow X Together | NewJeans (G)I-dle Aespa Ive Le Sserafim |
| Best OST | Best Music Style |
| Lim Jae-hyun – "Heaven (2023)" Big Naughty – "With Me" (손을 마주 잡고) Miyeon – "The Painted on the Moonlight" (달빛에 그려지는) Paul Kim – "You Remember" (너는 기억한다) Younha – "Letter" (편지) | Silica Gel – "Tik Tak Tok" (featuring So!Yoon!) Bongjeingan – "Gaekkum" Carina Nebula – "Good Match" Dabda – "Flower Tail" Youra – "The Cherry Trees" (수풀 연못 색 치마) List of longlisted nominees Cloud's Block – "The Lake" (호수) Jclef – "Jonny's Sofa" Lee Hyung-ju – "A Day My Body Lifted Pp" (내 몸이 들린 날) O'Domar – "Don't Think About Elephants" (코끼리는 생각하지 마) Parannoul – "Polaris" (북극성) |
| Hot Trend Award | Kakao Favorite Star Award |
| Jungkook BSS Jisoo NCT DoJaeJung | BTS Aespa Enhypen Ive Lim Young-woong NCT Dream NewJeans Riize Seventeen Zerobaseone |

### Special awards

List of winners for the special awards :
| Stage of the Year | Music Video of the Year | Songwriter Award |
| Shinee – Shinee World VI: Perfect Illumination | STAYC – "Bubble" | Ryan S. Jhun |
| J-pop Favorite Artist | Best Male Performance | Best Female Performance |
| imase | Seventeen | Aespa |
| Global Artist | Global Rising Artist | 1theK Global Icon |
| Aespa | BoyNextDoor | Kiss of Life |
| Best Producer |||
| Han Sung-su |||

### Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Count | Artist(s) |
| 5 | NewJeans |
| 4 | Aespa |
| 4 | Jungkook |
| 4 | NCT Dream |
| 3 | Ive |
| 3 | Seventeen |

## Performers

The list of performers were announced on November 8, November 13, November 15, November 22, and November 27, 2023.
List of performances :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) performed | Segment |
| Silica Gel | "Tik Tak Tok" + "No Pain" | TheLive – Brand New Sound |
| Kiss of Life | "Bad News" | Escape Ep. 1 |
| Lee Young-ji | "I Am Lee Young-ji" + "Not Sorry" + "Fighting" + "Smoke" | abcdefxxx |
| STAYC | "Bubble" + "Teddy Bear" | On the String |
| BoyNextDoor | "Crying" + "But Sometimes" | ALoHomora |
| Riize | "Get a Guitar" + "Talk Saxy" | Rise & Realize |
| NewJeans | "New Jeans" + "Super Shy" + "ETA" + "Cool with You" + "Get Up" + "ASAP" | [Track]: NewJeans |
| Zerobaseone | "In Bloom" + "Crush" | My Most Radiant Now |
| Aespa | "Trick or Trick" + "Drama" | Top-notch Scene |
| imase | "Night Dancer" | With Me Again |
| Ive | "Baddie" + "Kitsch" + "Blue Blood" + "I Am" | Sekhmet |
| Shinee | "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" + "View" + "Dream Girl" + "Everybody + "Don't Call Me" + "Hard" | Shinee's Selection |
| NCT Dream | "Broken Melodies" + "Poison" + "ISTJ" | Re:reality |

## Presenters

The list of presenters were announced on November 28, 2023.
* Lee Jun-young and Pyo Ye-jin – presented Top 10 Artist Award
* Park Jenny – presented J-pop Favorite Artist and Hot Trend
* Kim Jae-young – presented Top 10 Artist Award
* RalRal and Kim Ah-young – presented 1theK Global Icon and Best Female Group
* Choi Hyun-joon – presented Best Music Style and Best Female Performance
* Choo Ga-yeoul – presented Best Songwriter
* Lee Sang-yi – presented Stage of the Year
* Lee Chae-min and Shin Eun-soo – presented Millions Top 10 Artist
* Kwaktube – presented Best Female Solo and Best Male Group
* Jo Se-ho and Hong Jin-kyung – presented Best Music Video and Rookie of the Year
* Psick Univ – presented Global Artist and Global Rising Artist
* Jang Ki-yong and Chun Woo-hee – presented Song of the Year and Album of the Year
* Lee Seo-jin – presented Artist of the Year and Record of the Year