Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year

Melon Music Award
for Artist of the Year
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao M
First awarded2005 (online)
2009 (ceremony)
Currently held byAespa – (2024)
Most awardsBTS (3)
Most nominationsIU
WebsiteOfficial website

The Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year is an accolade presented by Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards. The Artist of the Year award was first given at its inaugural online ceremony in 2005; since 2009, it consists of the most prestigious awards given at the event, alongside Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

Winners and nominees

TVXQ (2005, 2008)
Girls' Generation (2009–10)
Beast (2011–12)
Shinee (2013)
IU (2014, 2021)
Big Bang (2015)
Exo (2016–17)
BTS (2018–20)
Lim Young-woong (2022)
NewJeans (2023)
Aespa (2024)

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Year[I] Artists Ref.
Online winners
2005 TVXQ [1]
2006 Shinhwa [2]
2007 Shin Hye-sung [3]
2008 TVXQ [4]
Artist of the Year (daesang)
2009 Girls' Generation [5]
2010 Girls' Generation
IU
2NE1
CNBLUE
2AM
2011 Beast [6]
2NE1
Leessang
Big Bang
IU
2012 Beast [7]
Busker Busker
Big Bang
Psy
IU
2013 Shinee
Sistar
IU
Exo
G-Dragon
2014 IU [8]
g.o.d
Beast
AKMU
Taeyang
2015 Big Bang [9]
Shinee
Exo
Zion.T
Hyukoh
2016 Exo [10]
Twice
BTS
GFriend
Zico
2017 Exo
IU
BTS
Bolbbalgan4
Heize
2018 BTS [11]
Exo
Wanna One
iKon
Twice
2019 BTS [12]
Chungha
Exo
Taeyeon
Jannabi
2020 BTS [13]
Baek Ye-rin
IU
Lim Young-woong
Zico
2021 IU [14]
Aespa
BTS
Lim Young-woong
NCT Dream
2022 Lim Young-woong
BTS
Ive
(G)I-dle
MeloMance
2023 NewJeans [15]
Aespa
Ive
Le Sserafim
NCT Dream
2024 Aespa [16]
(G)I-dle
Day6
NewJeans
Plave

Artists with multiple nominations

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins
2 wins

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "2005 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "2006 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "2007 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "2008 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "소녀시대, 2009 올해의 아티스트" [Girls' Generation, 2009 Artist of the Year]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver. December 16, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ^ [2011 MMA] 2011 멜론뮤직어워드 - 3부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. November 25, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  7. ^ 2012 MelOn Music Awards 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 23, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "'2014 멜론뮤직어워드' 올해의 아티스트상 아이유 "늘 올해 같았으면"" ['2014 Melon Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award IU 'I wish it was always like this year']. Korea Economic TV (in Korean). Naver. November 13, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  9. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ [2016 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ [2018 MMA] 2018 멜론뮤직어워드 - 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. December 3, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  12. ^ Yang, Su-bok (November 30, 2019). [2019 MMA] 방탄소년단, 올해의 앨범-아티스트상 싹쓸이 "아미 사랑해요" [[2019 MMA] BTS sweeps away Album of the Year - Artist Award: "I love you Army"]. Single List (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ^ [MMA 2020] 올해의 앨범 수상소감 - 방탄소년단 (Online video) (in Korean). Melon. December 5, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  14. ^ [MMA 2021] Melon Music Awards 2021 (멜론뮤직어워드 2021) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 7, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Yeo, Gladys (December 4, 2023). "Here are all the winners from the 2023 Melon Music Awards". NME. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  16. ^ "에스파, 대상 3개 싹쓸이 '7관왕'…(여자)아이들, 대상 소감 중 "재계약 완료" 발표 [MMA 2024](종합)" [Espa, sweeping 3 grand prizes, '7 crowns'... (G)I-dle, "Contract renewal completed" announced during grand prize acceptance speech [MMA 2024] (Comprehensive)]. My Daily. November 30, 2024. Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.