2023 Melon Music Awards

2023 Melon Music Awards
Title card for 2023 Melon Music Awards
Title card
DateDecember 2, 2023 (2023-12-02)
VenueInspire Arena
CountrySouth Korea
Hosted byAn Yu-jin
Most awardsNewJeans (5)
Most nominations
Websitemelon.com/mma/info.htm
Television/radio coverage
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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.[1][2][3] The ceremony was hosted by An Yu-jin,[4] with pre-ceremony red carpet event hosted by Hitomi Honda, Nako Yabuki, and Ha Ji-young.[5]

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.[6]

Category Digital sales Online voting Panelist
Top 10 Artist 80% 20% N/A
Millions Top 10 Album[7]
Album of the Year 60% 20% 20%
Artist of the Year
Song of the Year
Record of the Year N/A 100%
Rookie of the Year 60% 20% 20%
Best Pop Artist
Best Male Solo
Best Female Solo
Best Male Group
Best Female Group
Best OST
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 100%
Music Video of the Year
Songwriter Award
J-pop Favorite Artist
Best Male Performance
Best Female Performance
Global Artist
Global Rising Artist

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.[8][9] 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.[10][11]

Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasized in bold.[12][13][14]

Main awards

List of winners and nominees for the main awards
Album of the Year
(Daesang) 		Artist of the Year
(Daesang)
List of longlisted nominees
List of longlisted nominees
Song of the Year
(Daesang) 		Record of the Year
(Daesang)
List of longlisted nominees
Top 10 Artist Millions Top 10 Album
List of nominees
List of nominees
Rookie of the Year Best Pop Artist
Best Male Solo Best Female Solo
Best Male Group Best Female Group
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

Special awards

List of winners for the special awards
Stage of the Year Music Video of the Year Songwriter Award
J-pop Favorite Artist Best Male Performance Best Female Performance
Global Artist Global Rising Artist 1theK Global Icon
Best Producer
  • Han Sung-su

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Count Artist(s)
5 NewJeans
4 Aespa
Jungkook
NCT Dream
3 Ive
Seventeen

Performers

The list of performers were announced on November 8,[15] November 13,[16] November 15,[17] November 22,[18] and November 27, 2023.[19]

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)"[a] + "View"[b] + "Dream Girl"[c] + "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.[20]

  • 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 [ko] – 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
2023 Melon Music Awards gallery

Notes

  1. ^ Performed by Taemin
  2. ^ Performed by Key
  3. ^ Performed by Minho

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