Melon Music Awards 2024: aespa, IU, (G)I-DLE and more lead nominations

Melon Music Awards has released the complete list of nominations for its 2024 ceremony – see the full list below.

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On November 15, the Melon Music Awards (MMA) unveiled its full list of nominees for this year’s ceremony across 12 categories. The 2024 MMA ceremony will be held on November 30 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea.

Among the biggest nominees this year are aespa, Day6, (G)I-DLE, IU and TWS, who were all nominated for all three grand prize categories: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. These are on top of their nominations for other streaming and artist categories.

The winners for all awards except for the Millions Top 10 award will be determined by 60 per cent download and streaming counts, 20 per cent judge evaluations and 20 per cent fan votes.

Meanwhile, the Millions Top 10 award will be determined by 80 per cent download and streaming numbers and 20 per cent fan votes.

See the full list of Melon Music Award 2024 nominations below:

Artist of the Year

aespa

Day6

(G)I-DLE

IU

Jungkook

NewJeans

PLAVE

RIIZE

SEVENTEEN

TWS

Album of the Year

aespa – ‘Armageddon’

Day6 – ‘Fourever’

(G)I-DLE – ‘[2]’

ILLIT – ‘Super Real Me’

IU – ‘The Winning’

Jungkook – ‘Golden’

LE SSERAFIM – ‘Easy’

PLAVE – ‘Asterum : 134-1’

Taeyeon – ‘To. X’

TWS – ‘Sparkling Blue’

Song of the Year

aespa – ‘Supernova’

BIBI – ‘Bam Yang Gang’

(G)I-DLE – ‘Fate’

ILLIT – ‘Magnetic’

IU – ‘Love Wins All’

Changsub – ‘Heavenly Fate’

Lee Mu-jin – ‘Episode’

Lim Jae-hyun – ‘Rhapsody of Sadness’

Taeyeon – ‘To. X’

TWS – ‘Plot Twist’

Millions Top 10

aespa – ‘Armageddon’

Baekhyun – ‘Hello, World’

BOYNEXTDOOR – ‘19.99’

Day6 – ‘Band Aid’

D.O. – ‘Blossom’

Doyoung – ‘Youth’

Hwang Young-woong – ‘On Your Side’

IU – ‘The Winning’

IVE – ‘IVE SWITCH’

Jaehyun – ‘J’

Jimin – ‘Muse’

Jeonghan x Wonwoo – ‘This Man’

Jungkook – ‘Golden’

Lee Chan-won – ‘bright;’

Lim Young-woong – ‘Warmth’

NCT 127 – ‘Walk’

NCT Dream – ‘Dream()scape’

NewJeans – ‘How Sweet’

PLAVE – ‘Asterum : 134-1’

Red Velvet – ‘Chill Kill’

RIIZE – ‘RIIZING’

SEVENTEEN – ‘Spill The Feels’

Stray Kids – ‘Rock-star’

Taeyeon – ‘To. X’

Taeyong – ‘Tap’

The Boyz – ‘Trigger’

Tomorrow X Together – ‘minisode 3: TOMORROW’

Young Tak – ‘SuperSuper’

ZEROBASEONE – ‘Melting Point’

Zico – ‘Spot!’

New Artist of the Year

BABYMONSTER

ILLIT

MEOVV

Pagaehun

TWS

Best Solo – Female

BIBI

BBOL4

IU

Lee Young-ji

Taeyeon

Best Solo – Male

Jungkook

Changsub

Lee Mu-jin

Lim Jae-hyun

Zico

Best Group – Female

aespa

(G)I-DLE

ILLIT

LE SSERAFIM

NewJeans

Best Group – Male

Day6

PLAVE

RIIZE

SEVENTEEN

TWS



Best OST

10CM – ‘Spring Snow’ (Lovely Runner OST)

Crush – ‘Love You With All My Heart’ (Queen of Tears OST)

ECLIPSE – ‘Sudden Shower’ (Lovely Runner OST)

Roy Kim – ‘Whenever, Wherever’ (My Demon OST)

Taeyeon – ‘Dream’ (Welcome to Samdal-ri OST)

Best Pop Artist

Ariana Grande

Ayumu Imazu

Benson Boone

MAX

Sabrina Carpenter

Track Zero Choice

bongjeingan – ‘Know You Did’

Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – ‘Independent’

HANRORO – ‘H O M E’

HYUKOH, Sunset Rollercoaster – ‘Young Man’

Kim Sawol – ‘Default’

O’KOYE – ‘O’KOYE (Feat. Yun Seok-cheol)’

Savina & Drones – ‘Nobody Knows’

SUMIN & Slom – ‘WHY, WHY, WHY’

THE SOLUTIONS – ‘N/A’

wave to earth – ‘annie.’