The 16th Melon Music Awards (MMA 2024) was held on November 30 at the Inspire Arena. The event celebrated the best and fan favorites in K-pop music of the year.
Key Highlights:
aespa's Dominance: It was a big night for girl group aespa, who had an amazing winning streak with 7 awards, taking home multiple awards including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for their groundbreaking album, Armageddon.
(G)I-DLE's Staying Power: (G)I-DLE made a triumphant win as they earned the Record of the Year award and Soyeon won the Songwriter award. This came along with the announcement that the group have re-signed with their agency Cube Entertainment.
Rookie Sensations: Promising newcomers of the year TWS, and energic performers BOYNEXTDOOR and K-pop's largest girl group tripleS all the delivered stunning stage performances and received well-deserved recognition for their achievements.
Meanwhile, PLAVE made history as the first virtual group to win and perform at the MMAs, befitting the first boy group in general to top the Melon Top 100 for the year 2024.
Danish artists Christopher and Lee Youngji held an exciting collaboration stage of their song 'Trouble' leaving the audience wanting more.
2024 Melon Music Awards Winners List:
- Song of the Year: Supernova - aespa
- Album of the Year: Armageddon - aespa
- Record of the Year: (G)I-DLE
- Artist of the Year: aespa
MMA TOP10 Awards
(G)I-DLE, aespa, DAY6, NewJeans, PLAVE, RIIZE, TWS, SEVENTEEN, IU, Jungkook
Millions TOP10 Awards
- aespa - Armageddon - The 1st Album
- DAY6 - Band Aid
- IVE - IVE SWITCH
- NewJeans - How Sweet
- PLAVE - ASTERUM : 134-1
- RIIZE - RIIZING - The 1st Mini Album
- IU - The Winning
- Lim Young Woong - Warmth
- Jungkook - GOLDEN
- Taeyeon - To. X - The 5th Mini Album
MMA Best Awards
- Best Female Group: aespa
- Best Male Group: RIIZE
- Best Female Solo: IU
- Best Male Solo: Jungkook
- Best Music Style: Lee Young Ji / BIBI
- Best OST: Eclipse - Sudden Shower (Lovely Runner OST Part 1)
- Best Pop Artist: Benson Boone
- Best Producer: Seo Hyun Joo (IVE - "Heya" etc.)
Special Awards
- Stage of the Year: IU
- Best Female Performance: aespa
- Best Male Performance: BOYNEXTDOOR
- Global Artist: IVE / ATEEZ
- Global Rising Artist: RIIZE
- J-POP Favorite Artist: YOASOBI
- Music Video of the Year: IVE - "HEYA"
- 1theK Global Icon: tripleS
- Songwriter Award: Jeon Soyeon - (G)I-DLE
- Track Zero Choice: Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster - Young Man
- Hot Trend Award: QWER
- KakaoBank Star of Everyone Award: RIIZE
2024 Melon Music Awards Performances:
QWER – “My Name is Malguem” + “T.B.H”
tripleS – “Girls Never Die”
Lee Young Ji – “16 (Intro)” + “My cat” + “Small girl” (with RIIZE’s Sohee)
Christopher X Lee Young Ji – “Trouble”
PLAVE – “WAY 4 LUV” + “Pump Up The Volume!”
BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang” + “Derre”
BOYNEXTDOOR – “Dangerous” + “Earth, Wind & Fire”
YOASOBI – “IDOL” + “New me”
TWS – “plot twist” + “Double Take” + “Last Festival”
RIIZE – “Combo” + “Boom Boom Bass”
“Boom Boom Bass” pending upload
IVE – “Ice Queen”
“HEYA” and “Accendio” pending upload
ATEEZ – “WORK” + “Ice On My Teeth”
(G)I-DLE – “LATATA” + “HANN(Alone)” + “LION” + “TOMBOY” + “Queencard” + “fate”
aespa – “Whiplash” + “Supernova” + “Armageddon”