2025 Melon Music Awards Nominees Revealed: Full List and Ceremony Details

The nominees for the 2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA 2025) have been revealed along with Top 10 Bonsang winners. This year’s ceremony will be held on December 20, 2025, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.

The winners are determined by a mix of Melon streaming and download data (60%), online voting (20%), and evaluations from a panel of judges (20%).

Final voting is open from December 5 to December 19. The event will be streamed online via the Melon app, KakaoTV, and the 1theK YouTube channel.

The show will feature performances by top artists, including G-Dragon, aespa, Jennie, EXO, Zico, IVE, RIIZE, PLAVE, and many more.

The Top 10 (Bonsang) winners include Rosé, Jennie, Lim Young Woong, G-Dragon, aespa, RIIZE, PLAVE, IVE, NCT WISH, and BOYNEXTDOOR. 

Melon Music Awards 2025 Nominees

Here is a complete list of MMA 2025 nominees

Album of the Year

• BABYMONSTER – “DRIP”
• G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “Übermensch”
• IU – “Kkot Galpi 3”
• IVE – “IVE EMPATHY”
• Jennie (BLACKPINK) – “Ruby”
• Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO 2”
• PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.1”
• RIIZE – “ODYSSEY”
• Rosé (BLACKPINK) – “rosie”
• SEVENTEEN – “HAPPY BURSTDAY”

Song of the Year

• 10CM – “To Reach You”
• BABYMONSTER – “DRIP”
• G-Dragon (BIGBANG) – “HOME SWEET HOME” (ft. Taeyang, Daesung)
• IVE – “REBEL HEART”
• Jennie (BLACKPINK) – “like JENNIE”
• Park Da Hye, MAKTUB – “Starting With You”
• HUNTR/X (KPop Demon Hunters) – “Golden”
• BOYNEXTDOOR – “If I Say, I Love You”
• Rosé (BLACKPINK) – “toxic till the end”
• ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t You Know”

Artist of the Year

• aespa
• Lim Young Woong
• PLAVE
• IVE
• RIIZE
• G-Dragon
• NCT WISH
• Rosé
• Jennie
• BOYNEXTDOOR

New Artist of the Year

• ALLDAY PROJECT
• Hearts2Hearts
• JAESSBEE
• KiiiKiii
• ZO ZAZZ

Best Male Group

• PLAVE
• BOYNEXTDOOR
• RIIZE
• SEVENTEEN
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Best Female Group

• BABYMONSTER
• aespa
• IVE
• Hearts2Hearts
• LE SSERAFIM

Best Male Solo

• Lim Young Woong
• G-DRAGON
• 10CM
• MAKTUB
• ZO ZAZZ

Best Female Solo

• IU
• Rosé
• Taeyeon
• Jennie
• Jisoo

Best Pop Artist

• Ed Sheeran
• KATSEYE
• Lady Gaga
• Justin Bieber
• Don Toliver

Best OST

• “We don’t stop” (PLAVE) 
• “When the Day Comes” (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) 
• “Golden” (HUNTR/X) 
• “FOREVER” (Doh Kyungsoo) 
• “True Love” (Lee Chang Sub) 

Millions Top 10’

• “Caligo Pt.1” (PLAVE) 
• “The DECADE” (DAY6) 
• “IM HERO 2” (Lim Young Woong) 
• “ODYSSEY” (RIIZE) 
• “No Genre” (BOYNEXTDOOR) 
• “HAPPY BURSTDAY” (SEVENTEEN) 
• “찬란” (Lee Chan Won) 
• “COLOR” (NCT WISH) 
• “The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY” (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) 
• “IVE EMPATHY” (IVE) 
• “Übermensch” (G-DRAGON)
• “A Flower Bookmark Pt.3” (IU) 
• “Blue Valentine” (NMIXX) 
• “Ruby” (Jennie of BLACKPINK) 
• “Go Back To The Future” (NCT DREAM) 
• “Soar” by (Doyoung of NCT) 
• “rosie” by (Rosé of BLACKPINK) 
• “Happy” by (Jin of BTS) 
• “The Firstfruit” (Mark 9f NCT) 
• “TASTE” (Haechan of NCT) 
• “BLUE PARADISE” (ZEROBASEONE) 
• “Stargazers” (Isegye Idol) 
• “HYPE VIBES” by (SEVENTEEN’s CxM) 
• “Teleparty” by (BSS of SEVENTEEN) 
• “Essence of Reverie” (Baekhyun) 
• “30” (SUNGJIN) 

Good luck to all MMA nominees!