After the successful completion of both the chapters of the 2025 MAMA Awards in Hong Kong, K-pop fans are looking forward to the Melon Music Awards 2025 (MMA). Fortunately for them, the full nominees is now out with less than a month before the main ceremony.
Music released between October 31, 2024, and November 19, 2025, was eligible for the 2025 Melon Music Awards. And so, some of your favourites have already landed a major spot in the biggest categories of the forthcoming day. Surprisingly, even American pop artists have made the cut this time around, especially with countless K-pop x Western artists collaborations already dotting the music calendar.
Alongside the announcement of the full nominations, the MMAs also dropped the curtain on this year’s winners of the Top 10 artists category. The final Grand Prize winner will now be picked from this roster.
Last year’s Grand Prize (Daesang) winners were aespa and i-dle (formerly (G)I-dle). The former SM Entertainment girl group snagged three of the four Grand Prizes–Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year–while i-dle won the Record of the Year trophy.
Here are the nominees of this year’s Melon Music Awards.
2025 Melon Music Awards nominees list
New Artist of the Year
- Hearts2Hearts
- ZO ZAZZ
- KiiiKiii
- ALLDAY PROJECT
- JAESSBEE
Best Group (Female)
- aespa
- Hearts2Hearts
- IVE
- BABYMONSTER
- LE SSERAFIM
Best Group (Male)
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT)
- RIIZE
- SEVENTEEN
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- PLAVE
Best Solo Artist (Female)
- BLACKPINK’s Jennie
- BLACKPINK’s Rose
- BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
- Taeyeon
- IU
Best Solo Artist (Male)
- G-Dragon
- Lim Young Woong
- ZO ZAZZ
- 10CM
- Maktub
Artist of the Year (also the Top 10 winners)
- IVE
- RIIZE
- BLACKPINK’s Rose
- BLACKPINK’s Jennie
- aespa
- PLAVE
- G-Dragon
- Lim Young Woong
- NCT WISH
- BOYNEXTDOOR
Album of the Year
- “HAPPY BURSTDAY” by SEVENTEEN
- “ODYSSEY” by RIIZE
- “rosie” by BLACKPINK Rose
- “Ruby” by BLACKPINK Jennie
- “DRIP” by BABYMONSTER
- “Kkot Galpi 3” by IU
- “Ubermensch” by G-Dragon
- “Caligo Pt 1” by PLAVE
- “IM HERO 2” by Lim Young Woong
- “IVE EMPATHY” by IVE
Song of the Year
- “toxic till the end” by BLACKPINK Rose
- “TO Reach You” by 10CM
- “HOME SWEET HOME” ft Taeyang and Daesaung by G-Dragon
- “Golden” by HUNTRIX (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
- “like JENNIE” by BLACKPINK Jennie
- “Don’t you know” by ZO ZAZZ
- “DRIP” by BABYMONSTER
- “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” by BOYNEXTDOOR
- “Starting With You” by Maktub
- “REBEL HEART” by IVE
Best OST
- “FOREVER” (Resident Playbook) by EXO DO aka Doh Kyungsoo
- “Golden” by HUNTRIX (KPop Demon Hunters)
- “We don’t stop” (The Fiery Priest 2) by PLAVE
- “True Love” (Secret Relationships) by BTOB’s Changsub
- “When the Day Comes” (Resident Playbook) by TXT
Track Zero Choice
- “Attack” by Shin In Ryu
- “spacious home” by huijun woo
- “Lucky” by Kim Oki ft Wonstein
- “ECHO” by CHS
- “Mogwa” by Bek Hyunjin
- “Jakdu: Standing on Blades” by CHUDAHYE CHAGIS
- “Goodbye, My Summer” by HANRORO
- “Heart of a Dog” by Sanmanhan
- “Uncertainty” by Wah Wah Wah & Noridogam
- “MORE HYPER” by Effie
2025 Melon Music Awards: Best Pop Artist
- Ed Sheeran
- Lady Gaga
- KATSEYE
- Justin Bieber
- Don Tolliver
This year’s Melon Music Awards will be held on December 20 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. NCT WISH, ILLIT, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, ALLDAY PROJECT, IDID, G-Dragon, 10CM, ZICO, EXO, WOODZ, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, LNGSHOT, Jay Park and HANRORO have so far joined the performing lineup.
More information will be added.