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Melon Music Awards 2023: NewJeans wins two of four top honors, while IVE, NCT Dream each take one

NewJeans took home five awards at the Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2023 on Saturday, including Song of the Year and Artist of the Year, just a year and four months since its debut.

2023-12-04

IVE, NCT Dream to lead highly anticipated 2023 MMA awards

Saturday's Melon Music Awards will feature a number of special performances. NCT Dream will perform fan-favorite "Poison" for the first time ever, while aespa will appear on the MMA stage for the first time.

2023-12-01

Melon Music Awards, SBS Gayo Daejon and more to take place at new Inspire Arena

Incheon's Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort announced a new lineup of shows that will take place in its Inspire Arena throughout December, including the 2023 Melon Music Awards.

2023-11-28

Lim Young-woong to stage special performance at Melon Music Awards

Singer Lim Young-woong will stage a special performance at the upcoming 2022 Melon Music Awards presented by Kakao Bank. The event is set to take place on Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul. It will also be streamed via...

2022-11-16

Melon Music Awards 2022 to be held on Nov. 26 at Gocheok Sky Dome

The Melon Music Awards 2022 will be held on Nov. 26 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Kakao Entertainment announced Thursday.

2022-09-29

Melon Music Awards will be virtual again this year

The Melon Music Awards (MMA) will be held online starting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, according to Kakao, which runs Melon, one of Korea’s major music streaming services. As with last year, the annual music awards...

2021-10-21

BTS cleans up again at Melon Music Awards

K-pop superstar band BTS won top prizes in all three major categories of the Melon Music Awards for the second straight year on Saturday. BTS was awarded Artist of the Year, while also winning the Album of the Year award for their fourth...

2020-12-06

BTS to attend this year's Melon Music Awards ceremony

BTS will attend the annual year-end K-pop music awards ceremony Melon Music Awards (MMA), according to Kakao, which runs the Melon music streaming app, on Tuesday. Started in 2005, the ceremony awards artists based on Melon's streaming data, votes...

2020-11-03