Voting has begun for the Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2022!
On November 4, the Melon Music Awards formally introduced the nominees for this 12 months’s award ceremony, which can happen on November 26 at 6 p.m. KST. Only artists who launched music between November 8, 2021 and November 3, 2022 have been eligible for this 12 months’s awards.
Voting is now open for Melon’s Top 10 awards, which will likely be awarded to 10 artists primarily based 80 % on their Melon obtain and streaming counts for the 12 months and 20 % primarily based on votes. Votes for the Top 10 awards will even mechanically depend in the direction of the Artist of the Year award, which will likely be decided primarily based 60 % on Melon obtain and streaming counts, 20 % on judges’ evaluations, and 20 % on votes.
Melon has additionally opened voting for eight further awards, together with Album of the Year and Best Song of the Year, all of which will likely be decided primarily based on the identical 60-20-20 method with one exception: the Netizen Popularity Award will likely be decided primarily based 40 % on Melon obtain and streaming counts and 60 % on votes.
Other awards that haven’t been included within the on-line voting, reminiscent of Record of the Year and Music Video of the Year, will likely be decided primarily based completely on judges’ evaluations and Melon efficiency.
Check out this 12 months’s nominees under!
Artist of the Year and Top 10
Album of the Year
- BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
- (G)I-DLE – “I NEVER DIE”
- IU – “Pieces”
- Lim Young Woong – “IM HERO”
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- NewJeans – “New Jeans”
- PSY – “PSY 9th”
- Red Velvet – “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm”
- SEVENTEEN – “Face The Sun”
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
Best Song of the Year
- BE’O – “Counting Stars” (that includes Beenzino)
- BIGBANG – “Still Life”
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- Jay Park – “GANADARA” (that includes IU)
- Kim Min Seok (MeloMance) – “Drunken Confession”
- PSY – “That That” (produced by and that includes BTS’ Suga)
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
- sokodomo – “Merry-Go-Round” (that includes Zion.T and Wonstein) (produced by Slom)
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
New Artist of the Year
- Billlie
- IVE
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
Best Group (Male)
- BIGBANG
- BTS
- MONSTA X
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
Best Group (Female)
- aespa
- BLACKPINK
- (G)I-DLE
- IVE
- NewJeans
Best Solo Artist (Male)
- 10cm
- BE’O
- BIG Naughty
- Lim Young Woong
- PSY
Best Solo Artist (Female)
- Choi Ye Na
- IU
- Kassy
- KyoungSeo
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation)
Netizen Popularity Award
- BIGBANG
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- Ha Sung Woon
- IVE
- Kim Ho Joong
- Lim Young Woong
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
Voting will likely be open till November 18. Melon customers with verified accounts and South Korean residents with a Kakao ID can vote on the Melon Music Awards’ official web site here.
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