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Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year

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Melon Music Award
for Artist of the Year
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao M
First awarded2005 (online)
2009 (ceremony)
Currently held byAespa – (2024)
Most awardsBTS (3)
Most nominationsIU
WebsiteOfficial website

The Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year is an accolade presented by Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards. The Artist of the Year award was first given at its inaugural online ceremony in 2005; since 2009, it consists of the most prestigious awards given at the event, alongside Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

Winners and nominees

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TVXQ (2005, 2008)
Girls' Generation (2009–10)
Beast (2011–12)
Shinee (2013)
IU (2014, 2021)
Big Bang (2015)
Exo (2016–17)
BTS (2018–20)
Lim Young-woong (2022)
NewJeans (2023)
Aespa (2024)

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Year[I] Artists Ref.
Online winners
2005 TVXQ [1]
2006 Shinhwa [2]
2007 Shin Hye-sung [3]
2008 TVXQ [4]
Artist of the Year (daesang)
2009 Girls' Generation [5]
2010 Girls' Generation
IU
2NE1
CNBLUE
2AM
2011 Beast [6]
2NE1
Leessang
Big Bang
IU
2012 Beast [7]
Busker Busker
Big Bang
Psy
IU
2013 Shinee
Sistar
IU
Exo
G-Dragon
2014 IU [8]
g.o.d
Beast
AKMU
Taeyang
2015 Big Bang [9]
Shinee
Exo
Zion.T
Hyukoh
2016 Exo [10]
Twice
BTS
GFriend
Zico
2017 Exo
IU
BTS
Bolbbalgan4
Heize
2018 BTS [11]
Exo
Wanna One
iKon
Twice
2019 BTS [12]
Chungha
Exo
Taeyeon
Jannabi
2020 BTS [13]
Baek Ye-rin
IU
Lim Young-woong
Zico
2021 IU [14]
Aespa
BTS
Lim Young-woong
NCT Dream
2022 Lim Young-woong
BTS
Ive
(G)I-dle
MeloMance
2023 NewJeans [15]
Aespa
Ive
Le Sserafim
NCT Dream
2024 Aespa [16]
(G)I-dle
Day6
NewJeans
Plave

Artists with multiple nominations

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Artists with multiple wins

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3 wins
2 wins

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "2005 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "2006 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "2007 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "2008 Melon Music Awards Winners" (in Korean). Melon. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "소녀시대, 2009 올해의 아티스트" [Girls' Generation, 2009 Artist of the Year]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Naver. December 16, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ^ [2011 MMA] 2011 멜론뮤직어워드 - 3부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. November 25, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  7. ^ 2012 MelOn Music Awards 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 23, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "'2014 멜론뮤직어워드' 올해의 아티스트상 아이유 "늘 올해 같았으면"" ['2014 Melon Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award IU 'I wish it was always like this year']. Korea Economic TV (in Korean). Naver. November 13, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  9. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ [2016 MelOn Music Awards] Part.2 (2부) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ [2018 MMA] 2018 멜론뮤직어워드 - 2부 (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Melon. December 3, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  12. ^ Yang, Su-bok (November 30, 2019). [2019 MMA] 방탄소년단, 올해의 앨범-아티스트상 싹쓸이 "아미 사랑해요" [[2019 MMA] BTS sweeps away Album of the Year - Artist Award: "I love you Army"]. Single List (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ^ [MMA 2020] 올해의 앨범 수상소감 - 방탄소년단 (Online video) (in Korean). Melon. December 5, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  14. ^ [MMA 2021] Melon Music Awards 2021 (멜론뮤직어워드 2021) (Online broadcast) (in Korean). Kakao M. December 7, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Yeo, Gladys (December 4, 2023). "Here are all the winners from the 2023 Melon Music Awards". NME. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  16. ^ "에스파, 대상 3개 싹쓸이 '7관왕'…(여자)아이들, 대상 소감 중 "재계약 완료" 발표 [MMA 2024](종합)" [Espa, sweeping 3 grand prizes, '7 crowns'... (G)I-dle, "Contract renewal completed" announced during grand prize acceptance speech [MMA 2024] (Comprehensive)]. My Daily. November 30, 2024. Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.