Voting has opened for the 2022 Melon Music Awards (MMA)!
On November 4, the Melon Music Awards officially announced the nominations for this year’s awards ceremony, which will take place on November 26 at 6 p.m. KST. Only artists who released music between November 8, 2021 and November 3, 2022 were eligible for this year’s awards.
Voting is now open for Melon’s Top 10 award, which will be awarded to 10 artists based 80 percent on Melon’s downloads and streams for the year and 20 percent on votes. Votes for the Top 10 awards also automatically count toward the Artist of the Year award, which will be determined 60 percent based on Melon’s downloads and streams, 20 percent on judges’ ratings, and 20 percent on votes.
Melon has also opened voting for eight other awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year, all of which will be determined based on the same 60-20-20 formula with one exception: The Netizen Popularity Award will be determined based on 40 percent of Melon’s downloads and streams and 60 percent on votes.
Other awards that were not included in the online voting, such as Record of the Year and Music Video of the Year, will be determined solely based on the judges’ ratings and the watermelon’s performance.
Check out this year’s nominees below!
Artist of the Year and Top 10
- 10cm
- aespa
- BE’O
- BIGBANG
- BIG Naughty
- BLACKPINK
- BOL4
- BTS
- Choi Ye Na
- (G)I-DLE
- IU
- IVE
- Jay Park
- Juho
- Kassy
- KyoungSeo
- LE SSERAFIM
- Lee Mujin
- Lim Young Woong
- MeloMance
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- PSY
- Red Velvet
- SEVENTEEN
- sokodomo
- STAYC
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation)
- Tophyun
- WSG Wannabe
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” (featuring Beenzino)
- BIGBANG – “Still Life”
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- Jay Park – “GANADARA” (featuring IU)
- Kim Min Seok (MeloMance) – “Drunken Confession”
- PSY – “That That” (produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga)
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
- sokodomo – “Merry-Go-Round” (featuring 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 be open until November 18. Melon users with verified accounts and South Korean residents with Kakao ID can vote on the official Melon Music Awards website here.
Which artists are you rooting for this year?