The 2022 Melon Music Awards [MMA] has finally released its full nominees list!
This year’s The 2022 Melon Music Awards [MMA] 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.
Along with the nominees reveal, the voting is now open for the Melon’s Top 10 awards which will be based on 80% of the artists’ Melon download and 20% based on votes.
Melon also surprised fans by opening voting for 8 additional awards including Album of the Year and Best Song of the Year.
Check out the nominees for the 2022 MMA:
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. Only Melon users with verified accounts and South Korean residents with a Kakao ID can vote on the Melon Music Awards’ official website from here.
