Live: The 2025 Melon Music Awards have finally arrived, and so have the top celebrities of the night. Organised by Kakao Entertainment, the highly anticipated K-pop awards show was held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Saturday, December 20. The 17th edition of the prestigious affair went ahead with the theme “Play the Moment” this time.
All music released between October 31, 2024, and November 19, 2025, was eligible for all award categories.
Notably, EXO’s DO aka Doh Kyungsoo skipped his dear friend and fellow actor Kim Woo Bin’s wedding to present a united front with his K-pop group members Chanyeol, Suho, Kai and Suho (minus EXO-CBX singers Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin). The group’s outing at the 17th Melon Music Awards was already poised to be a glistening highlight of the day, especially since this marks the beloved boy group’s first MMA performance in eight years.
Other top stars to walk the red carpet on Saturday were K-pop idols and groups BLACKPINK’s Jennie, aespa, IVE, BOYNEXTDOOR, ILLIT, WOODZ, ALLDAY PROJECT, RIIZE, Hearts2Hearts, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, IDID and KiiiKiii, among others. The show was livestreamed on the official YouTube channels of 1theK and Melon for international audiences, excluding a few exceptions.
Here are the winners of the 17th Melon Music Awards.
2025 Melon Music Awards winners list
Top 10 Artist (Bonsang)
- G-Dragon
- IVE
- aespa
- PLAVE
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- RIIZE
- NCT WISH
- BLACKPINK’s Jennie
New Artist of the Year: ALLDAY PROJECT
Best Solo – Male: G-Dragon
Berriz Global Fans’ Choice: Hearts2Hearts
Best Producer: ZICO
Best Group – Male: BOYNEXTDOOR
Best Group – Female: IVE
Millions Top 10
- IVE
- BLACKPINK’s Jennie
- G-Dragon
- PLAVE
- RIIZE
- BOYNEXTDOOR
Best Music Video: “I Do Me” by KiiiKiii
TRACKZERO CHOICE: HANRORO
Hot Trend: WOODZ
Best Music Style: 10CM, ALLDAY PROJECT
Best Song Writer: G-Dragon
1thK Global Icon: KiiiKiiii
Best Female Performance: ILLIT
Best Male Performance: RIIZE
Japan Favourite Artist by U NEXT: BOYNEXTDOOR
Global Rising Artist: IDID
KakaoBank Everyone’s Star: NCT WISH
Global Artist: aespa
Stage of the Year: aespa
New Artist of the Year: Hearts2Hearts
17th Melon Music Awards Daesang / Grand Prizes
Record of the Year:
Song of the Year:
Album of the Year:
Artist of the Year:
Yet to be announced
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