BTS' Jungkook, RIIZE, aespa, SEVENTEEN, and more win big at the Melon Music Awards 2024: Complete winners list

On Saturday, November 30, the Melon Music Awards 2024 took place, and several K-pop groups and soloists snagged titles at the award ceremony. The event was held at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. South Korean actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Je-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun, Jang Geun-seuk, and Moon Geun-young took turns as the event's MCs.

While most of the category winners were revealed at the Melon Music Awards 2024, the winners of the Top 10 awards were announced previously on November 15. This year's winners for the Top 10 artists were determined by compiling 80% of the downloads and streaming counts on Melon, the music streaming platform, with the remaining 20% coming from user votes.

The winners for this category:

aespa
DAY6
(G)I-DLE
IU
Jungkook (BTS)
NewJeans
PLAVE
RIIZE
SEVENTEEN
TWS

Complete winners list of Melon Music Awards 2024: BTS' Jungkook, RIIZE, aespa, and more

The Melon Music Awards 2024 is the latest edition of the annual award show organized by Kakao Entertainment through its music division, Melon. Each year, the event follows a theme that influences the performance lineup, category winners, and more.

This year, the theme was "New Stream of K-pop." The award show aimed to recognize and highlight the latest visions and trends in the K-pop industry. Regardless, the complete list of winners of the award show, where BTS' Jungkook, aespa, IU, SEVENTEEN, and more took home trophies:

Best OST: Sudden Shower by ECLIPSE (Lovely Runner)
Best Solo Male: Jungkook
Best Solo Female: IU
Best Music Video: IVE for Heya
Best Performance Male: BOYNEXTDOOR
Best Performance Female: aespa
J-Pop Favourite Artist: YOASOBI
Global Rising Artist: RIIZE
Best Group Female: aespa
Best Group Male: RIIZE
Best Song Writer: (G)I-DLE's Soyeon
Best Producer: Seo Hyun Joo from Starship Entertainment
Best Pop Artist: Benson Boone
Hot Trend: QWER
Stage of the Year: IU for 2024 HEREH World Tour Concert
1theK Global Icon: tripleS
New Artist of the Year: TWS & ILLIT
Best Music Style: Lee Youngji, BIBI
KakakaoBank Everyone's Star: RIIZE
Global Artist Male: ATEEZ
Global Artist Female: IVE

Additionally, the list of winners for the Daesang Awards, otherwise known as the grand prize, at the Melon Music Awards:

Song of the Year: Supernova by aespa
Album of the Year: Armageddon by aespa
Record of the Year: (G)I-DLE
Artist of the Year: aespa

Several K-pop artists and soloists also rolled out special stages and collaborations at the Melon Music Awards 2024. The list of all the performances at the award show:

QWER: My Name is Malgeum + T.B.H
ATEEZ: Ice On My Teeth
tripleS: Girls Never Die
Lee Youngji: 16 (Intro) + My Cat + Small Girl + Trouble (feat. Christopher)
BIBI: Bam Yang Gang + Derre
BOYNEXTDOOR: Dangerous + Earth, Wind, and Fire
TWS: plot twist + LINE SQUAD
RIIZE: Combo
IVE: Ice Queen
aespa: Whiplash + Supernova + Armageddon

Following the ceremony's conclusion, fans cheered the K-pop idols and groups' wins at the Melon Music Awards 2024 while expressing their excitement.

About the author

Aishwarya is a pop culture writer who covers K-drama and K-pop at Sportskeeda. After completing her Bachelor's in English and Communication Skills, she sought a job that allowed her to explore her passion, and being a K-pop and K-drama reporter felt like the ideal fit. Aishwarya has 3 years of experience under her belt and previously took on several internships in the industry that further motivated her in choosing writing as a career.

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She admires SUGA from BTS for his dedication to his work and aspires to immerse herself into the things she loves, just like him. If she could go back in time, she would jump at the opportunity to be part of ""Reply 1988,"" a K-drama set in a time when neighborhood relationships were cherished and interpersonal connections were of utmost importance. Although she loves how technology has advanced, she would also love to experience living in an era before it was invented.

When Aishwarya's not writing and reading about the latest developments in the industry, she spends her time crocheting, sketching, cycling, reading Mangas, and cooking.

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