Melon Music Award for Best New Artist

Melon Music Award for
Best New Artist
Awarded forBest new individual/group of the year
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byKakao M
First awarded2005 (online)
2009 (ceremony)
Currently held by (2024)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Melon Music Award for Best New Artist is an award presented annually by Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards. It was first given at the ceremony's inaugural online ceremony in 2005, and was given in person for the first time starting from the 2009 awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year[a] Winners and nominees Ref.
2005 Ivy [1]
2006 Super Junior [2]
2007 Wonder Girls [3]
2008 Shinee [4]
2009 2NE1 [5]
After School
f(x)
4Minute

2010s

Year[I] Winners and nominees Ref.
2010 CNBLUE
Beast
Miss A
Secret
Sistar
2011 Huh Gak
F-ve Dolls
Stephanie Kim
Dal Shabet
Brave Girls
2012 B.A.P [6]
Ailee
Ulala Session
Lee Hi
Juniel
2013 BTS [7]
Lim Kim
Roy Kim
Ladies' Code
History
2014 Winner [8]
Red Velvet
Mamamoo
Park Bo-ram
Eddy Kim
2015 Male Artist Female Artist
iKon GFriend [9]
Monsta X Lovelyz
Seventeen Sonamoo
Up10tion CLC
N.Flying Oh My Girl
2016 Blackpink [10]
NCT 127
Bolbbalgan4
I.O.I
WJSN
2017 Wanna One
Kard
Pristin
Woo Won-jae
Chungha
Dreamcatcher
2018 Male Artist Female Artist
The Boyz (G)I-dle
Yoo Seon-ho Iz*One
Haon Loona
Stray Kids Fromis 9
Vinxen Minseo
2019 Tomorrow X Together [11]
Itzy
Hynn
X1
Cherry Bullet

2020s

Year[I] Winners and nominees Ref.
2020 Cravity [12]
Weeekly
Treasure
Cignature
MCND
2021 Lee Mu-jin [13]
Aespa
Enhypen
Jeon Gun-ho
KyoungSeo
STAYC
2022 Ive [14]
NewJeans
Billlie
Kep1er
Le Sserafim
Nmixx
2023 Zerobaseone [15]
Riize
Kiss of Life
Plave
BoyNextDoor
2024 Illit [16]
TWS
Babymonster
Meovv
Pagaehun

Notes

  1. ^ The awards ceremony was conducted online from 2005 to 2008.

References

  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. ^ "[2009 멜론뮤직어워드0] 2NE1, 신인상 수상" [[2009 Melon Music Awards] 2NE1 wins Rookie of the Year Award]. Hankyung (in Korean). Naver. December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  6. ^ 2012 MelOn Music Awards 1부 (Online video). Kakao M. December 23, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Choi, Chris (November 14, 2013). "2013 Melon Music Awards: The Big Winners". MTV K. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "2NE1, EXO, Winner, B2ST and More Named Top 10 Artists of 'MelOn Music Awards 2014'". Mwave. October 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  9. ^ [2015 MelOn Music Awards] Part.1 (1부) (Female – 14:38, Male – 18:23) (Online video). Kakao M. November 8, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ [2016 MelOn Music Awards] Part.1 (1부) (Online video). Kakao M. November 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ [MMA 2019] MMA 2019 다시보기 | MMA Full ver (Online video). Kakao M. December 20, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "멜론, MMA 2020 TOP10 주인공 발표・오늘부터 2차 투표 돌입". Star Daily News (in Korean). November 21, 2020. Archived from the original on December 27, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Here are the nominees for the 2021 Melon Music Awards – BTS, NCT Dream, IU, Twice, Enhypen, Seventeen, Red Velvet, and more". Bandwagon Asia. November 8, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  14. ^ "MMA 2022 Voting by Category" (in Korean). Melon. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  15. ^ "공지사항 – 부문별 투표 시작" [Announcement – Voting by Category Begins]. Melon Music Awards (in Korean). November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  16. ^ "에스파 대상 3개 포함 7관왕, (여자)아이들 첫 대상+재계약 발표[종합][MMA 2024]" (in Korean). November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.