Here Are All The Winners From The “2025 Melon Music Awards”
Some of the top artists in K-Pop gathered at the 2025 Melon Music Awards on November 30 to celebrate another year of fresh and chart-topping releases. Honouring achievements across multiple categories (based on Melon digital data as well as online voting and judges’ evaluation), the ceremony saw both anticipated wins and surprising victories.
Here are all the winners from this year’s event.
Top 10 Artist
G-Dragon
IVE
aespa
PLAVE
BOYNEXTDOOR
RIIZE
NCT Wish
BLACKPINK’s Jennie
And, not in attendance:
BLACKPINK’s Rosé
Lim Young Woong
New Artist of the Year
ALLDAY PROJECT
Hearts2Hearts
Best Solo – Male
G-Dragon
Best Solo – Female
BLACKPINK’s Rosé (not in attendance)
Berriz Global Fan’s Choice
Hearts2Hearts
Best Producer
ZICO
Best Group – Male
BOYNEXTDOOR
Best Group – Female
IVE
Millions Top 10
IVE
Jennie
G-Dragon
PLAVE
RIIZE
BOYNEXTDOOR
And, not in attendance:
BLACKPINK’s Rosé
SEVENTEEN
IU
Lim Young Woong
Best Music Video
KiiiKiii – “I DO ME”
Track Zero Choice
HANRORO
Hot Trend
WOODZ
Best Music Style
10CM
ALLDAY PROJECT
Stage of the Year
aespa
Best Song Writer
G-Dragon
1theK Global Icon
Best Performance – Female
ILLIT
Best Performance – Male
RIIZE
Japan Favorite Artist by U NEXT
BOYNEXTDOOR
Global Rising Artist
IDID
KakaoBank Everyone’s Star
NCT Wish
Global Artist
aespa
Best OST
HUNTR/X – “Golden” (not in attendance)
Best Pop Artist
Ed Sheeran (not in attendance)
J-Pop Favorite Artist
Kenshi Yonezu (not in attendance)
Record Of The Year
Jennie
According to Melon, Record of the Year is awarded to “the artist and producer behind the year’s most remarkable musical accomplishment.”
Album Of The Year
G-Dragon – Übermensch
Melon described Album of the Year as “the album, chosen from 1,560,339 releases this year, with every track achieving outstanding performance on the Melon chart.”
Artist Of The Year
G-Dragon
According to Melon, Artist of the Year is awarded to “the artist who made a lasting impact on the music industry through digital success and widespread influence.”
Song Of The Year
G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME (feat. TAEYANG & DAESUNG)”
Melon described Song of the Year as “the song that garnered outstanding success on the Melon chart out of the 5,227,121 tracks released this year.”
