Melon Music Awards 2022 winners are announced at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Saturday, November 26. The artists and bands who released their works between November 8, 2021, and November 3, 2022, were nominated for various titles.
The nomination categories included Best Group, Best Solo Artist, Album of the Year, Top 10, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year. Popular K-pop bands and artists like BTS, SEVENTEEN, NCT DREAM, RED VELVET, STAYC, IU, PSY, Lim Young Woong, BLACKPINK, and BIGBANG were some nominees for this year.
The winners of Melon Music Awards 2022 were announced by a lineup of star-studded celebrities, including actors Kim Sejeong and Ahn Hyo Seop from A Business Proposal. The annual award ceremony took place with a live broadcast. Korean music lovers from various parts of the world, including the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, India, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Peru, Denmark, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, enjoyed the award ceremony live online.
Artist of the Year
- Lim Young Woong - WINNER
- BTS
- IVE
Top 10
- 10cm
- aespa
- BE'O - WINNER
- BIGBANG
- BIG Naughty
- BLACKPINK
- BOL4
- BTS - WINNER
- Choi Ye Na
- (G)I-DLE - WINNER
- IU - WINNER
- IVE - WINNER
- Jay Park
- Juho
- Kassy
- KyoungSeo
- LE SSERAFIM
- Lee Mujin
- Lim Young Woong - WINNER
- MeloMance - WINNER
- NCT DREAM - WINNER
- NewJeans - WINNER
- PSY
- Red Velvet
- SEVENTEEN - WINNER
- sokodomo
- STAYC
- Taeyeon (Girls' Generation)
- Tophyun
- WSG Wannabe
Album of the Year
- BLACKPINK for BORN PINK
- (G)I-DLE for I NEVER DIE
- IU for Pieces
- Lim Young Woong for IM HERO - WINNER
- NCT DREAM for Glitch Mode
- NewJeans for New Jeans
- PSY for PSY 9th
- Red Velvet for The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
- SEVENTEEN for Face The Sun
- Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) for INVU
Best Song of the Year
- BE'O for Counting Stars (featuring Beenzino)
- BIGBANG for Still Life
- (G)I-DLE for TOMBOY
- IVE for LOVE DIVE - WINNER
- Jay Park for GANADARA (featuring IU)
- Kim Min Seok (MeloMance) for Drunken Confession
- PSY for That That (produced by and featuring BTS' Suga)
- Red Velvet for Feel My Rhythm
- sokodomo for Merry-Go-Round (featuring Zion.T and Wonstein) (produced by Slom)
- Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) for INVU
Record of the Year
BTS - WINNER
New Artist of the Year
- Billlie
- IVE - WINNER
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans - WINNER
- NMIXX
Best Group (Male)
- BIGBANG
- BTS - WINNER
- MONSTA X
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
Best Group (Female)
- aespa
- BLACKPINK
- (G)I-DLE
- IVE - WINNER
- NewJeans
Best Solo Artist (Male)
- 10cm
- BE'O
- BIG Naughty
- Lim Young Woong - WINNER
- PSY
Best Solo Artist (Female)
- Choi Ye Na
- IU - WINNER
- Kassy
- KyoungSeo
- Taeyeon (Girls' Generation)
Best OST
MeloMance for Love, Maybe from A Business Proposal - WINNER
Best Male Performance
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) - WINNER
Best Female Performance
LE SSERAFIM - WINNER
Best Collaboration
10CM and BIG NAUGHTY - WINNER
Best Song Writer
(G)I-DLE member SEYEON - WINNER
Best Music Style
BIG NAUGHTY - WINNER
CHOICE 2022
- ATBO
- Billie
- TNX
- YENA
Global Artist
MONSTA X - WINNER
Global Rising Artist
STAYC - WINNER
Best Pop Artist
Charlie Puth - WINNER
Best Music Video
(G)I-DLE for TOMBOY - WINNER
1theK Global Icon
ENHYPEN - WINNER
2022 K-Pop Trend by Generation Z
LE SSERAFIM - WINNER
Kakao Bank Everyone's Star
BTS - WINNER
Project Music
WSG - WINNER
Stage of the Year
2022 IU Concert - WINNER
Best Session
- Choi In Seong - WINNER
- Lee Shin Woo - WINNER
Netizen Popularity Award
- BIGBANG
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- Ha Sung Woon
- IVE
- Kim Ho Joong
- Lim Young Woong - WINNER
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
