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South Korean music award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year is an accolade presented by Kakao M at the annual Melon Music Awards. The Artist of the Year award was first given at its inaugural online ceremony in 2005; since 2009, it consists of the most prestigious awards given at the event, alongside Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
Melon Music Award for Artist of the Year | |
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Country | South Korea |
Presented by | Kakao M |
First awarded | 2005 (online) 2009 (ceremony) |
Currently held by | NewJeans – (2023) |
Most awards | BTS (3) |
Most nominations | IU |
Website | Official website |
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Year[I] | Artists | Ref. |
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Online winners | ||
2005 | TVXQ | [1] |
2006 | Shinhwa | [2] |
2007 | Shin Hye-sung | [3] |
2008 | TVXQ | [4] |
Artist of the Year (daesang) | ||
2009 | Girls' Generation | [5] |
2010 | Girls' Generation | |
IU | ||
2NE1 | ||
CNBLUE | ||
2AM | ||
2011 | Beast | [6] |
2NE1 | ||
Leessang | ||
Big Bang | ||
IU | ||
2012 | Beast | [7] |
Busker Busker | ||
Big Bang | ||
Psy | ||
IU | ||
2013 | Shinee | |
Sistar | ||
IU | ||
Exo | ||
G-Dragon | ||
2014 | IU | [8] |
g.o.d | ||
Beast | ||
AKMU | ||
Taeyang | ||
2015 | Big Bang | [9] |
Shinee | ||
Exo | ||
Zion.T | ||
Hyukoh | ||
2016 | Exo | [10] |
Twice | ||
BTS | ||
GFriend | ||
Zico | ||
2017 | Exo | |
IU | ||
BTS | ||
Bolbbalgan4 | ||
Heize | ||
2018 | BTS | [11] |
Exo | ||
Wanna One | ||
iKon | ||
Twice | ||
2019 | BTS | [12] |
Chungha | ||
Exo | ||
Taeyeon | ||
Jannabi | ||
2020 | BTS | [13] |
Baek Ye-rin | ||
IU | ||
Lim Young-woong | ||
Zico | ||
2021 | IU | [14] |
aespa | ||
BTS | ||
Lim Young-woong | ||
NCT Dream | ||
2022 | Lim Young-woong | |
BTS | ||
Ive | ||
(G)I-dle | ||
MeloMance | ||
2023 | NewJeans | [15] |
Aespa | ||
Ive | ||
Le Sserafim | ||
NCT Dream |
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