KEPAHIANG.PROGRES.ID- Melon Music Awards 2023 dijadwalkan berlangsung pada 2 Desember 2023, diselenggarakan oleh Melon dan Kakao Entertainment dan akan disiarkan melalui Melon, Wavve, dan Abema. Pada 16 November, putaran pertama pemungutan suara untuk Top 10 artists tahun ini telah berakhir.
Saat ini, pemungutan suara resmi telah dibuka untuk Daesang (Hadiah Utama) dan penghargaan kategori lainnya. Nominasi melibatkan musik yang dirilis antara 4 November 2022 dan 1 November 2023.
Penghargaan Millions Top 10 Melon, yang baru diperkenalkan, akan diberikan kepada 10 album yang mencapai lebih dari 1 juta streaming di Melon dalam 24 jam pertama setelah dirilis. Penghargaan ini didasarkan 80 persen pada jumlah unduhan dan streaming di Melon, serta 20 persen pada voting.
Voting juga telah dibuka untuk sejumlah penghargaan tambahan, termasuk Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Song of the Year, Best Music Style, dan KakaoBank Favorite Star Award.
Berikut Nominasi Melon Music Award 2023 :
- Artist of the Year (Top 10 Winners) : aespa, BTS, (G)I-DLE, IVE, Jungkook (BTS), LE SSERAFIM, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN
- Album of the Year : aespa – MY WORLD, (G)I-DLE – I feel, IVE – I’ve IVE, Jimin(BTS) – FACE, LE SSERAFIM – UNFORGIVEN, NCT DREAM – ISTJ, NewJeans – Get Up, Parc Jae Jung – Alone, SEVENTEEN – FML, TXT – The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION
- Best Song of the Year : aespa – Spicy, BSS (SEVENTEEN) – Fighting (feat. Lee Young Ji), (G)I-DLE – Queencard, IVE – I AM, Jisoo (BLACKPINK) – FLOWER, LE SSERAFIM – UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers), NCT DREAM – Candy, NewJeans – Ditto, Parc Jae Jung – Let’s Say Goodbye, STAYC – Teddy Bear
- Millions Top 10 : aespa – MY WORLD, Agust D (BTS’ Suga)– D-DAY, THE BOYZ– BE AWAKE, BSS (SEVENTEEN) – SECOND WIND, BTOB – WIND AND WISH, D.O. (EXO) – Expectation, EXO – EXIST, (G)I-DLE – I feel, ISEGYE IDOL – KIDDING, IVE – I’ve IVE, Jimin (BTS) – FACE, Jungkook (BTS) – Seven (feat. Latto), LE SSERAFIM – UNFORGIVEN, Lee Chan Won – ONE, Lee Seung Yoon – Shelter of Dreams, Lim Young Woong – Do or Die, MONSTA X – REASON, NCT 127 – Ay-Yo, NCT DOJAEJUNG – Perfume, NCT DREAM – ISTJ, NewJeans – Get Up, PLAVE – ASTERUM:The Shape of Things to Come, SEVENTEEN – FML, SHINee – HARD, Shownu X Hyungwon (MONSTA X) – THE UNSEEN, Stray Kids – ★★★★★ (5-STAR), TXT – The Name Chapter:TEMPTATION, V(BTS) – Layover, Young Tak – FORM, ZEROBASEONE – YOUTH IN THE SHADE
- New Artist of the Year : BOYNEXTDOOR, KISS OF LIFE, PLAVE, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
- Best Group (Female) : aespa, (G)I-DLE, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans
- Best Group (Male) : BSS (SEVENTEEN), BTS, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, TXT
- Best Solo Artist (Female) : Jisoo (BLACKPINK), Lee Young Ji, Sin Ye Young, Song Ha Yea, Zia
- Best Solo Artist (Male) : BIG Naughty, DK (December), Jungkook (BTS), Lim Young Woong, Woody
- Best OST : BIG Naughty – “With me” (“The Interest of Love”), Lim Jae Hyun – “Heaven (2023)” (“It Was Spring”), Miyeon ((G)I-DLE) – “The Painted on the Moonlight” (“My Dearest”), Paul Kim – “You Remember” (“The Glory”), Younha – “Letter” (“Ditto”)
- KakaoBank Favorite Star Award : aespa, BTS, ENHYPEN, IVE, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, NewJeans, RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, ZEROBASEONE
- Best Pop Artist : Charlie Puth, Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Sia, SZA
- Best Music Style : bongjeingan – GAEKKUM, Carina Nebula – Good Match, Cloud’s Block – The Lake, Dabda – Flower Tail, Jclef – jonny’s sofa, Lee Hyungju – A day my body lifted up, O’Domar – Don’t think about elephants, Parannoul – Polaris, Silica Gel – Tik Tak Tok (feat. So!YoON!), youra – The Cherry Trees
Penghargaan lain yang tidak termasuk dalam voting online, seperti Record of the Year dan Music Video of the Year akan ditentukan sepenuhnya berdasarkan evaluasi juri.