2023 Melon Music Awards
The 2023 Melon Music Awards was an awards ceremony held on December 2, 2023. It was organized by Melon, and Kakao Entertainment and broadcast through Melon, and Wavve in South Korea, Abema in Japan, and Beyond Live in selected regions. The ceremony was hosted by An Yu-jin, with pre-ceremony red carpet event hosted by Hitomi Honda, Nako Yabuki, and Ha Ji-young.
NewJeans won five awards, with two Daesangs for Song of the Year and Artist of the Year. Ive won Album of the Year while Record of the Year went to NCT Dream.
Criteria
All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from November 4, 2022, to November 1, 2023.Winners and nominees
The list of nominees for Top 10 Artists was announced on November 2, 2023, through the official website. Voting took place from November 2 to 16. The remaining categories, excluding Record of the Year and Hot Trend Award, were announced on November 17. Voting began that same day, and ended on December 1.Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasized in bold.
Multiple awards
The following artist received three or more awards:| Count | Artist |
| 5 | NewJeans |
| 4 | Aespa |
| 4 | Jungkook |
| 4 | NCT Dream |
| 3 | Ive |
| 3 | Seventeen |
Performers
The list of performers were announced on November 8, November 13, November 15, November 22, and November 27, 2023.| Artist | Song performed | Segment |
| Silica Gel | "Tik Tak Tok" + "No Pain" | TheLive – Brand New Sound |
| Kiss of Life | "Bad News" | Escape Ep. 1 |
| Lee Young-ji | "I Am Lee Young-ji" + "Not Sorry" + "Fighting" + "Smoke" | abcdefxxx |
| STAYC | "Bubble" + "Teddy Bear" | On the String |
| BoyNextDoor | "Crying" + "But Sometimes" | ALoHomora |
| Riize | "Get a Guitar" + "Talk Saxy" | Rise & Realize |
| NewJeans | "New Jeans" + "Super Shy" + "ETA" + "Cool with You" + "Get Up" + "ASAP" | : NewJeans |
| Zerobaseone | "In Bloom" + "Crush" | My Most Radiant Now |
| Aespa | "Trick or Trick" + "Drama" | Top-notch Scene |
| imase | "Night Dancer" | With Me Again |
| Ive | "Baddie" + "Kitsch" + "Blue Blood" + "I Am" | Sekhmet |
| Shinee | "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" + "View" + "Dream Girl" + "Everybody + "Don't Call Me" + "Hard" | Shinee's Selection |
| NCT Dream | "Broken Melodies" + "Poison" + "ISTJ" | Re:reality |
Presenters
The list of presenters were announced on November 28, 2023.- Lee Jun-young and Pyo Ye-jin – presented Top 10 Artist Award
- Park Jenny – presented J-pop Favorite Artist and Hot Trend
- Kim Jae-young – presented Top 10 Artist Award
- RalRal and Kim Ah-young – presented 1theK Global Icon and Best Female Group
- Choi Hyun-joon – presented Best Music Style and Best Female Performance
- Choo Ga-yeoul – presented Best Songwriter
- Lee Sang-yi – presented Stage of the Year
- Lee Chae-min and Shin Eun-soo – presented Millions Top 10 Artist
- Kwaktube – presented Best Female Solo and Best Male Group
- Jo Se-ho and Hong Jin-kyung – presented Best Music Video and Rookie of the Year
- Psick Univ – presented Global Artist and Global Rising Artist
- Jang Ki-yong and Chun Woo-hee – presented Song of the Year and Album of the Year
- Lee Seo-jin – presented Artist of the Year and Record of the Year