| 2022 Melon Music Awards | |
| Location: | Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea |
| Presenter: | Melon |
| Most Awards: | Lim Young-woong (5) |
| Most Nominations: | Ive (6) |
| Network: | 1theK (YouTube channel) Melon KakaoTV Wavve U-NEXT (Japan) CXO Media (Indonesia) FPT Play (Vietnam) |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Main: | Melon Music Awards |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Melon Music Awards was held on November 26, 2022, at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. Organized by Kakao M through its online music store Melon, the 2022 ceremony was the fourteenth installment of the event and its first fully offline ceremony since 2019. Artists who released music between November 8, 2021, and November 3, 2022, are eligible for the awards.[1]
Lim Young-woong won two daesangs—Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, while BTS were awarded the Record of the Year. Ive won the Song of the Year, the group's first ever daesang win, alongside Best New Artist with NewJeans, marking the first time two female acts won in the rookie category during the same ceremony.
| Division | Online Voting | Digital Sales | Judge Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Artists | 20% | 80% | — |
| Main awards* | 20% | 60% | 20% |
| Genre Awards** | — | 70% | 30% |
| Popularity Awards*** | 60% | 40% | — |
| KakaoBank Everyone's Star Award | 80% | — | 20% |
| Special Awards**** | — | — | 100% |
Voting for categories opened for South Korean residents on the Melon Music website on November 4 and will continue until November 18, 2022. Only artists who released music between November 8, 2021, and November 3, 2022, are eligible. The longlist of nominees was selected based on the chart performance criteria (60% downloads and 40% streams) for each artist combined with weekly Melon Popularity Award votes achieved during the eligibility period. Categories that are open to online voting include: Top 10 Artists, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Male Solo, Best Female Solo, Best Male Group, Best Female Group, and Netizen Popularity Award.
| Song(s) | Segment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Be'O | "Counting Stars" / "Complex" / "Burnout Syndrome" | Run To Dream | |
| STAYC | "Beautiful Monster" | Amor vincit omnia | |
| ATBO | "Attitude" / "Monochrome (Color)" | The Beginning of a Journey | |
| Enhypen | "Blessed-Cursed" / "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" | New Moon | |
| NewJeans | "Cookie" / "Hype Boy" / "Attention" | We Are | |
| Gomak Boys | "You and Me" / "Sweet Thing" | Just The Beginning | |
| Le Sserafim | "Fearless" / "The Hydra" / "Antifragile" | I'm Fearless | |
| Ive | "Eleven" (Liz piano solo) / "Love Dive" (remix) / "After Like" | Colorful Atlantis | |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Good Boy Gone Bad" | From blood and ash, We will rise | |
| MeloMance | "Drunken Confession" / "Love, Maybe" | If Love? It's Now | |
| (G)I-dle | "Nxde" / "Tomboy" | The I-dle | |
| 10cm and Big Naughty | "Just 10 Centimetres" / "Beyond Love" | IN(S)FP concerto | |
| Monsta X | "Love" (Jazz ver.) / "Rush Hour" | Destroy the Limits of Love | |
| Lim Young-woong | "London Boy" / "Polaroid" / "If We Ever Meet Again" (Orchestra ver.) | Higher Than Hero |
Nominations were announced via the Melon website on November 4, 2022.[2] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[3]
| Top 10 Artists (Bonsang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) | |
|---|---|---|
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| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | KakaoBank Album of the Year (Daesang) | |
| Record of the Year (Daesang) | Best New Artist | |
| Best Male Solo | Best Female Solo | |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group | |
| Best OST | Best Collaboration | |
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| Netizen Popularity Award | Hot Trend | |
| Winner(s) | ||
| Best Performance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Pop Artist | Charlie Puth | |
| Best Songwriter | Jeon So-yeon | |
| Best Music Style | Big Naughty | |
| Global Artist | Monsta X | |
| Global Rising Artist | STAYC | |
| Music Video of the Year | (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" | |
| 1theK Global Icon | Enhypen | |
| KakaoBank Everyone's Star | BTS | |
| Project Music Award | WSG Wannabe | |
| Best Session | Lee Shin-woo | |
| Stage of the Year | IU – |
The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Count | Artist(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Lim Young-woong | |
| 4 | BTS | |
| Ive | ||
| 3 | IU |