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Jennie, G-Dragon win grand prizes at 2025 Melon Music Awards

Published Dec 21, 2025 03:46 pm
Jennie (left) and G-Dragon performing at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (Photo from Melon Music Awards)
Jennie (left) and G-Dragon performing at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (Photo from Melon Music Awards)

BLACKPINK’s Jennie and Big Bang’ s G-Dragon took home the grand prizes (daesang) at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA) held on Dec. 20 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. 

G-Dragon won a total of seven awards, including three grand prizes. He won the grand prizes for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for “Übermensch” and Song of the Year for "Home Sweet Home" (featuring Taeyang and Daesung). 

In addition, he won Best Male Solo, Top 10 Artist, Best Songwriter and Millions Top 10. The Millions Top 10 is an award for an album that achieved over one million streams within 24 hours of release and entered Melon's Hall of Fame.

Jennie (left) and G-Dragon performing at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (Photo from Melon Music Awards)
Jennie (left) and G-Dragon performing at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (Photo from Melon Music Awards)

"The road to receiving the award is long and arduous. But because it is meaningful, it is not difficult at all and I am very happy. Every year is special and precious, but I think this year will be remembered for a long time as the most meaningful year for me personally," said G-Dragon. 

Jennie won the grand prize for Record of the Year. She also won Top 10 Artist and Millions Top 10. 

She said, "I'm so grateful for this prestigious award. This year has been a meaningful one, as I've also released my first solo album. I'm happy to be able to end the year on a high note.”

The Top 10 Artist award went to G-Dragon, Rosé, Lim Young-woong, Jennie, espa, Boynextdoor, IVE, NCT Wish, Place and RIIZE. 

The winners of the Millions Top 10 are Rosé's “Rosie,” Seventeen's “Happy Burstday,” IU's AA Flower Bookmark 3,” Lim Young-woong's “I'm Hero 2,” Jennie's “Ruby,” Boynextdoor's “No Genre,” G-Dragon's “Übermensch,” IVE’s “'Ive Empathy,”, Plave's “Caligo Part 1,” and RIIZE’s “Odyssey.” 

Here are the winners at the 2025 Melon Music Awards: 

Below is the list of winners of the '2025 MMA'.

• Artist of the Year - G-Dragon

• Album of the Year - Übermensch, G-Dragon

• Best Song of the Year - “Home Sweet Home,” G-Dragon

• Record of the Year - Jennie

• Rookie of the Year - AllDay Project, Hearts2Hearts

• Top 10 Artist - Rosé, Lim Young-woong, Jennie, Aespa, Boynextdoor, G-Dragon, IVE, NCT Wish, Plave, RIIZE

Top 10 Artists (Photos from Melon Music Awards)
Top 10 Artists (Photos from Melon Music Awards)
Millions Top 10 (Photos from Melon Music Awards)
Millions Top 10 (Photos from Melon Music Awards)

• Millions Top 10 - Rosé's “Rosie,” Seventeen's “Happy Burstday,” IU's AA Flower Bookmark 3,” Lim Young-woong's “I'm Hero 2,” Jennie's “Ruby,” Boynextdoor's “No Genre,” G-Dragon's “Übermensch,” IVE’s “'Ive Empathy,” Plave's “Caligo Part 1,” RIIZE’s “Odyssey” 

Millions Top 10 (Photos from Melon Music Awards)
Millions Top 10 (Photos from Melon Music Awards)

• Best Male Solo - G-Dragon

• Best Female Solo - Rosé 

• Best Male Group - Boynextdoor

• Best Female Group - IVE

• Best Pop Artist - Ed Sheeran

• Best OST - “Golden” (from “KPop Demon Hunters”) 

• Track Zero Choice - Hanroro – "Goodbye, My Summer"

• Berriz Global Fan's Choice - Hearts2Hearts

• Japan Favorite Artist by U-Next - Boynextdoor 

• Kakao Bank Everyone's Star - NCT Wish 

• 1theK Global Icon - KiiiKiii

• Best Music Style - 10cm, AllDay Project

• Best Music Video - KiiiKiii – "I Do Me"

• Best Performance (Female) - ILLIT 

• Best Performance (Male) - RIIZE

• Best Producer - Zico

• Best Songwriter -G-Dragon

• Hot Trend - Woodz

• Global Artist - Aespa

• Global Rising Artist - Idid

• J-Pop Favorite Artist - Kenshi Yonezu

• Stage of the Year - Aespa, "Synk: Aexis Line"

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