Kakao Entertainment announced on July 9 that the Melon Music Awards (MMA2025) will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on December 20. This marks the first time in three years that the event will take place at Gocheok Dome since 2022.
This year, the evaluation criteria for the main award, 'TOP10,' will be revised. Previously, the criteria consisted of 80% digital music performance and 20% user voting. The new criteria will be 60% digital music performance, 20% user voting, and 20% expert evaluation. Melon explained that qualitative factors such as influence and completeness have been incorporated, taking into account the diversification of music consumption patterns.
The 'Millions TOP10' category, which awards albums that have entered Melon's Hall of Fame as 'Millions Albums,' will continue to use the existing criteria of 80% digital music performance and 20% user voting. This category selects winners from albums that have been inducted into Melon's Hall of Fame.
The method of audience participation will also change. For MMA2025, only paid members will be able to purchase tickets, a measure intended to reduce fraudulent bookings and enhance member benefits.
Pre-event activities and voting will be conducted sequentially through the official MMA2025 page on the Melon platform.
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