The 2023 Melon Music Awards has been confirmed to take place on December 2nd.

On the 19th, Kakao Entertainment's music platform Melon announced that

the 15th Melon Music Awards (hereinafter referred to as MMA2023) will be held

at the Inspire Arena in Incheon on December 2nd.

This year's MMA2023 will be held at the Inspire Arena, which is opening as the first K-pop dedicated arena on Yeongjongdo Island, Incheon.

It has created an environment that can easily accommodate not only domestic music fans but also overseas K-pop fans arriving through Incheon International Airport.

In particular, as the first awards ceremony and festival to be held at the Inspire Arena,

it is expected to provide music fans, who have felt disappointed by the lack of domestic performance infrastructure,

with their first viewing experience and wonderful memories at a large-scale K-pop dedicated arena.

The slogan for MMA2023 has been decided as "K-POP CHANGES the WORLD."

It carries the meaning of enjoying the moment when your cheers become everyone's enthusiasm,

and meeting the great power of music that has united the whole world through MMA2023.

Starting in November, voting for the "Top 10," which selects the most loved artists of the year, and category-specific voting will begin.

Furthermore, this year, we will celebrate the growing influence of K-pop in more diverse ways through new awards.

The "Millions Top 10" award, which will be introduced for the first time at MMA2023,

will nominate the Top 30 "Millions Albums" (albums that achieved over 1 million streams within 24 hours) from the Melon Hall of Fame,

and then select the Top 10 through fan voting.

The existing "Best Music Style Award" has been revamped, and masterpieces that allow artists to express their own unique genres and

styles and contribute to the diversity of popular culture will be selected through evaluations by music experts and fan voting.

Lee Je-wook, Head of the Melon Division at Kakao Entertainment, stated,

"MMA is a credible awards ceremony based on Melon's vast music listening data,

and it has expanded its influence every year as a massive K-pop festival.

Through a new challenge at the first K-pop dedicated arena, MMA2023 will

shine an even brighter light on the great power of Korean music that is captivating people all over the world."

MMA2023 will be broadcast live on the Melon app and website, as well as on Wavve,

and will be available for viewing in Japan via ABEMA TV.

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These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.