Jennie and aespa will perform at the MelOn Music Awards 2025, showcasing their musical achievements and captivating performances.
November/19/2025 11:33
BLACKPINK's Jennie and aespa will participate in the 'MelOn Music Awards' to inform the world of the artists' achievements over the year through MelOn data and fan votes. Kakao Entertainment's music platform MelOn announced on December 20 that the final lineup for 'The 17th Melon Music Awards' (hereafter, 'MMA 2025') will be held at the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome, revealing Jennie and aespa's participation. Jennie released her 1st full solo album 'Ruby' in March this year, incorporating her identity and infinite musical potential, coloring the world in her hue. 'Ruby' has been consecutively chosen as one of the 'Best Albums of 2025' by major overseas media, garnering enthusiastic acclaim in the global music market. The title track 'like JENNIE' was explosively loved by global listeners with confident lyrics and intense performances that only Jennie can express. In particular, 'like JENNIE' ranked on the MelOn TOP100 chart immediately after its release and has continued to chart for 9 months, proving its strong source power by recording 14 times at number one on MelOn's daily chart. Jennie, who has built her identity as a solo artist and her career as a BLACKPINK member, is expected to heat up the Gocheok Dome with her influence and charisma that overwhelmed the global music scene in the 'MMA 2025' stage. Last year, aespa solidified their status as a representative girl group of the 4th generation by achieving three consecutive mega-hits with 'Supernova', 'Armageddon', and 'Whiplash', winning a total of 7 awards including the grand prize at 'MMA 2024'. This year, they are fiercely rising, expanding their musical signature of 'iron taste' into different flows. 'Dirty Work' and 'Rich Man' both achieved 2nd place on MelOn TOP100 and 1st place on HOT100, proving aespa's unique presence once again. aespa is expected to expand their tour scale next year with a Japan Dome Tour and throughout Asia after their third world tour covering major regions like Japan and Thailand. As aespa continues to grow as artists, interest is gathering on what kind of stage they will exceed fan expectations at 'MMA 2025', where they will perform for the third consecutive year. The 'MMA 2025', approaching in a month, will finalize its luxurious artist lineup with Jennie and aespa, followed by G-DRAGON, Park Jae-bum, 10CM, Block B's Zico, EXO, WOODZ, IVE, HANRORO, BOYNEXTDOOR, RIIZE, PLAVE, NCT WISH, ILLIT, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, ALLDAY PROJECT, IDID, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, and more, gathering expectations from music fans. The award ceremony, sponsored by Kakao Bank, has the main slogan 'Play The Moment', meaning 'Let's meet at 'MMA 2025' with all moments and stories recorded through music.' All ticket reservations for 'MMA 2025' will be made through MelOn Ticket, with the first reservation available only to MVIP, VIP, and GOLD class members who have been registered for more than a year on MelOn, taking place from 8 PM to 11:59 PM on November 24 for about 4 hours. The second reservation, open to all MelOn users, will open at 8 PM on November 27, targeting stair seats and remaining seats including cancellations from the first reservation. EXO, after finishing their military service, has decided to appear at the 'MelOn Music Awards' for the first time in six years! The fourth lineup announcement has been made, and G-DRAGON has also confirmed his appearance at 'MMA 2025' on December 20 in Korea!
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