The Melon Music Award for Song of the Year is one of the awards from the annual Melon Music Awards, an event that uses data from Melon's streaming service to celebrate artists who have had exceptional performance during the year. The Song of the Year category recognizes the top performing single in South Korea based on various metrics such as digital performance, voting, and judge evaluation.

From 2005 to 2008, awards for best song of the year were based entirely on online voting and were announced on Melon's website. Live ceremonies began in Seoul starting in 2009, with Song of the Year becoming one of the ceremonies' daesang (grand prize) awards. The award is determined through several criteria; as of 2021, 60% of the evaluation is based on figures for digital downloads and streaming, 20% from the evaluation of a panel of judges, and 20% from online voting.

The artist with the most Song of the Year awards is BTS, having won four times in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 with "Spring Day", "Boy with Luv", "Dynamite" and "Butter", respectively. Wonder Girls received the award twice during its online period, with "Tell Me" and "So Hot" receiving the most votes in 2007 and 2008, respectively. IU has the most nominations in the category with seven nominations, winning once for "Good Day" in 2011.

Winners and nominees

+List of online award winners (2005–2008) Year Winner(s) Song 2005 Epik High "Fly" 2006 Baek Ji-young "I Won't Love" 2007 Wonder Girls "Tell Me" 2008 "So Hot"

+List of daesang award winners and nominees (2009–present) Year Winner(s) Song Nominees 2009 Girls' Generation "Gee" 2010 2AM "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die"

2011 IU "Good Day"

2012 Psy "Gangnam Style"

2013 Exo "Growl"

2014 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips"

2015 BigBang "Bang Bang Bang"

2016 Twice "Cheer Up"

2017 BTS "Spring Day"

2018 iKon "Love Scenario"

2019 BTS "Boy with Luv"

2020 "Dynamite"

2021 "Butter"

2022 Ive "Love Dive"

2023 NewJeans "Ditto"

2024 Aespa "Supernova"

2025 G-Dragon "Home Sweet Home"

(Note: Click on tab labelled "부문별 투표" to view open categories then click through each subheading to view nominees.)

Artists with multiple wins 4 wins BTS 2 wins Wonder Girls Taeyang

Artists with multiple nominations 8 nominations IU

5 nominations 2NE1 BTS

3 nominations G-Dragon Exo BigBang Aespa (G)I-dle

See also Mnet Asian Music Award for Song of the Year Melon Music Award for Album of the Year

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References

External links Melon Music Awards official site