Melon yearly #1s do not guarantee Melon Grand Prizes - companies do matter after 2017

It might be possible for Illit or aespa to win the Song of the Year Grand Prize from Melon, and it will be less likely for Gidle or TWS to win it.

MelonYearly #1s since 2009, when the award was first awarded

2009 SNSD Gee

2010 MissA BGGG

2011 T-Ara Roly Poly

2012 Psy Gangnam Style

2013 Primary Johnny

2014 Soyou, JGG Some

2015 Big Bang Bang*3

2016 Twice Cheer Up

2017 (Ailee's OST is NOT eligible for Grand Prize since OSTs are not counted for Grand Prize)

IU Through the Night - #2

2018 Ikon Love Scenario

2019 (Anne Marie's 2002 not eligible since she is a foreigner, and #2 and #3 are from cheaters)

BTS Boy with Luv - #4

2020 Zico Any Song

2021 IU Celebrity

2022 Ive Love Dive

2023 New Jeans Ditto.

For 2017 and 2019, I consider Through the Night and Boy with Luv as the yearly #1s since the actual #1s are ineligible.

Here are what the #1 singer/song had won from Melon Grand Prizes

2009 - Song , Artist

2010 No award

2011 No award

2012 Song

2013 No award

2014 No award. Soyou, congratulating Taeyang who won the Song of the Year award, said "we will never make it. Not even after the world ends". More on that below.

2015 Song, Artist

2016 Song

2017 Album (actual #1 not eligible because the song was an OST)

2018 Song

2019 Song, Album, Artist (actual #1 not eligible because she is a foreigner)

2020 None, which might be why Zico decided to join Hybe

2021 Song, Artist

2022 Song. IVE finally won the first Grand Prize for Starship, avenging Soyou.

2023 Song, Artist

Even a renowned artist like Zico was not awarded a Grand Prize despite of claiming #1 in the yearly chart.

I think if aespa can keep its boom, it will win the Song of the Year award, or if Illit wins the SotY , probably the Artist award.

It might be who choose to show up on that day, but given its history, Gidle and TWS would not be the first choices.

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Ofc the melon yearly #1 isn’t that great a criteria. Songs released before will have more of an edge rather than songs which are actually bigger.

Like for example TWS had time to accumulate more points but even within one week it’s clear Aespa’s cb will be bigger in the long run.

Probably. Who remembers Primary or JGG now. No one seems to know, and care, where they are at now.

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hybe will make sure to buy illit and tws awards

illit might or def will win mama main awards due to spotify payola and are desperate to beat newjeans

hybe did everything to make tws song chart despite no one in korea giving a f about them and the #1 on year ending chart is fraudulent and no one sane believes them. all that to beat riize

Illit might even have a shot of Grand Prize. Either it or TWS will win one.

If SVT wins album of the year, it will be Artist aespa - Album SVT - Song Illit

If Stray Kids wins the album of the year, it will be Album SKZ, Artist/Song aespa, and either Gidle or TWS will win the award aespa is not winning.