The K-Pop end-of-the-year awards shows such as the MMAs and the MAMA Awards might still be many months away, but using the data collected by Korean music charts in the first third of 2024, we can already make some well-educated predictions on which artists could be taking home awards this year.
For the MMAs (or the MelOn Music Awards), the top 10 artist predictions are as follows: PLAVE in 10th, RIIZE in 9th, TWS in 8th, Lim Jae Hyun in 7th, LE SSERAFIM in 6th, aespa in 5th, Jungkook in 4th, (G)I-DLE in 3rd, Taeyeon in 2nd, and IU in 1st. The rest of the results can be seen below.
Continuing on the MMAs predictions, the top three “Best Album” winners are projected to be Jungkook’s Golden in 3rd, (G)I-DLE’s 2 in 2nd, and IU’s The Winning in 1st.
As for the “Best Song” predictions, 3rd place is projected to be Lim Jae Hyun’s “Rhapsody of Sadness”, 2nd to aespa’s “Drama”, and 1st to Taeyeon’s “To.X”.
So far, TWS is predicted to win the “Best New Artist” award.
And as for “Artist of the Year”, (G)I-DLE is in 3rd, Taeyeon is in 2nd, and IU is in first for the current predictions!
As for the MAMA Awards predictions, the top three artists for “Best Male Group” are currently Stray Kids in 3rd, TXT in 2nd, and SEVENTEEN in 1st.
For “Best Female Group”, (G)I-DLE takes the 3rd place position while LE SSERAFIM comes in 2nd and IVE takes 1st.
The top three predictions for “Artist of the Year” are LE SSERAFIM in 3rd, Jungkook in 2nd, and SEVENTEEN in 1st.
As for the MAMA Awards‘ “Album of the Year” predictions, SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN is currently predicted to win, while Stray Kids’ ROCK-STAR and Jungkook’s Golden are in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Finally, their predictions for “Song of the Year” at the 2024 MAMA Awards place aespa’s “Drama” in 3rd, Jungkook’s “Standing Next To You” in 2nd, and LE SSERAFIM’s “Perfect Night” in 1st.
Here’s how Korean netizens are reacting to the predictions.
“Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ is a song that came out last summer, so it’s been running for a long time.” “Do the singers who are releasing music from now on still have a chance to bounce back?” “SEVENTEEN !! ” “I hope Taeyeon wins a big prize at MMA, I’m still disappointed that she didn’t get it even though she was in the top ten of the artists…” “Let’s win a big prize for the kids!” “Jungkook is running long.” “Let’s go SEVENTEEN.” “Jungkook’s song from last year ” “PLAVE is growing…”
What do you think of these possible winners?