Recent Best New Artist winners at the Melon Music Awards each year:
2026: LNGSHOT, ALPHA DRIVE ONE
2025: ALLDAY PROJECT, Hearts2Hearts
2024: ILLIT, TWS
2023: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
2022: IVE, NewJeans
2021: aespa, Lee Mujin
2020: CRAVITY, Weeekly
2019: TXT, ITZY
2018: The Boyz, i-dle
2017: Wanna One
2016: BLACKPINK
2015: iKon, GFRIEND
2014: WINNER
2013: BTS, Lim Kim