Five groups, including ”RIIZE”, ”BOYNEXTDOOR”, ”ATEEZ”, ”TWS”, and virtual idol ”PLAVE”, have been confirmed to appear at ”MMA2024”

Hot boy groups such as "RIIZE," "BOYNEXTDOOR," "ATEEZ," "TWS," and "PLAVE" will all be appearing at the awards ceremony "MMA."
On the 28th, Kakao Entertainment's music platform Melon announced the details of the "The
The first lineup of boy groups for the 16th Melon Music Awards (hereinafter referred to as MMA2024) has been announced.
First, RIIZE and BOYN, who both won the Newcomer Award at MMA2023 last year and have shown rapid growth this year,
EXTDOOR will appear on "MMA" and excite fans around the world. RIIZE will appear on "Love 119" and "Boom Boom"
With each release of "Bass" and other songs, they have achieved high results on the Melon charts, and have emerged as a next-generation music powerhouse.
The album "RIIZING" was inducted into Melon's Hall of Fame "Millions Albums" by reaching 1 million streams within 24 hours of its release, and the album sales were also the same as the debut.
With two consecutive million-sellers, the band boasted a strong presence in both music and albums. "BOYNEXTDOOR" also released their second mini album "HOW?" in April and September this year.
The 3rd mini album "19.99" entered the "Millions Album" chart. In particular, "19.99" exceeded 1 million copies in cumulative sales, and was ranked 1st in the US Billboard main album chart "Billboard 2
ATEEZ, who are making new history in K-POP and raising their status as world-class artists, are also using MMA to their advantage in their performances.
They released their 10th mini album "GOLDEN HOUR: Part.1" in May and reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Official Album Chart.
They swept the charts at the "Japan Tour" and demonstrated their immense popularity, drawing in approximately 200,000 local fans for 13 performances in 10 cities during their North American tour.
ATEEZ's stage at MMA is expected to provide a highlight for K-POP fans around the world.
TWS, who is called "the best rookie of 2024," will be on the MMA stage for the first time. TWS released their debut song "plot" in January this year.
"If I'm S, Can You Be Twist" has been viewed over 90 million times on Melon, and the title song of the second mini album released in June, "If I'm S, Can You Be Twist"
My N? has surpassed 20 million cumulative views and is firmly in the top ranks of the Melon charts. What kind of performance will TWS, who has emerged as a representative rookie of 2024, show in "MMA"?
There is a lot of anticipation about what they will show. You can also see the stage performance of the virtual idol group "PLAVE," who works between the virtual and real worlds, at "MMA."
With their new song "Pump Up The Volume!" released in August, they became the first boy group to top the Melon "TOP 100" chart this year.
The fan concerts held in April and October were sold out, and they proved to be extremely popular. "PLAVE" is expanding their field of activities as a virtual idol group and is now performing at "MMA
It will be interesting to see what kind of stage they will deliver at Melon's MM Awards, which widely recognizes and publicizes artists' achievements over the past year through objective data, user votes, and expert evaluations.
"MMA2024" is positioned as the largest music awards ceremony and festival in Korea. The vision of this year's "MMA2024" is to present a new flow and trend of K-POP.
The event will be held under the slogan "New Stream of K-POP" at 5 pm on November 30th at Incheon Inspire Arena, sponsored by Kakao Bank.