MMA2026 Lineup Announced: Choi Yena, ILLIT, RESCENE, HATZ TO HATZ to Perform

MMA2026 2nd Lineup. Provided by Melon

Singer Choi Yena and the groups ILLIT, RESCENE, and HATZ TO HATZ will take the stage at the "2026 Melon Music Awards (MMA2026)," Melon, the music platform of Kakao Entertainment, announced on September 21.

MMA2026 will be held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on November 14 and 15. Following a boy group-focused first lineup, Melon revealed these four teams as the second addition to the performing artists.

Choi Yena reached fourth place on Melon's Top 100 this year with her mini album "LOVE CATCHER" title track "Catch Catch." ILLIT achieved second place on Melon's Top 100 with their mini 4th album title track "It's Me," released in April, and received the Rookie of the Year award at MMA2024 as well as the Best Performance award at MMA2025.

HATZ TO HATZ ranked second on Melon's Top 100, first on the Hot 100, third on the daily chart, and third on the monthly chart with their single "RUDE!" released in February. RESCENE’s mini 1st album "Syndrome" title track "LOVE ATTACK," released in August 2024, reached No.1 on Melon's Top 100 in July, nearly two years after its original release.

This year, MMA will be held over two days for the first time. The theme is "Connect," and the slogan is "K-POP CONNECT: The New Pulse." Melon, in collaboration with Tencent Music and LINE MUSIC, has introduced the "Global-K Chart," an integrated index covering Korea, China, and Japan, and newly established the "Global Top 10" category in connection with this chart.

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