2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards

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2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards
2016 MAMA logo.jpg
DateDecember 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)
Location AsiaWorld–Expo, Hong Kong
Hosted by Lee Byung-hun
Most awards Exo (3)
Website Mnet Asian Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSouth Korea: Mnet
(see complete list)
Runtime120 minutes (Red Carpet)
240 minutes (Main event)
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The 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the seventh consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea and the 18th ceremony in the show's history.

Contents

Nominees were announced on October 28, 2016, through the 2016 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. [1] Leading the awards was Exo with 3.

Background

MAMA 2016 was the eighteenth edition of the Mnet Asian Music Awards. It was simultaneously broadcast live in South Korea, Japan, the United States and Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka and Thailand, it was made available to stream on Iflix 24 hours after its broadcast in South Korea. [2] [3] This marked the fifth consecutive time the event would take place in the same country and the fourth consecutive time to be held in the same venue. [4]

However, MAMA 2016 has the lowest TV ratings since 2009 edition.[ citation needed ]

Performers and presenters

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. [5] [6]

Performers

Artist(s)Song(s)Notes
Pre-show
NCT Dream "Chewing Gum"
SF9 "Fanfare"
I.O.I "Dream Girls"
Main show
Lee Tae Kyung, Park Hye-ji,
Park In-soo & J-Black		Intro"We Are All Connected"
(opening act)
NCT Dance Connection + "Black On Black"
Taemin "Goodbye", "Soldier", "Guess Who"
GFriend "Rough", "Navillera", "Very Nice""Memories Of Springtime"
Seventeen "Boom Boom", "Adore U", "Very Nice"
Gallant "Weight in Gold""Soul Wave"
Baekhyun & Suzy "Dream""Dream A Little Dream"
Dean "D" (Half Moon)"Bermuda: Last In Soul"
Crush "Don't Forget"
Zico "Eureka", "Boys and Girls"
Zico, Dean and Crush"Bermuda Triangle"
NCT 127 "Firetruck""Who's The Winner?"
Lee Joo-heon and TaeyongRap Battle
Monsta X "Fighter"
Got7 "Hard Carry"
Lee Juck and Ko Sang Ji"Don't Worry""Don't Worry"
I.O.I "Pick Me", "Very Very Very""Happy Music Factory"
Twice "Cheer Up", "TT"
Timbaland and Eric Nam "Body""Time For Connection"
BTS "Boy Meets Evil", "Blood Sweat & Tears", "Fire""Boy Meets Evil"
BewhY and Prepix"Forever""Hello Universe"
Yiruma "River Flows In You"
Yoo Ah In, BewhY and Yiruma"Day Day"
Taeyeon [lower-alpha 1] "Rain""About Farewell"
Wiz Khalifa "Young, Wild & Free", "See You Again" 1 [7] "Hiphop Wizdom"
Exo "Transformer", "Monster""The Sacrifice"

Presenters

Judging criteria

Eligible nominees included songs and/or albums released from October 31, 2015, until October 27 the next year. Winners would be selected based on six categories including online voting and evaluation from MAMA professional panel. [lower-alpha 2]

DivisionOnline VotingResearchMAMA Professional Panel
(Local + Foreign)		Music SalesRecord SalesMAMA Selection Committee
Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist*20%20%20%20%10%10%
Song of the Year Award Category by Genre**10%20%20%30%10%10%
Album of the Year——30%—50%20%
Special Prize***30%—50%——20%
*UnionPay Artist of the Year, Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group (6 total)
**UnionPay Song of the Year, Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best Rap Performance, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration (10 total)
***Best Music Video, Best OST (2 total)

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [9] [10]

Following the announcement of the nominees on October 28, online voting opened on the official MAMA website via PC and mobile web. The voting ended on December 1, 2016. [1]

Artist of the Year (Daesang) Album of the Year (Daesang)
Song of the Year (Daesang) Best Music Video
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Male Group Best Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Collaboration
Best Vocal Performance – Group Best OST
Best Vocal Performance – Male Solo Best Vocal Performance – Female Solo
Best Band Performance Best Rap Performance
Best New Artist – Male Best New Artist – Female

Special Awards

Multiple nominations

The following artist(s) received two or more nominations (excluding the special awards):

NominationsArtist(s)
6
Exo
BTS
5
Twice
4 GFriend
Taeyeon
Zico
2 Ailee
Baek A-yeon
Blackpink
Crush
Davichi
Dean
Eric Nam
Im Chang-jung
Jang Beom June
Jung Eun-ji
Mamamoo
Red Velvet
Wonder Girls

Network

CountryNetwork
South KoreaMnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM
Japan Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart, Yahoo Gyao
United StatesMnet America, Kcon.tv
Southeast Asia tvN Asia
Taiwan tvN Asia, MTV Mandarin, KKTV
Thailand Iflix
Sri Lanka
MalaysiaTonton
FranceDramapassion
IndonesiaIndosiar, Vidio
Philippines Myx
CambodiaMyTV
Hong Kong tvN Asia, ViuTV

Notes

  1. ↑ Taeyeon was supposed to perform “See You Again” with Wiz Khalifa, but the performance was cancelled due to technical issue.
  2. ↑ Overseas categories and Professional categories have different criteria. [8]

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