2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards | |
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Date | December 10, 2018 (Premiere) December 12, 2018 (Fans' Choice) December 14, 2018 (Main Show) |
Location | South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong |
Hosted by | South Korea: Jung Hae-in Japan: Park Bo-gum Hong Kong: Song Joong-ki |
Most awards | BTS (9) |
Website | 2018mama |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks, YouTube, Vlive |
Runtime | Korea: 150 minutes (Main event) Japan: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 220 (Main event) Hong Kong: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 280 (Main event) |
The 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from December 10 through December 14, 2018 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. The ceremony was the first Mnet Asian Music Awards hosted in South Korea in nine years, the 20th ceremony in the show's history [lower-alpha 1] , and the second ceremony which took place in three locations. [1] This was also the first ceremony broadcast worldwide online via YouTube. The three days event generated over 50 million messages sent on Twitter. [2]
Four Grand Prizes (Daesangs) were given throughout the ceremonies; The inaugural Worldwide Icon of the Year is given alongside Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.
"2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea" celebrated and honored new artists in both South Korea and other parts of Asia. [3] "2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan" awarded artists in fan voted categories and also announced the first Worldwide Icon of the Year. "2018 MAMA in Hong Kong" was the main event and the show's finale. The show gave awards to the artists that made great achievements in 2018.
Event | Date | Location | Host | Venue |
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2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea [4] | December 10, 2018 | ![]() | Jung Hae-in | Dongdaemun Design Plaza |
2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan [5] | December 12, 2018 | ![]() | Park Bo-gum | Saitama Super Arena |
2018 MAMA in Hong Kong [6] | December 14, 2018 | ![]() | Song Joong-ki | AsiaWorld–Expo, Arena |
Division | Online Voting | MAMA Professional Panel (Local + Foreign) | Music Sales | Record Sales | Social Media Voting | Global M/V View Counts | Live Social Media Voting |
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Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* | 20% | 30% | 30% | 20% | — | — | — |
Song of the Year Award Category by Genre** | 20% | 40% | 30% | 10% | — | — | — |
Album of the Year | — | 40% | — | 60% | — | — | — |
Special Prize*** | 30% | 70% | — | — | — | — | — |
Worldwide Icon of the Year | 60% | — | — | — | 20% | 20% | +10% |
Global Top 10 Fans' Choice | 60% | — | — | — | 20% | 20% | — |
*Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group **Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST ***Best Music Video |
Online voting opened on the official MAMA' website, the Mwave app, TikTok, and Twitter, on November 1, 2018, one hour after nominees were announced. Voting ended on December 9, 2018.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [7]
Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | Mwave Global Fans' Choice |
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Favorite Music Video | Favorite Vocal Artist |
Favorite Dance Artist (Male) | Favorite Dance Artist (Female) |
Event | Category | Winner | |
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2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea | Best New Asian Artist | Japan | Hiragana Keyakizaka46 |
Indonesia | Marion Jola | ||
Mandarin | Dean Ting | ||
Vietnam | Orange | ||
Thailand | The Toys | ||
Best Engineer of the Year | LalellmaNino & Java Finger | ||
Best Composer of the Year | Deanfluenza (Dean) | ||
Best Producer of the Year | Pdogg (BTS) | ||
Best Choreographer of the Year | Son Sung-deuk (BTS) | ||
Best Art Director of the Year | MU:E (BTS) | ||
Best Video Director of the Year | Lo Ging-zim (aMEi) | ||
Best Executive Producer of the Year | Bang Si-hyuk (BTS) | ||
Best of Next | (G)I-dle | ||
'DDP' Best Trend | Wanna One | ||
2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan | 'Kiss Me' Style in Music | Monsta X | |
Favorite Dance Artist (Japan) | Bullet Train | ||
2018 MAMA in Hong Kong | New Asian Artist | Iz*One | |
Best Asian Artist | Japan | Da Pump | |
Indonesia | Afgan | ||
Mandarin | JJ Lin | ||
Vietnam | Hương Tràm | ||
Thailand | Peck Palitchoke | ||
Best Asian Style | BTS | ||
Discovery of the Year | Momoland | ||
'TikTok' Most Popular Artist | Got7 | ||
Inspiration Award | Janet Jackson |
The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
Awards | Artist(s) |
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9 | BTS |
5 | Twice |
4 | Wanna One |
The following artist(s) received seven or more nominations (excluding the special awards):
Nominations | Artist(s) |
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11 | BTS |
Wanna One | |
10 | Twice |
8 | Blackpink |
Seventeen | |
7 | Got7 |
Mamamoo |
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.
Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
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Sunwoo (The Boyz) & Soyeon ((G)I-dle) | "Supermagic" (orig. by Supreme Team) | "Rookie's Challenge" (Opening Act) |
Hyeongseop x Euiwoong | "I Don't Care" (orig. by 2NE1) | |
Fromis 9 (Gyuri, Nagyung & Hayoung) | "My Type" (orig. by iKon) | |
Stray Kids | "Like Ooh-Ahh" (orig. by Twice) | |
Iz*One | "Energetic" (orig. by Wanna One) | |
Loona 1/3 | "Love&Live" | "Run The World" |
Loona Odd Eye Circle | "Girl Front" | |
Loona yyxy | "love4eva" | |
Loona | "Hi High" | |
Hiragana Keyakizaka46 | "Kitaishiteinai Jibun (The Me That Doesn't Expect)" | |
Fromis 9 | "Love Bomb" | "Boys And Girls In Wonderland" |
Hyeongseop x Euiwoong | "Love Tint" | |
Fromis 9 & Hyeongseop x Euiwoong | "DKDK", "It Will Be Good" | |
Dean Ting | "I Miss You" | "Best New Asian Artist Performance" |
Nature | "Allegro Cantabile", "Some (You'll Be Mine)" | "Girls' Revolution" |
GWSN | "Puzzle Moon" | |
Nature & GWSN | "Outro Performance" | |
Marion Jola | "Jangan" | "Best New Asian Artist Performance" |
Iz*One | "La Vie En Rose" | "Blossom Of Love" |
Kim Dong Han | "Good Night Kiss" | "From Dusk 'Til Dawn" |
(G)I-dle | "Hann (Alone)", "Latata" | |
The Toys | "ก่อนฤดูฝน (Before Rain)" | "Best New Asian Artist Performance" |
Vinxen | "Yoo Jae Suk", "Barcode", "U Don't Even Know" | "Portrait: Vinxen" |
Orange | "Người Lạ Ơi (Stranger Please)" | "Best New Asian Artist Performance" |
The Boyz | "Boy", "Right Here" | "New Challenger" |
Stray Kids | "My Pace" | |
Wanna One | "Hide And Seek", "Spring Breeze" | "Eternal Moment" |
Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
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Wanna One | "Heartbeat" (orig. by 2PM) | "Passion: MAMA's Great Moments" (Opening Act) |
Stray Kids | "Overdose" + "Growl" (orig. by Exo) | |
Wanna One (Jaehwan & Sungwoon) Mamamoo (Solar & Wheein) Monsta X (Jooheon) | "Eyes, Nose, Lips" (orig. by Taeyang) | |
Iz*One | "The Boys" (orig. by Girls' Generation) | |
Twice (Nayeon, Momo, Sana & Mina) | "Bad Girl Good Girl" (orig. by Miss A) | |
Monsta X (Wonho, Kihyun, Minhyuk & IM) Got7 (JB, Yugyeom & Jinyoung) | "Fantastic Baby" (orig. by Big Bang) | |
Iz*One (Yena & Hitomi) Twice (Momo & Mina) Monsta X (Shownu & Hyungwon) Got7 (JB & Yugyeom) | "Bounce" (orig. by Cho Yong-pil) | |
Stray Kids | "P.A.C.E", "Hellevator", "District 9" | "The New Champion" |
Bullet Train | "Need You" | "Japan's Most Representative Dance Group" |
Monsta X | "Spark" (Jooheon), "Jealousy", "Shoot Out" | "Crime And Punishment" |
Iz*One | "Dance Performance", "Memory", "La Vie En Rose", "Rumor" | "Dear My Friends" |
NU'EST W | "Where You At", "Dejavu", "Help Me", "Shadow" | "Before The Dawn" |
Twice | "Yes or Yes", "What Is Love?", "Dance the Night Away" | "The Greatest Twice Show" |
Mamamoo | "Cleopatra" (Solar), "Easy" (Wheein), "Selfish" (Moonbyul ft. Chaewon), "Don't" (Hwasa), "Egotistic", "Starry Night" | "Born To Be Mamamoo" |
Wanna One | "Light", "Boomerang", "I.P.U [I Promise You]" | "Destiny" |
BTS | "Fake Love", "Anpanman" | "Birth Of A Hero" |
Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
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BTS (RM) | Opening speech | "Icarus" |
Tiger JK & SVT (Vernon) | "Double Up" | "09:18" (Opening Act) |
Chungha | "I Want You (Dance Remix ver.)" | |
Yoon Mi-rae & Tiger JK | "Timeless" + "For The People" + "Monster" | |
Yoon Mi-rae, Tiger JK & Bizzy (MFBTY) | "Mantra" | |
WJSN | "Save Me, Save You" | "Girl Gone Wild" |
Oh My Girl | "Remember Me" | |
WJSN and Oh My Girl | "Girls on Top (MAMA ver.)" (orig. by BoA) | |
Roy Kim | "Only Then", "The Hardest Part" | "A Lonely Goodbye" |
Momoland | "BAAM", "Bboom Bboom" | "Codename: M&M" |
Mommy Son & Momoland | "Boy Jump" | |
Seventeen | "Oh My!", "Flower", "Bring It", "Getting Closer" | "Episode 17" |
Heize | "Jenga", "First Sight" | "Winter Is Here" |
Chungha | "Roller Coaster" + "Love U" | |
Sunmi | "Addict", "Siren" | |
Iz*One | "Colors", "La Vie en Rose" | "Colorize" |
Nafla x Swings | "Wu" + "Bulldozer" | "Real Recognize Real" |
The Quiett x Paloalto | "Prime Time" + "Good Day" | |
Changmo x BewhY | "Maestro" + "Forever" | |
E SENS | "Got To Know" | |
Got7 | "Lullaby (Ballad Ver.)" | "A Beautiful Nightmare" |
Yugyeom | "Fine (Remix)" | |
Jackson x BamBam x Mark | "Nightmare" | |
Got7 | "Lullaby (Dark Ver.)" | |
JJ Lin | "Little Big Us", "Twilight" | "Twilight" |
JJ Lin x Kim Jong-Kook | "Hate That Happiness Came" | |
Wanna One | "Burn It Up" | "One Love" |
Kang Daniel | Solo performance | |
Wanna One | "Beautiful (MAMA Ver.)", "Spring Breeze", "Energetic" | |
BTS | Intro + "Airplane Pt.2", "O!RUL8,2? Love Yourself Remix", "Idol" | "Love Yourself +" |
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The red carpet and ceremonies of the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards were broadcast worldwide via Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks and online via Mnet K-pop's YouTube account, V Live, and Mnet's official website.
Country | Network |
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South Korea | Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM |
Japan | Mnet Smart, Mnet Japan, VideoPass |
United States | Mnet America, Kcon.tv |
Hong Kong | ViuTV, ViuTVsix, tvN Asia |
Macau | |
Taiwan | ETTODAY, tvN Asia |
Indonesia | JOOX, tvN Asia |
Malaysia | |
Thailand | |
Philippines | Myx, KBO, tvN Asia |
Cambodia | tvN Asia |
Myanmar | |
Sri Lanka | |
Indonesia | Indosiar, Vidio, tvN Asia |
Singapore | Mediacorp Toggle, tvN Asia |
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