2024 MAMA Awards

2024 MAMA Awards
Date	November 21–23, 2024
Venue	Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan
Presented by	Visa
Hosted by	Park Bo-gum (Nov 21) Kim Tae-ri (Nov 23)
Most wins	Aespa (6)
Website	Official website
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet, TVING, and global broadcasting partners
Runtime	60 Minutes (Chapter 1 US Red Carpet) 140 Minutes (Chapter 1 US Ceremony) 90 Minutes (Chapter 1 Japan Red Carpet) 195 Minutes (Chapter 1 Japan Ceremony) 90 Minutes (Chapter 2 Japan Red Carpet) 185 Minutes (Chapter 2 Japan Ceremony)
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The 2024 MAMA Awards was an awards ceremony held on November 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California and on November 22 and 23 at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. The event was organized by CJ ENM through Mnet. This was the first time the United States hosted the ceremony and the first time it was held outside Asia. ^[1]

The ceremony's theme was "Big Blur: What is Real?", reflecting the blurred lines between music, culture, and individual preferences. ^[2] Park Bo-gum hosted the US part of the ceremony while Kim Tae-ri hosted the second night of the ceremony in Japan. ^[3]

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. ^[4]

Criteria for 2024 MAMA Awards nominations

Category	Digital sales (Download + Streaming)	Record sales	Online voting	Judges panel evaluations
Artist of the Year	40% (25% Korea + 15% Global)	40%	N/A	20%
Categories by Artist [A]
Song of the Year	60% (40% Korea + 20% Global)	N/A		40%
Categories by Genre [B]
Album of the Year	N/A	60%	N/A	40%
Best Music Video & Best Choreography	N/A			100%
Fans' Choice Categories	N/A		100% (90% Mnet Plus + 10% X/Twitter Votes)	N/A
Fans' Choice of the Year
Data Sources: Circle Chart (Domestic/Global Song Streaming/Downloads, Album Sales), X (SNS Voting Data)

Round 1 voting for Fans' Choice Male & Female started on October 14, 7 PM KST until October 25, 11:59 PM KST. Round 2 voting together with Fans' Choice of the Year was conducted from November 1 to 15 and during the Live Broadcast segments of the award show before Chapter 1's Japan Ceremony segment.

Winners and nominees

The list of nominees was announced via livestream on October 14, 2024, and voting for Fans' Choice started shortly after. ^{[5] [6]}

Nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. ^[7]

Main awards

Visa Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Visa Song of the Year (Daesang)
Seventeen Aespa Jungkook NewJeans Stray Kids List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle 82Major All(H)Ours Ampers&One Babymonster Baekhyun Day6 Enhypen Illit IU Ive Jennie Jimin Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Nayeon NCT Dream NCT Wish Nowadays Meovv QWER Taemin Taeyeon Tomorrow X Together Twice TWS Unis Young Posse Yuqi Zerobaseone	Aespa – "Supernova" Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" IU – "Love Wins All" Illit – "Magnetic" NewJeans – "How Sweet" List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle – "Fate" (G)I-dle – "Super Lady" AKMU – "Hero" Aespa – "Armageddon" Crush – "Love You With All My Heart" Davichi – "A Very Personal Story" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Dean – "Die 4 You" Eclipse [a] – "Sudden Shower" Enhypen – "Sweet Venom" GroovyRoom – "Yes or No" (feat. Huh Yunjin & Crush) Hwasa – "Na" Hyukoh & Sunset Rollercoaster – "Young Man" Ive – "Baddie" Ive – "Heya" Jay Park – "Taxi Blurr" (feat. Natty) Jennie – "You & Me" Jimin – "Who" Jungkook – "Standing Next to You" K.Will – "No Sad Song for My Broken Heart" Key – "Pleasure Shop" Le Sserafim – "Crazy" Le Sserafim – "Easy" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" (feat. D.O.) Leellamarz – "Boys Like Girls" (feat. Gist & Jayci Yucca) Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" Lucy – "The Knight Who Can't Die and the Silk Cradle" N.Flying – "Into You" Nayeon – "ABCD" NCT 127 – "Fact Check" NewJeans – "Supernatural" Plave – "Way 4 Luv" QWER – "T.B.H" Red Velvet – "Cosmic" Riize – "Impossible" Riize – "Love 119" RM – "Lost! " Roy Kim – "Whenever, Wherever" Seventeen – "God of Music" Seventeen – "Maestro" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" Sung Si-kyung & Naul – "Even for a moment" Sunmi – "Balloon in Love" Taemin – "Guilty" Taeyeon – "Dream" Taeyeon – "To. X" Taeyong – "Tap" TWS – "Plot Twist" Yuqi – "Freak" Zico – "Spot!" (feat. Jennie)
Visa Album of the Year (Daesang)	Visa Fans' Choice of the Year (Daesang)
Seventeen – Seventeenth Heaven Enhypen – Romance: Untold Jungkook – Golden Stray Kids – Rock-Star Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle – 2 Aespa – Armageddon Ateez – The World EP.Fin: Will Baekhyun – Hello, World Enhypen – Romance: Untold Ive – I've Mine Jungkook – Golden Le Sserafim – Easy NCT 127 – Fact Check NCT Dream – Dream()scape Seventeen – Seventeenth Heaven Stray Kids – Rock-Star Riize – Riizing Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall Twice – With You-th Zerobaseone – Melting Point	Jimin (G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster Enhypen Ive IU Jennie Jungkook Lee Young-ji NCT Dream NewJeans RM Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Twice Unis V Zerobaseone
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
Seventeen Enhypen NCT Dream Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Zerobaseone	Aespa (G)I-dle Ive Le Sserafim NewJeans Twice
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Jungkook Baekhyun Lim Young-woong Jimin Taemin	IU Jennie Nayeon Taeyeon Yuqi
Best Dance Performance – Male Group	Best Dance Performance – Female Group
TWS – "Plot Twist" Enhypen – "Sweet Venom" NCT 127 – "Fact Check" Riize – "Love 119" Seventeen – "God of Music" Stray Kids – "Lalalala"	Aespa – "Supernova" (G)I-dle – "Super Lady" Illit – "Magnetic" Ive – "Baddie" Le Sserafim – "Easy" NewJeans – "How Sweet"
Best Vocal Performance – Solo	Best Vocal Performance – Group
Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" IU – "Love Wins All" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" Taeyeon – "To. X"	(G)I-dle – "Fate" AKMU – "Hero" Davichi – "A Very Personal Story" Plave – "Way 4 Luv" Red Velvet – "Cosmic"
Best Dance Performance – Male Solo	Best Dance Performance – Female Solo
Jungkook – "Standing Next to You" Jimin – "Who" Key – "Pleasure Shop" Taemin – "Guilty" Taeyong – "Tap"	Jennie – "You & Me" Hwasa – "Na" Nayeon – "ABCD" Sunmi – "Balloon in Love" Yuqi – "Freak"
Best New Male Artist	Best New Female Artist
TWS 82Major Ampers&One All(H)Ours NCT Wish Nowadays	Illit BabyMonster Meovv QWER Unis Young Posse
Best OST	Best Band Performance
Crush – "Love You With All My Heart" (from Queen of Tears ) Eclipse [a] – "Sudden Shower" (from Lovely Runner ) Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" (from A Not So Fairytale) Roy Kim – "Whenever, Wherever" (from My Demon ) Taeyeon – "Dream" (from Welcome to Samdal-ri )	QWER – "T.B.H" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Hyukoh & Sunset Rollercoaster – "Young Man" Lucy – "The Knight Who Can't Die and the Silk Cradle" N.Flying – "Into You"
Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance	Best Collaboration
Zico – "Spot!" (feat. Jennie) Dean – "Die 4 You" Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" (feat. D.O.) Leellamarz – "Boys Like Girls" (feat. Gist & Jayci Yucca) RM – "Lost! "	Zico – "Spot!" (feat. Jennie) GroovyRoom – "Yes or No" (feat. Huh Yunjin & Crush) Jay Park – "Taxi Blurr" (feat. Natty) Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" (feat. D.O.) Sung Si-kyung & Naul – "Even for a Moment"
Best Music Video	Best Choreography
Aespa – "Armageddon" IU – "Love Wins All" Ive – "Heya" K.Will – "No Sad Song for My Broken Heart" Seventeen – "Maestro"	Aespa – "Supernova" Illit – "Magnetic" Le Sserafim – "Crazy" NewJeans – "Supernatural" Riize – "Impossible" Taemin – "Guilty"

Ive won three awards, including CJ Global Performance, Fans' Choice - Female, and Favourite Global Performer - Female

Favorite awards

Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male	Fans' Choice Top 10 – Female
Enhypen Jimin Jungkook NCT Dream RM Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together V Zerobaseone List of nominees 8Turn AB6IX Astro ATBO Ateez B1A4 Baekhyun BamBam B.D.U Boynextdoor Cravity Day6 D.O. Enhypen Epex Evnne F.T. Island Hui J-Hope Jimin Jungkook Just B Key NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish Oneus P1Harmony Plave Riize RM Seventeen Stray Kids Super Junior Taemin Tempset The Boyz The New Six TIOT Treasure TWS Tomorrow X Together V WayV Woodz Xdinary Heroes Xikers Younite Zerobaseone Zico	(G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster IU Ive Jennie Lee Young-ji NewJeans Twice Unis List of nominees (G)I-dle Aespa Artms Babymonster Badvillain Bibi Billlie Blackswan BoA Choi Ye-na Chungha Classy Craxy Dreamcatcher Everglow Fifty Fifty Fromis 9 H1-Key Hwasa Hyuna Illit Itzy IU Ive Jennie Jeon Somi Kep1er Kiss of Life Kwon Eun-bi Le Sserafim Lee Young-ji Lightsum Meovv Moonbyul NewJeans Nmixx Oh My Girl QWER Red Velvet STAYC Sunmi Taeyeon TripleS Twice Unis Viviz Weeekly Wheein Wooah Young Posse
Favorite Rising Artist	Favorite New Asian Artist
Meovv	Me:I
Favorite Male Group	Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group
Treasure	BoyNextDoor
Favorite Global Performer – Male	Favorite Global Performer – Female
Riize	Ive
Favorite Asian Artist	Favorite Global Trending Music
INI	Byeon Woo-seok

Special awards

Inspiring Achievement	Music Visionary of the Year
J. Y. Park	G-Dragon
CJ Global Performance	Global Sensation
Ive Zerobaseone	Bruno Mars Rosé
Olive Young K-Beauty Star in Music	PontaPass Global Favorite Artist
Lee Young-ji	Tomorrow X Together
Worldwide KCONER's Choice	Visa Super Stage
Zerobaseone	Seventeen

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:

Count	Artist(s)
6	Aespa
5	Seventeen
4	Jennie
3	Ive
	Jungkook
	Zerobaseone
2	(G)I-dle
	IU
	Jimin
	Lee Young-ji
	Tomorrow X Together
	TWS
	Zico

Performers

Chapter 1

November 21 (USA)

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed	Theme Name
TWS Illit Riize	"Dynamite" (TWS only) "Heart Shaker" (Illit only) "Kick It" (Riize only)	Opening Sequence
Young Posse	"Ate That" "Loading Freestyle" "XXL"	Would You Like To Posse?
Katseye Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders	"Debut" "Touch"	Touchdown
TWS	"Oh Mymy: 7s" "Plot Twist"	TWS Club
Illit	"Magnetic" "Cherish (My Love)"	ILLusion IT
Riize	"Get a Guitar" "Boom Boom Bass"	The Destined SunRIIZE
J. Y. Park	"Don't Leave Me" "She Was Pretty" "Honey" "Who's Your Mama?" "Easy Lover" (with Anderson .Paak)	System Update: JYP 3.0

November 22 (Japan)

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed	Theme Name
Yeonjun	"Ggum"	What Is Real?
Me:I	"& Me" "Click"	Me + I = MIRAI
BoyNextDoor	"Nice Guy" (MAMA version) "Earth, Wind & Fire"	Nice Night Serenade
Toenze [b]	"Left-hander" (MAMA version)	Toenze
Izna	Intro: "Final Love Song" / "IWALY" / "Drip" / "Fake It" "Izna" "Timebomb"	Who Dat Girl?
Lee Young-ji	"CTL (Cross The Line)" (with Lee Ji-ah) "Small Girl" (with Plave)	Cross The Line
Plave	"Way 4 Luv"
Ive	"Accendio" "Heya"	Guardians Of The Sun
Enhypen	"XO (Only If You Say Yes)" "Brought the Heat Back" "Daydream"	They Dream
Treasure	"Intro" "King Kong" "Run"	TREASURE.exe
Tomorrow X Together	"Deja Vu" "Over The Moon"	Savior
Rosé Bruno Mars	"Apt."	Random Game!

Chapter 2

November 23 (Japan)

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed	Theme Name
INI	"Loud" (MAMA version) "WMDA (Where My Drums At)" (MAMA version)	Revolution: Change The View
Bibi Ahn Jae-hyun	"Bam Yang Gang" (MAMA version)	BIBIdi Bobbidi BAM
Meovv	"Meow" "Body"	Shake Sum Body
Zerobaseone	"Kill The Romeo" "Good So Bad"	Kill The Romeo
(G)I-dle	"Freestyle Intro" (Soyeon solo) "Super Lady" "Fate" (MAMA version)	Breaking News: The Shout
Byeon Woo-seok	"Sudden Shower" (MAMA version)	Go Back
G-Dragon	"Untitled, 2014" "Power" "Home Sweet Home" (with Daesung and Taeyang) [c]	Übermensch
BigBang	"Bang Bang Bang" "Fantastic Baby"
Aespa	Intro: "Bored!" (Ningning solo) / "Spark" (Winter solo) / "Dopamine" (Giselle solo) / "Up" (Karina solo) "Supernova" (MAMA version) "Whiplash" (MAMA version)	The Multiverse Awakes: Another I
Seventeen	"Maestro" "Ash" "Love, Money, Fame"	The Real Maestro: Right Here

Presenters

Chapter 1

November 21 (USA)

• Eric Nam – Red Carpet Host
• Park Bo-gum – Main Ceremony Host
• Dustin Hoffman – presented Best New Male Artist
• Lance Bass – presented Favorite Global Performer – Male
• Lee Isaac Chung – presented MAMA Award for Best Dance Performance Best Dance Performance – Male Group
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph – presented MAMA Award for Best New Artist Best New Female Artist
• Anderson .Paak – presented Inspiring Achievement

November 22 (Japan)

• Lee Hye-Sung and Hanhae – Red Carpet Host
• Karina, Sung Han-Bin, Yoshi, and Rei – Opening speech
• Gong Myung and Kim Min-ha – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Ponta Pass Global Favorite Artist
• Lee Young-ji and Na Yeong-seok – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Rising Artist
• Seol In-ah – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Olive Young K-Beauty Star in Music
• Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Male Group
• Jo Yu-ri – Introduction to CJ Group & UNESCO girls' education in developing countries campaign
• Hong Jin-kyung – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Asian Artist
• Kwak Dong-yeon and Jo Yu-ri – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Worldwine KCONER's Choice
• Lee Ji-ah – presented Global Sensation
• Choi Hyun-wook – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group
• Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Favorite Global Performer – Female and Fans' Choice Top 10
• Byeon Woo-seok – presented Visa Fans' Choice of the Year (Daesang) and closing speech

Chapter 2

November 23 (Japan)

• Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – Red Carpet Host
• Kim Tae-ri – Main Ceremony Host and introduced G-Dragon
• Moon Sang-min and Kim Hye-jun – presented Best Dance Performance – Female Group
• Oh Sang-uk – presented Visa Super Stage
• Na Yeong-seok and Dex – presented Best Choreography and Favorite Global Trending Music
• Im Si-wan and Lee Joo-bin – presented Best Female Group and Favorite Asian Artist
• Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Best Music Video and Best Male Group
• Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Best Vocal Performance – Solo
• Im Si-wan and Mei Nagano – presented Best Vocal Performance – Group
• HoYeon Jung – presented Music Visionary of the Year
• Park Seo-joon – presented Visa Album of the Year (Daesang)
• Lee Jun-ho – presented Visa Song of the Year (Daesang)
• Ma Dong-seok – presented Visa Artist of the Year (Daesang)

Broadcast

Chapter 1 US Red Carpet

Region	Network
Worldwide [C]	YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) & Mnet Plus
Japan	Mnet Smart+, Ponta Pass  [ jp ](Formerly au Smart Pass) [8]

Other Chapter (including Chapter 1 US Ceremony)

Region	Network
Worldwide [C]	YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) & Mnet Plus
Various [D]	Samsung TV Plus (K-Pop by CJ ENM) [9]
South Korea	Mnet, TVING, tvN Show, [d] Naver, CHZZK
Japan	Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, Ponta Pass  [ jp ](Formerly au Smart Pass) [8]
Vietnam	FPT Play [10]
Thailand	TrueVisions Now, True X-Zyte
Singapore	tvN Asia, meWatch [11]
Philippines	tvN Asia, Blast TV [12]
Indonesia	tvN Asia, Trans TV (Live Show Highlights) [13]
Malaysia	tvN Asia
Hong Kong
Maldives
Myanmar
Taiwan

Notes

1. Consists of Best New Male & Female Artist, Best Male & Female Artist, and Best Male & Female Group
2. Consists of Best Dance Performance – Male & Female Solo & Group, Best Vocal Performance – Solo & Group, Best Rap & Hip Hop Music, Best Collaboration, and Best OST
3. Except regions specified in the table and countries where this program is unavailable on YouTube for rights restrictions
4. U.S; Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico

1. Eclipse is a fictional band from the series Lovely Runner. The song is performed by Byeon Woo-seok as vocalist, Lee Seung-hyub as guitarist, Yang Hyuk as bassist, and Moon Yong-suk as drummer.
2. Toenze is a project band formed only for the 2024 MAMA Awards. The song is performed by Beomgyu and HueningKai of Tomorrow X Together, Jay of Enhypen, and Kim Tae-rae and Han Yu-jin of Zerobaseone.
3. Credited as G-Dragon's solo stage set during the performance.
4. Only aired Japan ceremonies

References

1. Frater, Patrick (July 17, 2024). "K-Pop's MAMA Awards to Straddle Los Angeles and Japan". Variety . Retrieved July 31, 2024.
2. "MAMA Awards to make its U.S. debut this year at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre". Korea JoongAng Daily . July 18, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
3. 곽현수 (October 29, 2024). "[Y현장] 박보검·김태리, '2024 MAMA AWARDS' 호스트 낙점". YTN star (in Korean). Retrieved October 29, 2024.
4. "[2024MAMA] 'FANS' CHOICE Male/Female Category' Voting Notice". X (formerly Twitter). October 14, 2024.
5. @MnetMAMA (October 12, 2024). "[2024MAMA] 📢Nomination Notice" (Tweet) (in Korean and English). Retrieved October 15, 2024– via Twitter.
6. Singh, Surej (October 14, 2024). "MAMA Awards 2024: Seventeen, Le Sserafim, Jennie and more lead nominations". NME . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
7. "2024 MAMA AWARDS Wrap Up Historic Run with Iconic Performances and Milestone Moments" (Press release). CJ ENM. November 24, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
8. ""Ponta Pass" starts from October 2nd, offering advantageous shopping at LAWSON" (Press release). KDDI. September 18, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
9. Hayes, Dade (November 19, 2024). "K-Pop Showcase The MAMA Awards To Stream Exclusively On Samsung TV Plus In U.S. And Other Big Markets". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
10. https://hcmfpt.vn/xem-le-trao-giai-mama-2024-fpt-play-phat-song-doc-quyen-tai-viet-nam.html
11. "Bruno Mars and Rose performing APT at the 2024 MAMA Awards, catch it live on mewatch". CNA Lifestyle. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
12. "Pinoy K-Pop Fans can watch the 2024 MAMA AWARDS on Blast TV". Manila Concert Scene. November 19, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
13. "MAMA 2024 Tayang di Insert Trans TV Malam Ini!". InsertLive (in Indonesian). Retrieved November 23, 2024.

External links

• Official website ^{[ dead link ]}