MAMA Awards

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MAMA Awards
Current: 2023 MAMA Awards
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Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the K-pop and Asian music industry.
CountrySouth Korea, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau
Presented by CJ ENM Entertainment Division (Mnet)
First awardedNovember 27, 1999;24 years ago (1999-11-27)
Website Official website
Television/radio coverage
Network Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks
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The MAMA Awards (formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards) [1] is a major music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ E&M. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes has been won by K-pop artists, although there are other Asian artists winning in various award categories, such as for Best Asian Artist and other professional-related awards.

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The awards ceremony was first held in Seoul in 1999, being aired on Mnet. [2] MAMA has also been held in various Asian countries and cities outside of South Korea since 2010 and now airs internationally online beyond Asia. [3] [4]

History

Ceremony

The event was launched in 1999 as a music video awards ceremony, modeled after the MTV Video Music Awards, called the Mnet Music Video Festival. [2] [5] It merged with the KMTV Korean Music Awards in 2004 and was renamed the Mnet KM Music Video Festival. [6] [7] By the mid-2000s, the awards ceremony had attracted some international interest due to the spread of Hallyu, and it aired in China and Japan in 2008. [2] [8]

In 2009, the event was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) to reflect its expansion outside of South Korea. [9] In 2010, MAMA was held in Macau, marking the first time it was held outside of South Korea. The following year, in 2011, MAMA was held in Singapore, and was then held in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017. [8] In 2017, the awards ceremony was expanded to four nights, and parts of the event were held in Vietnam and Japan, in addition to Hong Kong. [2] In 2018, MAMA had three parts and was held in three countries; South Korea hosted the MAMA for the first time in nine years, together with Japan and Hong Kong. In 2020, MAMA was held online only and took place in South Korea only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Mnet Asian Music Awards logo Mnet Asian Music Awards Logo.svg
Mnet Asian Music Awards logo

On July 20, 2021, it was reported by Ilgan Sports that the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards was undergoing discussion for the event to be held in Hong Kong despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions. [14] On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the event would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward. [15]

Event name

Host venues

Year [lower-alpha 1] Date [19] City [19] Venue [19] Host(s)[ citation needed ]
Mnet Video Music Awards
1999 November 27 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Universal Arts Center Choi Hal-li
Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF)
2000 November 24 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Universal Arts Center Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Hyun-joo
2001 November 23Cha Tae-hyun and Song Hye-kyo
2002 November 29 Shin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun
2003 November 27 Kyung Hee University Cha Tae-hyun and Sung Yu-ri
Mnet KM Music Video Festival (MKMF)
2004 December 4 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Kyung Hee UniversityShin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun
2005 November 27 Olympic Gymnastics Arena Shin Dong-yup and Kim Ah-joong
Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF)
2006 November 25 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Olympic Gymnastics ArenaShin Dong-yup and Kim Ok-bin
2007 November 17 Seoul Sports Complex Shin Dong-yup and Lee Da-hae
2008 November 15 Rain
Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)
2009 November 21 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Seoul Sports Complex Tiger JK
2010 November 28Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao None
2011 November 29Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Lee Byung-hun
2012 November 30Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Song Joong-ki
2013 November 22 AsiaWorld–Arena Lee Seung-gi
2014 December 3 Song Seung-heon
2015 December 2 Psy
2016 December 2Lee Byung-hun
2017 November 25 Flag of Vietnam.svg Ho Chi Minh City Hoa Binh Theatre Thu Minh
November 29 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama Yokohama Arena Park Bo-gum
November 30Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong W Hong Kong None
December 1AsiaWorld–ArenaSong Joong-ki
2018 December 10 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza Jung Hae-in [20]
December 12 Flag of Japan.svg Saitama Saitama Super Arena Park Bo-gum [20]
December 14Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong AsiaWorld-ArenaSong Joong-ki [20]
2019 December 4 Flag of Japan.svg Nagoya Nagoya Dome Park Bo-gum [21]
2020 December 6 Flag of South Korea.svg Paju CJ E&M Contents WorldSong Joong-ki [22]
2021 December 11 Lee Hyori [23]
MAMA Awards
2022 November 29–30 Flag of Japan.svg Osaka Kyocera Dome Jeon Somi and Park Bo-gum [24] [25]
2023 November 28–29 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Tokyo Dome

Award categories

Grand Prizes

The four grand prizes (known as daesang)

Competitive awards

Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 1999.

Special awards

These awards have been given once or occasionally.

Discontinued awards

Most wins

Daesang awards

The following lists the artist(s) who received two or more daesang awards.
(Includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Worldwide Icon of the Year)

Record setArtist(s)First year
awarded		Recent year
awarded [lower-alpha 2]
21 BTS 2016 2023
6 Exo 2013 2017
5 Big Bang 2008 2015
4 2NE1 2009 2011
3 Twice 2016 2018
Super Junior 2007 2012
2 NewJeans 2023 2023
G-Dragon 2009 2013
TVXQ 2005 2008
SG Wannabe 2006 2006
BoA 2002 2004
H.O.T. 1999 2000

Most awarded overall

Record setArtist(s)
52 BTS
19 Seventeen
18 Twice
16 Exo
13 Big Bang
Super Junior
12 IU
11
Blackpink
TVXQ
10 2NE1
Psy
Shinhwa
8 BoA

Controversies

Boycotting incidents

In 2007, Lee Min-woo and Shin Hye-sung from the group Shinhwa canceled their appearance at the event one hour before the awards ceremony began. Shin later said they left because they did not trust the event to fairly select winners. [26]

In 2009, entertainment companies Inwoo Production and SM Entertainment boycotted the 2009 awards ceremony with none of their artists attending. Both companies said the reason for their boycott was that they questioned the fairness of the voting process. In particular, SM Entertainment said that Girls' Generation had held the #1 spot on a music chart for nine consecutive weeks, but the group never won first place on Mnet's weekly M Countdown music show. The company also criticized a mobile poll which required participants to pay money in order to vote. [27] In 2010, SM Entertainment artists also did not attend the year's awards ceremony. [28]

Voter fraud

Prior to the 2017 awards ceremony, Mnet found that some fans had cast fraudulent votes through the use of bots. As a result, Mnet temporarily halted voting, then nullified all fraudulent votes, blocked relevant IP addresses, and deleted relevant user accounts. [29] [30]

Broadcasting

The ceremony broadcasts live worldwide via Mnet, TVING, tvN Asia, Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, other CJ ENM channels, and YouTube through Mnet K-POP, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON channels.

Other broadcasters that also broadcast the event includes au Smart Pass, Far EasTone Mobile Circle app & friDay Video, MeWATCH, TonTon, FPT Play, JOOX, ViuTV, Smart Livestream, and Vidio.

Notes

  1. ↑ Each year in the table links to the Wikipedia article about that year's awards ceremony.
  2. ↑ Artists with the most awards and the most recent year awarded are listed first.

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