MAMA Awards

Not to be confused with M.A.M.A. awards.
MAMA Awards
Current: 2024 MAMA Awards
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the K-pop and Asian music industry.
CountrySouth Korea, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau
Presented byCJ ENM Entertainment Division (Mnet)
First awardedNovember 27, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-11-27)
WebsiteOfficial website
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMnet, across CJ ENM channels and other international networks
← 2024 · MAMA · 2025 →

The MAMA Awards (Korean: 마마 어워즈, formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards)[1] is a major music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ ENM. 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.

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

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Ceremony

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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

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

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  • Mnet Video Music Awards (1999)[5]
  • Mnet Music Video Festival (2000–2003)[16]
  • Mnet KM Music Video Festival (2004–2005)[17]
  • Mnet KM Music Festival (2006–2008)[18]
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards (2009–2021)[9]
  • MAMA Awards (2022–present)[15]

Host venues

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Year[a] Date[19] City[19] Venue[19] Host(s)[citation needed]
Mnet Video Music Awards
1999 November 27 South Korea Seoul Universal Arts Center Choi Hal-li
Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF)
2000 November 24 South Korea Seoul Universal Arts Center Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Hyun-joo
2001 November 23 Cha 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 South Korea Seoul Kyung Hee University Shin 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 South Korea Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena Shin 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 South Korea Seoul Seoul Sports Complex Tiger JK
2010 November 28  Macau Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao None
2011 November 29  Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Lee Byung-hun
2012 November 30  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 2 Lee Byung-hun
2017 November 25 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Hoa Binh Theatre Thu Minh
November 29 Japan Yokohama Yokohama Arena Park Bo-gum
November 30  Hong Kong W Hong Kong None
December 1 AsiaWorld–Arena Song Joong-ki
2018 December 10 South Korea Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza Jung Hae-in[20]
December 12 Japan Saitama Saitama Super Arena Park Bo-gum[20]
December 14  Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Arena Song Joong-ki[20]
2019 December 4 Japan Nagoya Nagoya Dome Park Bo-gum[21]
2020 December 6 South Korea Paju CJ E&M Contents World Song Joong-ki[22]
2021 December 11 Lee Hyori[23]
MAMA Awards
2022 November 29–30 Japan Osaka Kyocera Dome Jeon Somi and Park Bo-gum[24][25]
2023 November 28–29 Japan Tokyo Tokyo Dome
2024 November 21 United States Los Angeles Dolby Theatre Park Bo-gum[26]
November 22 Japan Osaka Kyocera Dome
November 23 Kim Tae-ri[26]

Award categories

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Grand prizes

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The four grand prizes (known as daesang):

Competitive awards

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

Special awards

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Main article: Mnet Asian Music Awards in the Special Awards Category

These awards have been given once or occasionally.

Discontinued awards

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Most wins

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Daesang awards

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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 set Artist(s) First year
awarded 		Recent year
awarded[b]
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

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Record set Artist(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

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See also: 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards § Controversies

Boycotting incidents

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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.[27]

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.[28] In 2010, SM Entertainment artists also did not attend the year's awards ceremony.[29]

Voter fraud

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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.[30][31]

Broadcasting

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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

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  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.

References

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  3. ^ Reinfrank, Alkira (December 2, 2017). "Supergroup BTS clean up at Asia's biggest K-pop awards show". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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  19. ^ a b c "MAMA History". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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  21. ^ Jeon Ah-ram (December 2, 2019). "박보검 측 "'2019 MAMA' 호스트 확정…문화 교류 위해" [공식입장]" [Park Bo-gum's side "'2019 MAMA' host confirmed ... for cultural exchange" [Official position]]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Naver.
  22. ^ Lee Da-gyeom (November 24, 2020). "송중기, '2020 MAMA' 호스트 낙점[공식]" [Song Joong-ki, '2020 MAMA' Host Selection [Official]]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Naver.
  23. ^ Kim Min-ji (October 13, 2021). "'레전드 아티스트' 이효리, 2021 MAMA 호스트로 나선다" ['Legend Artist' Hyori Lee to host 2021 MAMA]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Naver.
  24. ^ "'2022 MAMA' 전소미X박보검 호스트 나선다 [공식]" [Jeon So-mi X Park Bo-gum to host '2022 MAMA' [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). November 16, 2022. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022 – via Naver.
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  27. ^ Kim, Yeon-ji (November 17, 2007). "이민우-신혜성, MKMF 행사직전 "불참"(종합)" [Lee Min Woo, Shin Hye Sung leave just before MKMF event]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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  31. ^ "Mnet takes action against ballot rigging in year-end K-pop awards". Yonhap News Agency. November 3, 2017. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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