Mnet Asian Music Awards

The Mnet Asian Music Awards (abbreviated as MAMA) is a major South Korean music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ E&M. The majority of prizes are awarded to K-pop artists, though some prizes are awarded to other Asian artists. The awards ceremony was first held in Seoul in 1999 and aired on Mnet.[1] MAMA has been held outside of South Korea between 2010 - 2017 & 2019 and now airs internationally.[2][3]

Mnet Asian Music Awards
Current: 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industry.
CountrySouth Korea, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau
Presented byCJ E&M (Mnet)
First awardedNovember 27, 1999
WebsiteMnet Asian Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks

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.[1][4] 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.[1][5]

In 2009, the event was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) to reflect its expansion outside of South Korea.[6] 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.[5] 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.[1] 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.[7][8][9][10]

Event name

  • Mnet Video Music Awards (1999)[4]
  • Mnet Music Video Festival (2000–2003)[11]
  • Mnet KM Music Video Festival (2004–2005)[12]
  • Mnet KM Music Festival (2006–2008)[13]
  • Mnet Asian Music Awards (2009–present)[6]

Host venues

Year[A]Date[14]City[14]Venue[14]Host(s)
Mnet Video Music Awards
1999
(1st)
November 27 Seoul Universal Arts Center Choi Hal-li
Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF)
2000
(2nd)
November 24 Seoul Universal Arts Center Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Hyun-joo
2001
(3rd)
November 23 Cha Tae-hyun and Song Hye-kyo
2002
(4th)
November 29 Shin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun
2003
(5th)
November 27 Kyung Hee University Cha Tae-hyun and Sung Yu-ri
Mnet Km Music Video Festival (MKMF)
2004
(6th)
December 4 Seoul Kyung Hee University Shin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun
2005
(7th)
November 27 Olympic Gymnastics Arena Shin Dong-yup and Kim Ah-joong
Mnet Km Music Festival (MKMF)
2006
(8th)
November 25 Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena Shin Dong-yup and Kim Ok-bin
2007
(9th)
November 17 Seoul Sports Complex Shin Dong-yup and Lee Da-hae
2008
(10th)
November 15 Rain
Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)
2009
(11th)
November 21 Seoul Seoul Sports Complex Tiger JK
2010
(12th)
November 28 Macau Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao none
2011
(13th)
November 29 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium Lee Byung-hun
2012
(14th)
November 30 Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Song Joong-ki
2013
(15th)
November 22 AsiaWorld–Arena Lee Seung-gi
2014
(16th)
December 3 Song Seung-heon
2015
(17th)
December 2 Psy
2016
(18th)
December 2 Lee Byung-hun
2017
(19th)
November 25 Ho Chi Minh City Hoa Binh Theatre Thu Minh
November 29 Yokohama Yokohama Arena Park Bo-gum
November 30 Hong Kong W Hong Kong none
December 1 AsiaWorld–Arena Song Joong-ki
2018
(20th)
December 10 Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza Jung Hae-in
December 12 Saitama Saitama Super Arena Park Bo-gum
December 14 Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Arena Song Joong-ki
2019
(21st)
December 4 Nagoya Nagoya Dome Park Bo-gum
2020
(22nd)
December 6 Paju CJ E&M Contents World Song Joong-ki

A Each year in the table links to the Wikipedia article about that year's awards ceremony.

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)

Artist(s)Record SetFirst year awardedRecent year awarded
BTS 13 2016 2020
Exo 620132017
Big Bang520082015
2NE1420092011
Twice320162018
Super Junior20072012
G-Dragon220092013
TVXQ20052008
SG Wannabe20062006
BoA20022004
H.O.T.19992000

Competitive awards

The following lists the artist(s) who received two or more competitive awards.

Artist(s)Record SetFirst year awardedRecent year awarded*
BTS 8 2015 2020
IU 20112020
Twice 7 2015 2019
Ailee 6 20122017
CNBLUE 520102016
Big Bang20072015
Epik High20052014
G-Dragon20072013
2NE120092011
BoA20002010
Shinhwa20012007
Wanna One420172018
Exo20122016
Zico 320162020
Girls' Generation20112015
Taeyang20102014
Miss A20102011
Baekhyun 220192020
Blackpink20202020
Seventeen20172019
Taemin20162017
Red Velvet20152017
Taeyeon20152016
Shinee20082015
Infinite20132014
Sistar20122014
2PM20092014
Lee Seung-gi20042013
Psy20052012
Baek Ji-young20062011
SG Wannabe20052008
Koyote20012005
Jo Sungmo19992004
*Artists with the most number of awards and the most recent year awarded are listed first.

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.[15]

In 2009, entertainment companies SM Entertainment and Inwoo Production boycotted the 2009 awards ceremony, and therefore none of their artists attended. 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.[16]

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.[17][18]

Broadcasting

The show is broadcast live in thirteen countries across Asia. In South Korea, it is broadcast on Mnet and across CJ E&M channels. Other TV channels that broadcast the show include tvN Asia & JOOX.com (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar & Thailand) (tvN Asia only: Maldives, Philippines, Singapore & Taiwan), Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart, and au Smart Pass (Japan), Viu TVsix, ViuTV, viu.tv (Hong Kong), friDay Video & friDay Music (Taiwan), MeWATCH (Singapore), Indosiar & vidio (Indonesia), gigafest.smart (Philippines), FPT TV & Foxy (Vietnam), and KCON USA (United States). The show is also broadcast online via Mnet K-POP, KCON official YouTube channel for the rest of the world.[19]

References

  1. St. Michel, Patrick (2017-12-04). "This Three-Country, Four-Night Asian Music Awards Show Is A K-Pop Promotion Machine". NPR. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. Reinfrank, Alkira (2017-12-02). "Supergroup BTS clean up at Asia's biggest K-pop awards show". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. Mathew, Ilin. "Mnet Asian Music Awards 2017 live stream: Where to watch MAMA online and broadcast channel information". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. "1999 Mnet Video Music Awards". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  5. Kim, Jae-heun (2015-11-12). "Mnet Asian Music Awards: new global platform for K-pop stars". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. "TWICE wins Song of Year Award at 2017 MAMA with 'Signal'". Yonhap News Agency. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  7. "'2020 MAMA', 국내서 개최하나?...CJ ENM "결정된 것 없어"[공식]". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  8. "Mnet to hold online Asian music award event due to COVID-19 pandemic". www.ajudaily.com. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  9. Herald, The Korea (2020-09-21). "K-pop awards show MAMA to be held online due to COVID-19". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  10. 장동우 (2020-09-21). "K-pop awards show MAMA to be held online due to COVID-19". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  11. "2003 Mnet Music Video Festival". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  12. "2005 Mnet KM Music Video Festival". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  13. "2008 Mnet KM Music Festival". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  14. "MAMA History". Mnet Global. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  15. Kim, Yeon-ji (2007-11-17). "이민우-신혜성, MKMF 행사직전 "불참"(종합)" [Lee Min Woo, Shin Hye Sung leave just before MKMF event]. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  16. Kim, Jessica (2009-11-03). "SM singers boycott Mnet music award". Asia Economy. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  17. Herman, Tamar (2017-11-03). "2017 MAMA Awards Shut Down Voting to Address Fraud Issues". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  18. "Mnet takes action against ballot rigging in year-end K-pop awards". Yonhap News Agency. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  19. "BTS, IU, NCT, Baekhyun, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and more win at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards - see the list of winners". BTS, IU, NCT, Baekhyun, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and more win at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards - see the list of winners | Bandwagon | Music media championing and spotlighting music in Asia. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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