Nominees for this year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) have been revealed!
A number of changes have been made to the nominations list and voting this year. Criterias like Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year awards will not be determined by fan voting from this year. The only two awards that will be determined completely through fan votes are Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10.
The artist category awards including Artist of the Year will be determined by 40% judges’ evaluations, 20% digital performance, 20% physical album sales, 10% music video and 10% global music platform. The song category awards including Song of the Year will be determined through 40% judges’ evaluations, 30% digital performance, 10% physical album sales, 10% music video and 10% global music platform. The Album of the Year award will be determined through 40% judges’ evaluations, 10% digital performance, 40% physical album sales and 10% global music platform.
The 2021 MAMA is set to air on 11 December, 6 p.m. KST hosted by Lee Hyori. The voting for the awards will begin from 4 November 6 p.m. KST till 22 November 4:59 p.m. KST. check out the list of nominees below:
Best Female Artist
- Heize
- IU
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
- Best New Female Artist
- aespa
- Jo Yu Ri
- Kwon Eun Bi
- LIGHTSUM
- STAYC
Best Male Artist
- EXO’s Baekhyun
- EXO’s D.O.
- EXO’s Kai
- Kang Daniel
- Lee Mujin
Best New Male Artist
- DRIPPIN
- ENHYPEN
- EPEX
- MIRAE
- P1Harmony
Best Female Group
- (G)I-DLE
- Brave Girls
- ITZY
- Oh My Girl
- Red Velvet
- TWICE
Best Dance Performance Female Group
- aespa – “Next Level”
- ITZY – “In the morning”
- Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance”
- Red Velvet – “Queendom”
- STAYC – “ASAP”
- TWICE – “Alcohol-Free”
Best Male Group
- BTS
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- TXT
Best Dance Performance Male Group
- BTS – “Butter”
- NCT 127 – “Sticker”
- NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce”
- SEVENTEEN – “Ready to love”
- SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
- Stray Kids – “Thunderous”
Best Dance Performance Solo
- EXO’s Baekhyun – “Bambi”
- HyunA – “I’m Not Cool”
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “LALISA”
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “On The Ground”
- Jeon Somi – “DUMB DUMB”
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Weekend”
Best Vocal Performance
- AKMU – “NAKKA” with IU
- Davichi – “Just Hug Me”
- Heize – “HAPPEN”
- IU – “Celebrity”
- Lee Mujin – “Traffic light”
Best Band Performance
- 10cm – “Sleepless in Seoul” (feat. AKMU’s Lee Suhyun)
- CNBLUE – “Then, Now and Forever”
- DAY6 – “You Make Me”
- Jannabi – “A thought on an autumn night”
- N.Flying – “Moonshot”
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
- ASH ISLAND – “MELODY”
- CHANGMO – “GJD”
- Jessi – “What Type of X”
- WINNER’s Song Mino – “Run away”
- YUMDDA – “9ucci” (feat. DOGE)
- Best OST
- 10cm – “Borrow Your Night” (“Romance 101”)
- Jo Jung Suk – “I Like You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
- Choi Yu Ree – “Wish” (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
- Lee Mujin – “Rain and You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
- Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun Ji – “Love Day” (“Romance 101”)
Best Collaboration
- AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
- Coldplay & BTS – “My Universe”
- Gaeko & Kwon Jin Ah
- Hyolyn & Dasom – “Summer or Summer”
- Rain – “Switch to Me” (duet with Park Jin Young)
Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10
- (G)I-DLE
- aespa
- AKMU
- ASH ISLAND
- ASTRO
- ATEEZ
- Brave Girls
- BTS
- Chungha
- CL
- Davichi
- ENHYPEN
- EXO
- fromis_9
- Heize
- HyunA
- iKON
- ITZY
- IU
- Jannabi
- Jessi
- Kang Daniel
- Lee Mujin
- Lee Seung Gi
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa
- LOONA
- MAMAMOO
- WINNER’s Song Mino
- MONSTA X
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- NU’EST
- Oh My Girl
- Rain
- Red Velvet
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé
- SEVENTEEN
- SF9
- SHINee
- Jeon Somi
- STAYC
- Stray Kids
- Sunmi
- Super Junior
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
- THE BOYZ
- TXT
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- Weeekly
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