South Korean music industry achievement awards for Asian artistes
The
MAMA Awards
(
Korean
:
엠넷 아시안 뮤직 어워드
, 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.
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]
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)
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- 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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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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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
)
Most awarded overall
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Controversies
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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.
[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
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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.
[29]
[30]
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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Each year in the table links to the Wikipedia article about that year's awards ceremony.
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Artists with the most awards and the most recent year awarded are listed first.
References
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Jeff Benjamin.
"MAMA Awards Rebrands With New Name, Sets Dates & Location for 2022 Ceremony: Exclusive"
.
Billboard
.
Archived
from the original on September 30, 2022
. Retrieved
August 23,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
St. Michel, Patrick (December 4, 2017).
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.
NPR
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
Reinfrank, Alkira (December 2, 2017).
"Supergroup BTS clean up at Asia's biggest K-pop awards show"
.
South China Morning Post
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
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2018
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- ^
Mathew, Ilin.
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.
International Business Times, India Edition
.
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. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
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- ^
a
b
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.
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. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
Hong, Je-sung (November 8, 2004).
m.net.KMTV 뮤직비디오 페스티벌 開催
[Mnet and KMTV will hold music festival].
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- ^
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보아 'My Name', 올해 最高의 뮤직비디오
[BoA's 'My Name' is the best music video of the year].
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.
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- ^
a
b
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"
.
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February 9,
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- ^
"
'2020 MAMA', 國內서 開催하나?...CJ ENM "決定된 것 없어"[공식]"
.
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(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on November 17, 2020
. Retrieved
September 11,
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.
- ^
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.
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Archived
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. Retrieved
September 21,
2020
.
- ^
"K-pop awards show MAMA to be held online due to COVID-19"
.
The Korea Herald
. September 21, 2020.
Archived
from the original on November 17, 2020
. Retrieved
September 21,
2020
.
- ^
腸, 동우 (September 21, 2020).
"K-pop awards show MAMA to be held online due to COVID-19"
.
Yonhap News Agency
.
Archived
from the original on November 17, 2020
. Retrieved
September 21,
2020
.
- ^
Hwang Ji-young (July 20, 2021).
"[單獨] '2021 MAMA' 코로나 危機 속 홍콩 開催 論議 '솔솔'
"
[[Exclusive] Discussion about holding '2021 MAMA' in Hong Kong amid Corona crisis 'Solsol'].
Daum
(in Korean).
Ilgan Sports
.
Archived
from the original on July 20, 2021
. Retrieved
July 20,
2021
.
- ^
a
b
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.
Billboard
. Retrieved
August 24,
2022
.
- ^
"2003 Mnet Music Video Festival"
.
Mnet Global
. CJ E&M.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2018
. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
"2005 Mnet KM Music Video Festival"
.
Mnet Global
. CJ E&M.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2018
. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
"2008 Mnet KM Music Festival"
.
Mnet Global
. CJ E&M.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2018
. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
a
b
c
"MAMA History"
.
Mnet Global
. CJ E&M.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2018
. Retrieved
February 9,
2018
.
- ^
a
b
c
Han Na-young (December 3, 2018).
"韓國 정해인·日本 박보검·홍콩 송중기…'2018 MAMA' 호스트 確定"
[Korea's Jung Hae-in, Japan's Park Bo-gum, Hong Kong's Song Joong-ki ... Host confirmed for '2018 MAMA'].
The Chosun Ilbo
(in Korean).
Archived
from the original on July 20, 2021
. Retrieved
July 20,
2021
.
- ^
Jeon Ah-ram (December 2, 2019).
"박보검 側 "'2019 MAMA' 호스트 確定…文化 交流 爲해" [公式立場]"
[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
.
- ^
Lee Da-gyeom (November 24, 2020).
"송중기, '2020 MAMA' 호스트 落點[公式]"
[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
.
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Kim Min-ji (October 13, 2021).
"
'레전드 아티스트' 李孝利, 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
.
- ^
"
'2022 MAMA' 全昭彌X박보검 호스트 나선다 [公式]"
[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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金, 진석.
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.
entertain.naver.com
(in Korean)
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November 2,
2023
.
- ^
Kim, Yeon-ji (November 17, 2007).
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[Lee Min Woo, Shin Hye Sung leave just before MKMF event].
Star News
(in Korean).
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. Retrieved
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.
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"
(in Korean).
The Dong-a Ilbo
.
Archived
from the original on October 21, 2022
. Retrieved
October 21,
2022
.
- ^
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.
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.
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2018
.
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.
Yonhap News Agency
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Archived
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. Retrieved
February 10,
2018
.
External links
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Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF) → Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) →
MAMA Awards
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Merit awards
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- Mediopia Technology Corp. → GM Agency Co. Ltd. → CJ Music Inc. → Mnet Media Corp. →
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DBA
CJ E&M Music and Live
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