The 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the seventh consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea and the 18th ceremony in the show's history.
Nominees were announced on October 28, 2016, through the 2016 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. Leading the awards was Exo with 3.
Background MAMA 2016 was the eighteenth edition of the Mnet Asian Music Awards. It was simultaneously broadcast live in South Korea, Japan, the United States and Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka and Thailand, it was made available to stream on Iflix 24 hours after its broadcast in South Korea. This marked the fifth consecutive time the event would take place in the same country and the fourth consecutive time to be held in the same venue.
However, MAMA 2016 has the lowest TV ratings since 2009 edition.
Performers and presenters
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Performers Artist(s) Song(s)Notes Pre-showNCT Dream "Chewing Gum" SF9 "Fanfare" I.O.I "Dream Girls" Main showLee Tae Kyung, Park Hye-ji, Park In-soo & J-BlackIntro "We Are All Connected" (opening act)NCT Dance Connection + "Black On Black"Taemin "Goodbye", "Soldier", "Guess Who"GFriend "Rough", "Navillera", "Very Nice" "Memories Of Springtime"Seventeen "Boom Boom", "Adore U", "Very Nice"Gallant "Weight in Gold" "Soul Wave"Baekhyun & Suzy "Dream" "Dream A Little Dream"Dean "D" (Half Moon) "Bermuda: Last In Soul"Crush "Don't Forget"Zico "Eureka", "Boys and Girls"Zico, Dean and Crush "Bermuda Triangle" NCT 127 "Firetruck" "Who's The Winner?"Lee Joo-heon and Taeyong Rap Battle Monsta X "Fighter"Got7 "Hard Carry"Lee Juck and Ko Sang Ji "Don't Worry" "Don't Worry"I.O.I "Pick Me", "Very Very Very" "Happy Music Factory"Twice "Cheer Up", "TT"Timbaland and Eric Nam "Body" "Time For Connection"BTS "Boy Meets Evil", "Blood Sweat & Tears", "Fire" "Boy Meets Evil"BewhY and Prepix "Forever" "Hello Universe" Yiruma"River Flows In You" Yoo Ah In, BewhY and Yiruma "Day Day" Taeyeon "Rain" "About Farewell"Wiz Khalifa "Young, Wild & Free", "See You Again" "Hiphop Wizdom"Exo "Transformer", "Monster" "The Sacrifice"
Presenters
Moon Hee-joon, Shin A-young, Z.Hera – red carpet hosts Lee Byung-hun – main host Twice – presented Best New Artist (Female) Gong Myung, Park Ha-sun – presented Best New Artist (Male) Wang Tang Lu – introduced 'Memories of Springtime' performance Park Ki-woong, Choo Ja-hyun – presented Best Asian Style John H. Lee, Lee Ji-ah – presented Worldwide Favorite Artist Kwon Hyuk-soo – presented Best OST Lee Soo-hyuk, Kang Seung-hyun – presented Best Female Artist and Best Dance Performance (Male) Wang Ta Lu, Park Min-young – presented Worldwide Performer Han Ji-min – introduced 'Girls Education' campaign Ahn Jae-hyun, Shin Hye-sun – presented Best Vocal Performance (Male & Female) Seo Kang-joon, Emma Wu – presented Best Dance Performance (Solo) and Best Vocal Performance (Group) Park Seo-joon, Han Hyo-joo – presented Best Male Group and Best Female Group Jang Hyuk, Hwang Jung-eum – presented Best Collaboration and Best Rap Performance Park Bo-gum, Kim Yoo-jung – presented Best Male Artist and Best Dance Performance (Female) Quincy Jones – speech about theme Cha Seung-won – presented Song of the Year Ha Ji-won – presented Artist of the Year Leon Lai – presented Album of the Year
Judging criteria Eligible nominees included songs and/or albums released from October 31, 2015, until October 27 the next year. Winners would be selected based on six categories including online voting and evaluation from MAMA professional panel.
Division Online Voting Research MAMA Professional Panel (Local + Foreign) Music Sales Record Sales MAMA Selection Committee Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* 20% 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% Song of the Year Award Category by Genre** 10% 20% 20% 30% 10% 10% Album of the Year — — 30% — 50% 20% Special Prize*** 30% — 50% — — 20%*UnionPay Artist of the Year, Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group (6 total)**UnionPay Song of the Year, Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best Rap Performance, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration (10 total)***Best Music Video, Best OST (2 total)
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Following the announcement of the nominees on October 28, online voting opened on the official MAMA website via PC and mobile web. The voting ended on December 1, 2016.
Artist of the Year (Daesang) Album of the Year (Daesang) BTS Exo Twice GFriend Taeyeon Exo – Ex'Act Twice – Page Two BTS – Wings Seventeen – Love & Letter Shinee – 1 of 1 Song of the Year (Daesang) Best Music Video Twice – "Cheer Up" Exo – "Monster" BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears" GFriend – "Rough" Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me" Blackpink – "Whistle" Dean – "Bonnie & Clyde" Gain – "Carnival (The Last Day)" BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears" Wonder Girls – "Why So Lonely" Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Zico Park Hyo Shin Psy Im Chang-jung Crush Taeyeon Baek A-yeon Ailee Lee Hi Jung Eunji Best Male Group Best Female Group Exo iKon BTS Block B Shinee Infinite Twice Red Velvet Mamamoo GFriend Wonder Girls Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears" Exo – "Monster" Got7 – "Hard Carry" Monsta X – "All In" VIXX – "Fantasy" Seventeen – "Pretty U" GFriend – "Rough" AOA – "Good Luck" Twice – "Cheer Up" Red Velvet – "Russian Roulette" Sistar – "I Like That" Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Collaboration Taemin – "Press Your Number" Luna – "Free Somebody" Jun Hyoseong – "Find Me" Tiffany – "I Just Wanna Dance" HyunA – "How's This?" Suzy & Baekhyun – "Dream" MOBB (Mino & Bobby) – "HIT ME" Park Kyung & Eunha – "Inferiority Complex" BoA & Beenzino – "No Matter What" Eric Nam & Wendy – "Spring Love" Best Vocal Performance – Group Best OST Davichi – "Beside Me" Mamamoo – "You're the Best" Beast – "Ribbon" BTOB – "Remember That" Urban Zakapa – "I Don't Love You" Lee Juck – "Don't Worry" (Reply 1988) Gummy – "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" (Love in the Moonlight) DAVICHI – "This Love" (Descendants of the Sun) Ben – "Like a Dream" (Another Miss Oh) Jang Beom June – "Reminiscence" (Signal) Best Vocal Performance – Male Solo Best Vocal Performance – Female Solo Crush – "Don't Forget" featuring Taeyeon Dean – "D (Half Moon)" Eric Nam – "Good For You" Im Chang-jung – "The Love That I Committed" Jang Beom June – "Fallen in Love (Only with You)" Ailee – "If You" Baek A-yeon – "So-So" Baek Yerin – "Across The Universe" Jung Eunji – "Hopefully Sky" Taeyeon – "Rain" Best Band Performance Best Rap Performance CNBLUE – "You're So Fine" 10cm – "What The Spring??" DAY6 – "Letting Go" FTISLAND – "Take Me Now" Guckkasten – "Pulse" C Jamm & BewhY – "Puzzle" Gary – "Lonely Night" DOK2 – "1llusion" San E & Mad Clown – "Sour Grapes" Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me"Best New Artist – MaleBest New Artist – Female NCT 127 SF9 Astro KNK Pentagon I.O.I Blackpink Gugudan Bolbbalgan4 Cosmic Girls
Special Awards
World Performer Award: Seventeen iQIYI Worldwide Favourite Artist: Got7 Best of Next Male Artist Award: Monsta X Best of Next Female Artist Award: Blackpink Best Producer: Black Eyed Pilseung Best Visual & Art Director: Min Hee-jin Best Choreographer: J.Da Apissara Phetruengrong Best Promoter: Masahiro Hikada Best Executive Producer: Bang Si Hyuk Best International Producer: Timbaland Best Engineer: Tanaka Hironobu Inspired Achievement: Quincy Jones Best Asian Style: Exo Best Asian Artist: Getsunova; Noo Phuoc Thinh; Isyana Sarasvati; JJ Lin; Sekai no Owari; Hua Chenyu
Multiple nominations The following artist(s) received two or more nominations (excluding the special awards): NominationsArtist(s)6ExoBTS5Twice4GFriendTaeyeonZico2AileeBaek A-yeonBlackpinkCrushDavichiDeanEric NamIm Chang-jungJang Beom JuneJung Eun-jiMamamooRed VelvetWonder Girls
Network Country NetworkSouth Korea Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTMJapan Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart, Yahoo GyaoUnited StatesMnet America, Kcon.tvSoutheast Asia tvN AsiaTaiwan tvN Asia, MTV Mandarin, KKTVThailand IflixSri LankaMalaysia TontonFrance DramapassionIndonesia Indosiar, VidioPhilippines MyxCambodia MyTVHong Kong tvN Asia, ViuTV
Notes
References
External links Mnet Asian Music Awards official website