The 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from November 25 through December 1, 2017 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong with the theme, "Coexistence". It was the eighth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, the 19th ceremony in the show's history, and the first ceremony to take place in three locations.
Nominees were announced on October 19, 2017, through the 2017 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.
Shows Event Date City Country Host Venue MAMA Premiere in Vietnam November 25, 2017 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Thu Minh Hòa Bình Theater MAMA in Japan November 29, 2017 Yokohama Japan Park Bo-gum Yokohama Arena MAMA Professional Categories November 30, 2017 Hong Kong Kim Young-chul, Shin A-young & Ji Sook W Hong KongMAMA in Hong KongDecember 1, 2017Song Joong-kiAsiaWorld–Expo
Criteria Division Online Voting MAMA Professional Panel (Local + Foreign) Music Sales Record Sales Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* 30% 30% 30% 10% Song of the Year Award Category by Genre**20% 40% 30% 10% Album of the Year – 40% – 60% Special Prize***30% 70% – – *Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group**Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST***Best Music Video
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19, online voting opened on the official MAMA website and Mwave app and Qoo10 website and app on October 21. Voting ended on November 28, 2017.
Main Award Qoo10 Artist of the Year (Daesang) Qoo10 Album of the Year(Daesang) BTS Twice Exo Wanna One IU Exo – The War BTS – Love Yourself: Her Wanna One – 1×1=1 (To Be One) Twice – Signal Seventeen – Al1 Qoo10 Song of the Year(Daesang) Best Music Video Twice – "Signal" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Heize – "You, Clouds And Rain" IU – "Through The Night" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" BTS – "Spring Day" Exo – "Power" Twice – "Signal" Wanna One – "Energetic" Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Zico Yoon Jong-shin G-Dragon Zion.T Psy IU Sunmi Taeyeon Heize Suzy Best Male Group Best Female Group Wanna One Exo BTS Seventeen Got7 NU'EST W Red Velvet Twice Mamamoo GFriend Blackpink Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" NCT 127 – "Cherry Bomb" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Monsta X – "Beautiful BTS – "DNA" VIXX – "Shangri-La" Twice – "Signal" Girls' Generation – "Holiday" GFriend – "Love Whisper" Apink – "Five" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Collaboration Taemin – "Move" Hyuna – "Babe" Sunmi – "Gashina" Psy – "New Face" Lee Hyori – "Black" Dynamic Duo & Chen – "Nosedive" Soyou & Baekhyun – "Rain" IU & Ohhyuk – "Can't Love You Anymore" Hyolyn & Changmo – "Blue Moon" Jay Park & Dok2 – "Most Hated" Best Vocal Performance – Female Best Vocal Performance – MaleHeize – "You, Clouds, Rain" Kim Se-jeong – "Flower Way" Suran – "Wine" IU – "Through The Night" Jung Eun-ji – "The Spring" Yoon Jong-shin – "Like It?" Zion.T – "The Song" Jung Seung-hwan – "This Fool" Han Dong-geun – "Crazy" Hwang Chi-yeul – "A Daily Song" Best Vocal Performance – Group Best OST Bolbbalgan4 – "Tell Me You Love Me" BtoB – "Missing You" Highlight – "Calling You" Winner – "Really Really" Mamamoo – "Yes I am" Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) Chanyeol & Punch – "Stay With Me" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) Bolbbalgan4 – "You and Me from the Start" (The Emperor: Owner of the Mask) Suzy – "I Love You Boy" (While You Were Sleeping) Crush – "Beautiful" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) Best Band Performance Best HipHop & Urban Music Hyukoh – "TOMBOY" Day6 – "I Smile" Buzz – "The Love" CNBLUE – "Between Us" F.T. Island – "Wind" Heize – "Don't Know You" Zico – "Artist" Dean – "Come Over" Mad Clown – "Lost Without You" Woo Won-jae – "We Are"Best New Artist – MaleBest New Artist – Female Wanna One Samuel The East Light Golden Child Jeong Se-woon PRISTIN Weki Meki Kim Chung-ha Dreamcatcher Momoland
Favorite Award Mwave Global Fans' Choice 2017 Favorite KPOP Star Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Winner – "Really Really" T-ara – "What's My Name?" Wanna One – "Energetic" BTS – "DNA" Got7 BTS Winner Zico Psy Exo CNBLUE Seventeen Twice Red Velvet Highlight F.T. Island NCT 127 Monsta X IU NU'EST W Blackpink Wanna One BtoB Day6
Special Awards +NomineesWinnersFavorite Vietnamese ArtistSơn Tùng M-TPBest Asian ArtistJapan AKB48IndonesiaAgnez MoMandarinKaren MokVietnamTóc TiênSingaporeAisyah AzizThailandLulaBest Asian Stylein JapanEXO-CBXin Hong KongBTSNew Asian ArtistNCT 127Best of Next Wanna OneChunghaStyle In MusicSunmiDiscovery of the YearNU'EST WBest Concert PerformerMonsta XWorld PerformerGot7Worldwide Favorite Artist SeventeenBest Composer of the YearRaisa Andriana & Isyana SarasvatiBest Executive of the YearGeorge TrivinoBest Engineer of the YearDat Nguyen MinhBest Video Director of the YearAtsushi MakinoBest Choreographer of the Year Youngjun ChoiBest Visual & Art Director of the YearYangBest Producer of the YearPdoggInspired AchievementYasushi Akimoto
Multiple wins The following artist(s) received three or more wins: Awards Artist(s) 3 BTS Wanna One
Multiple nominations All artists nominated is also present in the "daesang" categories. The following artist(s) received five or more nominations (excluding the special awards): NominationsArtist(s)6ExoTwiceIU5BTSRed VelvetWanna One
Performers The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.
2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam
+List of performancesName(s) Performance(s)Notes Tóc Tiên "Em không là duy nhất" & "I'm in Love"/"Ngày mai" "Guiding Star" Lula "Mun Keu Kwahm Ruk" & "Rheung Tee Khor" "Lulaland" Aisyah Aziz "Tanda Tanya" & "Mimpi" "World, Word" Erik, Duc Phuc, & Hoa Minzy Mashup Love Songs "Better Together" Samuel "Sixteen" & "Candy" "Realization of a Dream" Agnez Mo "Coke Bottle", "Long As I Get Paid" & "Damn, I Love You" "Crush on You" Wanna One "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up" "Energetic Shock" Seventeen "I Don't Know, Well", "Don't Wanna Cry", "Without You" & "Clap" "Show Never Ends"
2017 MAMA in Japan
+List of performancesName(s) Performance(s)Notes BoA "Girls On Top" & "CAMO" "Coexistence" (Opening Act) Seventeen "No. 1" Twice "My Name" BoA (w/ Hwang Min-hyun) "Only One" Monsta X "Beautiful (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" & "Dramarama" "Flesh And Bone" Weki Meki "Sugar High" & "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" "It's Showtime" Kim Chung-ha "Hand On Me" & "Why Don't You Know" PRISTIN "We Are PRISTIN" & "Wee Woo"Weki Meki, Kim Chung-ha, Pristin,Idol School, Fromis 9 & AKB48 "Pick Me" "Heavy Rotation" & "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" Zico "Anti" & "Artist" "ZICO Prod. By ZICO" Fromis 9 "Glass Shoes" "Nine Promises" Twice "TT", "Signal" & "Likey (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" "Dancing Like Twice" Wanna One "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up: Prequel Mix" "Revolution" Seventeen "Mansae" & "Clap" "Time Between Dog and Wolf" NU'EST W "Where You At" Seventeen & NU'EST W "Heaven" Exo-CBX "Hey Mama!" & "Ka-CHING! (Remix Ver.)" "Curious, Brilliant, XOXO"
2017 MAMA in Hong Kong
+List of performancesName(s) Performance(s)Notes Dynamic Duo & Chen "Nosedive" "Together" (Opening Act) Dynamic Duo, Jackson Wang, Vernon, JooHeon, & Mark "1/n (2017 MAMA Remix Ver.)" Sunmi & Taemin "Door", "Gashina" & "Move" "Fatal Temptation" Heize "You, Clouds, Rain" & "Don't Know You" "2 Rooms" Bolbbalgan4 "Say You Love Me" & "Some" GOT7 "You Are""Perfect 7 Days" GOT7 & DAY6 "Never Ever (Rock Version)" Hitchhiker "11""Red City" NCT 127 "The 7th Sense - Reverse" & "Cherry Bomb" Hitchhiker, Taeyong & Seulgi "I Just & Around (Remix Ver.)" Red Velvet "Peek-A-Boo" & "Red Flavor (Hitchhiker Remix Ver.)" Hitchhiker, NCT 127 & Red Velvet "$10 (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" Soyou "I Miss You" "Scene Of Love" Chanyeol & Soyou "Stay With Me" Ailee "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" Hyukoh "Wanli万里" "Eastern Wave" EXO "The Eve", "Ko Ko Bop" & "Power (Remix Ver.)""The Force Of The Planet" Kai "I See You", "Kinetic" Wanna One "Nothing Without You", "Beautiful", "Energetic" & "Pick Me" "Vivid Dream" Karen Mok "Love Of My Life" "The Empress Arrives" Super Junior "Black Suit" "Super Junior Rises" BTS "Not Today", "DNA" & "Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" "Beyond Wormhole" RM, Suga & J-Hope "Cypher 4"
Presenters
Vietnam Dustin Phuc Nguyen & Hari Won – red carpet hosts Thu Minh – main host Duc Bao & Ai Phuong – supporting hosts Le Hieu & Pham Huong – presented Best Asian Artist (Indonesia) Khac Hung & Angela Phuong Trinh – presented Best Asian Artist (Thailand) Hua Vi Van & Diem My – presented Best of Next Award Trinh Thang Binh & Hari Won – presented Favorite Vietnamese Artist Kang Tae-oh & Chi Pu – presented Best Asian Artist (Singapore) Quang Dung & Thanh Hang – presented Best Asian Artist (Vietnam) Thu Minh – presented Worldwide Favorite Artist
Japan Jo Se-ho, Shin A-young & Ji Sook – red carpet hosts Park Bo-gum – main host I.O.I – presented Best New Female Artist Chu Sung-hoon, Lee Ho-jung & Chu Sa-rang – presented Best New Male Artist & Best Asian Style in Japan Seo Kang-joon – presented "It's Showtime" Performance & Inspired Achievement Fujii Mina – presented Best Of Next Award Jo Se-ho & Fromis 9 – presented Best Dance Performance Group – Female Sung Hoon & Lee Sun-bin – presented Best Concert Performer Yano Shiho – presented Discovery of the Year Harada Ryuuji & Ishida Nicole – presented Mwave Global Fans' Choice Lim Ju-hwan & Kim So-hyun – presented Best Male Artist Satoh Takeru – presented Best Dance Performance Group – Male BoA – presented Song of the Year
Hong Kong Kim Young-chul, Shin A-young & Ji Sook – red carpet hosts Song Joong-ki – main host Kim Min-seok & Kim Sae-ron – presented Best HipHop & Urban Music & Best Band Performance Kim Yoo-jung – presented Best Music Video Ji Soo & Nam Joo-hyuk – presented Best Collaboration & Style In Music Kwon Yul & Kim Jae-wook – presented Best Vocal Performance Solo & Best Dance Performance Solo Jo Se-ho & Ahn Jae-hyun – presented Best Vocal Performance Group & New Asian Artist Wong Cho-lam & Jo Bo-ah (with Jeong Se-woon) – presented Best Female Group & Best Asian Style In Hong Kong Lee Honey – presented UNESCO & CJ Group Global Education Campaign & "Vivid Dream" performance Lee Beom-soo & Lee Chung-ah – presented for Best OST & World Performer Park Joo-mi – presented Best Asian Artist Mandarin Lee Honey & Ahn Jae-hyun – presented Best Male Group Song Ji-hyo & Yoon Kye-sang – presented Artist of the Year Lee Young-ae – presented Album of the Year
Controversies
Illegal online votes Voting officially started on October 21, however the official website experienced issues for the following two days. On November 2, MAMA "nullified" illegal votes they detected between October 26 and November 1 and halted voting from 4:00 am to 8:00 am. In addition, they announced that they "will take stronger measures against illegal voting if it continues, including nullifying the votes confirmed to be illegitimate, blocking the relevant IP addresses, and permanently deleting the relevant accounts."
Blackpink incident The photo of the South Korean group Blackpink was shown blurred in red for a moment during the announcement of the category candidates.
Broadcast +2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam Country Network South Korea Mnet Vietnam tvBlue (Pre-recorded Broadcast)