The 2022 MAMA Awards took place on November 29 and 30, 2022 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. It was hosted by singer Jeon Somi and actor and singer Park Bo-gum. It was broadcast live through music channel Mnet. Background On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward. The theme for the ceremony wa "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night: "The world we build together" for first day, and "We are K-POP" for the second. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history.
On November 16, Mnet announced the hosts of the ceremony, Jeon Somi will be hosting day 1 while Park Bo-gum will host day 2. They also announced that BTS member, J-hope, will perform and collaboration stages.
This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all four Grand Prizes (Daesang) in a single night. BTS was the first, and so far only, artist to receive the award, by virtue of winning all of the four Grand Prizes in the previous three editions.
Selection process All songs that have been released from November 1, 2021, to October 21, 2022, are eligible to be nominated. On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced that due to the changes in Twitter which makes securing and collecting data impossible, they will remove all Twitter votes from the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fan's Choice category without making adjustments to the other sources. DivisionMAMA professional panelDigital salesRecord salesGlobal music video view countsOnline votingArtist of the Year40%30%30%——Categories by ArtistSong of the Year40%60%———Categories by GenreAlbum of the Year40%—60%——Best Music Video70%——30%—Worldwide Icon of the Year———10% 50% 30% 10% Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Performers On October 26, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, Mnet announced the second line up of artists for the ceremony.
Day 1 + Artist(s) Song(s) Stage theme title Jeon Somi and Leejung Lee(with YGX) Songs From Worldwide Fans' Choice Nominated Artist "The New Passion" Nmixx "O.O", "Dice" "Downside Up" DKZ "Uh-Heung" "The Final Destination" Hyolyn "Layin' Low""Two Women" Bibi "Bibi Vengeance" Bibi + Hyolyn "Youknowbetter", "Law" JO1 "SuperCali" (MAMA version) "I Am, I Wish, I Will" Le Sserafim "Antifragile", "Fearless" "Dear You Who Wish for My Fall" Kep1er "The Girls (Can't Turn Me Down)", "Wa Da Da" "The Girls WaDaDa to Dream" Forestella "Fake Love" (BTS cover), "Save Our Lives" "Live a Life of Love" Street Man Fighter & Kang Daniel "World Changer" "Dance Makes One" Ive, Kep1er, Nmixx, Le Sserafim,NewJeans "Eleven", "Wa Da Da", "O.O", "Fearless", "Hype Boy""Cheer Up" (Twice cover) "LINNK the Next Generation" Tomorrow X Together "Opening Sequence", "Lonely Boy", "Good Boy Gone Bad" "Goodbye Romeo" Kara "Lupin", "Step", "Mister", "When I Move" "Kara Is Back" Stray Kids "Venom" (MAMA version), "Maniac" (MAMA version) "Do You Want to Be Oddinary?"
Day 2 + Artist(s) Song(s) Stage theme title Jung Jae-il "Parasite", "Squid Game" "The Letter from Music" Jung Jae-il, Tiger JK & 3Racha "Music Makes One" Tempest "Dragon" "Fly High" NewJeans Intro, "Hype Boy", "Attention" "NewFriends" Enhypen "Blessed-Cursed", "Walk the Line", "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" "Manifesto: 革命" Ive "Eleven", "Love Dive", "After Like" "God Is Alive" NiziU and INI "Yuki no Hana" (Mika Nakashima cover), "Clap" (Seventeen cover) "Into the Universe" NiziU "Clap Clap" INI "Spectra" Treasure "Volkno", "Jikjin", "Hello" "We Don't Need Way Back" (G)I-dle and Jaurim "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One", "Tomboy" & "Boxing Helena","Beeswax Angel" "We Never Die" Jaurim"Hahaha Song" (G)I-dle"My Bag", "Tomboy" Itzy "Cheshire", "Sneakers" "Birth of a Queen" Lim Young-woong and Monika "If We Ever Meet Again" "Good, Bye" Zico, Street Man Fighter andSoyeon of (G)I-dle "New Thing", "Freak" "Freakout" J-Hope "More", "Arson", "Future" "I'm Your Hope"
Presenters
Day 1
Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Gabee – Red Carpet Hosts Joo Jung-hyuk – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Kang Han-na – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Kwak Yoon-gy and Gabee – Yogibo Chill Artist Award Nam Yoon-su and Mio Imada – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Artist Park Sung-hoon – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Pak Se-ri – Favorite Asian Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Lee Jae-wook – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Seo Ji-hye – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Park Bo-gum – Worldwide Icon of the Year
Day 2
Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Red Carpet Hosts Enhypen – Best New Male Group Yeo Jin-goo – Inspiring Achievement Woo Do-hwan and Han Sun-hwa – Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Global Music Trend Leader Moon Ga-young – Breakout Producer Yeo Jin-goo and Kim So-hyun – Most Popular Male Artist Kim Hae-joon and Lee Eun-ji – Best Dance Performance Female Group Hwang Min-hyun and Ahn So-hee – Favorite Female Group and Best Dance Performance Male Group Kentaro Sakaguchi – Album of the Year Jung Woo-sung – Song of the Year Yuna Kim – Artist of the Year Hwang Jung-min – MAMA Platinum
Winners and nominees The nominees were announced during the live announcement last October 24, 2022 at 6PM KST. Voting opened an hour after. Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners listed first and highlighted in bold.
Main awards
Artist of the Year(Daesang) Song of the Year(Daesang) BTS (G)I-dle Blackpink Ive Stray Kids Ive – "Love Dive" (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" Blackpink – "Pink Venom" BTS – "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" NewJeans – "Attention" Album of the Year(Daesang) Worldwide Icon of the Year(Daesang) BTS – Proof Blackpink – Born Pink NCT Dream – Glitch Mode Seventeen – Face the Sun Stray Kids – Maxident BTS Blackpink Enhypen Got7 NCT Dream Psy Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure Best Male Group Best Female Group BTS Enhypen NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Blackpink (G)I-dle Aespa Itzy Red Velvet Twice Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Lim Young-woong J-Hope Kang Daniel Psy Zico Nayeon IU Miyeon Seulgi Taeyeon Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group Seventeen – "Hot" NCT 127 – "2 Baddies" NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode" Stray Kids – "Maniac" Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad" Treasure – "Jikjin" Ive – "Love Dive" (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" Blackpink – "Pink Venom" Le Sserafim – "Fearless" NewJeans – "Attention" Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm" Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Vocal Performance – Solo Psy – "That That" Jessi – "Zoom" Nayeon – "Pop!" Sunmi – "Heart Burn" Choi Ye-na – "Smiley" Taeyeon – "INVU" IU – "Drama" Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession" Lee Mu-jin – "When It Snows" Lim Young-woong – "Our Blues, Our Life" Best Vocal Performance – Group Best Collaboration Big Bang – "Still Life" BTS – "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" Davichi – "Fanfare" Enhypen – "Polaroid Love" Winner – "I Love U" Psy and Suga – "That That" 10cm and Big Naughty – "Just 10 Centimeters" Crush and J-Hope – "Rush Hour" Loco and Hwasa – "Somebody!" Woo Won-jae and Meenoi – "Ghosting" Best New Male Artist Best New Female Artist Xdinary Heroes ATBO Tempest TNX Younite Ive Kep1er Le Sserafim NewJeans Nmixx Choi Ye-na Best OST Best HipHop & Urban Music MeloMance – "Love, Maybe" (from Business Proposal) 10cm – "Drawer" (from Our Beloved Summer) Jimin and Ha Sung-woon – "With You" (from Our Blues) V – "Christmas Tree" (from Our Beloved Summer) Wonstein – "Your Existence" (from Twenty-Five Twenty-One) Jay Park – "Ganadara" Be'O – "Counting Stars" Big Naughty – "Beyond Love" J-Hope – "More" Zico – "Freak" Best Band Performance Best Music Video Xdinary Heroes – "Happy Death Day" Jannabi – "Grippin' the Green" Jaurim – "Stay with Me" Lucy – "Play" The Black Skirts – "My Little Lambs" Blackpink – "Pink Venom"
Favorite awards Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Blackpink BTS Enhypen Got7 NCT Dream Psy Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure Favorite New Artist Favorite Asian Artist Ive Kep1er Le Sserafim Nmixx JO1 Favorite Female Group (G)I-dle
Special awards Category Winner Yogibo Chill Artist Stray Kids Bibigo Culture and Style J-Hope Inspiring Achievement Jaurim Global Music Trend Leader Zico Most Popular Male Artist J-Hope Most Popular Group Stray Kids MAMA Platinum BTS
Professional categories Category Winner Work Breakout Producer Min Hee-jin New Jeans
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received three or more awards: AwardsArtist(s) 6 BTS 4 Ive 3 Blackpink Psy Stray Kids
Broadcast The ceremony was broadcast live worldwide from Mnet in South Korea, and wa simulcast across CJ E&M channels (where available); other international networks, and online via Mnet K-pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON's YouTube account. The red carpet wa be broadcast live two hours before the main ceremony. Country Network Worldwide YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) South Korea Mnet, tvN Show (awards show only), TVING Japan Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, au Smart Pass Singapore Channel U (live highlights), MeWATCH tvN Asia Taiwan FET Friday Video, FET Mobile Circle app (Far EasTone) Malaysia TonTon (awards show only) Vietnam FPT Play Philippines tvN Asia (via Smart GigaPlay & Cignal (PLDT Group)) Hong Kong tvN Asia Indonesia Thailand Myanmar Maldives Macau Sri Lanka
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