The 2024 MAMA Awards was held on November 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California and on November 22 and 23 at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. Actor and singer Park Bo-gum hosted the US part of the ceremony, while actress Kim Tae-ri hosted the second night of the ceremony in Japan.
Background The event was organized by CJ ENM through Mnet. This was the first time that the event was held in the United States and the first time it was held outside Asia. The ceremony's theme was "Big Blur: What is Real?", reflecting the blurred lines between music, culture, and individual preferences.
Selection process All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. Round 1 voting for Fans' Choice Male & Female started on October 14, 7 PM KST until October 25, 11:59 PM KST. Round 2 voting together with Fans' Choice of the Year was conducted from November 1 to 15 and during the Live Broadcast segments of the award show before Chapter 1's Japan Ceremony segment. + Category Digital sales Record sales Online voting Judges panelevaluations Artist of the Year 40% 40% rowspan="2" 20% Categories by Artist Song of the Year 60% rowspan="2" colspan="2" 40% Categories by Genre Album of the Year 60% 40% Best Music Video & Best Choreography colspan="3" 100% Fans' Choice Categories rowspan="2" colspan="2" 100% rowspan="2" Fans' Choice of the Year Performers Chapter 1 November 21 (USA) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Theme Name TWS Illit Riize "Dynamite" "Heart Shaker" "Kick It" Opening Sequence Young Posse "Ate That" "Loading Freestyle" "XXL" Would You Like To Posse? Katseye Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders "Debut" "Touch" Touchdown TWS "Oh Mymy: 7s" "Plot Twist" TWS Club Illit "Magnetic" "Cherish (My Love)" ILLusion IT Riize "Get a Guitar" "Boom Boom Bass" The Destined SunRIIZE J. Y. Park "Don't Leave Me" "She Was Pretty" "Honey" "Who's Your Mama?" "Easy Lover" System Update: JYP 3.0
November 22 (Japan) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Theme Name Yeonjun "Ggum" What Is Real? Me:I "& Me" "Click" Me + I = MIRAI BoyNextDoor "Nice Guy" "Earth, Wind & Fire" Nice Night Serenade Toenze "Left-hander" Toenze Izna Intro: "Final Love Song" / "IWALY" / "Drip" / "Fake It" "Izna" "Timebomb" Who Dat Girl? Lee Young-ji "CTL (Cross The Line)" "Small Girl" Cross The Line Plave "Way 4 Luv" Ive "Accendio" "Heya" Guardians Of The Sun Enhypen "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" "Brought the Heat Back" "Daydream" They Dream Treasure "Intro" "King Kong" "Run" TREASURE.exe Tomorrow X Together "Deja Vu" "Over The Moon" Savior Rosé Bruno Mars "APT." Random Game!
Chapter 2 November 23 (Japan) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Theme Name INI "Loud" "WMDA (Where My Drums At)" Revolution: Change The View Bibi Ahn Jae-hyun "Bam Yang Gang" BIBIdi Bobbidi BAM Meovv "Meow" "Body" Shake Sum Body Zerobaseone "Kill The Romeo" "Good So Bad" Kill The Romeo (G)I-dle "Freestyle Intro" "Super Lady" "Fate" Breaking News: The Shout Byeon Woo-seok "Sudden Shower" Go Back G-Dragon "Untitled, 2014" "Power" "Home Sweet Home" Übermensch BigBang "Bang Bang Bang" "Fantastic Baby" Aespa Intro: "Bored!" / "Spark" / "Dopamine" / "Up" "Supernova" "Whiplash" The Multiverse Awakes: Another I Seventeen "Maestro" "Ash" "Love, Money, Fame" The Real Maestro: Right Here
Presenters
Chapter 1 November 21 (USA) Eric Nam – Red Carpet Host Park Bo-gum – Main Ceremony Host Dustin Hoffman – presented Best New Male Artist Lance Bass – presented Favorite Global Performer – Male Lee Isaac Chung – presented MAMA Award for Best Dance Performance – Male Group Da'Vine Joy Randolph – presented Best New Female Artist Anderson .Paak – presented Inspiring Achievement
November 22 (Japan) Lee Hye-Sung and Hanhae – Red Carpet Host Karina, Sung Han-Bin, Yoshi, and Rei – Opening speech Gong Myung and Kim Min-ha – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Ponta Pass Global Favorite Artist Lee Young-ji and Na Yeong-seok – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Rising Artist Seol In-ah – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Olive Young K-Beauty Star in Music Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Male Group Jo Yu-ri – Introduction to CJ Group & UNESCO girls' education in developing countries campaign Hong Jin-kyung – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Asian Artist Kwak Dong-yeon and Jo Yu-ri – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Worldwine KCONER's Choice Lee Ji-ah – presented Global Sensation Choi Hyun-wook – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Favorite Global Performer – Female and Fans' Choice Top 10 Byeon Woo-seok – presented Visa Fans' Choice of the Year (Daesang) and closing speech
Chapter 2 November 23 (Japan) Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – Red Carpet Host Kim Tae-ri – Main Ceremony Host and introduced G-Dragon Moon Sang-min and Kim Hye-jun – presented Best Dance Performance – Female Group Oh Sang-uk – presented Visa Super Stage Na Yeong-seok and Dex – presented Best Choreography and Favorite Global Trending Music Yim Si-wan and Lee Joo-bin – presented Best Female Group and Favorite Asian Artist Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Best Music Video and Best Male Group Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Best Vocal Performance – Solo Im Si-wan and Mei Nagano – presented Best Vocal Performance – Group HoYeon Jung – presented Music Visionary of the Year Park Seo-joon – presented Visa Album of the Year (Daesang) Lee Jun-ho – presented Visa Song of the Year (Daesang) Ma Dong-seok – presented Visa Artist of the Year (Daesang)
Winners and nominees The list of nominees was announced via livestream on October 14, 2024, and voting for Fans' Choice started shortly after. Nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Main awards
Visa Artist of the Year(Daesang) Visa Song of the Year(Daesang) Seventeen Aespa Jungkook NewJeans Stray Kids Aespa – "Supernova" Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" IU – "Love Wins All" Illit – "Magnetic" NewJeans – "How Sweet" Visa Album of the Year(Daesang) Visa Fans' Choice of the Year(Daesang) Seventeen – Seventeenth Heaven Enhypen – Romance: Untold Jungkook – Golden Stray Kids – Rock-Star Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall Jimin (G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster Enhypen Ive IU Jennie Jungkook Lee Young-ji NCT Dream NewJeans RM Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Twice Unis V Zerobaseone Best Male Group Best Female Group Seventeen Enhypen NCT Dream Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Zerobaseone Aespa (G)I-dle Ive Le Sserafim NewJeans Twice Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Jungkook Baekhyun Lim Young-woong Jimin Taemin IU Jennie Nayeon Taeyeon Yuqi Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group TWS – "Plot Twist" Enhypen – "Sweet Venom" NCT 127 – "Fact Check" Riize – "Love 119" Seventeen – "God of Music" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" Aespa – "Supernova" (G)I-dle – "Super Lady" Illit – "Magnetic" Ive – "Baddie" Le Sserafim – "Easy" NewJeans – "How Sweet" Best Vocal Performance – Solo Best Vocal Performance – Group Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" IU – "Love Wins All" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lim Young-woong – "Warmth" Taeyeon – "To. X" (G)I-dle – "Fate" AKMU – "Hero" Davichi – "A Very Personal Story" Plave – "Way 4 Luv" Red Velvet – "Cosmic" Best Dance Performance – Male Solo Best Dance Performance – Female Solo Jungkook – "Standing Next to You" Jimin – "Who" Key – "Pleasure Shop" Taemin – "Guilty" Taeyong – "Tap" Jennie – "You & Me" Hwasa – "Na" Nayeon – "ABCD" Sunmi – "Balloon in Love" Yuqi – "Freak" Best New Male Artist Best New Female Artist TWS 82Major Ampers&One All(H)Ours NCT Wish Nowadays Illit BabyMonster Meovv QWER Unis Young Posse Best OST Best Band Performance Crush – "Love You With All My Heart" Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" Roy Kim – "Whenever, Wherever" Taeyeon – "Dream" QWER – "T.B.H" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Hyukoh & Sunset Rollercoaster – "Young Man" Lucy – "The Knight Who Can't Die and the Silk Cradle" N.Flying – "Into You" Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance Best Collaboration Zico – "Spot!" Dean – "Die 4 You" Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" Leellamarz – "Boys Like Girls" RM – "Lost! " Zico – "Spot!" GroovyRoom – "Yes or No" Jay Park – "Taxi Blurr" Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" Sung Si-kyung & Naul – "Even for a Moment" Best Music Video Best Choreography Aespa – "Armageddon" IU – "Love Wins All" Ive – "Heya" K.Will – "No Sad Song for My Broken Heart" Seventeen – "Maestro" Aespa – "Supernova" Illit – "Magnetic" Le Sserafim – "Crazy" NewJeans – "Supernatural" Riize – "Impossible" Taemin – "Guilty"
Favorite awards Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male Fans' Choice Top 10 – Female Enhypen Jimin Jungkook NCT Dream RM Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together V Zerobaseone (G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster IU Ive Jennie Lee Young-ji NewJeans Twice Unis Favorite Rising Artist Favorite New Asian Artist Meovv Me:I Favorite Male Group Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group Treasure BoyNextDoor Favorite Global Performer – Male Favorite Global Performer – Female Riize Ive Favorite Asian Artist Favorite Global Trending Music INI Byeon Woo-seok
Special awards Inspiring Achievement Music Visionary of the Year J. Y. Park G-Dragon CJ Global Performance Global Sensation Ive Zerobaseone Bruno Mars Rosé Olive Young K-Beauty Star in Music PontaPass Global Favorite Artist Lee Young-ji Tomorrow X Together Worldwide KCONER's Choice Visa Super Stage Zerobaseone Seventeen
Artists with multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 6 Aespa 5 Seventeen 4 Jennie 3 Ive Jungkook Zerobaseone 2 (G)I-dle IU Jimin Lee Young-ji Tomorrow X Together TWS Zico
Broadcast Chapter 1 US Red Carpet Region Network Worldwide YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) & Mnet Plus Japan Mnet Smart+,
Other Chapter (including Chapter 1 US Ceremony) Region Network Worldwide YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) & Mnet Plus Various Samsung TV Plus (K-Pop by CJ ENM) South Korea Mnet, TVING, tvN Show, Naver, CHZZK Japan Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, Vietnam FPT Play Thailand TrueVisions Now, True X-Zyte Singapore tvN Asia, meWatch Philippines tvN Asia, Blast TV IndonesiatvN Asia, Trans TV (Live Show Highlights) Malaysia tvN Asia Hong Kong Maldives Myanmar Taiwan
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