Hey kpop fans – we hope you’re ready for this year’s 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)!
Nominees were officially announced on October 19 via live broadcast, for categories including ‘Best New Male Artist,’ ‘Best New Female Artist,’ ‘Best Male Group,’ and more!
Check out the full list of categories and nominations below!
Best New Male Artist
Wanna One
Golden Child
The East Light
Samuel
Jeong Sewoon
MAMA nominee Wanna One ‘Energetic’
Best New Female Artist
PRISTIN
DreamCatcher
MOMOLAND
Weki Meki
Kim Chungha
MAMA nominee Weki Meki ‘I Don’t Like Your Girlfriend’
Best Male Artist
G-Dragon
Zion.T
PSY
Yoon Jong Shin
Zico
MAMA nominee G-Dragon ‘Untitled 2014’
Best Female Artist
Sunmi
Suzy
IU
Taeyeon
Heize
MAMA nominee IU ‘Palette’
Best Male Group
EXO
GOT7
NU’EST W
Wanna One
BTS
SEVENTEEN
MAMA nominee BTS ‘DNA’
Best Female Group
BLACKPINK
TWICE
Red Velvet
MAMAMOO
GFRIEND
MAMA nominee BLACKPINK ‘As If It’s Your Last’
Best Band Performance
CNBLUE – “Between Us”
DAY6 – “I Smile”
FTISLAND – “Wind”
Buzz – “The Love”
Hyukoh – “Tomboy”
MAMA Nominee FTISLAND ‘Wind’
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
Dean – “Come Over”
Mad Clown – “Lost Without You”
Woo Won Jae – “We Are”
Zico – “Artist”
Heize – “Don’t Know You”
MAMA nominee Zico ‘Artist’
Best Collaboration
Dynamic Duo, Chen – “nosedive”
Jay Park, Dok2 – “Most Hated”
Soyou, Baekhyun – “Rain”
IU, Oh Hyuk – “Can’t Love You Anymore”
Hyorin, Changmo – “Blue Rain”
MAMA nominee Soyou and Baekhyun ‘Rain’
Best Music Video
EXO – “Power”
TWICE – “Signal”
Wanna One – “Energetic”
BTS – “Spring Day”
SEVENTEEN – “Don’t Wanna Cry”
MAMA nominee SEVENTEEN ‘Don’t Wanna Cry’
Best OST
Bolbbalgan4 – “You and Me from the Start”
Suzy – “I Love You Boy”
Ailee – “I Will Go to You Like the First Snow”
Chanyeol, Punch – “Stay with Me”
Crush – “Beautiful”
MAMA nominee Chanyeol x Punch ‘Stay With Me’
Best Vocal Performance Male Solo
Zion.T – “The Song”
Yoon Jong Shin – “Like It”
Jung Seung Hwan – “This Fool”
Han Dong Geun – “Crazy”
Hwang Chi Yeol – “A Daily Song”
MAMA nominee Han Dong Geun ‘Crazy’
Best Vocal Performance Female Solo
Kim Sejeong – “Flower Way”
Suran – “WINE”
IU – “Through the Night”
Jung Eun Ji – “The Spring”
Heize – “You, Clouds, Rain”
MAMA Nominee Heize ‘You, Clouds, Rain’
Best Vocal Performance Group
WINNER – “Really Really”
MAMAMOO – “Yes I Am”
Bolbbalgan4 – “Tell Me You Love Me”
BTOB – “Missing You”
Highlight – “Calling You”
MAMA nominee Highlight ‘Calling You’
Best Dance Performance Solo
Sunmi – “Gashina”
PSY – “New Face”
Lee Hyori – “Black”
Taemin – “Move”
HyunA – “BABE”
MAMA nominee Psy ‘New Face’
Best Dance Performance Female Group
Apink – “FIVE”
TWICE – “Signal”
Red Velvet – “Red Flavor”
Girls’ Generation – “Holiday”
GFRIEND – “Love Whisper”
MAMA nominee TWICE ‘Signal’
Best Dance Performance Male Group
EXO – “Ko Ko Bop”
NCT 127 – “Cherry Bomb”
Monsta X – “Beautiful”
BTS – “DNA”
VIXX – “Shangri-La”
SEVENTEEN – “Don’t Wanna Cry”
MAMA nominee NCT127 ‘Cherry Bomb’
This year’s MAMA’s will kick off in Vietnam on November 25, from there it will travel over to Japan on November 29, and then last stop will be Hong Kong on December 1. The awards are set to feature a plethora of different Asian artists, not only from Korea, but from Thailand, Singapore and more!
To be eligible, music must have been released between October 27, 2016 and October 18. 2017. If your favourite has made the cut, make sure to support them by voting here!
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Written by: Heather Clement
Edited by: Narelle
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