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| Current:2025 MAMA Awards | ||||
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| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the K-pop and Asian music industry. | |||
| Country | South Korea, Macau, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan and United States | |||
| Presented by | CJ ENM Entertainment Division (Mnet) | |||
| First award | November 27, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-27) | |||
| Website | Official website | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | Mnet, acrossCJ ENM channels andother international networks | |||
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TheMAMA Awards (Korean:마마 어워즈, formerlyMnet Asian Music Awards)[1] is a majormusic awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment companyCJ ENM. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes have been won byK-pop artists, although there are other Asian artists winning in various award categories, such as forBest Asian Artist and other professional-related awards.
The awards ceremony was first held inSeoul in 1999, being aired onMnet.[2] MAMA has also been held in various Asian countries and cities outside of South Korea since 2010 and now airs internationally online beyond Asia.[3][4]
The event was launched in 1999 as amusic video awards ceremony, modeled after theMTV Video Music Awards, called the Mnet Music Video Festival.[2][5] It merged with the KMTV Korean Music Awards in 2004 and was renamed the Mnet KM Music Video Festival.[6][7] By the mid-2000s, the awards ceremony had attracted some international interest due to the spread ofHallyu, and it aired in China and Japan in 2008.[2][8]
In 2009, the event was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) to reflect its expansion outside of South Korea.[9] In 2010, MAMA was held in Macau, marking the first time it was held outside of South Korea. The following year, in 2011, MAMA was held in Singapore, and was then held in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017.[8] In 2017, the awards ceremony was expanded to four nights, and parts of the event were held inVietnam and Japan, in addition to Hong Kong.[2] In 2018, MAMA had three parts and was held in three countries; South Korea hosted the MAMA for the first time in nine years, together with Japan and Hong Kong. In2020, MAMA was held online only and took place inSouth Korea only due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12][13]
On July 20, 2021, it was reported byIlgan Sports that the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards was undergoing discussion for the event to be held in Hong Kong despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions.[14] On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the event would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward.[15]
Actor and singerPark Bo-gum first hosted the show in 2017 and has hosted in 2018 and 2019. He returned to host from 2022 to 2025 and has been with the MAMA Awards through its rebranding and first foray into the United States. He has also hosted in Japan's three major domes:Nagoya,Osaka, andTokyo Dome.[16]
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[21] |
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| 1999 | November 27 |  Seoul | Universal Arts Center | Choi Hal-li |
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[21] |
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| 2000 | November 24 | Seoul | Universal Arts Center | Cha Tae-hyun andKim Hyun-joo |
| 2001 | November 23 | Cha Tae-hyun andSong Hye-kyo | ||
| 2002 | November 29 | Shin Dong-yup andKim Jung-eun | ||
| 2003 | November 27 | Kyung Hee University | Cha Tae-hyun andSung Yu-ri |
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[21] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | December 4 | Seoul | Kyung Hee University | Shin Dong-yup and Kim Jung-eun |
| 2005 | November 27 | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | Shin Dong-yup andKim Ah-joong |
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[21] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | November 25 | Seoul | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | Shin Dong-yup andKim Ok-bin |
| 2007 | November 17 | Seoul Sports Complex | Shin Dong-yup andLee Da-hae | |
| 2008 | November 15 | Rain |
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[citation needed] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | November 21 | Seoul | Seoul Sports Complex | Tiger JK |
| 2010 | November 28 |  Macau | Cotai Arena,The Venetian Macao | None |
| 2011 | November 29 |  Singapore | Singapore Indoor Stadium | Lee Byung-hun |
| 2012 | November 30 |  Hong Kong | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | Song Joong-ki |
| 2013 | November 22 | AsiaWorld–Arena | Lee Seung-gi | |
| 2014 | December 3 | Song Seung-heon | ||
| 2015 | December 2 | Psy | ||
| 2016 | December 2 | Lee Byung-hun | ||
| 2017 | November 25 |  Ho Chi Minh City | Hoa Binh Theatre | Thu Minh |
| November 29 |  Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | Park Bo-gum | |
| November 30 | Hong Kong | W Hong Kong | None | |
| December 1 | AsiaWorld–Arena | Song Joong-ki | ||
| 2018 | December 10 | Seoul | Dongdaemun Design Plaza | Jung Hae-in[22] |
| December 12 | Saitama | Saitama Super Arena | Park Bo-gum[22] | |
| December 14 | Hong Kong | AsiaWorld-Arena | Song Joong-ki[22] | |
| 2019 | December 4 | Nagoya | Nagoya Dome | Park Bo-gum[23] |
| 2020 | December 6 | Paju | CJ E&M Contents World | Song Joong-ki[24] |
| 2021 | December 11 | Lee Hyori[25] |
| Year | Date[20] | City[20] | Venue[20] | Host(s)[citation needed] |
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| 2022 | November 29–30 | Osaka | Kyocera Dome | Jeon Somi and Park Bo-gum[26][27] |
| 2023 | November 28–29 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
| 2024 | November 21 |  Los Angeles | Dolby Theatre | Park Bo-gum[28] |
| November 22 | Osaka | Kyocera Dome | Karina,Sung Han-bin,Rei,Yoshi | |
| November 23 | Kim Tae-ri[28] | |||
| 2025 | November 28–29 | Hong Kong | Kai Tak Stadium | Park Bo-gum[29] |
The four Grand Prize (Daesang):
Unless otherwise noted, each award category was introduced in 1999.
These awards have been given once or occasionally.
The following lists the artist(s) who received two or more Grand Prize (Daesang).
(IncludesArtist of the Year,Album of the Year,Song of the Year, andWorldwide Icon of the Year)
| Record set | Artist(s) | First year awarded | Recent year awarded[a] |
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| 21 | BTS | 2016 | 2023 |
| 6 | Exo | 2013 | 2017 |
| 5 | Big Bang | 2008 | 2015 |
| 4 | 2NE1 | 2009 | 2011 |
| 3 | Super Junior | 2007 | 2012 |
| Twice | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Seventeen | 2023 | 2024 | |
| 2 | H.O.T. | 1999 | 2000 |
| BoA | 2002 | 2004 | |
| SG Wannabe | 2006 | 2006 | |
| TVXQ | 2005 | 2008 | |
| G-Dragon | 2009 | 2013 | |
| NewJeans | 2023 | 2023 |
| Record set | Artist(s) |
|---|---|
| 52 | BTS |
| 24 | Seventeen |
| 19 | Twice |
| 16 | Exo |
| 13 | Big Bang |
| Super Junior | |
| 12 | IU |
| 11 | Blackpink |
| TVXQ | |
| 10 | 2NE1 |
| Psy | |
| Shinhwa |
In 2007,Lee Min-woo andShin Hye-sung from the groupShinhwa canceled their appearance at the event one hour before theawards ceremony began. Shin later said they left because they did not trust the event to fairly select winners.[30]
In 2009, entertainment companies Inwoo Production andSM Entertainment boycotted the2009 awards ceremony with none of their artists attending. Both companies said the reason for their boycott was that they questioned the fairness of the voting process. In particular, SM Entertainment said thatGirls' Generation had held the #1 spot on a music chart for nine consecutive weeks, but the group never won first place on Mnet's weeklyM Countdown music show. The company also criticized a mobile poll which required participants to pay money in order to vote.[31] In 2010, SM Entertainment artists also did not attend the year's awards ceremony.[32]
Prior to the2017 awards ceremony, Mnet found that some fans had cast fraudulent votes through the use ofbots. As a result, Mnet temporarily halted voting, then nullified all fraudulent votes, blocked relevant IP addresses, and deleted relevant user accounts.[33][34]
The ceremony broadcasts live worldwide viaMnet,TVING,tvN Asia, Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, otherCJ ENM channels, andYouTube through Mnet K-POP, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON channels.
Other broadcasters that also broadcast the event includesau Smart Pass,Far EasTone Mobile Circle app & friDay Video,MeWATCH,TonTon,FPT Play,JOOX,ViuTV,Smart Livestream, andVidio.
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