It’s almost time for this year’s MAMA!
On November 1, the nominations were announced for the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
This year’s ceremonies will kick off at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Korea on December 10 and then continue to Japan at Saitama Super Arena on December 12. The finale on December 14 will once again be in Hong Kong at AsiaWorld-Expo Arena.
The criteria for the final winners are as follows:
Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards – 20% Mwave votes, 30% judge panel (Korean + international), 30% digital sales, 20% physical album sales
Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards – 20% Mwave votes, 40% judge panel (Korean + international), 30% digital sales, 10% physical album sales
Album of the Year – 40% judge panel (Korean + international), 60% physical album sales
Worldwide Icon of the Year – 60% Mwave votes, 20% social media votes, 20% global music video views, +10% live social media votes
Global Top 10 Fans’ Choice – 60% Mwave votes, 20% social media votes, 20% global music video views
Special Award – 30% Mwave votes, 70% judge panel (Korean + international)
In order to be eligible, the music must have been released between October 18, 2017 and October 31, 2018.
Voting will take place online here from November 1 at 6 p.m. KST through December 9 at 11:59 p.m. KST. Voting for the Global Fans’ Choice is available here.
Check out the nominees below:
Best New Male Artist
HAON
Stray Kids
Kim Dong Han
The Boyz
VINXEN
Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
Best New Female Artist
NATURE
GWSN
IZ*ONE
(G)I-DLE
LOONA
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Best Male Artist
DEAN
Roy Kim
Park Hyo Shin
Zico
Hwang Chi Yeol
Best Female Artist
IU
Sunmi
Chungha
Taeyeon
Heize
Best Male Group
GOT7
NCT 127
NU’EST W
Wanna One
BTS
SEVENTEEN
Best Female Group
BLACKPINK
TWICE
Red Velvet
MAMAMOO
MOMOLAND
GFRIEND
Best Band Performance
DAY6 – “Shoot Me”
FTISLAND – “Summer Night’s Dream”
Guckkasten – “Stranger”
Kiha and the Faces – “Cho Shim”
Hyukoh – “Love Ya!”
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
DEAN – “instagram”
Jay Park – “Soju”
Zico – “Soulmate” (Feat. IU)
Crush – “Bittersweet”
Heize – “Jenga”
Best Music Video
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
Wanna One – “Beautiful”
BTS – “IDOL”
SHINee – “Good Evening”
Best OST
NU’EST W – “And I” (“Mr. Sunshine”)
Roy Kim – “No Longer Mine” (“Familiar Wife”)
Park Hyo Shin – “The Day” (“Mr. Sunshine”)
SEVENTEEN – “A-TEEN” (“A-TEEN”)
Paul Kim – “Every Day, Every Moment” (“Shall We Kiss First?”)
Best Unit
EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
Wanna One Triple Position – “Kangaroo”
gugudan SEMINA – “SEMINA”
SEVENTEEN BSS – “Just Do It”
Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – “Lil’ Touch”
Best Vocal Performance Solo
Roy Kim – “Only Then”
Park Hyo Shin – “Sound of Winter”
Lim Chang Jung – “There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”
Jung Seung Hwan – “The Snowman”
Heize – “Didn’t Know Me”
Best Vocal Performance Group
iKON – “Love Scenario”
MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”
MeloMance – “Tale”
Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”
BTOB – “Only One for Me”
Best Dance Performance Solo
Sunmi – “Siren”
Seungri – “1, 2, 3!”
Chungha – “Roller Coaster”
HyunA – “Lip & Hip”
Hyolyn – “Dally” (Feat. Gray)
Best Dance Performance Female Group
AOA – “Bingle Bangle”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
Lovelyz – “That Day”
Oh My Girl – “Secret Garden”
Best Dance Performance Male Group
Wanna One – “Boomerang”
GOT7 – “Lullaby”
MONSTA X – “Shoot Out”
BTS – “Fake Love”
SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”
PENTAGON – “Shine”
Song of the Year
(Nominees for the other song categories are automatically nominated for Song of the Year)
AOA – “Bingle Bangle”
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”
BTOB – “Only One for Me”
BTS – “Fake Love”
Chungha – “Roller Coaster”
Crush – “Bittersweet”
DAY6 – “Shoot Me”
DEAN – “instagram”
EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
FTISLAND – “Summer Night’s Dream”
Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – “Lil’ Touch”
GOT7 – “Lullaby”
Guckkasten – “Stranger”
gugudan SEMINA – “SEMINA”
Heize – “Didn’t Know Me”
Heize – “Jenga”
Hyukoh – “Love Ya!”
HyunA – “Lip & Hip”
Hyolyn – “Dally” (Feat. Gray)
iKON – “Love Scenario”
Jay Park – “Soju”
Jung Seung Hwan – “The Snowman”
Kiha and the Faces – “Cho Shim”
Lim Chang Jung – “There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”
Lovelyz – “That Day”
MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”
MeloMance – “Tale”
MONSTA X – “Shoot Out”
Oh My Girl – “Secret Garden”
Park Hyo Shin – “Sound of Winter”
PENTAGON – “Shine”
Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
Roy Kim – “Only Then”
Seungri – “1, 2, 3!”
SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”
SEVENTEEN BSS – “Just Do It”
Sunmi – “Siren”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
Wanna One – “Boomerang”
Wanna One Triple Position – “Kangaroo”
Zico – “Soulmate” (Feat. IU)
Artist of the Year
(Nominees for the genre categories are automatically nominated for Artist of the Year)
BLACKPINK
BTS
Chungha
DEAN
fromis_9
GFRIEND
(G)I-DLE
GOT7
GWSN
HAON
Heize
Hwang Chi Yeol
Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
IU
IZ*ONE
Kim Dong Han
LOONA
MAMAMOO
MOMOLAND
NATURE
NCT 127
NU’EST W
Park Hyo Shin
Red Velvet
Roy Kim
SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
Sunmi
Taeyeon
The Boyz
TWICE
VINXEN
Wanna One
Zico
Mwave Global Fans’ Choice
(Nominees determined by winner of monthly online vote on Mwave)
December: Wanna One – “Beautiful”
January: MONSTA X – “Dramarama”
February & March: JBJ – “My Flower”
April: GOT7 – “Look”
May: EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
June & July: BTS – “Fake Love”
August: SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”
September: Stray Kids – “My Pace”
October: GOT7 – “Lullaby”
