MAMA season is back!

On October 24, the nominations were announced for the 2022 MAMA Awards (previously known as the Mnet Asian Music Awards).

This year’s ceremony will take place at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome in Japan on November 29 and 30.

The criteria for the final winners are as follows:

• Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards – 40% judge panel evaluation, 30% song downloads/streaming (20% Korea + 10% global), 30% physical album sales
• Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards – 40% judge panel evaluation, 60% song downloads/streaming (40% Korea + 20% global)
• Album of the Year – 40% judge panel evaluation, 60% physical album sales*
  (*Note: The criteria written in Korean states 60% physical album sales while the criteria written in English states 60% song downloads/streaming)
• Worldwide Icon of the Year – 50% Mnet Plus votes, 30% Spotify votes, 10% Twitter votes, 10% music video score, (10% extra) live broadcast Twitter votes
• Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 – 50% Mnet Plus votes, 30% Spotify votes, 10% Twitter votes, 10% music video score

In order to be eligible, the music must have been released between November 1, 2021 and October 21, 2022.

Voting will take place online here through November 4 at 11:59 p.m. KST.

The nominees are as follows:

Best New Female Artist

• IVE
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• Yena (Choi Ye Na)

Best New Male Artist

• ATBO
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• Xdinary Heroes
• YOUNITE

Best Female Artist

• IU
• Miyeon
• Nayeon
• Seulgi
• Taeyeon

Best Male Artist

• J-Hope
• Kang Daniel
• Lim Young Woong
• PSY
• Zico

Best Female Group

• (G)I-DLE
• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• ITZY
• Red Velvet
• TWICE

Best Male Group

• BTS
• ENHYPEN
• NCT DREAM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• TXT

Best Vocal Performance Solo 

• IU – “Drama”
• Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
• Lee Mujin – When it snows” (feat. Heize)
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
• Taeyeon – “INVU”

Best Vocal Performance Group

• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BTS – “Yet To Come”
• Davichi – “Fanfare”
• ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
• WINNER – “I LOVE U”

Best Band Performance

• JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
• Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
• LUCY – “PLAY”
• The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
• Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”

Best Dance Performance Solo

• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• Nayeon – “POP!”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
• Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
• Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
• TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
• TREASURE – “JIKJIN”

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”

Best OST

• 10CM – “Drawer” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
• Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You” (“Our Blues” OST)
• MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” (“A Business Proposal” OST)
• V – “Christmas Tree” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
• Wonstein – “Your Existence” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One” OST)

Best Collaboration

• 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
• Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
• Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

• BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
• J-Hope – “MORE”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
• Zico – “Freak”

Song of the Year

(Nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated.)

• 10CM – “Drawer”
• 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
• BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
• BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
• BTS – “Yet To Come”
• Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
• Davichi – “Fanfare”
• ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• IU – “Drama”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
• Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• J-Hope – “MORE”
• Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You”
• Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• Lee Mujin – When it snows” (feat. Heize)
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
• Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
• LUCY – “PLAY”
• MeloMance – “Love, Maybe”
• Nayeon – “POP!”
• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
• SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
• Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
• Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
• Taeyeon – “INVU”
• The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
• TREASURE – “JIKJIN”
• TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
• V – “Christmas Tree”
• WINNER – “I LOVE U”
• Wonstein – “Your Existence”
• Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)
• Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”
• Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)
• Zico – “Freak”

Artist of the Year

(Nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated.)

• aespa
• ATBO
• BLACKPINK
• BTS
• ENHYPEN
• (G)I-DLE
• ITZY
• IU
• IVE
• J-Hope
• Kang Daniel
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• Lim Young Woong
• Miyeon
• Nayeon
• NCT DREAM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• PSY
• Red Velvet
• Seulgi
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• Taeyeon
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• TWICE
• TXT
• Xdinary Heroes
• Yena
• YOUNITE
• Zico

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10

• aespa
• ASTRO
• ATEEZ
• BIGBANG
• Billlie
• BLACKPINK
• Brave Girls
• BTOB
• BTS
• Chungha
• Crush
• Dreamcatcher
• ENHYPEN
• EVERGLOW
• fromis_9
• (G)I-DLE
• Girls’ Generation
• GOT7
• ITZY
• IU
• IVE
• Jay Park
• Jessi
• Jo Yu Ri
• Kai
• Kang Daniel
• KARD
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• LOONA
• MAMAMOO
• MONSTA X
• NCT 127
• NCT DREAM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• ONEUS
• PENTAGON
• PSY
• Red Velvet
• SEVENTEEN
• STAYC
• Stray Kids
• Sunmi
• THE BOYZ
• TREASURE
• TWICE
• TXT
• WINNER
• Yena

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 703 boy group members, using big data collected from September 15 to October 15.

BTS’s Jimin topped the list for the 45th non-consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 5,618,402, marking a 4.71 percent rise in his score since September.

High-ranking phrases in Jimin’s keyword analysis included “birthday,” “ARMY,” and “Twitter,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “congratulate,” “tweet,” and “all-kill.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 90.84 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jungkook rose to second place for October with a brand reputation index of 4,853,959, marking a 33.00 percent increase in his score since last month.

Meanwhile, ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo took third place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 4,115,216.

Finally, BTS’s V and Wanna One’s Kang Daniel rounded out the top five at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BTS’s Jungkook
3. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
4. BTS’s V
5. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
6. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
7. BTS’s Jin
8. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
9. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
10. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
11. BTS’ Suga
12. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
13. EXO’s Baekhyun
14. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
15. SHINee’s Key
16. BTOB’s Yook Sungjae
17. BTS’s RM
18. NCT’s Mark
19. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Minhyun
20. WINNER’s Song Mino
21. BTS’s J-Hope
22. Highlight’s Yoon Doojoon
23. NCT’s Jaehyun
24. Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
25. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
26. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
27. SHINee’s Minho
28. WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon
29. NCT’s Doyoung
30. TVXQ’s Changmin

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for male idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various boy groups, using big data collected from September 8 to October 8.

BTS topped the list for the 53rd consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 9,511,195. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “concert,” “HYBE,” and “military service issue,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “appear,” “perform,” and “reveal.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 65.41 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 3,814,243 for October.

NCT rose to third place in this month’s rankings with a brand reputation index of 3,233,041, marking a 6.47 percent increase in their score since September.

THE BOYZ took fourth place with a brand reputation index of 2,448,590, while EXO rounded out the top five with a total index of 2,173,481.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. SEVENTEEN
3. NCT
4. THE BOYZ
5. EXO
6. Super Junior
7. BIGBANG
8. Highlight
9. SHINee
10. INFINITE
11. MONSTA X
12. BTOB
13. ASTRO
14. WINNER
15. Stray Kids
16. Wanna One
17. Shinhwa
18. 2PM
19. TXT
20. TREASURE
21. ENHYPEN
22. VIXX
23. TVXQ
24. ATEEZ
25. ONEUS
26. Golden Child
27. PENTAGON
28. GOT7
29. Block B
30. VICTON

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