BTS, TWICE, aespa, ENHYPEN, Blackpink’s Rose and Lisa, and more are this year’s MAMA nominees

Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) unveiled on Wednesday the list of nominees for this year’s awarding ceremony, scheduled to take place on December 11 at 6 PM (KST).

MAMA is a major South Korean music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ E&M.

According to Soompi, the award-giving body has made several changes to its criteria. 

“Unlike in previous years, fan votes will not be one of the criteria for determining the Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year awards. However, the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 awards will be determined entirely through fan votes, with no other criteria,” Soompi reported.

Online voting starts on November 4 at 6 PM (KST) to November 22 at 4:59 PM (KST). So what are you waiting for? Cast your votes now!

Listed below are this year’s nominees:

Best New Male Artist

• DRIPPIN
• ENHYPEN
• EPEX
• MIRAE
• P1Harmony

Best New Female Artist

• aespa
• Jo Yu Ri
• Kwon Eun Bi
• LIGHTSUM
• STAYC

Best Male Artist

• EXO’s Baekhyun
• EXO’s D.O.
• EXO’s Kai
• Kang Daniel
• Lee Mujin

Best Female Artist

• Heize
• IU
• BLACKPINK’s Lisa
• BLACKPINK’s Rosé
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Best Male Group

• BTS
• NCT 127
• NCT DREAM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• TXT

Best Female Group

• (G)I-DLE
• Brave Girls
• ITZY
• Oh My Girl
• Red Velvet
• TWICE

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• BTS – “Butter”
• NCT 127 – “Sticker”
• NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce”
• SEVENTEEN – “Ready to love”
• SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
• Stray Kids – “Thunderous”

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• aespa – “Next Level”
• ITZY – “In the morning”
• Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance”
• Red Velvet – “Queendom”
• STAYC – “ASAP”
• TWICE – “Alcohol-Free”

Best Dance Performance Solo

• EXO’s Baekhyun – “Bambi”
• HyunA – “I’m Not Cool”
• BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “LALISA”
• BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “On The Ground”
• Jeon Somi – “DUMB DUMB”
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Weekend”

Best Vocal Performance

• AKMU – “NAKKA” with IU
• Davichi – “Just Hug Me”
• Heize – “HAPPEN”
• IU – “Celebrity”
• Lee Mujin – “Traffic light”

Best Band Performance

• 10cm – “Sleepless in Seoul” (feat. AKMU’s Lee Suhyun)
• CNBLUE – “Then, Now and Forever”
• DAY6 – “You Make Me”
• Jannabi – “A thought on an autumn night”
• N.Flying – “Moonshot”

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

• ASH ISLAND – “MELODY”
• CHANGMO – “GJD”
• Jessi – “What Type of X”
• WINNER’s Song Mino – “Run away”
• YUMDDA – “9ucci” (feat. DOGE)

Best OST

• 10cm – “Borrow Your Night” (“Romance 101”)
• Jo Jung Suk – “I Like You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
• Choi Yu Ree – “Wish” (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
• Lee Mujin – “Rain and You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
• Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun Ji – “Love Day” (“Romance 101”)

Best Collaboration

• AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
• Coldplay & BTS – “My Universe”
• Gaeko & Kwon Jin Ah
• Hyolyn & Dasom – “Summer or Summer”
• Rain – “Switch to Me” (duet with Park Jin Young)

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10

• (G)I-DLE
• aespa
• AKMU
• ASH ISLAND
• ASTRO
• ATEEZ
• Brave Girls
• BTS
• Chungha
• CL
• Davichi
• ENHYPEN
• EXO
• fromis_9
• Heize
• HyunA
• iKON
• ITZY
• IU
• Jannabi
• Jessi
• Kang Daniel
• Lee Mujin
• Lee Seung Gi
• BLACKPINK’s Lisa
• LOONA
• MAMAMOO
• WINNER’s Song Mino
• MONSTA X
• NCT 127
• NCT DREAM
• NU’EST
• Oh My Girl
• Rain
• Red Velvet
• BLACKPINK’s Rosé
• SEVENTEEN
• SF9
• SHINee
• Jeon Somi
• STAYC
• Stray Kids
• Sunmi
• Super Junior
• Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
• THE BOYZ
• TXT
• TREASURE
• TWICE
• Weeekly

– WhatALife.ph

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