2022 MAMA Awards
The 2022 MAMA Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M and broadcast through its music channel Mnet, was broadcast live on November 29 and 30, 2022. The ceremony was held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan.[1] The theme for the ceremony is titled "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night, "The world we build together" for day 1, and "We are K-POP" for day 2. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history.
| 2022 MAMA Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | November 29–30, 2022 |
| Venue | Kyocera Dome Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Hosted by | Jeon Somi (Day 1) Park Bo-gum (Day 2) |
| Most awards | BTS (6) |
| Website | Official website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Mnet, across CJ E&M channels, and other international networks |
This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all 4 daesangs (Grand Prizes) at once in a single night for three consecutive years. BTS was the first, and so far only, artist to receive the award, by virtue of winning all of the four daesangs in the previous 3 editions.[2]
Background
On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward.[3] On October 26, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, Mnet announced the second line up of artists for the ceremony.[4] On November 16, Mnet announced the hosts of the ceremony, Jeon Somi will be hosting day 1 while Park Bo-gum will host day 2. They also announced that BTS member, J-hope, will perform and collaboration stages.
Performers
Day 1
| Artist(s) | Song(s)[5] | Stage theme title |
|---|---|---|
| Jeon Somi and Leejung Lee (with YGX) |
Songs From Worldwide Fans' Choice Nominated Artist[lower-alpha 1] | "The New Passion" |
| Nmixx | "O.O", "Dice" | "Downside Up" |
| DKZ | "Uh-Heung" | "The Final Destination" |
| Hyolyn | "Layin' Low" | "Two Women" |
| Bibi | "Bibi Vengeance" | |
| Bibi + Hyolyn | "Youknowbetter", "Law" | |
| JO1 | "SuperCali" (MAMA version) | "I Am, I Wish, I Will" |
| Le Sserafim | "Antifragile", "Fearless" | "Dear You Who Wish for My Fall" |
| Kep1er | "The Girls (Can't Turn Me Down)", "Wa Da Da" | "The Girls WaDaDa to Dream" |
| Forestella | "Fake Love" (BTS cover), "Save Our Lives" | "Live a Life of Love" |
| Street Man Fighter & Kang Daniel | "World Changer" | "Dance Makes One" |
| Ive, Kep1er, Nmixx, Le Sserafim, NewJeans |
"Eleven"[lower-alpha 2], "Wa Da Da"[lower-alpha 3], "O.O"[lower-alpha 4], "Fearless"[lower-alpha 5], "Hype Boy"[lower-alpha 6] "Cheer Up" (Twice cover) |
"LINNK the Next Generation" |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Opening Sequence", "Lonely Boy", "Good Boy Gone Bad" | "Goodbye Romeo" |
| Kara | "Lupin", "Step", "Mister", "When I Move" | "Kara Is Back" |
| Stray Kids | "Venom" (MAMA version), "Maniac" (MAMA version) | "Do You Want to Be Oddinary?" |
Day 2
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Stage theme title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jung Jae-il | "Parasite", "Squid Game" | "The Letter from Music" | |
| Jung Jae-il, Tiger JK & 3Racha | "Music Makes One" | ||
| Tempest | "Dragon" | "Fly High" | |
| NewJeans | Intro,[lower-alpha 7] "Hype Boy", "Attention" | "NewFriends" | |
| Enhypen | "Blessed-Cursed", "Walk the Line", "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" | "Manifesto: 革命" | |
| Ive | "Eleven", "Love Dive", "After Like" | "God Is Alive" | |
| NiziU and INI | "Yuki no Hana" (Mika Nakashima cover), "Clap" (Seventeen cover) | "Into the Universe" | |
| NiziU | "Clap Clap" | ||
| INI | "Spectra" | ||
| Treasure | "Volkno", "Jikjin", "Hello" | "We Don't Need Way Back" | |
| (G)I-dle and Jaurim | "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One", "Tomboy" & "Boxing Helena", "Beeswax Angel" |
"We Never Die" | |
| Jaurim | "Hahaha Song" | ||
| (G)I-dle | "My Bag", "Tomboy" | ||
| Itzy | "Cheshire", "Sneakers" | "Birth of a Queen" | |
| Lim Young-woong and Monika | "If We Ever Meet Again" | "Good, Bye" | |
| Zico, Street Man Fighter and Soyeon of (G)I-dle |
"New Thing", "Freak" | "Freakout" | |
| J-Hope | "More", "Arson", "Future" | "I'm Your Hope" | [6] |
Presenters
Day 1
- Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Gabee – Red Carpet Hosts[7]
- Joo Jung-hyuk – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Kang Han-na – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Kwak Yoon-gy and Gabee – Yogibo Chill Artist Award
- Nam Yoon-su and Mio Imada – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Artist
- Park Sung-hoon – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Pak Se-ri – Favorite Asian Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Lee Jae-wook – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Seo Ji-hye – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Park Bo-gum – Yogibo Worldwide Icon of the Year
Day 2
- Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Red Carpet Hosts[8]
- Enhypen – Best New Female Artist
- Yeo Jin-goo – Inspiring Achievement
- Woo Do-hwan and Han Sun-hwa – Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist
- Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Global Music Trend Leader
- Moon Ga-young – Breakout Producer
- Yeo Jin-goo and Kim So-hyun – Most Popular Male Artist
- Kim Hae-joon and Lee Eun-ji – Best Dance Performance Female Group
- Hwang Min-hyun and Ahn So-hee – Favorite Female Group and Best Dance Performance Male Group
- Kentaro Sakaguchi – Yogibo Album of the Year
- Jung Woo-sung – Yogibo Song of the Year
- Yuna Kim – Yogibo Artist of the Year
- Hwang Jung-min – MAMA Platinum
Criteria
All songs that have been released from November 1, 2021, to October 21, 2022, are eligible to be nominated.[9]
On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced that due to the changes in Twitter which makes securing and collecting data impossible, they will remove all Twitter votes from the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fan's Choice category without making adjustments to the other sources.[10]
| Division | MAMA professional panel (Local and foreign) |
Digital sales | Record sales | Global music video view counts | Online voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist of the Year | 40% | 30% (20% South Korea + 10% Global) |
30% | — | — |
| Categories by Artist[lower-alpha 8] | |||||
| Song of the Year | 40% | 60% (40% South Korea + 20% Global) |
— | — | — |
| Categories by Genre[lower-alpha 9] | |||||
| Album of the Year[lower-alpha 10] | 40% | — | 60% | — | — |
| Best Music Video | 70% | — | — | 30% | — |
| Worldwide Icon of the Year[lower-alpha 11] | — | — | — | 10% |
|
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10[lower-alpha 11] |
Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners listed first and highlighted in bold.[11]
The nominees were announced during the live announcement last October 24, 2022 at 6PM KST. Voting opened an hour after.[12]
Main awards
Favorite awards
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | |
|---|---|
|
List of nominated artists | |
| Favorite New Artist | Favorite Asian Artist |
| Favorite Female Group | |
Special awards
| Category | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Yogibo Chill Artist | Stray Kids | |
| Bibigo Culture and Style | J-Hope | |
| Inspiring Achievement | Jaurim | |
| Global Music Trend Leader | Zico | |
| Most Popular Male Artist | J-Hope | |
| Most Popular Group | Stray Kids | |
| MAMA Platinum | BTS | |
Professional Categories
| Category | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Breakout Producer | Min Hee-jin | New Jeans |
Multiple awards
The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
|---|---|
| 6 | BTS |
| 4 | Ive |
| 3 | Blackpink |
| Psy | |
| Stray Kids | |
Broadcast
The ceremony of the 2022 MAMA Awards will be broadcast live worldwide from Mnet in South Korea, to simulcast across CJ E&M channels (where available); other international networks, and online via Mnet K-pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON's YouTube account.[13] The red carpet will be broadcast live 2 hours before the main ceremony.
| Country | Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide[lower-alpha 12] | YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) | |
| South Korea | Mnet, tvN Show (awards show only), TVING | |
| Japan | Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, au Smart Pass | |
| Singapore | Channel U (live highlights), MeWATCH | tvN Asia |
| Taiwan | FET Friday Video, FET Mobile Circle app (Far EasTone) | |
| Malaysia | TonTon (awards show only) | |
| Vietnam | FPT Play | |
| Philippines | tvN Asia (via Smart GigaPlay & Cignal (PLDT Group)) | |
| Hong Kong | tvN Asia | |
| Indonesia | ||
| Thailand | ||
| Myanmar | ||
| Maldives | ||
| Macau | ||
| Sri Lanka | ||
Notes
- Aespa's "Illusion", Seventeen's "Hot", Twice's "Talk That Talk", NCT 127's "2 Baddies", NCT Dream's "Glitch Mode", Stray Kids' "Maniac", Treasure's "Jikjin", Mamamoo's "Illella", Tomorrow X Together's "Good Boy Gone Bad", Itzy's "Sneakers", Got7's "Nanana", Enhypen's "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)", Ateez's "Guerrilla", Blackpink's "Pink Venom", and BTS' "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"
- performed by Jang Won-young of Ive; Xiaoting and Huening Bahiyyih of Kep1er; Sullyoon of Nmixx; Sakura of Le Sserafim; and Danielle of NewJeans
- performed by Rei and Liz of Ive; Mashiro, Kim Chae-hyun and Hikaru of Kep1er; Haewon and Jiwoo of Nmixx; Hong Eun-chae of Le Sserafim; and Hanni of NewJeans
- performed by Gaeul of Ive; Kim Da-yeon and Kang Ye-seo of Kep1er; Lily and Jinni of Nmixx; Kazuha of Le Sserafim; and Minji of NewJeans
- performed by An Yu-jin of Ive; Seo Young-eun of Kep1er; Bae of Nmix; Huh Yun-jin of Le Sserafim; and Hyein of NewJeans
- performed by Leeseo of Ive; Choi Yu-jin of Kep1er; Kyujin of Nmixx; Kim Chae-won of Le Sserafim; and Haerin of NewJeans
- "Cookie", "Attention", "Hurt", "Hype Boy" (MAMA version)
- Best New Male/Female Artist, Best Male/Female Artist, Best Male/Female Group.
- Best Dance Performance (Solo/Male/Female Group), Best Vocal Performance (Solo/Group), Best Hip-hop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST.
- Only albums with 5 new songs or more.
- Pre-voting is open from October 24 to November 4, 2022. Main voting period will be held from November 10 to November 24, 2022. Twitter live vote is open until during the ceremony, before being dropped
- Restricted access in some countries due to broadcasting rights. See below this table.
References
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