2022 MAMA Awards Announces Nominees + Voting Begins

By Radio Power Strike On Oct 24, 2022

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
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

Best Male Group

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.)

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10

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