It’s that time of year again, say it with me everyone…awards season!! The nominees for the upcoming Mnet Asian Music Awards aka the MAMA’s have finally been announced and there’s some fierce competition this year (although I do question the inclusion of the rookie groups that have debuted for less than six months in the ‘Artist of the Year’ category). The Big Bang guys lead the pack this year with five nominations which consists of ‘Best Male Group‘, ‘Best Music Video‘ for their song “Bae Bae” off their M mini album, ‘Best Dance Performance‘ for “Bang Bang Bang” which is off their A mini album the song is also up for ‘Song of the Year‘ and they’re also up for ‘Artist of the Year‘ as well. SM Entertainment super group EXO are nominated for four awards this year including ‘Best Male Group‘, ‘Best Dance Performance‘ for their song “Call Me Baby“, which is also nominated for ‘Song of the Year‘ and the boys are also nominated for ‘Artist of the Year‘. Currently only CNBLUE, BTS, GOT7 and Zion.T are confirmed to perform at the awards which will take place on the 2nd of December in Hong Kong.
Best New Artist – Male:
– iKON
– N.Flying
– MONSTA X
– SEVENTEEN
– UP10TION
Best New Artist – Female:
– CLC
– TWICE
– Lovelyz
– GFRIEND
– Oh My Girl
Best Male Artist:
– Zion. T
– Kyuhyun
– Park Jin Young
– Jung Yong Hwa
– Jonghyun
Best Female Artist:
– BoA
– IU
– Ailee
– Taeyeon
– HyunA
Best Male Group:
– EXO
– BIGBANG
– BTS
– SHINee
– Super Junior
– Shinhwa
Best Female Group:
– AOA
– A Pink
– miss A
– Girls’ Generation
– SISTAR
– Wonder Girls
Best Dance Performance – Solo:
– Ga In – “Paradise Lost”
– Niel – “Bad Girl”
– Park Jin Young – “Who’s Your Mama?”
– Amber – “Shake That Brass”
– HyunA – “Because I’m the Best/Roll Deep”
Best Dance Performance – Male Group:
– BIGBANG – “Bang Bang Bang”
– EXO – “Call Me Baby”
– GOT7 – “If You Do”
– VIXX – “Love Equation”
– SHINee – “View”
– INFINITE – “Bad”
Best Dance Performance – Female Group:
– AOA – “Heart Attack”
– EXID – “Ah Yeah”
– Girl’s Day – “Ring My Bell”
– Red Velvet – “Ice Cream Cake”
– SISTAR – “Shake It”
– 4Minute – “Crazy”
Best Vocal Performance – Male:
-SG WANNABE – “Love You”
– Zion.T – “Eat”
– Kyuhyun – “At Gwanghwamun”
– Im Chang Jung – “Love Again”
– Huh Gak – “April Snow”
Best Vocal Performance – Female:
– Davichi – “Cry Again”
– MAMAMOO – “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
– Baek Ah Yeon – “Shouldn’t Have”
– Ailee – “Mind Your Own Business”
– Taeyeon – “I”
Best Rap Performance:
– Gary – “Get Some Air”
– Dok2 – “Me”
– Mad Clown – “Fire”
– Jay Park – “MOMMAE”
– San E – “Me You”
Best Band Performance:
– FTISLAND – “Pray”
– CNBLUE – “Cinderella”
– Nell – “Green Nocturne”
– Jung Joon Young Band – “OMG”
– Hyukoh Band – “Comes and Goes”
Best Collaboration and Unit:
– Zion.T & Crush – “Just”
– Block B BASTARZ – “Conduct Zero”
– VIXX LR – “Beautiful Liar”
– Soyu & Kwon Jung Yeol – “Lean on Me”
– INFINITE H – “Pretty”
Best Music Video:
– “BAE BAE” – BIGBANG
– “4 Walls” – f(x)
– “Married to the Music” – SHINee
– “I Feel You” – Wonder Girls
– “Bad” – INFINITE
UnionPayArtist of the Year:
– AOA
– A Pink
– BIGBANG
– CLC
– EXO
– iKON
– miss A
– N.Flying
– TWICE
– Zion.T
– Kyuhyun
– Lovelyz
– MONSTA X
– Park Jin Young
– BTS
– BoA
– SHINee
– SEVENTEEN
– Girls’ Generation
– Super Junior
– Shinhwa
– SISTAR
– IU
– UP10TION
– Ailee
– GFRIEND
– Oh My Girl
– Wonder Girls
– Jung Yong Hwa
– Jonghyun
– Taeyeon
– HyunA
Song of the Year:
– “Heart Attack” – AOA
– “Bang Bang Bang” – BIGBANG
– “Cinderella” – CNBLUE
– “Ah Yeah” – EXID
– “Call Me Baby” – EXO
– “Pray” – FTISLAND
– “Get Some Air” – Gary
– “If You Do” – GOT7
– “Love You” – SG WANNABE
– “Eat” – Zion.T
– “Just” – Zion.T & Crush
– “Paradise Lost” – Ga In
– “Ring My Bell” – Girl’s Day
– “At Gwanghwamun” – Kyuhyun
– “Green Nocturne” – Nell
– “Bad Girl” – Niel
– “Two Lovers” – Davichi
– “Me” – Dok2
– “Ice Cream Cake” – Red Velvet
– “Um Oh Ah Yeh” – MAMAMOO
– “Fire” – Mad Clown
– “MOMMAE” – Jay Park
– “Who’s Your Mama?” – Park Jin Young
– “Shouldn’t Have” – Baek Ah Yeon
– “Conduct Zero” – Block B BASTARZ
– “Love Equation” – VIXX
– “Beautiful Liar” – VIXX LR
– “Me You” – San E
– “View” – SHINee
– “Lean on Me” – Soyu & Kwon Jung Yeol
– “Shake It” – SISTAR
– “Mind Your Own Business” – Ailee
– “Shake That Brass” – Amber
– “Bad” – INFINITE
– “Pretty” – INFINITE H
– “Love Again” – Im Chang Jung
– “OMG” – Jung Joon Young Band
– “I” – Taeyeon
– “Crazy” – 4Minute
– “April Snow” – Huh Gak
– “Comes and Goes” – Hyukoh Band
– “Roll Deep/Because I’m the Best” – HyunA
Be sure to vote for your favourite artists here .
Time-Travelling Tofu 