2024 MAMA Awards Announces Nominees + Fans' Choice Voting Begins

MAMA season is back!

On October 14, the nominations were announced for the 2024 MAMA Awards.

This year’s ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 21 PST and the Kyocera Dome in Osaka on November 22 and 23 KST.

The criteria for the final winners are as follows:

• Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards – 20% judging evaluation, 40% streaming/downloads (25% Korea + 15% global), 40% physical album sales
• Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards – 40% judging evaluation, 60% streaming/downloads (40% Korea + 20% global)
• Album of the Year – 40% judging evaluation, 60% physical album sales (of albums that sold at least 1 million copies)
• Best Music Video and Best Choreography – 100% judging evaluation
• Fans’ Choice Male/Female
  • Round 1: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes
  • Round 2: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes
• Fans’ Choice of the Year
  • 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes
  • additional 10% realtime Mnet Plus votes

The first round of voting for the Fans’ Choice nominees will take place through October 25 at 11:59 p.m. KST. The 20 artists selected each from the pre-vote for each of the Fans’ Choice Male and Fans’ Choice Female categories will move onto the second round of voting, which will take place from November 1 at 7 p.m. KST through November 15 at 11:59 p.m. KST.

In order to be eligible, the music must have been released between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.

The nominees for the 2024 MAMA Awards are as follows:

Best New Male Artist

• 82MAJOR
• ALL(H)OURS
• AMPERS&ONE
• NCT WISH
• NOWADAYS
• TWS

Best New Female Artist

• BABYMONSTER
• ILLIT
• MEOVV
• QWER
• UNIS
• YOUNG POSSE

Best Male Group

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

Best Female Group

• aespa
• (G)I-DLE
• IVE
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• TWICE

Best Male Artist

• Baekhyun
• Jungkook
• Jimin
• Lim Young Woong
• Taemin

Best Female Artist

• IU
• Jennie
• Nayeon
• Taeyeon
• Yuqi

Best Dance Performance Male Solo

• Jimin – “Who”
• Jungkook – “Standing Next to You”
• Key – “Pleasure Shop”
• Taemin – “Guilty”
• Taeyong – “TAP”

Best Dance Performance Female Solo

• Hwasa – “NA”
• Jennie – “You & Me”
• Nayeon – “ABCD”
• Sunmi – “Balloon in Love”
• Yuqi – “FREAK”

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• ENHYPEN – “Sweet Venom”
• NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
• RIIZE – “Love 119”
• SEVENTEEN – “God of Music”
• Stray Kids – “LALALALA”
• TWS – “plot twist”

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• aespa – “Supernova”
• (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady”
• ILLIT – “Magnetic”
• IVE – “Baddie”
• LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
• NewJeans – “How Sweet”

Best Vocal Performance Solo 

• BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
• IU – “Love wins all”
• Lee Mu Jin – “Episode”
• Lim Young Woong – “Warmth”
• Taeyeon – “To. X”

Best Vocal Performance Group

• AKMU – “Hero”
• Davichi – “A very personal story”
• (G)I-DLE – “Fate”
• PLAVE – “WAY 4 LUV”
• Red Velvet – “Cosmic”

Best Band Performance

• DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show”
• LUCY – “The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle”
• N.Flying – “Into You”
• Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – “Young Man”
• QWER – “T.B.H”

Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance

• DEAN – “DIE 4 YOU”
• Leellamarz – “Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)”
• Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)”
• RM – “LOST!”
• Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”

Best Collaboration

• GroovyRoom – “Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush)
• Jay Park – “Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)”
• Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)”
• Sung Si Kyung, Naul – “Even for a moment”
• Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”

Best OST

• Roy Kim – “Whenever, Wherever” (“My Demon” OST)
• Lee Chang Sub – “Heavenly fate” (“A Not So Fairy Tale” OST)
• ECLIPSE – “Sudden Shower” (“Lovely Runner” OST)
• Taeyeon – “Dream” (“Welcome to Samdalri” OST)
• Crush – “Love You With All My Heart” (“Queen of Tears” OST)

Best Music Video

• aespa – “Armageddon”
• K.will – “No Sad Song For My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)”
• IU – “Love wins all”
• IVE – “HEYA”
• SEVENTEEN – “MAESTRO”

Best Choreography

• aespa – “Supernova”
• ILLIT – “Magnetic”
• LE SSERAFIM – “CRAZY”
• NewJeans – “Supernatural”
• RIIZE – “Impossible”
• Taemin – “Guilty”

Artist of the Year

(Nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated)

• 82MAJOR
• aespa
• ALL(H)OURS
• AMPERS&ONE
• BABYMONSTER
• Baekhyun
• ENHYPEN
• (G)I-DLE
• ILLIT
• IU
• IVE
• Jennie
• Jimin
• Jungkook
• LE SSERAFIM
• Lim Young Woong
• MEOVV
• Nayeon
• NCT DREAM
• NCT WISH
• NewJeans
• NOWADAYS
• QWER
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• Taemin
• Taeyeon
• TWICE
• TWS
• TXT
• UNIS
• YOUNG POSSE
• Yuqi
• ZEROBASEONE

Song of the Year

(Nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated)

• aespa – “Armageddon”
• aespa – “Supernova”
• AKMU – “Hero”
• BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
• Crush – “Love You With All My Heart” (“Queen of Tears” OST)
• Davichi – “A very personal story”
• DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show”
• DEAN – “DIE 4 YOU”
• ECLIPSE – “Sudden Shower” (“Lovely Runner” OST)
• ENHYPEN – “Sweet Venom”
• (G)I-DLE – “Fate”
• (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady”
• GroovyRoom – “Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush)
• Hwasa – “NA”
• Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – “Young Man”
• ILLIT – “Magnetic”
• IU – “Love wins all”
• IVE – “Baddie”
• IVE – “HEYA”
• Jay Park – “Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)”
• Jennie – “You & Me”
• Jimin – “Who”
• Jungkook – “Standing Next to You”
• K.will – “No Sad Song For My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)”
• Key – “Pleasure Shop”
• LE SSERAFIM – “CRAZY”
• LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
• Lee Chang Sub – “Heavenly fate” (“A Not So Fairy Tale” OST)
• Lee Mu Jin – “Episode”
• Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)”
• Leellamarz – “Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)”
• Lim Young Woong – “Warmth”
• LUCY – “The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle”
• N.Flying – “Into You”
• Nayeon – “ABCD”
• NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
• NewJeans – “How Sweet”
• NewJeans – “Supernatural”
• PLAVE – “WAY 4 LUV”
• QWER – “T.B.H”
• Red Velvet – “Cosmic”
• RIIZE – “Impossible”
• RIIZE – “Love 119”
• RM – “LOST!”
• Roy Kim – “Whenever, Wherever” (“My Demon” OST)
• SEVENTEEN – “God of Music”
• SEVENTEEN – “MAESTRO”
• Stray Kids – “LALALALA”
• Sung Si Kyung, Naul – “Even for a moment”
• Sunmi – “Balloon in Love”
• Taemin – “Guilty”
• Taeyeon – “Dream” (“Welcome to Samdalri” OST)
• Taeyeon – “To. X”
• Taeyong – “TAP”
• TWS – “plot twist”
• Yuqi – “FREAK”
• Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”

Album of the Year

(Only albums that sold over 1 million copies are eligible)

• aespa – “Armageddon”
• ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL”
• Baekhyun – “Hello, World”
• ENHYPEN – “ROMANCE : UNTOLD”
• (G)I-DLE – “2”
• IVE – “I’VE MINE”
• Jungkook – “GOLDEN”
• LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
• NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
• NCT DREAM – “DREAM()SCAPE”
• RIIZE – “RIIZING”
• SEVENTEEN – “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN”
• Stray Kids – “樂-STAR” (“ROCK-STAR”)
• TWICE – “With YOU-th”
• TXT – “The Name Chapter: FREEFALL”
• ZEROBASEONE – “MELTING POINT”

Fans’ Choice Male

• 8TURN
• AB6IX
• ASTRO
• ATBO
• ATEEZ
• B1A4
• Baekhyun
• BamBam
• B.D.U
• BOYNEXTDOOR
• CRAVITY
• DAY6
• D.O.
• ENHYPEN
• EPEX
• EVNNE
• FTISLAND
• Hui
• j-hope
• Jimin
• Jungkook
• JUST B
• Key
• NCT 127
• NCT DREAM
• NCT WISH
• ONEUS
• P1Harmony
• PLAVE
• RIIZE
• RM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• Super Junior
• Taemin
• TEMPEST
• THE BOYZ
• THE NEW SIX
• TIOT
• TREASURE
• TWS
• TXT
• V
• WayV
• WOODZ
• Xdinary Heroes
• xikers
• YOUNITE
• ZEROBASEONE
• Zico

Fans’ Choice Female

• aespa
• ARTMS
• BABYMONSTER
• BADVILLAIN
• BIBI
• Billlie
• Blackswan
• BoA
• Choi Ye Na
• Chungha
• CLASS:y
• CRAXY
• Dreamcatcher
• EVERGLOW
• FIFTY FIFTY
• fromis_9
• (G)I-DLE
• H1-KEY
• Hwasa
• HyunA
• ILLIT
• ITZY
• IU
• IVE
• Jennie
• Jeon Somi
• Kep1er
• KISS OF LIFE
• Kwon Eun Bi
• LE SSERAFIM
• Lee Young Ji
• LIGHTSUM
• MEOVV
• Moonbyul
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• OH MY GIRL
• QWER
• Red Velvet
• STAYC
• Sunmi
• Taeyeon
• tripleS
• TWICE
• UNIS
• VIVIZ
• Weeekly
• Wheein
• WOOAH
• Young Posse

 

 

 

source: Soompi