MNET, South Korea's most popular music channel, has just announced the nominees for the 2024 MAMA Awards.
MAMA is considered to be the biggest music awards ceremony honoring the best of K-pop.
The 2024 MAMA Awards is set to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 21, 2024; and the Kyocera Dome in Osaka on November 22 and 23.
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The nominees for the 2024 MAMA Awards are:
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”
NOMINEES FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES
Automatically, the nominated artists and songs are all nominated for the three major categories: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year.
All nominated artists are also nominated for Fans' Choice Male and Fans' Choice Female.
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.