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2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards

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2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards
DateDecember 10, 2018 (Premiere)
December 12, 2018 (Fans' Choice)
December 14, 2018 (Main Show)
LocationSouth Korea, Japan, Hong Kong
Hosted bySouth Korea: Jung Hae-in
Japan: Park Bo-gum
Hong Kong: Song Joong-ki
Most awardsBTS (9)
Website2018mama.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks, YouTube, Vlive
RuntimeKorea: 150 minutes (Main event)
Japan: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 220 (Main event)
Hong Kong: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 280 (Main event)
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The 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from December 10 through December 14, 2018 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. The ceremony was the first Mnet Asian Music Awards hosted in South Korea in nine years, the 20th ceremony in the show's history,[a] and the second ceremony which took place in three locations.[1] This was also the first ceremony broadcast worldwide online via YouTube. The three days event generated over 50 million messages sent on Twitter.[2]

Four Grand Prizes (Daesangs) were given throughout the ceremonies; The inaugural Worldwide Icon of the Year is given alongside Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.

Shows

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"2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea" celebrated and honored new artists in both South Korea and other parts of Asia.[3] "2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan" awarded artists in fan voted categories and also announced the first Worldwide Icon of the Year. "2018 MAMA in Hong Kong" was the main event and the show's finale. The show gave awards to the artists that made great achievements in 2018.

Event Date Location Host Venue
2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea[4] December 10, 2018 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Jung Hae-in Dongdaemun Design Plaza
2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan[5] December 12, 2018 Japan Saitama, Japan Park Bo-gum Saitama Super Arena
2018 MAMA in Hong Kong[6][unreliable source?] December 14, 2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong Song Joong-ki AsiaWorld–Expo, Arena

Criteria

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Division Online Voting MAMA Professional Panel
(Local + Foreign)		 Music Sales Record Sales Social Media Voting Global M/V View Counts Live Social Media Voting
Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* 20% 30% 30% 20% — — —
Song of the Year Award Category by Genre** 20% 40% 30% 10% — — —
Album of the Year — 40% — 60% — — —
Special Prize*** 30% 70% — — — — —
Worldwide Icon of the Year 60% — — — 20% 20% +10%
Global Top 10 Fans' Choice 60% — — — 20% 20% —
*Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group
**Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST
***Best Music Video

Winners and nominees

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Online voting opened on the official MAMA' website, the Mwave app, TikTok, and Twitter, on November 1, 2018, one hour after nominees were announced. Voting ended on December 9, 2018.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[7]

Main Award

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Artist of the Year
(Daesang) 		Song of the Year
(Daesang)
Album of the Year
(Daesang) 		Worldwide Icon of the Year
(Daesang)
Best Male Group Best Female Group
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Vocal Performance – Solo
Best Vocal Performance – Group Best Unit
Best New Artist – Male Best New Artist – Female
Best OST Best Band Performance
TikTok Best Music Video Best HipHop & Urban Music

Favorite Award

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Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 Mwave Global Fans' Choice
Favorite Music Video Favorite Vocal Artist
Favorite Dance Artist (Male) Favorite Dance Artist (Female)

Special Awards

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Event Category Winner
2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea Best New Asian Artist Japan Hiragana Keyakizaka46
Indonesia Marion Jola
Mandarin Dean Ting
Vietnam Orange
Thailand The Toys
Best Engineer of the Year LalellmaNino & Java Finger
Best Composer of the Year Deanfluenza (Dean)
Best Producer of the Year Pdogg (BTS)
Best Choreographer of the Year Son Sung-deuk (BTS)
Best Art Director of the Year MU:E (BTS)
Best Video Director of the Year Lo Ging-zim (aMEi)
Best Executive Producer of the Year Bang Si-hyuk (BTS)
Best of Next (G)I-dle
'DDP' Best Trend Wanna One
2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan 'Kiss Me' Style in Music Monsta X
Favorite Dance Artist (Japan) Bullet Train
2018 MAMA in Hong Kong New Asian Artist Iz*One
Best Asian Artist Japan Da Pump
Indonesia Afgan
Mandarin JJ Lin
Vietnam Hương Tràm
Thailand Peck Palitchoke
Best Asian Style BTS
Discovery of the Year Momoland
'TikTok' Most Popular Artist Got7
Inspiration Award Janet Jackson

Multiple awards

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The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Awards Artist(s)
9 BTS
5 Twice
4 Wanna One

Multiple nominations

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The following artist(s) received seven or more nominations (excluding the special awards):

Nominations Artist(s)
11 BTS
Wanna One
10 Twice
8 Blackpink
Seventeen
7 Got7
Mamamoo

Performers

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The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.

MAMA Premiere in Korea

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List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
Sunwoo (The Boyz) & Soyeon ((G)I-dle) "Supermagic" (orig. by Supreme Team) "Rookie's Challenge" (Opening Act)
Hyeongseop x Euiwoong "I Don't Care" (orig. by 2NE1)
Fromis 9 (Gyuri, Nagyung & Hayoung) "My Type" (orig. by iKon)
Stray Kids "Like Ooh-Ahh" (orig. by Twice)
Iz*One "Energetic" (orig. by Wanna One)
Loona 1/3 "Love&Live" "Run The World"
Loona Odd Eye Circle "Girl Front"
Loona yyxy "love4eva"
Loona "Hi High"
Hiragana Keyakizaka46 "Kitaishiteinai Jibun (The Me That Doesn't Expect)"
Fromis 9 "Love Bomb" "Boys And Girls In Wonderland"
Hyeongseop x Euiwoong "Love Tint"
Fromis 9 & Hyeongseop x Euiwoong "DKDK", "It Will Be Good"
Dean Ting "I Miss You" "Best New Asian Artist Performance"
Nature "Allegro Cantabile", "Some (You'll Be Mine)" "Girls' Revolution"
GWSN "Puzzle Moon"
Nature & GWSN "Outro Performance"
Marion Jola "Jangan" "Best New Asian Artist Performance"
Iz*One "La Vie En Rose" "Blossom Of Love"
Kim Dong Han "Good Night Kiss" "From Dusk 'Til Dawn"
(G)I-dle "Hann (Alone)", "Latata"
The Toys "ก่อนฤดูฝน (Before Rain)" "Best New Asian Artist Performance"
Vinxen "Yoo Jae Suk", "Barcode", "U Don't Even Know" "Portrait: Vinxen"
Orange "Người Lạ Ơi (Stranger Please)" "Best New Asian Artist Performance"
The Boyz "Boy", "Right Here" "New Challenger"
Stray Kids "My Pace"
Wanna One "Hide And Seek", "Spring Breeze" "Eternal Moment"

MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan

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List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
Wanna One "Heartbeat" (orig. by 2PM) "Passion: MAMA's Great Moments"
(Opening Act)
Stray Kids "Overdose" + "Growl" (orig. by Exo)
Wanna One (Jaehwan & Sungwoon)
Mamamoo (Solar & Wheein)
Monsta X (Jooheon) 		"Eyes, Nose, Lips" (orig. by Taeyang)
Iz*One "The Boys" (orig. by Girls' Generation)
Twice (Nayeon, Momo, Sana & Mina) "Bad Girl Good Girl" (orig. by Miss A)
Monsta X (Wonho, Kihyun, Minhyuk & IM)
Got7 (JB, Yugyeom & Jinyoung) 		"Fantastic Baby" (orig. by Big Bang)
Iz*One (Yena & Hitomi)
Twice (Momo & Mina)
Monsta X (Shownu & Hyungwon)
Got7 (JB & Yugyeom) 		"Bounce" (orig. by Cho Yong-pil)
Stray Kids "P.A.C.E", "Hellevator", "District 9" "The New Champion"
Bullet Train "Need You" "Japan's Most Representative Dance Group"
Monsta X "Spark" (Jooheon), "Jealousy", "Shoot Out" "Crime And Punishment"
Iz*One "Dance Performance", "Memory", "La Vie En Rose", "Rumor" "Dear My Friends"
NU'EST W "Where You At", "Dejavu", "Help Me", "Shadow" "Before The Dawn"
Twice "Yes or Yes", "What Is Love?", "Dance the Night Away" "The Greatest Twice Show"
Mamamoo "Cleopatra" (Solar), "Easy" (Wheein), "Selfish" (Moonbyul
ft. Chaewon), "Don't" (Hwasa), "Egotistic", "Starry Night" 		"Born To Be Mamamoo"
Wanna One "Light", "Boomerang", "I.P.U [I Promise You]" "Destiny"
BTS "Fake Love", "Anpanman" "Birth Of A Hero"

2018 MAMA in Hong Kong

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List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
BTS (RM) Opening speech "Icarus"
Tiger JK & SVT (Vernon) "Double Up" "09:18" (Opening Act)
Chungha "I Want You (Dance Remix ver.)"
Yoon Mi-rae & Tiger JK "Timeless" + "For The People" + "Monster"
Yoon Mi-rae, Tiger JK & Bizzy (MFBTY) "Mantra"
WJSN "Save Me, Save You" "Girl Gone Wild"
Oh My Girl "Remember Me"
WJSN and Oh My Girl "Girls on Top (MAMA ver.)" (orig. by BoA)
Roy Kim "Only Then", "The Hardest Part" "A Lonely Goodbye"
Momoland "BAAM", "Bboom Bboom" "Codename: M&M"
Mommy Son & Momoland "Boy Jump"
Seventeen "Oh My!", "Flower", "Bring It", "Getting Closer" "Episode 17"
Heize "Jenga", "First Sight" "Winter Is Here"
Chungha "Roller Coaster" + "Love U"
Sunmi "Addict", "Siren"
Iz*One "Colors", "La Vie en Rose" "Colorize"
Nafla x Swings "Wu" + "Bulldozer" "Real Recognize Real"
The Quiett x Paloalto "Prime Time" + "Good Day"
Changmo x BewhY "Maestro" + "Forever"
E SENS "Got To Know"
Got7 "Lullaby (Ballad Ver.)" "A Beautiful Nightmare"
Yugyeom "Fine (Remix)"
Jackson x BamBam x Mark "Nightmare"
Got7 "Lullaby (Dark Ver.)"
JJ Lin "Little Big Us", "Twilight" "Twilight"
JJ Lin x Kim Jong-Kook "Hate That Happiness Came"
Wanna One "Burn It Up" "One Love"
Kang Daniel Solo performance
Wanna One "Beautiful (MAMA Ver.)", "Spring Breeze", "Energetic"
BTS Intro + "Airplane Pt.2", "O!RUL8,2? Love Yourself Remix", "Idol" "Love Yourself +"

Presenters

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Broadcast

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The red carpet and ceremonies of the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards were broadcast worldwide via Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks and online via Mnet K-pop's YouTube account, V Live, and Mnet's official website.

Country Network
South Korea Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM
Japan Mnet Smart, Mnet Japan, VideoPass
United States Mnet America, Kcon.tv
Hong Kong ViuTV, ViuTVsix, tvN Asia
Macau
Taiwan ETTODAY, tvN Asia
Indonesia JOOX, tvN Asia
Malaysia
Thailand
Philippines Myx, KBO, tvN Asia
Cambodia tvN Asia
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Indonesia Indosiar, Vidio, tvN Asia
Singapore Mediacorp Toggle, tvN Asia

Notes

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  1. ^ Promotion of the show was called as the 10th MAMA

References

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  1. ^ "Annual Mnet music festival to open in S. Korea, Japan, Hong Kong". Yonhap News Agency. August 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 MAMA drove global conversation with nearly 56 million Tweets". blog.twitter.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "'2018 MAMA in 한국' 김소현부터 홍종현까지, 대세 셀럽 총출동". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "'2018 MAMA' 측 "정해인·박보검 韓日 호스트 참석 확정"". tvdaily.asiae.co.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "박보검, 2년 연속 'MAMA in 일본' 호스트 낙점(공식입장)" (in Korean). Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Song Joong Ki Confirmed As Host Of 2018 MAMA In Hong Kong". Soompi. December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Tan, Pakkee (December 16, 2018). "2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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