Mnet Asian Music Awards 2018

Mnet Asian Music Awards 2018
date	10-14 December 2018
Moderation	Jung Hae-in Park Bo-gum Song Joong-ki; ;
Loan location	Seoul Saitama Hong Kong ; ;
First awarded	November 27, 1999
Most awards	BTS (9)
website	http://mama.mwave.me/en/

The Mnet Asian Music Awards celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2018 . As in 2017, the award ceremony was held again this year on different days and in different cities. On December 10th, the Mnet Asian Music Awards returned to South Korea for the first time since 2009.

In 2018, a fourth main prize (Daesang) was introduced with the Worldwide Icon of the Year , which is only determined through online votes and the number of views of music videos.

Venues

date	place	arena	motto
10th of December	Korea South Seoul	Dongdaemun Design Plaza	2018 MAMA premiere in Korea
12th of December	Japan Saitama	Saitama Super Arena	2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan
December 14th	Hong Kong Hong Kong	AsiaWorld arena	2018 MAMA in Hong Kong

Voting criteria

Songs and albums that were released between October 18, 2017 and October 31, 2018 were eligible for nomination.

The nominees were announced on November 1, 2018. The online voting took place from November 1st to December 9th.

K-pop

Categories	Mwave Online voting	MUMMY Expert jury	Digital Sales	Physical Sales
Artist of the Year Award Category (artist categories) ¹⁾	20%	30%	30%	20%
Song of the Year Award Category (Genre Categories) ²⁾	20%	40%	30%	10%
Album of the Year	-	40%	-	60%
Special Prize ³⁾	30%	70%	-	-

¹⁾ Best New Male / Female Artist, Best Male / Female Artist, Best Male / Female Group

²⁾ Best Dance Performance (Solo / Male / Female Group), Best Vocal Performance (Male / Female / Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST

³⁾ Best Music Video

New categories 2018:

Categories	Mwave Online voting	Vote on social media	Music video Access numbers	Live voting on social media
Worldwide Icon of the Year	60%	20%	20%	+ 10%
Global TOP 10 Fans' Choice	60%	20%	20%	-

Asian music

Songs and albums released between October 18, 2017 and September 30, 2018 in Japan, China, Thailand , Vietnam and Indonesia were eligible for nomination .

The winners were determined by an international jury of experts.

Professional categories

Employees in the music industry who worked on projects published between October 18, 2017 and October 31, 2018 were eligible for nomination.

The winners were determined based on the chart data in the respective countries and by a jury of experts.

Winners and nominees

The winners of the respective prizes are shown in bold .

Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Album of the Year (Daesang)
BTS Blackpink Twice Wanna One Mamamoo	BTS - Love Yourself: Tear Twice - What Is Love? Wanna One - 0 + 1 = 1 (I Promise You) Red Velvet - The Perfect Red Velvet Seventeen - You Make My Day
Song of the Year (Daesang)	Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang)
Twice - What Is Love? Blackpink - Ddu-you Ddu-you IKON - Love Scenario Mamamoo - Starry Night BTS - Fake Love	BTS Blackpink Got7 Mamamoo Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST W Seventeen Twice Wanna One
Best New Male Artist	Best New Female Artist
Stray kids HAON Kim Dong-han The Boyz VINXEN Hyeongseop X Euiwoong	*IZ ONE** Nature GWSN (G) I-DLE Loona Fromis_9
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
Wanna One Got7 NCT 127 NU'EST W BTS Seventeen	Twice Blackpink Red Velvet Mamamoo Momoland GFriend
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Roy Kim dean Park Hyo-shin Zico Hwang Chi-yeol	Sunmi IU Chungha Taeyeon Heat
Best Dance Performance - Solo	Best Dance Performance - Male Group
Chungha - Roller Coaster Sunmi - siren Seungri - 1, 2, 3! Hyuna - Lip & Hip Hyolyn - Dally (Feat. Gray)	Seventeen - Oh My! Wanna One - Boomerang Got7 - Lullaby Monsta X - Shoot Out BTS - Fake Love Pentagon - Shine
Best Dance Performance - Female Group	Best Vocal Performance - Solo
Twice - What Is Love? AOA - Bingle Bangle Blackpink - Ddu-you Ddu-you Red Velvet - Bad Boy Lovelyz - That Day Oh My Girl - Secret Garden	Heize - Didn't Know Me Roy Kim - Only Then Park Hyo-shin - Sound of Winter Lim Chang-jung - There has Never Been a Day I Haven't Loved You Jung Seung-hwan - The Snowman
Best Vocal Performance - Group	Best unit
iKON - Love Scenario Mamamoo - Starry Night Melomance - Tale Bolbbalgan4 - Travel BtoB - Only One for Me	Wanna One Triple Position - Kangaroo EXO-CBX - Blooming Day gugudan SEMINA - SEMINA Seventeen BSS - Just Do It Girls 'Generation-Oh! GG - Lil' Touch
Best band performance	Best HipHop & Urban Music
Hyukoh - Love Ya! DAY6 - Shoot Me FT Island - Summer Night's Dream Peep box - Stranger Kiha and the Faces - Cho Shim	*Zico - Soulmate* (Feat. IU)** Dean - instagram Jay Park - Soju Crush - Bittersweet Heize - Jenga (feat.Gaeko)
TikTok Best Music Video	Best OST
BTS - idol Blackpink - Ddu-you Ddu-you Twice - What Is Love? Wanna One - Beautiful SHINee - Good Evening	Seventeen - A-Teen (A-Teen) NU'EST W - And I (Mr. Sunshine) Roy Kim - No Longer Mine (Familiar Wife) Park Hyo-shin - The Day (Mr. Sunshine) Paul Kim - Every Day, Every Moment (Should We Kiss First?)
Mwave Global Fans' Choice	Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
BTS - Fake Love Wanna One - Beautiful Monsta X - Dramarama JBJ - My Flower Got7 look EXO-CBX - Blooming Day Seventeen - Oh My Stray Kids - My Pace Got7 - Lullaby	Mamamoo Twice Wanna One BTS Got7 Blackpink Seventeen NCT 127 NU'EST W Monsta X
Favorite Music Video	Favorite vocal artist
BTS - idol Twice - What Is Love? Wanna One - Beautiful	Mamamoo icon BtoB
Favorite Dance Artist (Male)	Favorite Dance Artist (Female)
BTS Got7 Wanna One	Twice Blackpink Red Velvet
Special Awards	Professional Awards
Best New Asian Artist (Thailand) - The Toyz Best New Asian Artist (Vietnam) - Orange Best New Asian Artist (Mandarin) - Dean Ting Best New Asian Artist (Indonesia) - Marion Jola Best New Asian Artist (Japan) - Hiragana Keyakizaka46 Best of Next Award - (G) I-DLE DDP Best Trend Award - Wanna One MAMA Style in Music: Monsta X Favorite Dance Artist (Japan) - Bullet Train New Asian Artist - *IZ ONE TikTok Most Popular Artist - Got7 Inspiration Award - Janet Jackson Best Asian Style - BTS Discovery of the Year - Momoland Best Asian Artist (Mandarin) - JJ Lin Best Asian Artist (Vietnam) - Hương Tràm Best Asian Artist (Indonesia) - Afgan Best Asian Artist (Japan) - Da Pump Best Asian Artist (Thailand) - Peck Palitchoke**	Best Engineer of the Year - LalellmaNino & Java Finger Best Composer of the Year - Deanfluenza Best Producer of the Year - Pdogg Best Choreographer of the Year - Son Sung Deuk Best Art Director of the Year - MU: E Best Video Director of the Year - Lo Ging-zim Best Executive Producer of the Year - Bang Si-hyuk

Moderation and presenters

South Korea

Surname	Remarks
Jung Hae-in	Moderation
Bae Yoon-young, Lee Ki-woo	Presenters for Best New Asian Artist (Thailand, Vietnam)
Jung Hae-in	Presenter for the Professional Awards
Ji-Soo, Jung Chae-yeon	Presenters for Best New Asian Artist (China, Indonesia, Japan)
Kang Seung-hyun	Presenter for the Best of Next Award
Kim Yu-ri, Hong Jong-hyun	Presenters for Best New Artists
Kim So-hyun	Presenter for DDP Best Trend Award

Japan

Surname	Remarks
Park Bo-gum	Moderation
Yoon Hyun-min, Lee Da-hee	Presenters for Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
Minue	Presenter for Favorite Dance Artist (Japan)
Ha Seok-jin	Presenter for Favorite Music Video
Kwon Hyuk-soo	Presenter for Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
Choi Tae-joon, Lee Sung-kyung	Presenters for Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
Matsushige Yutaka, Shin Ah-Young	Presenters for Favorite Vocal Artist
Yang Se-jong	Presenter for Favorite Dance Artist (Male)
Jung Il-woo, Jung So-min	Presenters for Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
Ha Seok-jin, Choi Kang-hee	Presenters for Favorite Dance Artist (Female) and Global Top 10 Fan's Choice
Jang Hyuk	Presenter for Worldwide Icon of the Year

Hong Kong

Surname	Remarks
Song Joong-ki	Moderation
Kim Dong-wook, Kim Da-mi	Presenters for Best Unit
Lee Yi-kyung, Moon Ga-bi	Presenters for Best Vocal Performance Solo
Yoon Jong-bin, Lee Sun-bin	Presenters for Best OST
In Gyo-jin, So E-un	Presenters for New Asian Artist
Kwon Hyuk-soo & Bae Jung-nam	Presenters for Mwave Global Fans' Choice
Lee Jun-hyung & Seo Eun-su	Presenters for Best Dance Performance - Female Group and TikTok Most Popular Artist
Sung-woong Park	Presenter for Seventeens Episode 17 performance
Song Joong-ki, Jackson, Daehwi, RM	Presenters for Janet Jackson's Inspiration Award
Park Sung-Woong, EL	Presenters for Best Asian Style and Discovery of the Year
Ahn Jae-hyun, Kim Sa-rang	Presenters for Best Male Artist and Best Dance Performance - Solo
Lee Seung-chul, Lee Yo-won	Presenters for TikTok Best Music Video
Kim Jong-kook	Presenter for Best Asian Artist (Mandarin)
Seo Hyun-jin	Presenter for Best Female Group
Ahn Jae-hyun, Jung Rye-won	Presenters for Best Dance Performance - Male Group
Lee Jin-uk	Presenter for Best Female Artist
Kim Sung-ryung	Presenter for Best Male Group
Angelababy	Presenter for Album of the Year
Cha Seung-won	Presenter for Song of the Year
Hwang Jung-min	Presenter for Artist of the Year

Live acts

South Korea

Surname	title	motto
Sunwoo (THE BOYZ) & Soyeon ((G) I-DLE)	Supermagic	Rookie's Challenge
Hyeongseop X Euiwoong	I do not care
Gyuri, Nagyung and Hayoung (Fromis 9)	My Type
Stray kids	Like Ooh-Ahh
IZ * ONE	Energetic
Loona	Love & Live , Girl Front , love4eva , Hi High	Run the world
Hiragana Keyakizaka	Kitaishiteinai Jibun	Run the world
Fromis 9, Hyeongseop X Euiwoong	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	-
Nature	Allegro Cantabile , Some (You'll Be Mine)	Girls' revolution
GWSN	Puzzle moon	Girls' revolution
Marion Jola	Jangan	-
IZ * ONE	La Vie en Rose	Blossom Of Love
Kim Dong-han	Good night kiss	From Dusk 'Til Dawn
(G) I-DLE	Hann (Alone) Intro , Latata	From Dusk 'Til Dawn
The Toys	Before Rain	-
VINXEN's Yoo Jae-suk	Barcode , U Don't Even Know	Portrait: VINXEN
orange	Stranger Please	-
The Boyz, Stray Kids	Boy Intro , Right Here , My Pace	New Challenger
Wanna One	Hide And Seek , Spring Breeze	Eternal moment

Japan

Surname	title	motto
Wanna One	Heartbeat	MAMA Great Moments
Stray kids	Overdose , growl
Solar, Wheein, Jooheon, Kim Jae-hwan, Ha Sung-woon	Eyes, nose, lips
IZ * ONE	The Boys
Twice	Bad girl good girl
Monsta X, Got7	Fantastic baby
IZ * ONE, Monsta X, Twice, Got7	Bounce (Dubstep Ver.)
Stray kids	PACE , Hellevator , District 9	The New Champion
Bullet Train	Need you	-
Monsta X	Spark , Jealousy , Shoot Out	Crime and Punishment
IZ * ONE	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 , Easy , Selfish , Don't , Egotistic , Starry Night	Born To Be Mamamoo
Wanna One	Light , Boomerang , IPU	Destiny
BTS	Fake love , Anpanman	Birth of a Hero

Hong Kong

Surname	title	motto
Tiger JK, Vernon (Seventeen)	Double up	09:18
Chungha	I Want You (Dance Remix Ver.)
Yoon Mi-Rae, Tiger JK	Timeless , For The People , Monster
Yoon Mi-Rae, Tiger JK, Bizzy	Mantra
Cosmic Girls	Save me, save you	Girl Gone Wild
Oh my girl	Remember me
Cosmic Girls, Oh My Girl	Girls on Top (MAMA Ver.)
Roy Kim	Only Then , The Hardest Part	A lonely goodbye
Momoland	Baam , Bboom Bboom	Code name M & M
Mommy Son, Momoland	Boy Jump	Code name M & M
Seventeen	Oh my! , Flower , Bring It , Getting Closer	Episode 17
Heat	Jenga , first sight	Winter is here
Chungha	Rollercoaster , Love U
Sunmi	Addict , siren
IZ * ONE	Colors , La Vie en Rose	Colorize
nafla, swings	Wu , bulldozer	Real Recognize Real
The Quiett, Paloalto	Prime time , good day
Changmo, BeWhY	Maestro , Forever
E SENS	Got to know
Got7	Lullaby , Fire , Nightmare , Lullaby (Dark Ver.)	A beautiful nightmare
JJ Lin	Little big us , Twilight	Twilight
JJ Lin, Kim Jong-kook	Hate That Happiness Came	Twilight
Wanna One	Burn It Up , Beautiful (MAMA ver.) , Spring Breeze , Energetic	One love
BTS	Airplane pt. 2 , O! RUL8,2? Love Yourself Remix , Idol	Love Yourself +

Individual evidence

↑ 2018 MAMA Announces Nominees + Voting Begins. In: soompi.com. November 1, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
↑ JUDGING CRITERIA. In: mwave.me. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
↑ Winners Of 2018 MAMA Premiere In Korea. In: soompi.com. December 10, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 .
↑ Winners Of 2018 MAMA Fans' Choice In Japan. In: soompi.com. December 12, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 .
↑ Winners Of 2018 MAMA In Hong Kong. In: soompi.com. December 14, 2018, accessed December 14, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Park Bo Gum And Jung Hae In Announced As Hosts For 2018 MAMA. In: soompi.com. November 26, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
↑ Song Joong Ki Confirmed As Host Of 2018 MAMA In Hong Kong. In: soompi.com. December 3, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .

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[2] JUDGING CRITERIA. In: mwave.me. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .

[3] Winners Of 2018 MAMA Premiere In Korea. In: soompi.com. December 10, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 .

[4] Winners Of 2018 MAMA Fans' Choice In Japan. In: soompi.com. December 12, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 .

[5] Winners Of 2018 MAMA In Hong Kong. In: soompi.com. December 14, 2018, accessed December 14, 2018 .

[:0-6] Park Bo Gum And Jung Hae In Announced As Hosts For 2018 MAMA. In: soompi.com. November 26, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .

[7] Song Joong Ki Confirmed As Host Of 2018 MAMA In Hong Kong. In: soompi.com. December 3, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .