MAMA 2021: Release date, nominees, and where to watch the ceremony live
The Mnet Asian Music Awards (famously known as MAMA) is one of the biggest South Korean music award ceremonies, presented annually by Mnet. Over the past few years, the ceremony has been loved by fans globally, all thanks to the growth of K-pop industry that owes its all to Hallyu. Since the awards show will follow an online event format this year, changes have been made to the voting and judging criteria to pick winners.
Mnet announced that MAMA 2021 will have singer, public personality, and TV presenter Lee Hyori as the host for their year-end ceremony. It is reported that MAMA 2021 will have ‘Make Some Noise’ as their tagline while Lee Hyori, who is known for her unique personality, is the perfect MC for such an event. The ceremony announced their nominees for the year-end event with a total of 17 titles and only one fan-voted category.
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Air Date
The 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) will air on Saturday, December 11 at 2021 with Red Carpet at 4 pm KST (2 am ET) and the awards ceremony starting at 6 pm KST (4 am ET).
Where to Watch
Mnet's Asian Music Awards can be watched on Mnet's YouTube channel, Mnet TV in a live broadcast.
The red carpet for the ceremony is live now -
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Venue
The ceremony will be held at CJ ENM Contents World in Paju, South Korea and will be broadcast for fans globally.
Award Categories and Nominees for Fan-Voted Category
For their 2021 ceremony, Mnet has announced a total of 17 categories.
1. Artist of the Year
2. Song of the Year
3. Worldwide Fans’ Choice (Only Fan voted category)
The nominees for the only fan-voted category are as follows.
(G)I-DLE
Aespa
AKMU
Ash Island
Astro
Ateez
Blackpink’s Lisa
Blackpink’s Rose
Brave Girls
BTS
Chungha
CL
Davichi
Enhypen
EXO
Formis_9
Heize
HyunA
iKON
ITZY
IU
Jannabi
Jessi
Kang Daniel
Lee Mujin
Lee Seung-gi
Loona
Mamamoo
Mino
Monsta X
NCT 127
NCT Dream
NU’EST
Oh My Girl
Rain
Red Velvet
Seventeen
SF9
SHINee
Somi
StayC
Stray Kids
Sunmi
Super Junior
Taeyeon
The Boyz
Treasure
Twice
TXT
Weeekly
4. Best New Male Artist
5. Best New Female Artist
6. Best Male Group
7. Best Female Group
8. Best Male Artist
9. Best Female Artist
10. Best Dance Performance Solo
11. Best Dance Performance Group (Male)
12. Best Dance Performance Group (Female)
13. Best Vocal Performance
14. Best Band Performance
15. Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
16. Best Collaboration
17. Best OST
Fan Voting
This time around the voting for MAMA has been drastically changed. Veering away from having multiple fan-voted categories, this time around, MAMA announced only one fan-voted category — ‘Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10’. Winners for the rest of the categories like Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year awards will not be chosen by fans alone, but they will have some say in who the final winners are.
Voting will take place online on Mnet’s official MAMA website starting November 4 at 6 pm KST (5 am ET) and will end on November 22 at 5:00 pm KST (4 am ET).
