MAMA 2020 Announces List Of Nominees And Opens Voting

By Ishani Sarkar Oct 29, 2020

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CJ ENM's best and perhaps the most-watched music awards ceremony '2020 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards)' has officially announced the start of a splendid and magical music festival on December 6th. An exciting teaser video, the official logo, and a concept were released earlier in October, and now, all the nominees have been officially announced. The voting process has also begun, and fans can't wait for this epic night!

MAMA, which has established itself as the best music awards ceremony in Asia with an innovative and experimental stage every year, is determined to greet global fans with the best and top artists' performances and creative stages this year. In particular, the new innovative experience of an online "un:tact" version of the MAMA awards is highly anticipated. The concept keyword for this year's '2020 MAMA' is 'NEW-TOPIA.' Certainly, the world has changed, and in such a situation, a new utopia is desperately looked for.

'NEW-TOPIA' expresses a world where fans from all over the world can connect and meet other fans through music. Through MAMA, which opens the opportunity for a festival where artists and fans can communicate and enjoy together, it means that they will experience the power of new music and meet the 'NEW-TOPIA' they each dream of. This time, the world is literally their stage.

In the teaser video released on October 8, 2020, the main concept and the portal to the new world 'NEW-TOPIA' that will be revealed to fans are shown.

Expectations are sky-high for this year's awards. All the information related to MAMA, such as the teaser video, official logo, and past winners, can be found on the teaser page.

Meanwhile, the online voting process for '2020 MAMA' will be held from 6 PM KST on the 29th to 12 PM on December 5th, 2020 (Korean time). Voting to select the winners in each category of K-POP, including the Singer of the Year and Song of the Year awards, will be held on the official website.

The criteria that the final winners have to satisfy are as follows!

Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards - 30% official votes, 30% judge panel, 20% digital song sales, 20% physical album sales

Song of the Year and Song Genre Category Awards - 20% official votes, 40% judge panel, 30% digital song sales, 10% physical album sales

Album of the Year - 40% judge panel, 60% physical album sales

Worldwide Icon of the Year, Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 - 60% official votes, 20% social media votes, 20% global music video views

Best Music Video - 70% judge panel, 30% global music video views

To be eligible, the music must have been released between October 24, 2019, and October 28, 2020.

You can vote online here and the votes will be counted through December 5 at 11:59 PM KST.

The nominees are as follows:

Best New Male Artist

CRAVITY
MCND
TOO
TREASURE
WEi

Best New Female Artist

cignature
Natty
SECRET NUMBER
Weeekly
woo!ah!

Best Male Artist

Kang Daniel
Park Jin Young
Baekhyun
Zico
Taemin

Best Female Artist

Sunmi
IU
Chungha
Taeyeon
Hwasa

Best Male Group

EXO
GOT7
NCT
MONSTA X
BTS
SEVENTEEN

Best Female Group

BLACKPINK
TWICE
Red Velvet
MAMAMOO
IZ*ONE
Oh My Girl

Best Dance Performance Male Group

ATEEZ - "INCEPTION"
EXO - "Obsession"
NCT 127 - "Kick It"
TXT - "Can't You See Me?"
BTS - "Dynamite"
SEVENTEEN - "Left & Right"

Best Dance Performance Female Group

BLACKPINK - "How You Like That"
ITZY - "WANNABE"
TWICE - "MORE & MORE"
Red Velvet - "Psycho"
IZ*ONE - "Secret Story of the Swan"
Oh My Girl - "Nonstop"

Best Dance Performance Solo

Kang Daniel - "Who U Are"
Sunmi - "pporappippam"
Jessi - "NUNU NANA"
Taemin - "Criminal"
Hwasa - "Maria"

Best Vocal Performance Group

WINNER - "Hold"
Noel - "Late Night"
NU'EST - "I'm in Trouble"
Davichi - "Dear."
MAMAMOO - "HIP"

Best Vocal Performance Solo

Baek Yerin - "Square (2017)"
Baekhyun - "Candy"
IU - "Blueming"
Jung Seung Hwan - "My Christmas wish"
Taeyeon - "Spark"

Best Band Performance

DAY6 - "Zombie"
M.C the MAX - "BLOOM"
N.Flying - "Oh really."
LEENALCHI - "Tiger is Coming"
HYUKOH - "Help"

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

Giriboy - "Eul" (Feat. BIG Naughty)
YUMDDA - "Amanda" (Feat. Simon Dominic)
Lee Hi - "Holo"
Zico - "Any song"
CHANGMO - "METEOR"

Best OST

Gaho - "Start" ("Itaewon Class")
Baek Yerin - "Here I Am Again" ("Crash Landing On You")
Sandeul - "Slightly Tipsy" ("She is My Type")
Joy - "Introduce me a good person" ("Hospital Playlist")
Jo Jung Suk - "Aloha" ("Hospital Playlist")

Best Collaboration

Park Jin Young - "When We Disco" (Duet with Sunmi)
BOL4 - "Leo" (Feat. Baekhyun)
Sung Si Kyung & IU - "First Winter"
IU - "eight" (Prod. & Feat. Suga)
Zico - "Summer Hate" (Feat. Rain)

Song of the Year

ATEEZ - "INCEPTION"
Baekhyun - "Candy"
Baek Yerin - "Here I Am Again" ("Crash Landing On You")
Baek Yerin - "Square (2017)"
BLACKPINK - "How You Like That"
BOL4 - "Leo" (Feat. Baekhyun)
BTS - "Dynamite"
CHANGMO - "METEOR"
Davichi - "Dear."
DAY6 - "Zombie"
EXO - "Obsession"
Gaho - "Start" ("Itaewon Class")
Giriboy - "Eul" (Feat. BIG Naughty)
Hwasa - "Maria"
HYUKOH - "Help"
ITZY - "WANNABE"
IU - "Blueming"
IU - "eight" (Prod. & Feat. Suga)
IZ*ONE - "Secret Story of the Swan"
Jessi - "NUNU NANA"
Jo Jung Suk - "Aloha" ("Hospital Playlist")
Joy - "Introduce me a good person" ("Hospital Playlist")
Jung Seung Hwan - "My Christmas wish"
Kang Daniel - "Who U Are"
Lee Hi - "Holo"
LEENALCHI - "Tiger is Coming"
M.C the MAX - "BLOOM"
MAMAMOO - "HIP"
N.Flying - "Oh really."
NCT 127 - "Kick It"
Noel - "Late Night"
NU'EST - "I'm in Trouble"
Oh My Girl - "Nonstop"
Park Jin Young - "When We Disco" (Duet with Sunmi)
Red Velvet - "Psycho"
Sandeul - "Slightly Tipsy" ("She is My Type")
SEVENTEEN - "Left & Right"
Sung Si Kyung & IU - "First Winter"
Sunmi - "pporappippam"
Taemin - "Criminal"
Taeyeon - "Spark"
TWICE - "MORE & MORE"
TXT - "Can't You See Me?"
WINNER - "Hold"
YUMDDA - "Amanda" (Feat. Simon Dominic)
Zico - "Any song"
Zico - "Summer Hate" (Feat. Rain)

Artist of the Year

Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10

Don't forget to vote for your favorites!

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