Winners of the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards Are Finally Here
On December 11, K-pop’s annual Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) were held, featuring performances from a variety of different artists. Categories ranging from Best Group to Best Music Video were featured during the show. The online voting time block started on November 4 and ended on December 9, giving fans more than a month’s time to get their favorite artists on the roster.
The event was hosted by Lee Hyori, the first female singer to ever host the awards. It took place at CJ ENM’s Contents World in Paji City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Many videos from the night have been trending across all social media platforms, specifically Instagram and Twitter. Highly anticipated groups such as ENHYPEN, aespa, Tomorrow X Together, and ITZY displayed unique performances scattered between each announcement.
Full List of MAMA Winners
- Best Male Group – BTS
- Best Female Group – TWICE
- Best Male Artist – EXO’s Baekhyun
- Best Female Artist – IU
- Best New Male Artist – ENHYPEN
- Best New Female Artist – aespa
- Breakout Artist of the Year – BRAVE GIRLS
- Worldwide Fans’ Choice TOP 10 – BTS, NCT 127, Treasure, Twice, NCT Dream, ENHYPEN, Tomorrow X Together, Stray Kids, Lisa, Seventeen
- TikTok Artist of the Year – BTS
- TikTok Moment of the Year – BTS
- TikTok Worldwide Icon of the Year – BTS
- TikTok Song of the Year – BTS (“Butter”)
- TikTok Album of the Year – BTS (BE)
- Favorite Asian Artist – INI
- Best Dance Performance Male Group – BTS (“Butter”)
- Best Dance Performance Female Group – aespa (“Next Level”)
- Best Dance Performance Solo – Blackpink’s Rosé (“On The Ground”)
- Best Hip-Hop and Urban Music – Ash Island (“MELODY”)
- Best Band Performance – JANNABI (“A thought on an autumn night”)
- Best Vocal Performance – IU (“Celebrity”)
- Best Collaboration – AKMU & IU (“NAKKA”)
- Best Asian Artist Japan – JO1
- Best New Asian Artist Japan – Ado
- Best Asian Artist Mandarin – Accusefive
- Best New Asian Artist Cantonese – Anson Lo
- Best Asian Artist Thailand – Tilly Birds
- Best New Asian Artist Thailand – Sprite X Guygeegee
- Best Asian Artist Indonesia – Anneth
- Best New Asian Artist Indonesia – Lyodra
- Best Asain Artist Vietnam – Quân A.P [vi]
- Best New Asian Artist Vietnam – Hoàng Quyên
- Favorite International Artist – Ed Sheeran
- Best OST of the Year – Cho Jung Seok (“I Like You” from Hospital Playlist)
- Best Art Director of the Year – MU: E (for “Butter”)
- Best Video Director of the Year – Lumpens (for “Butter”)
- Best Executive Producer of the Year – Bang Si-Hyuk (for BTS, Tomorrow X Together, ENHYPEN)
- Best Producer of the Year – Teddy (for “LALISA”)
- Best Composer of the Year – Yoo Young-jin (for “Savage”)
- Best Choreographer of the Year – Leejung Lee (for “MONEY”)
- Best Engineer of the Year – Kwon Nam-woo & Gu Jong-Pil (for “Celebrity”)
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