2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards

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, 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]

2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Date	December 10, 2018 December 12, 2018 December 14, 2018
Location	South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong
Hosted by	South Korea: Jung Hae-in Japan: Park Bo-gum Hong Kong: Song Joong-ki
Most awards	BTS (9)
Website	2018mama.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks, YouTube, Vlive
Runtime	Korea: 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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Four Grand Prizes (Daesangs) were given throughout the ceremonies; Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and the addition of Worldwide Icon of the Year.

Shows

"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	City	Country/Region	Host	Venue	Ref.
2018 MAMA Premiere in Korea	December 10, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Jung Hae-in	Dongdaemun Design Plaza	^[4]
2018 MAMA Fans' Choice in Japan	December 12, 2018	Saitama	Japan	Park Bo-gum	Saitama Super Arena	^[5]
2018 MAMA in Hong Kong	December 14, 2018	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Song Joong-ki	AsiaWorld–Expo, Arena	^[6]

Criteria

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

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

Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Song of the Year (Daesang)
BTS Blackpink Twice Wanna One Mamamoo	Twice – "What Is Love?" BTS – "Fake Love" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Mamamoo – "Starry Night" iKon – "Love Scenario"
Album of the Year (Daesang)	Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang)
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	BTS Mamamoo Twice Wanna One Got7 Blackpink Seventeen NCT 127 NU'EST W Monsta X
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
Wanna One BTS Got7 NCT 127 NU'EST W Seventeen	Twice Blackpink Red Velvet Mamamoo Momoland GFriend
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Roy Kim Dean Park Hyo-shin Zico Hwang Chi-yeul	Sunmi IU Chungha Taeyeon Heize
Best Dance Performance – Male Group	Best Dance Performance – Female Group
Seventeen – "Oh My!" BTS – "Fake Love" Wanna One – "Boomerang" Got7 – "Lullaby" Monsta X – "Shoot Out" Pentagon – "Shine"	Twice – "What Is Love?" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Red Velvet – "Bad Boy" AOA – "Bingle Bangle" Lovelyz – "That Day" Oh My Girl – "Secret Garden"
Best Dance Performance – Solo	Best Vocal Performance – Solo
Chungha – "Roller Coaster" Sunmi – "Siren" Seungri – "1, 2, 3!" Hyuna – "Lip & Hip" Hyolyn – "Dally (feat. GRAY)"	Heize – "Didn't Know Me" Roy Kim – "Only Then" Park Hyo-shin – "Sound of Winter" Im 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" BtoB – "Only One For Me" MeloMance – "Tale" Bolbbalgan4 – "Travel"	Wanna One – Triple Position – "Kangaroo" Exo-CBX – "Blooming Day" Gugudan SeMiNa – "SeMiNa" Seventeen – BSS – "Just Do It" Girls' Generation – Oh!GG – "Lil' Touch"
Best New Artist – Male	Best New Artist – Female
Stray Kids Haon Kim Dong-han The Boyz Vinxen Hyeongseop X Euiwoong	Iz*One (G)I-dle Nature GWSN Loona Fromis 9
Best OST	Best Band Performance
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?)	Hyukoh – "Love Ya!" Day6 – "Shoot Me" F.T. Island – "Summer Night's Dream" Guckkasten – "Stranger" Kiha and the Faces – "Cho Shim"
TikTok Best Music Video	Best HipHop & Urban Music
BTS – "Idol" Wanna One – "Beautiful" Twice – "What Is Love?" Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Shinee – "Good Evening"	Zico – "Soulmate (feat. IU)" Dean – "Instagram" Jay Park – "Soju" Crush – "Bittersweet" Heize – "Jenga"

Favorite Award

Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10	Mwave Global Fans' Choice
Mamamoo Twice Wanna One BTS Got7 Blackpink Seventeen NCT 127 NU'EST W Monsta X	BTS – "Fake Love" Wanna One – "Beautiful" Monsta X – "Dramarama" JBJ – "My Flower" Got7 – "Look" Got7 – "Lullaby" Exo-CBX – "Blooming Day" Seventeen – "Oh My!" Stray Kids – "My Pace"
Favorite Music Video	Favorite Vocal Artist
BTS – "Idol" Twice – "What Is Love?" Wanna One – "Beautiful"	Mamamoo iKon BtoB
Favorite Dance Artist (Male)	Favorite Dance Artist (Female)
BTS Got7 Wanna One	Twice Blackpink Red Velvet

Special Awards

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

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

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

Multiple nominations

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

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

MAMA Premiere in Korea

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

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

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

Korea Jung Hae-in – main host Bae Yoon-young and Lee Ki-woo – presented Best New Asian Artist (Thailand & Vietnam) Jung Hae-in – presented Professional Categories Ji-soo and Jung Chae-yeon – presented Best New Asian Artist (China, Indonesia & Japan) Jung Hae-in – presented New Challenger Performance Kang Seung-hyun – presented Best of Next Award Kim Yu-ri and Hong Jong-hyun – presented Best New Artists Kim So-hyun – presented DDP Best Trend Award Japan Park Bo-gum – main host Yoo Hyun-min and Lee Da-hee – presented Worldwide Fan Choice Award Minue – presented Favorite Dance Artist (Japan) Ha Seok-jin – presented Favorite Music Video Kwon Hyuk-soo – presented Worldwide Fans Choice Award Choi Tae-joon and Lee Sung-kyung – presented Worldwide Fan Choice Award Matsushige Yutaka and Shin Ah-young – presented Favorite Vocal Artist Yang Se-jong – presented Favorite Male Dance Artist Jung Il-woo and Jung So-min – presented Worldwide Fans Choice Award Ha Seok-jin and Choi Kang-hee – presented Favorite Female Dance Artist and Worldwide Fans Choice Award Jang Hyuk – presented Worldwide Icon of the Year

Hong Kong Song Joong-ki – main host Kim Dong-wook and Kim Da-mi – presented Best Unit Lee Yi-kyung and Moon Ga-bi – presented Best Vocal Performance Solo Yoon Jong-bin and Lee Sun-bin – presented Best OST In Gyo-jin and So Yi-hyun – presented New Asian Artist Kwon Hyuk-soo and Bae Jung-nam – presented Mwave Global Fan Choice Lee Jun-hyung and Seo Eun-su – presented Best Dance Performance – Female Group and TikTok Most Popular Artist Park Sung-woong – monologue Song Joong-ki, Jackson (Got7), Daehwi (Wanna One) and RM (BTS) – presented Janet Jackson Inspiration Award Park Sung-woong and Lee El – presented Best Asian Style and Discovery of the Year Ahn Jae-hyun & Kim Sa-rang – presented Best Male Artist & Best Dance Performance – Solo Lee Seung-chul and Lee Yo-won – presented Best Music Video Kim Jong-kook – presented Best Asian Artist (Mandarin) Seo Hyun-jin – presented Best Female Group Ahn Jae-hyun and Jung Rye-won – presented Best Dance Performance – Male Group Lee Jin-wook – presented Best Female Artist Kim Sung-ryung – presented Best Male Group Angelababy – presented Album of the Year Cha Seung-won – presented Song of the Year Hwang Jung-min – presented Artist of the Year

Broadcast

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

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External links

• Mnet Asian Music Awards official website (English