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| 2022 MAMA Awards | |
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| Date | November 29–30, 2022 |
| Venue | Kyocera Dome Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Hosted by | Jeon Somi (Day 1) Park Bo-gum (Day 2) |
| Most awards | BTS (6) |
| Website | Official website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Mnet, across CJ E&M channels, and other international networks |
The 2022 MAMA Awards ceremony organized by CJ E&M and broadcast through its music channel Mnet, was broadcast live on November 29 and 30, 2022. The ceremony was held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan.[1] The theme for the ceremony is titled "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night, "The world we build together" for day 1, and "We are K-POP" for day 2. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history.
This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all 4 daesangs (Grand Prizes) at once in a single night. BTS was the first, and so far only, artist to receive the award, by virtue of winning all of the four daesangs in the previous 3 editions.[2]
Background
On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward.[3] On October 26, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, Mnet announced the second line up of artists for the ceremony.[4] On November 16, Mnet announced the hosts of the ceremony, Jeon Somi will be hosting day 1 while Park Bo-gum will host day 2. They also announced that BTS member, J-hope, will perform and collaboration stages.
Performers
Day 1
| Artist(s) | Song(s)[5] | Stage theme title |
|---|---|---|
| Jeon Somi and Leejung Lee (with YGX) |
Songs From Worldwide Fans' Choice Nominated Artist[a] | "The New Passion" |
| Nmixx | "O.O", "Dice" | "Downside Up" |
| DKZ | "Uh-Heung" | "The Final Destination" |
| Hyolyn | "Layin' Low" | "Two Women" |
| Bibi | "Bibi Vengeance" | |
| Bibi + Hyolyn | "Youknowbetter", "Law" | |
| JO1 | "SuperCali" (MAMA version) | "I Am, I Wish, I Will" |
| Le Sserafim | "Antifragile", "Fearless" | "Dear You Who Wish for My Fall" |
| Kep1er | "The Girls (Can't Turn Me Down)", "Wa Da Da" | "The Girls WaDaDa to Dream" |
| Forestella | "Fake Love" (BTS cover), "Save Our Lives" | "Live a Life of Love" |
| Street Man Fighter & Kang Daniel | "World Changer" | "Dance Makes One" |
| Ive, Kep1er, Nmixx, Le Sserafim, NewJeans |
"Eleven"[b], "Wa Da Da"[c], "O.O"[d], "Fearless"[e], "Hype Boy"[f] "Cheer Up" (Twice cover) |
"LINNK the Next Generation" |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Opening Sequence", "Lonely Boy", "Good Boy Gone Bad" | "Goodbye Romeo" |
| Kara | "Lupin", "Step", "Mister", "When I Move" | "Kara Is Back" |
| Stray Kids | "Venom" (MAMA version), "Maniac" (MAMA version) | "Do You Want to Be Oddinary?" |
Day 2
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Stage theme title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jung Jae-il | "Parasite", "Squid Game" | "The Letter from Music" | |
| Jung Jae-il, Tiger JK & 3Racha | "Music Makes One" | ||
| Tempest | "Dragon" | "Fly High" | |
| NewJeans | Intro,[g] "Hype Boy", "Attention" | "NewFriends" | |
| Enhypen | "Blessed-Cursed", "Walk the Line", "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" | "Manifesto: 革命" | |
| Ive | "Eleven", "Love Dive", "After Like" | "God Is Alive" | |
| NiziU and INI | "Yuki no Hana" (Mika Nakashima cover), "Clap" (Seventeen cover) | "Into the Universe" | |
| NiziU | "Clap Clap" | ||
| INI | "Spectra" | ||
| Treasure | "Volkno", "Jikjin", "Hello" | "We Don't Need Way Back" | |
| (G)I-dle and Jaurim | "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One", "Tomboy" & "Boxing Helena", "Beeswax Angel" |
"We Never Die" | |
| Jaurim | "Hahaha Song" | ||
| (G)I-dle | "My Bag", "Tomboy" | ||
| Itzy | "Cheshire", "Sneakers" | "Birth of a Queen" | |
| Lim Young-woong and Monika | "If We Ever Meet Again" | "Good, Bye" | |
| Zico, Street Man Fighter and Soyeon of (G)I-dle |
"New Thing", "Freak" | "Freakout" | |
| J-Hope | "More", "Arson", "Future" | "I'm Your Hope" | [6] |
Presenters
Day 1
- Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Gabee – Red Carpet Hosts[7]
- Joo Jung-hyuk – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Kang Han-na – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Kwak Yoon-gy and Gabee – Yogibo Chill Artist Award
- Nam Yoon-su and Mio Imada – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Artist
- Park Sung-hoon – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Pak Se-ri – Favorite Asian Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Lee Jae-wook – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Seo Ji-hye – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- Park Bo-gum – Worldwide Icon of the Year
Day 2
- Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Red Carpet Hosts[8]
- Enhypen – Best New Male Group
- Yeo Jin-goo – Inspiring Achievement
- Woo Do-hwan and Han Sun-hwa – Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist
- Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Global Music Trend Leader
- Moon Ga-young – Breakout Producer
- Yeo Jin-goo and Kim So-hyun – Most Popular Male Artist
- Kim Hae-joon and Lee Eun-ji – Best Dance Performance Female Group
- Hwang Min-hyun and Ahn So-hee – Favorite Female Group and Best Dance Performance Male Group
- Kentaro Sakaguchi – Album of the Year
- Jung Woo-sung – Song of the Year
- Yuna Kim – Artist of the Year
- Hwang Jung-min – MAMA Platinum
Criteria
All songs that have been released from November 1, 2021, to October 21, 2022, are eligible to be nominated.[9]
On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced that due to the changes in Twitter which makes securing and collecting data impossible, they will remove all Twitter votes from the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fan's Choice category without making adjustments to the other sources.[10][better source needed]
| Division | MAMA professional panel (Local and foreign) |
Digital sales | Record sales | Global music video view counts | Online voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist of the Year | 40% | 30% (20% South Korea + 10% Global) |
30% | — | — |
| Categories by Artist[h] | |||||
| Song of the Year | 40% | 60% (40% South Korea + 20% Global) |
— | — | — |
| Categories by Genre[i] | |||||
| Album of the Year[j] | 40% | — | 60% | — | — |
| Best Music Video | 70% | — | — | 30% | — |
| Worldwide Icon of the Year[k] | — | — | — | 10% |
|
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10[k] |
Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners listed first and highlighted in bold.[11]
The nominees were announced during the live announcement last October 24, 2022 at 6PM KST. Voting opened an hour after.[12][better source needed]