On November 1, the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards announced the list of nominees and the winning criteria for major awards.
The awards show will start off at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Korea on December 10 and then continue to Japan at Saitama Super Arena on December 12. The finale on December 14 will once again be in Hong Kong at AsiaWorld-Expo Arena.
For a group or a soloist to receive a nomination, their songs/albums must be released within the period of October 18, 2017, to October 31, 2018.
So I thought it would be a good idea to share my own predictions of who could be the winners of 2018 MAMA.
Of course, as the title hints, these are only my own predictions of what I feel Mnet will choose. I don’t agree with some of the choices I am about to tell you but I have a feeling this will be what they choose.
Best New Male Artist:
Nominees
HAON
Stray Kids
Kim Dong Han
The Boyz
VINXEN
Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
Winner: Stray Kids
Best New Female Artist
Nominees
NATURE
GWSN
IZ*ONE
(G)I-DLE
LOONA
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Winner: IZ*ONE
Best Male Artist
Nominees
DEAN
Roy Kim
Park Hyo Shin
Zico
Hwang Chi Yeol
Winner: Zico
Best Female Artist
Nominees
IU
Sunmi
Chungha
Taeyeon
Heize
Winner: IU
Best Male Group
Nominees
GOT7
NCT 127
NU’EST W
Wanna One
BTS
SEVENTEEN
Winner: BTS unless Mnet decided to be snakes and chose Wanna One
Best Female Group
Nominees
BLACKPINK
TWICE
Red Velvet
MAMAMOO
MOMOLAND
GFRIEND
Winner: TWICE
Best Band Performance
Nominees
DAY6 – “Shoot Me”
FTISLAND – “Summer Night’s Dream”
Guckkasten – “Stranger”
Kiha and the Faces – “Cho Shim”
Hyukoh – “Love Ya!”
Winner: DAY6
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
Nominees
DEAN – “instagram”
Jay Park – “Soju”
Zico – “Soulmate” (Feat. IU)
Crush – “Bittersweet”
Heize – “Jenga”
Winner: DEAN – “instagram”
Best Music Video
Nominees
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
Wanna One – “Beautiful”
BTS – “IDOL”
SHINee – “Good Evening”
Winner: Wanna One – “Beautiful”
Best OST
Nominees
NU’EST W – “And I” (“Mr. Sunshine”)
Roy Kim – “No Longer Mine” (“Familiar Wife”)
Park Hyo Shin – “The Day” (“Mr. Sunshine”)
SEVENTEEN – “A-TEEN” (“A-TEEN”)
Paul Kim – “Every Day, Every Moment” (“Shall We Kiss First?”)
Winner: Park Hyo Shin – “The Day” (“Mr. Sunshine”)
Best Unit
Nominees
EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
Wanna One Triple Position – “Kangaroo”
gugudan SEMINA – “SEMINA”
SEVENTEEN BSS – “Just Do It”
Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – “Lil’ Touch”
Winner: EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day” (unless SM artists decided not to attend then they’d probably give it to Wanna One).
Best Vocal Performance Solo
Nominees
Roy Kim – “Only Then”
Park Hyo Shin – “Sound of Winter”
Lim Chang Jung – “There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”
Jung Seung Hwan – “The Snowman”
Heize – “Didn’t Know Me”
Winner: Lim Chang Jung – “There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”
Best Vocal Performance Group
Nominees
iKON – “Love Scenario”
MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”
MeloMance – “Tale”
Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”
BTOB – “Only One for Me”
Winner: iKON – “Love Scenario” (unless YG don’t attend and Mnet be snakes, they will give it to Bolbbalgan4
Best Dance Performance Solo
Nominees
Sunmi – “Siren”
Seungri – “1, 2, 3!”
Chungha – “Roller Coaster”
HyunA – “Lip & Hip”
Hyolyn – “Dally” (Feat. Gray)
Winner: Sunmi – “Siren”
Best Dance Performance Female Group
Nominees
AOA – “Bingle Bangle”
TWICE – “What is Love?”
BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”
Lovelyz – “That Day”
Oh My Girl – “Secret Garden”
Winner: TWICE – “What is Love?”
Best Dance Performance Male Group
Nominees
Wanna One – “Boomerang”
GOT7 – “Lullaby”
MONSTA X – “Shoot Out”
BTS – “Fake Love”
SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”
PENTAGON – “Shine”
Winner: BTS – “Fake Love”
Song of the Year
Winner: iKON – “Love Scenario” (unless YG don’t attend and Mnet be snakes, they will give it to DEAN or BTS or Wanna One)
Artist of the Year
Winner: BTS
Mwave Global Fans’ Choice
Nominees
December: Wanna One – “Beautiful”
January: MONSTA X – “Dramarama”
February & March: JBJ – “My Flower”
April: GOT7 – “Look”
May: EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”
June & July: BTS – “Fake Love”
August: SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”
September: Stray Kids – “My Pace”
October: GOT7 – “Lullaby”
Winner: GOT7
What do you think of my predictions? Do you agree or disagree with me?
I agree with every f thing
thanks for reading~ I honestly don’t even like the choices I made, but I wrote them based on what Mnet usually goes with each year!
Best Dance Performance Female Group??
NO GFRIEND seriously???
f**k trash show
Lmao im crying. *UNLESS MNET DECIDES TO BECOME SNAKES GIVE IT TO WANNA ONE. OOF. Lemme tell ya , its gonna happen again
I disagree to best male group, best unit, best ost, best dance performance male group because I want seventeen to be the winner.
I don’t agree about vocal performance group . my prediction= winner : Love Scenario” (unless YG don’t attend and Mnet be snakes, they will give it to MAMAMOO not bolbbagan bcs bolbbagan is far behind
I also don’t agree with myself
Iam an army.
And I agree with all of your predictions.
BTS- Best male group
-Best Dance Male Group
-Artist Of The Year
-Album Of The Year
If Love Scenario is not Song of the Year I will flip!!! its the national children’s song of 2018
where is the Album of the year?