The 2020 MAMA is coming your way!
On October 29, Mnet announced the nomination list for this year’s awards show.
This year’s ceremony will take place in Korea on December 6 at 6 p.m. KST.
Here is the criteria to determine the winners in the biggest categories:
- 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
The eligibility period for this year’s awards: October 24, 2019 to October 28, 2020.
Voting lasts until December 5 at 11:59 p.m. KST. You can vote here.
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
(Nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated.)
- 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
(Nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated.)
- Baekhyun
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- Chungha
- cignature
- CRAVITY
- EXO
- GOT7
- Hwasa
- IU
- IZ*ONE
- Kang Daniel
- MAMAMOO
- MCND
- MONSTA X
- Natty
- NCT
- Oh My Girl
- Park Jin Young
- Red Velvet
- SECRET NUMBER
- SEVENTEEN
- Sunmi
- Taemin
- Taeyeon
- TOO
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- Weeekly
- WEi
- woo!ah!
- Zico
Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10
(Nominees for the artist/genre categories, excluding Best OST and Best Collaboration, are automatically nominated. If both an individual artist and his/her group is eligible, then only the group is nominated.)
- ATEEZ
- Baek Yerin
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- CHANGMO
- Chungha
- cignature
- CRAVITY
- Davichi
- DAY6
- EXO
- Giriboy
- GOT7
- HYUKOH
- ITZY
- IU
- IZ*ONE
- Jessi
- Jung Seung Hwan
- Kang Daniel
- Lee Hi – “Holo”
- LEENALCHI
- MAMAMOO
- MCND
- M.C the MAX
- MONSTA X
- Natty
- NCT
- N.Flying
- Noel
- NU’EST
- Oh My Girl
- Park Jin Young
- Red Velvet
- SECRET NUMBER
- SEVENTEEN
- Sunmi
- Taemin
- Taeyeon
- TOO
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- TXT
- Weeekly
- WEi
- WINNER
- woo!ah!
- YUMDDA
- Zico
