| 2022 MAMA Awards | |
| Image Upright: | 1.15 |
| Date: | November 29–30, 2022 |
| Venue: | Kyocera Dome Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Hosts: | Jeon Somi (Day 1) Park Bo-gum (Day 2) |
| Most Wins: | BTS (6) |
| Network: | Mnet, across CJ E&M channels, and other international networks |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Main: | MAMA |
| Next: | 2023 |
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]
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.
| -- style="text-align:center;--> | +List of 2022 MAMA Awards day 1 performances | Artist(s) | Song(s)[5] | Stage theme title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeon Somi and Leejung Lee (with YGX) | Songs From Worldwide Fans' Choice Nominated Artist | "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", "Wa Da Da", "O.O", "Fearless", "Hype Boy" "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?" |
| -- style="text-align:center;--> | +List of 2022 MAMA Awards day 2 performances | Artist(s) | Song(s) | Stage theme title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, "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] |
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]
| Division | MAMA professional panel | Digital sales | Record sales | Global music video view counts | Online voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist of the Year | 40% | 30% | 30% | — | — |
| Categories by Artist | |||||
| Song of the Year | 40% | 60% | — | — | — |
| Categories by Genre | |||||
| Album of the Year | 40% | — | 60% | — | — |
| Best Music Video | 70% | — | — | 30% | — |
| Worldwide Icon of the Year | — | — | — | 10% |
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| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
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]
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | |
|---|---|
| Favorite New Artist | Favorite Asian Artist |
| Favorite Female Group | |
| Category | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Yogibo Chill Artist | Stray Kids | |
| Bibigo Culture and Style | J-Hope | |
| Inspiring Achievement | Jaurim | |
| Global Music Trend Leader | Zico | |
| Most Popular Male Artist | J-Hope | |
| Most Popular Group | Stray Kids | |
| MAMA Platinum | BTS | |
The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
|---|---|
| 6 | BTS |
| 4 | Ive |
| 3 | Blackpink |
| Psy | |
| Stray Kids | |
The ceremony of the 2022 MAMA Awards will be broadcast live worldwide from Mnet in South Korea, to simulcast across CJ E&M channels (where available); other international networks, and online via Mnet K-pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON's YouTube account.[13] The red carpet will be broadcast live 2 hours before the main ceremony.
| Country | Network | |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official) | |
| South Korea | Mnet, tvN Show (awards show only), TVING | |
| Japan | Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, au Smart Pass | |
| Singapore | Channel U (live highlights), MeWATCH | tvN Asia |
| Taiwan | FET Friday Video, FET Mobile Circle app (Far EasTone) | |
| Malaysia | TonTon (awards show only) | |
| Vietnam | FPT Play | |
| Philippines | tvN Asia (via Smart GigaPlay & Cignal (PLDT Group)) | |
| Hong Kong | tvN Asia | |
| Indonesia | ||
| Thailand | ||
| Myanmar | ||
| Maldives | ||
| Macau | ||
| Sri Lanka | ||