2022 MAMA Awards explained

2022 MAMA Awards
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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]

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

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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?"

Day 2

-- style="text-align:center;-->+List of 2022 MAMA Awards day 2 performancesArtist(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"
NewJeansIntro, "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

Day 2

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]

DivisionMAMA professional panel
Digital salesRecord salesGlobal music video view countsOnline voting
Artist of the Year40%30%
30%
Categories by Artist
Song of the Year40%60%
Categories by Genre
Album of the Year40%60%
Best Music Video70%30%
Worldwide Icon of the Year10%
  • 50%
  • 30%
  • 10%
Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10

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]

Main awards

Artist of the Year
(Daesang)
Song of the Year
(Daesang)
Album of the Year
(Daesang)
Worldwide Icon of the Year
(Daesang)
Best Male GroupBest Female Group
Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
Best Dance Performance – Male GroupBest Dance Performance – Female Group
Best Dance Performance – SoloBest Vocal Performance – Solo
Best Vocal Performance – GroupBest Collaboration
"
Best New Male ArtistBest New Female Artist
Best OSTBest HipHop & Urban Music
Best Band PerformanceBest Music Video

Favorite awards

Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Favorite New ArtistFavorite Asian Artist
Favorite Female Group

Special awards

CategoryWinner
Yogibo Chill ArtistStray Kids
Bibigo Culture and StyleJ-Hope
Inspiring AchievementJaurim
Global Music Trend LeaderZico
Most Popular Male ArtistJ-Hope
Most Popular GroupStray Kids
MAMA PlatinumBTS

Multiple awards

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

AwardsArtist(s)
6BTS
4Ive
3Blackpink
Psy
Stray Kids

Broadcast

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.

CountryNetwork
WorldwideYouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON Official)
South KoreaMnet, tvN Show (awards show only), TVING
JapanMnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, au Smart Pass
SingaporeChannel U (live highlights), MeWATCHtvN Asia
TaiwanFET Friday Video, FET Mobile Circle app (Far EasTone)
MalaysiaTonTon (awards show only)
VietnamFPT Play
PhilippinestvN Asia (via Smart GigaPlay & Cignal (PLDT Group))
Hong KongtvN Asia
Indonesia
Thailand
Myanmar
Maldives
Macau
Sri Lanka

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAMA 어워즈, 올해 콘셉트는 'K팝 세계 시민의식'. MAMA Awards, this year's concept is 'K-pop global citizenship'. Naver. News1. ko. Hwang. Mi-hyun. October 20, 2022. October 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022-11-30 . [2022 MAMA] 방탄소년단, 마마 플래티넘 영예…아이브 3관왕(종합) ]. 2022-11-30 . 스포츠한국 . ko.
  3. Benjamin . Jeff . MAMA Awards Rebrands With New Name, Sets Dates & Location for 2022 Ceremony: Exclusive . Billboard . 4 October 2022 . 23 August 2022.
  4. Web site: 임영웅→(여자)아이들 '2022 MAMA' 2차 퍼포밍 아티스트 라인업 [공식]]. Youngwoong Lim→(G)I-DLE '2022 MAMA' 2nd performing artist lineup [Official]. Naver. Newsen. ko. Lee. Min-ji. November 9, 2022. November 9, 2022.
  5. Web site: Chin . Carmen . 2022-11-30 . Watch performances by Stray Kids, LE SSERAFIM and more from 2022 MAMA Day 1 . 2023-09-03 . NME . en-GB.
  6. J-Hope Lights Up 2022 MAMA Awards With 'Jack in the Box' Performance Medley: Watch. Bowenbank. Starr. November 30, 2022. Billboard. https://web.archive.org/web/20221130171925/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/j-hope-2022-mama-awards-performance-more-arson-future-1235178680/. November 30, 2022. live. January 4, 2023.
  7. Web site: 2022-11-30 . [S포토] 안현모-남윤수-가비, 'MC군단' (2022 마마 어워즈) :: ]. 2023-05-08 . 스타데일리뉴스 . ko.
  8. Web site: 2022-11-30 . 안현모-남윤수-아이키 '2022 마마어워즈 MC군단'[엑's HD포토] ]. 2023-05-08 . www.xportsnews.com . ko.
  9. Web site: 2022 MAMA AWARDS . 2022-10-24 . www.2022mama.com . en.
  10. Web site: [VOTE NOTICE] ]. 2022-11-09 . Twitter . en.
  11. Web site: 2022 MAMA AWARDS – Winners. Mwave. Mnet Asian Music Awards. December 1, 2022.
  12. Web site: [#2022MAMA ] D-3 2022 MAMA Nomination On-Air ]. 2022-10-21 . Twitter . en.
  13. Web site: [#2022MAMA] WATCHING GUIDE ]. 2022-11-24 . Twitter . en.