Wed. Dec 25th, 2024

It’s that time of the year again! MAMA’s voting has begun!

On November 1st, the nominations for the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards were announced! The MAMAs will kick off in Korea on December 10th, then continue to Japan on December 12th. The finale will be on December 14th and will be in Hong Kong once more at the Asia World-Expo Arena!

For songs to be eligible, the music must have been released between October 18, 2017 and October 31, 2018.

Voting will take place from November 1st at 6 p.m. KST through December 9th at 11:59 p.m. You can vote here!

Check out the full nominee list for the 2018 MAMA’s below:

Best New Male Artist

HAON

Stray Kids

Kim Dong Han

The Boyz

VINXEN

Hyeongseop X Euiwoong

Best New Female Artist

NATURE

GWSN

IZ*ONE

(G)I-DLE

LOONA

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Best Male Artist

DEAN

Roy Kim

Park Hyo Shin

Zico

Hwang Chi Yeol

Best Female Artist

IU

Sunmi

Chungha

Taeyeon

Heize

Best Male Group

GOT7

NCT 127

NU’EST W

Wanna One

BTS

SEVENTEEN

Best Female Group

BLACKPINK

TWICE

Red Velvet

MAMAMOO

MOMOLAND

GFRIEND

Best Band Performance

DAY6 – “Shoot Me”

FTISLAND – “Summer Night’s Dream”

Guckkasten – “Stranger”

Kiha and the Faces – “Cho Shim”

Hyukoh – “Love Ya!”

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

DEAN – “instagram”

Jay Park – “Soju”

Zico – “Soulmate” (Feat. IU)

Crush – “Bittersweet”

Heize – “Jenga”

Best Music Video

BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

TWICE – “What is Love?”

Wanna One – “Beautiful”

BTS – “IDOL”

SHINee – “Good Evening”

Best OST

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?”)

Best Unit

EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”

Wanna One Triple Position – “Kangaroo”

gugudan SEMINA – “SEMINA”

SEVENTEEN BSS – “Just Do It”

Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – “Lil’ Touch”

Best Vocal Performance Solo

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”

Best Vocal Performance Group

iKON – “Love Scenario”

MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”

MeloMance – “Tale”

Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”

BTOB – “Only One for Me”

Best Dance Performance Solo

Sunmi – “Siren”

Seungri – “1, 2, 3!”

Chungha – “Roller Coaster”

HyunA – “Lip & Hip”

Hyolyn – “Dally” (Feat. Gray)

Best Dance Performance Female Group

AOA – “Bingle Bangle”

TWICE – “What is Love?”

BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”

Lovelyz – “That Day”

Oh My Girl – “Secret Garden”

Best Dance Performance Male Group

Wanna One – “Boomerang”

GOT7 – “Lullaby”

MONSTA X – “Shoot Out”

BTS – “Fake Love”

SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”

PENTAGON – “Shine”

Song of the Year

AOA – “Bingle Bangle”

BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU”

Bolbbalgan4 – “Travel”

BTOB – “Only One for Me”

BTS – “Fake Love”

Chungha – “Roller Coaster”

Crush – “Bittersweet”

DAY6 – “Shoot Me”

DEAN – “instagram”

EXO-CBX – “Blooming Day”

FTISLAND – “Summer Night’s Dream”

Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – “Lil’ Touch”

GOT7 – “Lullaby”

Guckkasten – “Stranger”

gugudan SEMINA – “SEMINA”

Heize – “Didn’t Know Me”

Heize – “Jenga”

Hyukoh – “Love Ya!”

HyunA – “Lip & Hip”

Hyolyn – “Dally” (Feat. Gray)

iKON – “Love Scenario”

Jay Park – “Soju”

Jung Seung Hwan – “The Snowman”

Kiha and the Faces – “Cho Shim”

Lim Chang Jung – “There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You”

Lovelyz – “That Day”

MAMAMOO – “Starry Night”

MeloMance – “Tale”

MONSTA X – “Shoot Out”

Oh My Girl – “Secret Garden”

Park Hyo Shin – “Sound of Winter”

PENTAGON – “Shine”

Red Velvet – “Bad Boy”

Roy Kim – “Only Then”

Seungri – “1, 2, 3!”

SEVENTEEN – “Oh My!”

SEVENTEEN BSS – “Just Do It”

Sunmi – “Siren”

TWICE – “What is Love?”

Wanna One – “Boomerang”

Wanna One Triple Position – “Kangaroo”

Zico – “Soulmate” (Feat. IU)

Artist of the Year

BLACKPINK

BTS

Chungha

DEAN

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GFRIEND

(G)I-DLE

GOT7

GWSN

HAON

Heize

Hwang Chi Yeol

Hyeongseop X Euiwoong

IU

IZ*ONE

Kim Dong Han

LOONA

MAMAMOO

MOMOLAND

NATURE

NCT 127

NU’EST W

Park Hyo Shin

Red Velvet

Roy Kim

SEVENTEEN

Stray Kids

Sunmi

Taeyeon

The Boyz

TWICE

VINXEN

Wanna One

Zico

Mwave Global Fans’ Choice

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”

We hope you will cast your votes for the 2018 MAMA’s! Who will you be voting for?

Ceilidhmh is a dancing machine, but when she isn’t dancing to groups like VIXX, Boyfriend, BTS, EXO, or BAP (and basically every other group that exists) she is either watching a Korean drama, cosplaying, filming, studying for her college classes, and or creating fan art! Basically K-pop has taken over her life for many years… Although she loves boy groups the most, she finds herself falling for every K-pop group she comes in contact with and falls deeper and deeper every day.

Media: Mnet