Nampaknya Mnet Asian Music Awards atau MAMA kini kembali lagi. MAMA 2018 ini dianjurkan oleh CJ E&M menerusi cenel muzik mereka; Mnet, dan anugerah ini akan berlangsung bermula 10 Disember sehingga 14 Disember 2018 dengan tema “Challenge, Passion, Dream”.
Anugerah ini mula diperkenalkan pada 2008 dan memasuki 20 tahun penganjurannya MAMA 2018 melakar sejarah apabila ianya diadakan di tiga negara yang berbeza iaitu Korea Selatan, Jepun dan Hong Kong. MAMA 2018 akan bermula di Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Korea pada 10 Disember dan diikuti di Saitama Super Arena, Jepun pada 12 Disember. Acara kemuncak MAMA 2018 akan diadakan pada 14 Disember di AsiaWorld-Expo Arena, Hong Kong.
Pada 1 November semalam, senarai pencalonan bagi setiap kategori untuk 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards telah diumumkan.
Kali ini takrifan pemenang adalah berdasarkan kriteria seperti di bawah ;
Artist of the Year dan Artist Category Awards – 20% undian dari Mwave, 30% dari panel juri (Korea dan global), 30% daripada penjualan secara digital, 20% daripada penjualan album secara fizikal
Song of the Year dan Genre Category Awards – 20% undian dari Mwave, 40% dari panel juri (Korea dan global), 30% dari jualan album secara digital, 10% daripada penjualan album secara fizikal
Album of the Year – 40% dari panel juri (Korean dan global), 60% dari penjualan album secara fizikal
Worldwide Icon of the Year – 60% dari undian Mwave, 20% undian dari sosial media, 20% undian dari tontonan muzik video diperingkat global dan 10% undian social media secara live
Global Top 10 Fans’ Choice – 60% undian dari Mwave, 20% undian dari social media votes, 20% dari tontonan muzik video secara global
Special Award – 30% undian dari Mwave, 70% undian dari panel juri (Korea dan global)
Bagi melayakkan artis untuk bertanding dan dicalonkan dalam MAMA 2018, muzik mereka perlu diriliskan antara 18 Oktober 2017 sehingga 31 Oktober 2018.
Pengundian bermula dari 1 November sehingga 9 Disember depan secara atas talian di SINI. Bagi kategori Global Fans’ Choice undian boleh dibuat di SINI.
Ini dia senarai pencalonan bagi setiap kategori.
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
fromis_9
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
(Kesemua artis yang tercalon bagi kategori yang dipertandingkan layak dinominasi untuk 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
(Calon kategori ini layak dicalonkan untuk Artist of the Year)
BLACKPINK
BTS
Chungha
DEAN
fromis_9
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
(Calon kategori ini dipilih secara bulanan menerusi undian Mwave)
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”
