Find out which girl groups, boy groups and soloists will compete for awards in the different categories of the MAMA Awards 2024
The nominees for the 2024 edition of the MAMA Awards have already been revealed. As reported by the Soompi portal, to be eligible, artists must have released a musical project between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024, and must meet the following criteria to be declared the winners at the end of the voting:
- Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards — 20% judge rating, 40% streaming/downloads (25% Korea + 15% global), 40% physical album sales
- Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards — 40% judge rating, 60% streaming/downloads (40% Korea + 20% global)
- Album of the Year — 40% jury rating, 60% physical album sales (from albums that have sold at least 1 million copies)
- Best music video and best choreography — 100% jury rating
- Fan Choice Male/Female
Round 1: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes
Round 2: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes - Fans’ Choice of the Year
90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes
Additional 10% real-time votes on Mnet Plus
The nominees are:
Best New Male Artist
- 82MAJOR
- ALL(H)OURS
- AMPERS&ONE
- NCT WISH
- NOWADAYS
- TWS
Best New Female Artist
- BABYMONSTER
- ILLIT
- MEOVV
- QWER
- UNIS
- YOUNG POSSESSION
Best Male Group
- ENHYPEN
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- TXT
- ZEROBASEONE
Best Female Group
- aespa
- (G)I-DLE
- IVE
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
- TWICE
Best Male Artist
- Baekhyun
- Jungkook
- Jimin
- Lim Young Woong
- Taemin
Best Female Artist
- UI
- Jennie
- Nayeon
- Taeyeon
- Yuqi
Best Male Solo Dance Performance
- Jimin – “Who”
- Jungkook – “Standing Next to You”
- Key – “Pleasure Shop”
- Taemin – “Guilty”
- Taeyong – “TAP”
Best Female Solo Dance Performance
- Hwasa – “NA”
- Jennie – “You & Me”
- Nayeon – “ABCD”
- Sunmi – “Balloon in Love”
- Yuqi – “FREAK”
Best Male Group Dance Performance
- ENHYPEN – “Sweet Venom”
- NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
- RIIZE – “Love 119”
- SEVENTEEN – “God of Music”
- Stray Kids – “LALALALA”
- TWS – “plot twist”
Best Female Group Dance Performance
- aespa – “Supernova”
- (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady”
- ILLIT – “Magnetic”
- IVE – “Baddie”
- LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
- NewJeans – “How Sweet”
Best Solo Vocal Performance
- BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
- IU – “Love wins all”
- Lee Mu Jin – “Episode”
- Lim Young Woong – “Warmth”
- Taeyeon – “To. X”
Best Vocal Performance Group
- AKMU – “Hero”
- Davichi – “A very personal story”
- (G)I-DLE – “Fate”
- PLAVE – “WAY 4 LUV”
- Red Velvet – “Cosmic”
Best Band Performance
- DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show”
- LUCY – “The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle”
- N.Flying – “Into You”
- Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – “Young Man”
- QWER – “TBH”
Best Rap and Hip Hop Performance
- DEAN – “DIE 4 YOU”
- Leellamarz – “Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)”
- Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. DO)”
- RM – “LOST!”
- Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”
Better collaboration
- GroovyRoom – “Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush)
- Jay Park – “Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)”
- Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. DO)”
- Sung Si Kyung, Naul – “Even for a moment”
- Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”
Best OST
- Roy Kim – “Whenever, Wherever” (“My Demon” OST)
- Lee Chang Sub – “Heavenly fate” (“A Not So Fairy Tale” OST)
- ECLIPSE – “Sudden Shower” (“Lovely Runner” OST)
- Taeyeon – “Dream” (“Welcome to Samdalri” OST)
- Crush – “Love You With All My Heart” (“Queen of Tears” OST)
Best music video
- aespa – “Armageddon”
- K.will – “No Sad Song For My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)”
- IU – “Love wins all”
- IVE – “HEYA”
- SEVENTEEN – “MAESTRO”
Best Choreography
- aespa – “Supernova”
- ILLIT – “Magnetic”
- LE SSERAFIM – “CRAZY”
- NewJeans – “Supernatural”
- RIIZE – “Impossible”
- Taemin – “Guilty”
Artist of the Year
(Nominees for artist categories are automatically nominated)
- 82MAJOR
- aespa
- ALL(H)OURS
- AMPERS&ONE
- BABYMONSTER
- Baekhyun
- ENHYPEN
- (G)I-DLE
- ILLIT
- UI
- IVE
- Jennie
- Jimin
- Jungkook
- LE SSERAFIM
- Lim Young Woong
- MEOVV
- Nayeon
- NCT DREAM
- NCT WISH
- NewJeans
- NOWADAYS
- QWER
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- Taemin
- Taeyeon
- TWICE
- TWS
- TXT
- UNIS
- YOUNG POSSESSION
- Yuqi
- ZEROBASEONE
Song of the Year
(Nominees for music genre categories are automatically nominated)
- aespa – “Armageddon”
- aespa – “Supernova”
- AKMU – “Hero”
- BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang”
- Crush – “Love You With All My Heart” (“Queen of Tears” OST)
- Davichi – “A very personal story”
- DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show”
- DEAN – “DIE 4 YOU”
- ECLIPSE – “Sudden Shower” (“Lovely Runner” OST)
- ENHYPEN – “Sweet Venom”
- (G)I-DLE – “Fate”
- (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady”
- GroovyRoom – “Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush)
- Hwasa – “NA”
- Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – “Young Man”
- ILLIT – “Magnetic”
- IU – “Love wins all”
- IVE – “Baddie”
- IVE – “HEYA”
- Jay Park – “Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)”
- Jennie – “You & Me”
- Jimin – “Who”
- Jungkook – “Standing Next to You”
- K.will – “No Sad Song For My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)”
- Key – “Pleasure Shop”
- LE SSERAFIM – “CRAZY”
- LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
- Lee Chang Sub – “Heavenly fate” (“A Not So Fairy Tale” OST)
- Lee Mu Jin – “Episode”
- Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. DO)”
- Leellamarz – “Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)”
- Lim Young Woong – “Warmth”
- LUCY – “The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle”
- N.Flying – “Into You”
- Nayeon – “ABCD”
- NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
- NewJeans – “How Sweet”
- NewJeans – “Supernatural”
- PLAVE – “WAY 4 LUV”
- QWER – “TBH”
- Red Velvet – “Cosmic”
- RIIZE – “Impossible”
- RIIZE – “Love 119”
- RM – “LOST!”
- Roy Kim – “Whenever, Wherever” (“My Demon” OST)
- SEVENTEEN – “God of Music”
- SEVENTEEN – “MAESTRO”
- Stray Kids – “LALALALA”
- Sung Si Kyung, Naul – “Even for a moment”
- Sunmi – “Balloon in Love”
- Taemin – “Guilty”
- Taeyeon – “Dream” (“Welcome to Samdalri” OST)
- Taeyeon – “To. X”
- Taeyong – “TAP”
- TWS – “plot twist”
- Yuqi – “FREAK”
- Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”
Album of the Year
(Only albums that have sold more than 1 million copies are eligible)
- aespa – “Armageddon”
- ATEEZ – “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL”
- Baekhyun – “Hello, World”
- ENHYPEN – “ROMANCE: UNTOLD”
(G)I-DLE – “2” - IVE – “I’VE MINE”
- Jungkook – “GOLDEN”
- LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
- NCT 127 – “Fact Check”
- NCT DREAM – “DREAM()SCAPE”
- RIIZE – “RIIZING”
- SEVENTEEN – “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN”
- Stray Kids – “樂-STAR” (“ROCK-STAR”)
- TWICE – “With YOU-th”
- TXT – “The Name Chapter: FREEFALL”
- ZEROBASEONE – “MELTING POINT”
Fans’ Choice Male
- 8TURN
- AB6IX
- STAR
- ATBO
- ATEEZ
- B1A4
- Baekhyun
- BamBam
- BDU
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- CRAVITY
- DAY6
- DO
- ENHYPEN
- EPEX
- EVNNE
- FTISLAND
- Hui
- j-hope
- Jimin
- Jungkook
- JUST B
- Key
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- NCT WISH
- ONEUS
- P1Harmony
- PLATE
- RIIZE
- RM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- Super Junior
- Taemin
- TEMPEST
- THE BOYZ
- THE NEW SIX
- TIOT
- TREASURE
- TWS
- TXT
- V
- WayV
- WOODZ
- Xdinary Heroes
- xikers
- YOUNITE
- ZEROBASEONE
- Zico
Fans’ Choice Female
- aespa
- ARTMS
- BABYMONSTER
- BADVILLAIN
- BIBI
- Billie
- Blackswan
- Good
- Choi Ye Na
- Chungha
- CLASS: y
- CRAXY
- Dreamcatcher
- EVERGLOW
- FIFTY FIFTY
- fromis_9
- (G)I-DLE
- H1-KEY
- Hwasa
- HyunA
- ILLIT
- ITZY
- UI
- IVE
- Jennie
- Jeon Somi
- Kep1er
- KISS OF LIFE
- Kwon Eun Bi
- LE SSERAFIM
- Lee Young Ji
- LIGHTSUM
- MEOVV
- Moonbyul
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- OH MY GIRL
- QWER
- Red Velvet
- STAYC
- Sunmi
- Taeyeon
- tripleS
- TWICE
- UNIS
- VIVIZ
- Weeekly
- Wheein
- WOOAH
- Young Posse
It is worth remembering that the first round of voting for the nominees in the “Fans’ Choice” category will take place until October 25th, where 20 artists selected in the pre-voting must go through the second round of voting between November 1st and November 15th. month.
As for the MAMA Awards 2024 ceremony, it will be held at the Dolby Theater, in Los Angeles, on November 21st, and at the Kyocera Dome, in Osaka, on November 22nd and 23rd.
Source: Recreio
