2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards


The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 28, 2010, at The Venetian Macao in Macau, China. It is the first ceremony to take place outside of South Korea with approximately 10,000 people attending the show. 2NE1 won the most awards, winning four out of their six nominations, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year.

Background

The ceremony marked the twelfth edition of the annual music awards. The ceremony's slogan was "One Asia". It was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as in the United States and Canada.
Artists Taeyang, DJ Doc, Gummy, Rain, Hot Potato, Far East Movement, Perfume, I Me, and Chemistry all won awards during the televised broadcast. Recorded videos of international artists were shown including Lam Tun, Ho Gu Hua, Hong Ying, Pam Tan, Keri Hilson, and will.i.am. CNBLUE, 2AM, Jo Kwon, Ga-In who also won awards but were not shown on broadcast to their absence.

Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers at the ceremony.
NamePerformedNotesRef.
Tiger JK, Styliztik Jones, Zeebra, Roscoe Umali, DJ Jhig + Tasha"Jet Pack", "Monster"
Miss A"Bad Girl Good Girl", "Breathe"Best New Female Artist awardee
Superstar K2's John Park, Jang Jae-in and Kang Seung-Yoon"Without You", "Sick Enough to Die", "Scatter", "You and I", "Then Then Then"Best Digital Single nominee songs
Jason Zhang"It's Love"
2PM"Again & Again", "I Hate You", "Without You", "Tired of Waiting", "Only U", "Heartbeat", "I'll Be Back"
I Me, Perfume"Aiayiya", "Nee", "Chocolate Disco"
DJ DOC"Bounce With Me", "Shake It"Performed upon receiving the Best Rap Performance award
Gummy ft. Jason Zhang"Because of You", "The Moon Represents My Heart"
2NE1"Clap Your Hands", "Follow Me", "Can't Nobody"
Huh Gak"This Is the Moment"
Taeyang, T.O.P, G-Dragon"Break Down", "I Need A Girl", "Turn It Up", "Knock Out", "Hallelujah"
Chemistry"A Better Tomorrow", "Pieces Of Dream"
Far East Movement"Girls On The Dance Floor", "Like a G6"Best International Artist awardee
Wonder Girls"So Hot", "2 Different Tears", "Nobody"

Presenters

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Song of the Year
Album of the Year
Miss A – "Bad Girl Good Girl"
2NE1 – To Anyone
  • * 2AM – Can't Let You Go Even If I Die
  • * BoA – Hurricane Venus
  • * Super Junior – Bonamana
  • * Taeyang – Solar
    • Artist of the Year
    		Best Music Video
    2NE1
  • * 2AM
  • * 2PM
  • * Miss A
  • * Girls' Generation
    		• 2NE1 – "Can't Nobody"
  • * Epik High – "Run"
  • * UV – "Sorry I Can't Be Cool"
  • * Ga-In – "Irreversible"
  • * Taeyang – "I'll Be There"
    • Best New Female ArtistBest New Male Artist
    Miss A
  • * G.NA
  • * Nine Muses
  • * Rainbow
  • * Sistar
    		• CNBLUE
  • * Infinite
  • * Seo In-guk
  • * Teen Top
  • * ZE:A
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
    2PM
  • * 2AM
  • * Beast
  • * MBLAQ
  • * Super Junior
    		• 2NE1
  • * 4Minute
  • * Girls' Generation
  • * Kara
  • * T-ara
    • Best Male Solo ArtistBest Female Solo Artist
    Taeyang
  • * PSY
  • * Rain
  • * Seven
  • * Wheesung
    		• BoA
  • * Gummy
  • * Lee Hyori
  • * Seo In-Young
  • * Son Dambi
    • Best Dance Performance Best Dance Performance
    2PM – "I'll Be Back"
  • * Beast – "Shock"
  • * MBLAQ – "Y"
  • * Shinee – "Lucifer"
  • * Super Junior – "Bonamana"
    		• Miss A – "Bad Girl Good Girl"
  • * 2NE1 – "Can't Nobody"
  • * 4Minute – "Huh"
  • * Secret – "Magic"
  • * T-ara – "Bo Peep Bo Peep"
    • Best Dance Performance Best Collaboration
    Rain – "Love Song"
  • * Hyuna – "Change"
  • * Lee Hyori – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
  • * Narsha – "Bbi Ri Bba Bba"
  • * Taeyang – "I'll Be There"
    		• Gain and Jo Kwon – "We Fell in Love"
  • * Homme – "I Was Able to Eat Well"
  • * IU and Lim Seulong – "Nagging"
  • * IU and Sung Si Kyung – "It's You"
  • * Jeong Yeob and Seo Young Eun – "Spiteful Words"
    • Best Rap PerformanceBest Band Performance
    DJ DOC – "I'm Like This"
  • * Epik High – "Run"
  • * Outsider – "Outsider"
  • * Supreme Team – "Dang Dang Dang"
  • * UV – "Sorry I'm Not Cool"
    		• Hot Potato – "Propose"
  • * Boohwal – "What Love Is"
  • * CNBLUE – "Love"
  • * F.T. Island – "Love Love Love"
  • * TransFixion – "The Shouts of Reds"
    • Best Vocal Performance Best Vocal Performance
    Gummy – "As a Man"
  • * Jung-in – "I Hate You"
  • * K.Will – "Miss, Miss and Miss"
  • * Seo In-Young – "Written as Love, Sung as Pain"
  • * Wheesung – "I Thought of Marriage"
    		• 2AM – "Even If I Die, I Can't Let You Go"
  • * 4Men – "I Can't"
  • * 8eight – "Farewell is Coming"
  • * Davichi – "Stop the Time"
  • * Vibe – "Please Come Back Again"
    • The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave AwardBest Digital Single
    2PM – "I'll Be Back"
  • * 4Minute – "Huh"
  • * CNBLUE – "Love"
  • * Girls' Generation – "Oh!"
  • * Kara – "Lupin"
    		• Park Bom – "You and I"
  • * Jeong Yeob – "Without You"
  • * MC Mong – "Sick Enough to Die"
  • * Monday Kiz – "Scatter"
  • * Supreme Team – "Then Then Then"
    • ;Special awards

    Multiple awards

    Artist(s) with multiple wins

    The following artist received two or more wins :
    AwardsArtist
    42NE1
    3Miss A
    22PM

    Artist(s) with multiple nominations

    The following artist received more than two nominations:
    NominationsArtist
    62NE1
    52AM
    4Miss A
    42PM
    4Taeyang
    3Super Junior

    Criticism

    SM Entertainment boycotted the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards, as they did in 2009, due to issues with fairness and employing a "no show, no award" policy where the winner must attend the ceremonies.
    In addition, Mnet came under criticism due to the date and location of the awards. It was the first Mnet Asian Music Awards to take place outside of South Korea. They also aired on a Sunday, which means performers had to choose between SBS' The Music Trend show or the awards ceremony.

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