2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards
The 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards was held on December 3, 2014, at the AsiaWorld–Arena, Hong Kong. It marked its sixteenth edition acknowledging the past year's K-pop releases. Nominees were announced on October 27, 2014. Leading the nominees was Exo with five. By the end of the ceremony, Exo received four awards, the most received awards of the night.
Background
This event marked the sixteenth Mnet Asian Music Awards. It was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as around the world. The event took place in the same country and the same venue for the second consecutive time. This also marked the first time that the event organized a campaign called Girls' Education Campaign with CJ and UNESCO. It was also the first time that UnionPay sponsored the event exclusively.Performers and presenters
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.Presenters
- Moon Hee-joon, Choi Yeo-jin, and Yura – red carpet hosts, presented Best Asian Style
- Song Seung-heon – main host of ceremony
- Ahn Jae-hyun and Park Min-woo – presented Best New Artist
- Yeon Woo-jin and Han Groo – presented Best Dance Performance – Solo
- Henry Lau – introduced presenters Gao Zi Qi and Chae Rim
- Gao Zi Qi and Chae Rim – presented Best Collaboration
- Mike He – presented the special award for Style in Music
- Lee Kwang-soo and Song Ji-hyo – presented Best Male Group and Best Female Group
- Tiffany of Girls' Generation – presented John Legend
- Jeremy Lin via VTR – presented Favorite Music in China
- Jo Se-ho and Lee Kuk-ju – presented Best OST
- Yoon Jong-shin – Introduced performer IU
- South Korea President Park Geun-hye – Video greeting
- Eric Tsang and Park Bo-young – presented Best Vocal Performance – Male and Female
- Nam Joo-hyuk and Lee Jong-hyuk – presented Best Band Performance
- Alan Tam – introduced performer Kwak Jin-eon and presented the award for K-pop Fans' Choice – Male
- Yoon Jong-shin and Kang So-ra – presented Best Female Artist and Best Male Artist
- Forest Whitaker and Yoon Eun-hye – Talked about 'Bright Girls. Brighter Future!' UNESCO campaign
- Alan Tam and Yoon Eun-hye – presented Artist of the Year by country
- Kim Ji-suk – presented K-pop Fan's Choice – Female
- Lee Dong-wook and Yoo In-na – presented Best Dance Performance – Male and Female Group
- Oh Yeon-seo and Kim Ji-hoon – presented Best Rap Performance
- Jang Dong-min and Kyung Soo-jin – presented Best Music Video
- Song Seung-heon – presented the special award for The Most Popular Vocalist
- Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo – presented Song of the Year
- Andy Lau – presented Album of the Year
- Song Seung-heon – Closing Remarks
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.Special Awards
- Best Asian Style: Exo
- International Favorite Artist: John Legend
- Style in Music: Jung Joon-young
- Favorite Music in China: Chopstick Brothers – "Little Apple"
- K-pop Fans' Choice – Male: Infinite
- K-pop Fan's Choice – Female: Girls' Generation-TTS
- Artist of the Year by country: Hồ Quỳnh Hương; Thaitanium; Raisa Andriana; JJ Lin; Leo Ieiri
- The Most Popular Vocalist: '''IU'''
Multiple awards
Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist received two or more wins :| Awards | Artist |
| 4 | Exo |
| 3 | Taeyang |
Artist(s) with multiple nominations
The following artist received more than two nominations:| Nominations | Artist |
| 5 | Exo |
| 4 | IU |
| 4 | Taeyang |
| 3 | Super Junior |
| 3 | Girls' Generation |
| 3 | Girl's Day |
| 3 | Sistar |
| 3 | Seo Taiji |
| 3 | Ailee |
| 3 | - |
G-Dragon's performance
G-Dragon became the subject of widespread attention following a rap performance prior to performing "Good Boy" with bandmate Taeyang. He raps: "It's been a year, MAMA. Because you set such a large table/awards, you hand it out generously so your children don't fight". Observers saw that the performance was meant to criticize the award committee for giving out awards to popular artists too easily, even when there are more technically qualified artists for the award.The reception of the performance was mostly positive. CNN Indonesia wrote that "2014 became an unforgettable MAMA event for K-Pop fans, especially Big Bang fans" when "G-Dragon openly satirized the award ceremony on stage." In an article published by Yahoo! News Taiwan prior to the 2020 awards, an observer believed it to be one of the most legendary stages in MAMA history.