2022 MAMA Awards


The 2022 MAMA Awards took place on November 29 and 30, 2022 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. It was hosted by singer Jeon Somi and actor and singer Park Bo-gum. It was broadcast live through music channel Mnet.

Background

On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward. The theme for the ceremony wa "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night: "The world we build together" for first day, and "We are K-POP" for the second. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history.
On November 16, Mnet announced the hosts of the ceremony, Jeon Somi will be hosting day 1 while Park Bo-gum will host day 2. They also announced that BTS member, J-hope, will perform and collaboration stages.
This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all four Grand Prizes in a single night. BTS was the first, and so far only, artist to receive the award, by virtue of winning all of the four Grand Prizes in the previous three editions.

Selection process

All songs that have been released from November 1, 2021, to October 21, 2022, are eligible to be nominated. On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced that due to the changes in Twitter which makes securing and collecting data impossible, they will remove all Twitter votes from the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fan's Choice category without making adjustments to the other sources.

Performers

On October 26, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, Mnet announced the second line up of artists for the ceremony.

Day 1

Day 2

Presenters

Day 1

The nominees were announced during the live announcement last October 24, 2022 at 6PM KST. Voting opened an hour after. Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners listed first and highlighted in bold.

Main awards

Artist of the Year
Song of the Year

  • Ive – "Love Dive"
  • * I-dle – "Tomboy"
  • * Blackpink – "Pink Venom"
  • * BTS – "Yet to Come "
  • * NewJeans – "Attention"
    • Album of the YearWorldwide Icon of the Year

  • BTS
  • * Blackpink
  • * Enhypen
  • * Got7
  • * NCT Dream
  • * Psy
  • * Seventeen
  • * Stray Kids
  • * Tomorrow X Together
  • * Treasure
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • BTS
  • * Enhypen
  • * NCT Dream
  • * Seventeen
  • * Stray Kids
  • * Tomorrow X Together
  • Blackpink
  • * I-dle
  • * Aespa
  • * Itzy
  • * Red Velvet
  • * Twice
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Lim Young-woong
  • * J-Hope
  • * Kang Daniel
  • * Psy
  • * Zico
  • Nayeon
  • * IU
  • * Miyeon
  • * Seulgi
  • * Taeyeon
    • Best Dance Performance – Male GroupBest Dance Performance – Female Group
  • Seventeen – "Hot"
  • * NCT 127 – "2 Baddies"
  • * NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode"
  • * Stray Kids – "Maniac"
  • * Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad"
  • * Treasure – "Jikjin"
  • Ive – "Love Dive"
  • * I-dle – "Tomboy"
  • * Blackpink – "Pink Venom"
  • * Le Sserafim – "Fearless"
  • * NewJeans – "Attention"
  • * Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm"
    • Best Dance Performance – SoloBest Vocal Performance – Solo
  • Psy – "That That"
  • * Jessi – "Zoom"
  • * Nayeon – "Pop!"
  • * Sunmi – "Heart Burn"
  • * Choi Ye-na – "Smiley"
  • Taeyeon – "INVU"
  • * IU – "Drama"
  • * Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession"
  • * Lee Mu-jin – "When It Snows"
  • * Lim Young-woong – "Our Blues, Our Life"
    • Best Vocal Performance – GroupBest Collaboration
  • Big Bang – "Still Life"
  • * BTS – "Yet to Come "
  • * Davichi – "Fanfare"
  • * Enhypen – "Polaroid Love"
  • * Winner – "I Love U"
  • Psy and Suga – "That That"
  • * 10cm and Big Naughty – "Just 10 Centimeters"
  • * Crush and J-Hope – "Rush Hour"
  • * Loco and Hwasa – "Somebody!"
  • * Woo Won-jae and Meenoi – "Ghosting"
    • Best New Male ArtistBest New Female Artist
  • Xdinary Heroes
  • * ATBO
  • * Tempest
  • * TNX
  • * Younite
  • Ive
  • * Kep1er
  • * Le Sserafim
  • * NewJeans
  • * Nmixx
  • * Choi Ye-na
    • Best OSTBest HipHop & Urban Music
  • MeloMance – "Love, Maybe"
  • * 10cm – "Drawer"
  • * Jimin and Ha Sung-woon – "With You"
  • * V – "Christmas Tree"
  • * Wonstein – "Your Existence"
  • Jay Park – "Ganadara"
  • * Be'O – "Counting Stars"
  • * Big Naughty – "Beyond Love"
  • * J-Hope – "More"
  • * Zico – "Freak"
    • Best Band PerformanceBest Music Video
  • Xdinary Heroes – "Happy Death Day"
  • * Jannabi – "Grippin' the Green"
  • * Jaurim – "Stay with Me"
  • * Lucy – "Play"
  • * The Black Skirts – "My Little Lambs"
  • Blackpink – "Pink Venom"

    • Favorite awards

    Special awards

    Professional categories

    Multiple awards

    The following artist received three or more awards:
    AwardsArtist
    6BTS
    4Ive
    3Blackpink
    3Psy
    3Stray Kids

    Broadcast

    The ceremony was broadcast live worldwide from Mnet in South Korea, and wa simulcast across CJ E&M channels ; other international networks, and online via Mnet K-pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON's YouTube account. The red carpet wa be broadcast live two hours before the main ceremony.