This year Mnet Asian Music Awards, now named MAMA Awards, will be held in Japan. So, here’s everything you need to know about MAMA Awards 2022, including dates, venue, vote, nominees, and lineup below.
UPDATED on November 22.
2022 MAMA Awards watching guide.
Here are more collaboration and performing artists at MAMA 2022.
Street Man Fighter and Kang Daniel
Hyolyn and Bibi, Street Man Fighter and Zico, Lim Young Woong and Monika.
DAY 1
Leejung Lee
DAY 2
Monika and TEMPEST.
UPDATED on November 16.
MAMA Awards 2022 has announced its hosts for the two nights event. Jeon Somi will host the first night themed “The world we build together.” Meanwhile, Park Bo-gum will host the second night themed “We are K-POP.”
Furthermore, KARA, DKZ, and J-hope are joining the performing artist lineup for MAMA in 2022.
More exciting news about MAMA this year, we will get some special collaboration performances by the artists!
First, we will get five rookie girl groups special collaboration stage. There are IVE, Kep1er, NMIXX, Le Sserafim , and NewJeans on the first day.
Second, we will get (G)-IDLE and Jaurim collaboration on the second day.
And Jung Jaeil, Tiger JK, and 3racha from Stray Kids will also collaborate on the second day.
Updated on November 10:
On November 9, Mnet officially announced a revision to its judging criteria for this year’s awards through MnetMAMA Twitter. Due to internal changes within Twitter, they will exclude Twitter votes from determining the winners of the “Worldwide Fans’ Choice” and “Worldwide Icon of the Year” awards this year. However, the ratio used to decide this year’s awards will remain the same, and that is by counting the votes cast on Mnet Plus and Spotify.
Here’s the official announcement from Mnet.
Updated on November 9:
MAMA Awards 2022 Lineup
2nd Lineup
Day 1 (November 29)
- Hyolyn
- FORESTELLA
- BIBI
- NMIXX
- LE SSERAFIM
- “Street Man Fighter” dance crew
Day 2 (November 30)
- Zico
- Lim Young Woong
- (G)I-DLE
- NiziU
- INI
- NewJeans
Check out the 1st lineup below.
2022 MAMA Awards: Dates, Venue, Vote, Nominees, and Lineup
Dates and Venue
The 2022 MAMA Awards will take place at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. The ceremony will be held for two consecutive days, from November 29 – 30, 2022. And, it will be broadcast live on global digital channels, including YouTube.
Vote
The eligible nominees are the music released between November 1, 2021, and October 21, 2022. The voting for the 2022 MAMA Awards “Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10” will be conducted in two stages: pre-vote and general vote.
The pre-voting is open on the official website of 2022 MAMA on October 24 – November 4 at 11:59 pm KST. Meanwhile, the general voting will be available on November 10 – 24 at 11:59 pm KST. In addition, fans can vote via Mnet Plus, Spotify, and Twitter.
MAMA Awards 2022 Nominees
Best New Female Artist
- IVE
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- Yena (Choi Ye Na)
Best New Male Artist
- ATBO
- TEMPEST
- TNX
- Xdinary Heroes
- YOUNITE
Best Female Artist
- IU
- Miyeon
- Nayeon
- Seulgi
- Taeyeon
Best Male Artist
- J-Hope
- Kang Daniel
- Lim Young Woong
- PSY
- Zico
Best Female Group
- (G)I-DLE
- aespa
- BLACKPINK
- ITZY
- Red Velvet
- TWICE
Best Male Group
- BTS
- ENHYPEN
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- TXT
Best Vocal Performance Solo
- IU – “Drama”
- Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
- Lee Mujin – “When it snows” (feat. Heize)
- Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
- Taeyeon – “INVU”
Best Vocal Performance Group
- BIGBANG – “Still Life”
- BTS – “Yet To Come”
- Davichi – “Fanfare”
- ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
- WINNER – “I LOVE U”
Best Band Performance
- JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
- Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
- LUCY – “PLAY”
- The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
- Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”
Best Dance Performance Solo
- Jessi – “ZOOM”
- Nayeon – “POP!”
- PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
- Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
- Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)
Best Dance Performance Male Group
- NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
- Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
- TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
- TREASURE – “JIKJIN”
Best Dance Performance Female Group
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
- BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
- NewJeans – “Attention”
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
Best OST
- 10CM – “Drawer” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
- Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You” (“Our Blues” OST)
- MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” (“A Business Proposal” OST)
- V – “Christmas Tree” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
- Wonstein – “Your Existence” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One” OST)
Best Collaboration
- 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
- Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
- Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
- PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
- Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
- BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
- BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
- J-Hope – “MORE”
- Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
- Zico – “Freak”
Song of the Year
(Nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated.)
- 10CM – “Drawer”
- 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
- BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
- BIGBANG – “Still Life”
- BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
- BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
- BTS – “Yet To Come”
- Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
- Davichi – “Fanfare”
- ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
- (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
- IU – “Drama”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
- Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
- Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
- Jessi – “ZOOM”
- J-Hope – “MORE”
- Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You”
- Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
- LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
- Lee Mujin – “When it snows” (feat. Heize)
- Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
- Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
- LUCY – “PLAY”
- MeloMance – “Love, Maybe”
- Nayeon – “POP!”
- NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- NewJeans – “Attention”
- PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
- Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
- SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
- Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
- Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
- Taeyeon – “INVU”
- The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
- TREASURE – “JIKJIN”
- TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
- V – “Christmas Tree”
- WINNER – “I LOVE U”
- Wonstein – “Your Existence”
- Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)
- Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”
- Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)
- Zico – “Freak”
Artist of the Year
(Nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated.)
- aespa
- ATBO
- BLACKPINK
- BTS
- ENHYPEN
- (G)I-DLE
- ITZY
- IU
- IVE
- J-Hope
- Kang Daniel
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- Lim Young Woong
- Miyeon
- Nayeon
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- PSY
- Red Velvet
- Seulgi
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- Taeyeon
- TEMPEST
- TNX
- TWICE
- TXT
- Xdinary Heroes
- Yena
- YOUNITE
- Zico
- Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10
- aespa
- ASTRO
- ATEEZ
- BIGBANG
- Billlie
- BLACKPINK
- Brave Girls
- BTOB
- BTS
- Chungha
- Crush
- Dreamcatcher
- ENHYPEN
- EVERGLOW
- fromis_9
- (G)I-DLE
- Girls’ Generation
- GOT7
- ITZY
- IU
- IVE
- Jay Park
- Jessi
- Jo Yu Ri
- Kai
- Kang Daniel
- KARD
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- LOONA
- MAMAMOO
- MONSTA X
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- ONEUS
- PENTAGON
- PSY
- Red Velvet
- SEVENTEEN
- STAYC
- Stray Kids
- Sunmi
- THE BOYZ
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- TXT
- WINNER
- Yena
MAMA Awards 2022 Lineup
1st Lineup
Day 1 (November 29)
- Stray Kids
- TXT
- Kep1er
- JO1
DAY 2 (November 30)
- ITZY
- ENHYPEN
- IVE
- TREASURE
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