The highly-anticipated 2024 MAMA Awards is going to be a star-studded event once again, revealing K-pop’s most talented and most popular artists as its long list of performers and nominees.
Photo: SEVENTEEN, aespa
On October 17, the organization confirmed its second lineup of performers. Among them are Lee Young-ji, Treasure, MEOVV, TWS, ME:1, and J.Y. Park
Previously, the awards-giving-body announced its first lineup of performers. This includes aespa, IVE, ENHYPEN, TXT, ZEROBASEONE, ILLIT, RIIZE, KATSEYE, and INI.
The complete list of nominees was also revealed on October 14. Among the biggest nominees this year are aespa, SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, (G)I-DLE, and Jennie.
The 2024 MAMA Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 21 and the Kyocera Dome in Osaka on November 22 and 23.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Artist of the Year: 82MAJOR, aespa, ALL(H)OURS, AMPERS&ONE, BABYMONSTER, Baekhyun, ENHYPEN, (G)I-DLE, ILLIT, IU, 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 POSSE, Yuqi, and ZEROBASEONE
Song of the Year: 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. D.O.), 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 – “T.B.H,” 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,” and Zico – “SPOT!” (Feat. Jennie)
Album of the Year (Eligible are albums that have sold over one million copies): aespa’s “Armageddon,” ATEEZ’s “THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL,” Baekhyun’s “Hello, World,” ENHYPEN’s “ROMANCE: UNTOLD,” (G)I-DLE’s “2,” IVE’s “I’VE MINE,” Jungkook’s “GOLDEN,” LE SSERAFIM’s “EASY,” NCT 127’s “Fact Check,” NCT DREAM’s “DREAM()SCAPE,” RIIZE’s “RIIZING,” SEVENTEEN’s “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN,” Stray Kids’ “樂-STAR” (“ROCK-STAR”), TWICE’s “With YOU-th,” TXT’s “The Name Chapter: FREEFALL,” and ZEROBASEONE’s “MELTING POINT”
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: IU, Jennie, Nayeon, Taeyeon, Yuqi
Best Vocal Performance Solo: 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 Dance Performance Male Solo: Jimin – “Who”, Jungkook – “Standing Next to You”, Key – “Pleasure Shop”, Taemin – “Guilty”, Taeyong – “TAP”
Best Dance Performance Female Solo: Hwasa – “NA”, Jennie – “You & Me”, Nayeon – “ABCD”, Sunmi – “Balloon in Love”, Yuqi – “FREAK”
Best Dance Performance Male Group: ENHYPEN – “Sweet Venom”, NCT 127 – “Fact Check”, RIIZE – “Love 119”, SEVENTEEN – “God of Music”, Stray Kids – “LALALALA”, TWS – “plot twist”
Best Dance Performance Female Group: aespa – “Supernova”, (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady”, ILLIT – “Magnetic”, IVE – “Baddie”, LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”, NewJeans – “How Sweet”
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 – “T.B.H”
Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance: DEAN – “DIE 4 YOU”, Leellamarz – “Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)”, Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)”, RM – “LOST!”, Zico – “SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)”
Best Collaboration: GroovyRoom – “Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush)”, Jay Park – “Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)”, Lee Young Ji – “Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)”, 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”
Best New Male Artist: 82MAJOR, ALL(H)OURS, AMPERS&ONE, NCT WISH, NOWADAYS, TWS
Best New Female Artist: BABYMONSTER, ILLIT, MEOVV, QWER, UNIS, YOUNG POSSE
Fans’ Choice Male: 8TURN, AB6IX, ASTRO, ATBO, ATEEZ, B1A4, Baekhyun, BamBam, B.D.U, BOYNEXTDOOR, CRAVITY, DAY6, D.O., ENHYPEN, EPEX, EVNNE, FTISLAND, Hui, j-hope, Jimin, Jungkook, JUST B, Key, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, NCT WISH, ONEUS, P1Harmony, PLAVE, 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, Billlie, Blackswan, BoA, Choi Ye Na, Chungha, CLASS, CRAXY, Dreamcatcher, EVERGLOW, FIFTY FIFTY, fromis_9, (G)I-DLE, H1-KEY, Hwasa, HyunA, ILLIT, ITZY, IU, 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
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