# 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards

The 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place on December 4 at Nagoya Dome, Japan. It was the 21st ceremony and one of the largest in the show's history, with more than 40,000 people attending.

## Background

In August, Mnet responded to reports regarding the venues of the year's ceremony as Hong Kong, where it had been held in the past, was deemed unsafe due to political conflict in the city. On September 29, Mnet announced that the host location of 2019 MAMA will be at Nagoya, Japan, stating that cultural exchange must continue regardless of political matters.
All songs that are eligible to be nominated are songs released from November 3, 2018, to October 31, 2019.

## Criteria

| Division | Online Voting | MAMA Professional Panel (Local + Foreign) | Music Sales | Record Sales | Social Media Voting | Global M/V View Counts |
| Artist of the Year Categories by Artist* | 30% | 30% | 20% | 20% | — | — |
| Song of the Year Categories by Genre** | 20% | 40% | 30% | 10% | — | — |
| Album of the Year | — | 40% | — | 60% | — | — |
| Special Prize*** | — | 70% | — | — | — | 30% |
| Worldwide Icon of the Year Global Top 10 Fans' Choice | 60% | — | — | — | 20% | 20% |
| *Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group **Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST ***Best Music Video |||||||

## Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Stage theme |
| Ateez | "Hala Hala", "Say My Name" | Red Carpet Special Stage |
| UNINE | "Set It Off" | Red Carpet Special Stage |
| Itzy | "Dalla Dalla", "Icy" | "It's ITZY" |
| TXT | "Intro, Run Away" | "The Next Dream Chapter" |
| Chungha | "Intro", "Blue Haze", "Gotta Go" | "The Genesis Of Time" |
| Monsta X | "Forever", "Never Die", "Intro", "Follow" | "Who Is Real?" |
| Hwasa | "New Rules" | "Make The New Rules" |
| Dua Lipa | "Don't Start Now" | "Make The New Rules" |
| Oneus Ateez | Oneus: "Sherlock (Clue + Note)", "Something", "Don't Wanna Cry", "Rough", "Lit" Ateez: "Wonderland", "Blood, Sweat & Tears", "View", "Good Bye Baby" | "Greatest Expectations" |
| WayV | "Intro", "Moonwalk", "Take Off" | "Pioneer: V" |
| Got7 | "Eclipse", "You Calling My Name", "Crash & Burn" | "Phases Of The Moon" |
| Seventeen | "Intro", "Fear", "Hit" | "Alternate Universe #17" |
| Mamamoo Park Jin-young | "Intro", "Twit", "Don't Leave Me", "Hip" (Remix ver.), "You're the One (Party ver.) + "Who's Your Mama?", "Yes I Am", "Fever" | "Glamorous Party" |
| Twice | "Intro", "Feel Special", "Fancy" | "Everything's all right" |
| BTS | "Intro", "N.O", "We Are Bulletproof Pt. 2", "Boy with Luv", "Mikrokosmos", "Dionysus" | "Map of the Soul: Journey to Myself" |

## Presenters

* Park Bo-gum – host
* Lee Sang-yeob & Jung Hye-sung – presented Best Male & Female Group
* Kim Byung-hyun & Yoon Ji-ni – presented World Performer, Favorite Vocal & Dance Performance
* Shin A-young & Tsukasa Saito – presented Favorite Male & Female Artist
* Lee Yi-kyung & Karata Erika – presented Best New Male & Female Artist
* Jimmy Fallon (recorded at NBC Studios in NYC) – presented Album of the Year
* Kentaro Sakaguchi – presented Best Dance Performance – Male & Female Group
* Lee Sang-yeob & Lee Yu-bi – presented Worldwide Fans' Choice
* Ji Sook & Joo Woo-jae – presented Best Female Artist & Best New Asian Artist
* Lee Kwang-soo & Choi Yu-hwa – presented Worldwide Fans' Choice
* Chang Chen – presented Worldwide Icon of the Year
* Lee Soo-syuk & Gulnazar – presented Best Dance Solo Performance & Best Urban/Hip-Hop Music
* Park Tam-hee – presented Breakthrough Achievement Award
* Cha Sung-won – presented Song of the Year
* Shin Seung-hun – presented Artist of the Year

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Online voting opened on the official MAMA website, Mwave app, and Twitter an hour after the announcement of nominees on October 22, 2019. Voting ended on December 4, 2019.

### Main Awards

| Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Song of the Year (Daesang) |
| BTS Blackpink Exo Twice Chungha | BTS – "Boy with Luv" Blackpink – "Kill This Love" Exo – "Tempo" Twice – "Fancy" Chungha – "Gotta Go" |
| Album of the Year (Daesang) | Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang) |
| BTS – Map of the Soul: Persona Blackpink – Kill This Love Exo – Don't Mess Up My Tempo Twice – Fancy You Seventeen – An Ode | BTS Blackpink Exo Got7 Ateez Monsta X X1 Seventeen Twice TXT |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| BTS Exo NCT 127 Got7 Seventeen Monsta X | Twice Blackpink Red Velvet Mamamoo Iz*One GFriend |
| Best Male Artist | Best Female Artist |
| Baekhyun Paul Kim Taemin Park Hyo Shin Mino | Chungha Jennie Hwasa Taeyeon Heize |
| Best Dance Performance – Male Group | Best Dance Performance – Female Group |
| BTS – "Boy with Luv" Exo – "Tempo" Got7 – "Eclipse" Monsta X – "Alligator" NU'EST – "Bet Bet" Seventeen – "Fear" | Twice – "Fancy" Iz*One – "Violeta" GFriend – "Sunrise" Red Velvet – "Zimzalabim" Blackpink – "Kill This Love" (G)I-dle – "Senorita" |
| Best Dance Performance – Solo | Best Vocal Performance – Solo |
| Chungha – "Gotta Go" Hwasa – "Twit" Taemin – "Want" Sunmi – "Lalalay" Jennie – "Solo" | Taeyeon – "Four Seasons" Ben – "180 Degree" Chen – "Beautiful Goodbye" Park Bom – "Spring" Kim Jae Hwan – "Begin Again" Jang Bum June – "Karaoke" |
| Best Vocal Performance – Group | Best Collaboration |
| BOL4 – "Bom" AKMU – "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" Winner – "Millions" Davichi – "Unspoken Words" Mamamoo – "Gogobebe" BtoB – "Beautiful Pain" | Lee So-ra feat. Suga of BTS – "Song Request" Soyou & Ovan – "Rain Drop" Jang Hye-jin & Yoon Min-soo – "Drunk on Love" Chang Mo, Hash Swan, Ash Island & Kim Hyoeun – "Band" Heize feat. Giriboy – "We Don't Talk Together" |
| Best New Male Artist | Best New Female Artist |
| TXT AB6IX Ateez Kim Jae-hwan X1 Kang Daniel | Itzy Rocket Punch Jeon Somi Bvndit Everglow Cherry Bullet |
| Best OST | Best Band Performance |
| Gummy – "Remember Me" (Hotel del Luna) Jannabi – "Take My Hand" (Romance Is a Bonus Book) Jang Beom-jun – "Your Shampoo Scent In The Flowers" (Be Melodramatic) Paul Kim – "So Long" (Hotel del Luna) Ha Jin – "We All Lie" (Sky Castle) | Jannabi – "For Lovers Who Hesitate" Day6 – "Time of Our Life" MC the Max – "After You've Gone" Nell – "Let's Part" N.Flying – "Rooftop" |
| Best HipHop & Urban Music | Best Music Video |
| Heize – "She's Fine" Mino – "Fiancé" Epik High feat. Crush and IU – "Love Drunk" Woo Won-jae feat. Giriboy – "Taste" Crush – "Nappa" | BTS – "Boy with Luv" |

### Favorite Awards

Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 :
| BTS Blackpink Exo Seventeen TXT ATEEZ Monsta X GOT7 X1 Twice ||
| Qoo10 Favorite Male Artist | Qoo10 Favorite Female Artist |
| BTS | Twice |
| Favorite Dance Performance | Favorite Vocal Performance |
| Got7 | Mamamoo |

### Special Awards

| Category | Category | Winner |
| Best Asian Artist | Thailand | Nont Tanont |
| Best Asian Artist | Mandarin | Li Ronghao |
| Best Asian Artist | Vietnam | Hoàng Thùy Linh |
| Best Asian Artist | Japan | Aimyon |
| Best Asian Artist | Indonesia | Andmesh Kamaleng |
| Best New Asian Artist | Thailand | Wanyai |
| Best New Asian Artist | Taiwan | OSN |
| Best New Asian Artist | Vietnam | K-ICM & Jack |
| Best New Asian Artist | Japan | King Gnu |
| Best New Asian Artist | Indonesia | Stephanie Poetri |
| Best New Asian Artist | China | WayV |
| World Performer | World Performer | Monsta X |
| International Favorite Artist | International Favorite Artist | Dua Lipa |
| Breakthrough Achievement | Breakthrough Achievement | Seventeen |
| Best Producer of the Year | Best Producer of the Year | Starr Chen, Howe Chen & RAZOR |
| Best Composer of the Year | Best Composer of the Year | Pdogg |
| Best Engineer of the Year | Best Engineer of the Year | Kwon Nam Woo |
| Best Art Director of the Year | Best Art Director of the Year | Yuni Yoshida |
| Best Video Director of the Year | Best Video Director of the Year | Lumpens |
| Best Choreographer of the Year | Best Choreographer of the Year | Kiel Tutin |
| Best Executive Producer of the Year | Best Executive Producer of the Year | Bang Si-hyuk |

### Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
| 9 | BTS |
| 4 | Twice |

## Broadcast

The red carpet and main ceremony of the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards was broadcast worldwide via Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks and online via Mnet K-pop's YouTube account and Mnet's official website. The Red Carpet was live streamed on the official Mnet MAMA Twitter page.
| Country | Network | Network |
| Worldwide | YouTube, Mwave | YouTube, Mwave |
| South Korea | Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XtvN, TVING | Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XtvN, TVING |
| Japan | Mnet Smart, Mnet Japan, VideoPass | Mnet Smart, Mnet Japan, VideoPass |
| United States | Mnet America, Kcon.tv | Mnet America, Kcon.tv |
| Hong Kong | ViuTV, ViuTVsix | tvN Asia |
| Macau | ViuTV, ViuTVsix | tvN Asia |
| Taiwan | ETTODAY | tvN Asia |
| Philippines | Myx | tvN Asia |
| Singapore | Mediacorp Toggle | tvN Asia |
| Indonesia | Indosiar, Vidio, JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Malaysia | JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Thailand | JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Myanmar | JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Sri Lanka | tvN Asia | tvN Asia |
| Cambodia | MyTV | MyTV |
| Vietnam | FPT Play HD | FPT Play HD |
^ Restricted access on some countries due to broadcasting rights.