# 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards

The 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from November 25 through December 1, 2017 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong with the theme, "Coexistence". It was the eighth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, the 19th ceremony in the show's history, and the first ceremony to take place in three locations.
Nominees were announced on October 19, 2017, through the 2017 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.

## Shows

| Event | Date | City | Country | Host | Venue |
| MAMA Premiere in Vietnam | November 25, 2017 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Thu Minh | Hoa Binh Theatre |
| MAMA in Japan | November 29, 2017 | Yokohama | Japan | Park Bo-gum | Yokohama Arena |
| MAMA Professional Categories | November 30, 2017 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Kim Young-chul, Shin A-young & Ji Sook | W Hong Kong |
| MAMA in Hong Kong | December 1, 2017 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Song Joong-ki | AsiaWorld–Expo |

## Criteria

| Division | Online Voting | MAMA Professional Panel (Local + Foreign) | Music Sales | Record Sales |
| Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* | 30% | 30% | 30% | 10% |
| Song of the Year Award Category by Genre** | 20% | 40% | 30% | 10% |
| Album of the Year | – | 40% | – | 60% |
| Special Prize*** | 30% | 70% | – | – |
| *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 |||||

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19, online voting opened on the official MAMA website and Mwave app and Qoo10 website and app on October 21. Voting ended on November 28, 2017.

### Main Award

| Qoo10 Artist of the Year (Daesang) | Qoo10 Album of the Year (Daesang) |
| BTS Twice Exo Wanna One IU | Exo – The War BTS – Love Yourself: Her Wanna One – 1×1=1 (To Be One) Twice – Signal Seventeen – Al1 |
| Qoo10 Song of the Year (Daesang) | Best Music Video |
| Twice – "Signal" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Heize – "You, Clouds And Rain" IU – "Through The Night" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" | BTS – "Spring Day" Exo – "Power" Twice – "Signal" Wanna One – "Energetic" Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" |
| Best Male Artist | Best Female Artist |
| Zico Yoon Jong-shin G-Dragon Zion.T Psy | IU Sunmi Taeyeon Heize Suzy |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| Wanna One Exo BTS Seventeen Got7 NU'EST W | Red Velvet Twice Mamamoo GFriend Blackpink |
| Best Dance Performance – Male Group | Best Dance Performance – Female Group |
| Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" NCT 127 – "Cherry Bomb" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Monsta X – "Beautiful BTS – "DNA" VIXX – "Shangri-La" | Twice – "Signal" Girls' Generation – "Holiday" GFriend – "Love Whisper" Apink – "Five" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" |
| Best Dance Performance – Solo | Best Collaboration |
| Taemin – "Move" Hyuna – "Babe" Sunmi – "Gashina" Psy – "New Face" Lee Hyori – "Black" | Dynamic Duo & Chen – "Nosedive" Soyou & Baekhyun – "Rain" IU & Ohhyuk – "Can't Love You Anymore" Hyolyn & Changmo – "Blue Moon" Jay Park & Dok2 – "Most Hated" |
| Best Vocal Performance – Female | Best Vocal Performance – Male |
| Heize – "You, Clouds, Rain" Kim Se-jeong – "Flower Way" Suran – "Wine" IU – "Through The Night" Jung Eun-ji – "The Spring" | Yoon Jong-shin – "Like It?" Zion.T – "The Song" Jung Seung-hwan – "This Fool" Han Dong-geun – "Crazy" Hwang Chi-yeul – "A Daily Song" |
| Best Vocal Performance – Group | Best OST |
| Bolbbalgan4 – "Tell Me You Love Me" BtoB – "Missing You" Highlight – "Calling You" Winner – "Really Really" Mamamoo – "Yes I am" | Ailee – "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) Chanyeol & Punch – "Stay With Me" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) Bolbbalgan4 – "You and Me from the Start" (The Emperor: Owner of the Mask) Suzy – "I Love You Boy" (While You Were Sleeping) Crush – "Beautiful" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) |
| Best Band Performance | Best HipHop & Urban Music |
| Hyukoh – "TOMBOY" Day6 – "I Smile" Buzz – "The Love" CNBLUE – "Between Us" F.T. Island – "Wind" | Heize – "Don't Know You" Zico – "Artist" Dean – "Come Over" Mad Clown – "Lost Without You" Woo Won-jae – "We Are" |
| Best New Artist – Male | Best New Artist – Female |
| Wanna One Samuel The East Light Golden Child Jeong Se-woon | PRISTIN Weki Meki Kim Chung-ha Dreamcatcher Momoland |

### Favorite Award

| Mwave Global Fans' Choice | 2017 Favorite KPOP Star |
| Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Winner – "Really Really" T-ara – "What's My Name?" Wanna One – "Energetic" BTS – "DNA" | Got7 BTS Winner Zico Psy Exo CNBLUE Seventeen Twice Red Velvet Highlight F.T. Island NCT 127 Monsta X IU NU'EST W Blackpink Wanna One BtoB Day6 |

### Special Awards

| Nominees | Nominees | Winners |
| Favorite Vietnamese Artist presented by Clear & Close-Up | Favorite Vietnamese Artist presented by Clear & Close-Up | Sơn Tùng M-TP |
| Best Asian Artist | Japan | AKB48 |
| Best Asian Artist | Indonesia | Agnez Mo |
| Best Asian Artist | Mandarin | Karen Mok |
| Best Asian Artist | Vietnam | Tóc Tiên |
| Best Asian Artist | Singapore | Aisyah Aziz |
| Best Asian Artist | Thailand | Lula |
| Best Asian Style | in Japan | EXO-CBX |
| Best Asian Style | in Hong Kong | BTS |
| New Asian Artist | New Asian Artist | NCT 127 |
| Best of Next | Best of Next | Wanna One |
| Best of Next | Best of Next | Chungha |
| Style In Music | Style In Music | Sunmi |
| Discovery of the Year | Discovery of the Year | NU'EST W |
| Best Concert Performer | Best Concert Performer | Monsta X |
| World Performer | World Performer | Got7 |
| Worldwide Favorite Artist | Worldwide Favorite Artist | Seventeen |
| Best Composer of the Year | Best Composer of the Year | Raisa Andriana & Isyana Sarasvati |
| Best Executive of the Year | Best Executive of the Year | George Trivino |
| Best Engineer of the Year | Best Engineer of the Year | Dat Nguyen Minh |
| Best Video Director of the Year | Best Video Director of the Year | Atsushi Makino |
| Best Choreographer of the Year | Best Choreographer of the Year | Youngjun Choi |
| Best Visual & Art Director of the Year | Best Visual & Art Director of the Year | Yang |
| Best Producer of the Year | Best Producer of the Year | Pdogg |
| Inspired Achievement | Inspired Achievement | Yasushi Akimoto |

### Multiple wins

The following artist(s) received three or more wins:
| Awards | Artist(s) |
| 3 | BTS |
| 3 | Wanna One |

### Multiple nominations

All artists nominated is also present in the "daesang" categories. The following artist(s) received five or more nominations (excluding the special awards):
| Nominations | Artist(s) |
| 6 | Exo |
| 6 | Twice |
| 6 | IU |
| 5 | BTS |
| 5 | Red Velvet |
| 5 | Wanna One |

## Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.

### 2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam

List of performances :
| Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
| Tóc Tiên | "Em không là duy nhất" & "I'm in Love"/"Ngày mai" | "Guiding Star" |
| Lula | "Mun Keu Kwahm Ruk" & "Rheung Tee Khor" | "Lulaland" |
| Aisyah Aziz | "Tanda Tanya" & "Mimpi" | "World, Word" |
| Erik, Duc Phuc, & Hoa Minzy | Mashup Love Songs | "Better Together" |
| Samuel | "Sixteen" & "Candy" | "Realization of a Dream" |
| Agnez Mo | "Coke Bottle", "Long As I Get Paid" & "Damn, I Love You" | "Crush on You" |
| Wanna One | "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up" | "Energetic Shock" |
| Seventeen | "I Don't Know, Well", "Don't Wanna Cry", "Without You" & "Clap" | "Show Never Ends" |

### 2017 MAMA in Japan

List of performances :
| Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
| BoA | "Girls On Top" & "CAMO" | "Coexistence" (Opening Act) |
| Seventeen | "No. 1" | "Coexistence" (Opening Act) |
| Twice | "My Name" | "Coexistence" (Opening Act) |
| BoA (w/ Hwang Min-hyun) | "Only One" | "Coexistence" (Opening Act) |
| Monsta X | "Beautiful (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" & "Dramarama" | "Flesh And Bone" |
| Weki Meki | "Sugar High" & "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" | "It's Showtime" |
| Kim Chung-ha | "Hand On Me" & "Why Don't You Know" | "It's Showtime" |
| PRISTIN | "We Are PRISTIN" & "Wee Woo" | "It's Showtime" |
| Weki Meki, Kim Chung-ha, Pristin, Idol School, Fromis 9 & AKB48 | "Pick Me" | "It's Showtime" |
| Weki Meki, Kim Chung-ha, Pristin, Idol School, Fromis 9 & AKB48 | "Heavy Rotation" & "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" | "It's Showtime" |
| Zico | "Anti" & "Artist" | "ZICO Prod. By ZICO" |
| Fromis 9 | "Glass Shoes" | "Nine Promises" |
| Twice | "TT", "Signal" & "Likey (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" | "Dancing Like Twice" |
| Wanna One | "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up: Prequel Mix" | "Revolution" |
| Seventeen | "Mansae" & "Clap" | "Time Between Dog and Wolf" |
| NU'EST W | "Where You At" | "Time Between Dog and Wolf" |
| Seventeen & NU'EST W | "Heaven" | "Time Between Dog and Wolf" |
| Exo-CBX | "Hey Mama!" & "Ka-CHING! (Remix Ver.)" | "Curious, Brilliant, XOXO" |

### 2017 MAMA in Hong Kong

List of performances :
| Name(s) | Performance(s) | Notes |
| Dynamic Duo & Chen | "Nosedive" | "Together" (Opening Act) |
| Dynamic Duo, Jackson Wang, Vernon, JooHeon, & Mark | "1/n (2017 MAMA Remix Ver.)" | "Together" (Opening Act) |
| Sunmi & Taemin | "Door", "Gashina" & "Move" | "Fatal Temptation" |
| Heize | "You, Clouds, Rain" & "Don't Know You" | "2 Rooms" |
| Bolbbalgan4 | "Say You Love Me" & "Some" | "2 Rooms" |
| GOT7 | "You Are" | "Perfect 7 Days" |
| GOT7 & DAY6 | "Never Ever (Rock Version)" | "Perfect 7 Days" |
| Hitchhiker | "11" | "Red City" |
| NCT 127 | "The 7th Sense - Reverse" & "Cherry Bomb" | "Red City" |
| Hitchhiker, Taeyong & Seulgi | "I Just & Around (Remix Ver.)" | "Red City" |
| Red Velvet | "Peek-A-Boo" & "Red Flavor (Hitchhiker Remix Ver.)" | "Red City" |
| Hitchhiker, NCT 127 & Red Velvet | "$10 (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" | "Red City" |
| Soyou | "I Miss You" | "Scene Of Love" |
| Chanyeol & Soyou | "Stay With Me" | "Scene Of Love" |
| Ailee | "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow" | "Scene Of Love" |
| Hyukoh | "Wanli万里" | "Eastern Wave" |
| EXO | "The Eve", "Ko Ko Bop" & "Power (Remix Ver.)" | "The Force Of The Planet" |
| Kai | "I See You", "Kinetic" | "The Force Of The Planet" |
| Wanna One | "Nothing Without You", "Beautiful", "Energetic" & "Pick Me" | "Vivid Dream" |
| Karen Mok | "Love Of My Life" | "The Empress Arrives" |
| Super Junior | "Black Suit" | "Super Junior Rises" |
| BTS | "Not Today", "DNA" & "Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" | "Beyond Wormhole" |
| RM, Suga & J-Hope | "Cypher 4" | "Beyond Wormhole" |

## Controversies
### Illegal online votes

Voting officially started on October 21, however the official website experienced issues for the following two days. On November 2, MAMA "nullified" illegal votes they detected between October 26 and November 1 and halted voting from 4:00 am to 8:00 am. In addition, they announced that they "will take stronger measures against illegal voting if it continues, including nullifying the votes confirmed to be illegitimate, blocking the relevant IP addresses, and permanently deleting the relevant accounts."

### Blackpink incident

The photo of the South Korean group Blackpink was shown blurred in red for a moment during the announcement of the category candidates.

## Broadcast

2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam :
| Country | Network |
| South Korea | Mnet |
| Vietnam | tvBlue (Pre-recorded Broadcast) |
2017 MAMA in Japan and Hong Kong :
| Country | Network | Network |
| South Korea | Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM | Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM |
| 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 | KKTV | tvN Asia |
| Indonesia | Indosiar, Vidio, JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Malaysia | JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Thailand | JOOX | tvN Asia |
| Philippines | Myx, KBO, iflix | tvN Asia |
| Cambodia | iflix | tvN Asia |
| Laos | iflix | tvN Asia |
| Myanmar | iflix | tvN Asia |
| Sri Lanka | iflix | tvN Asia |