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## 2022 MAMA Awards

The **2022 MAMA Awards** ceremony, organized by CJ E&M and broadcast through its music channel Mnet, was broadcast live on November 29 and 30, 2022. The ceremony was held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. The theme for the ceremony is titled *"K-POP World Citizenship"* with sub-themes per night, *"The world we build together"* for day 1, and *"We are K-POP"* for day 2. 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.

This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all 4 daesangs (Grand Prizes) for 3 consecutive years. BTS was the first to receive the award.

## 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.

On October 26, 2022, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony.

On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced the second line up of artists for the ceremony.

On November 16, 2022, 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. Collaboration stages are also announced.

## Presenters

### Day 1

* Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Gabee – Red Carpet Hosts
* Joo Jung-hyuk – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Kang Han-na – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Kwak Yoon-gy and Gabee – Yogibo Chill Artist Award
* Nam Yoon-su and Mio Imada – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Artist
* Park Sung-hoon – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Pak Se-ri – Favorite Asian Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Lee Jae-wook – Favorite New Artist and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Seo Ji-hye – Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
* Park Bo-gum – Yogibo Worldwide Icon of the Year

### Day 2

* Ahn Hyun-mo, Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Red Carpet Hosts
* Enhypen – Best New Female Artist
* Yeo Jin-goo – Inspiring Achievement
* Woo Do-hwan and Han Sun-hwa – Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist
* Nam Yoon-su and Aiki – Global Music Trend Leader
* Moon Ga-young – Breakout Producer
* Yeo Jin-goo and Kim So-hyun – Most Popular Male Artist
* Kim Hae-joon and Lee Eun-ji – Best Dance Performance Female Group
* Hwang Min-hyun and Ahn So-hee – Favorite Female Group and Best Dance Performance Male Group
* Kentaro Sakaguchi – Yogibo Album of the Year
* Jung Woo-sung – Yogibo Song of the Year
* Yuna Kim – Yogibo Artist of the Year
* Hwang Jung-min – MAMA Platinum

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners listed first and highlighted in **bold**.

The nominees were announced during the live announcement last October 24, 2022 at 6PM KST. Voting opened an hour after.

### Main awards

	+ (G)I-dle
	+ Blackpink
	+ Ive
	+ Stray Kids
	+ (G)I-dle – "Tomboy"
	+ Blackpink – "Pink Venom"
	+ BTS – "Yet to Come"
	+ Blackpink – *Born Pink*
	+ NCT Dream – *Glitch Mode*
	+ Seventeen – *Face the Sun*
	+ Stray Kids – *Maxident*
	+ Blackpink
	+ Enhypen
	+ Got7
	+ NCT Dream
	+ Psy
	+ Seventeen
	+ Stray Kids
	+ Tomorrow X Together
	+ Enhypen
	+ NCT Dream
	+ Seventeen
	+ Stray Kids
	+ Tomorrow X Together
	+ (G)I-dle
	+ Aespa
	+ Itzy
	+ Red Velvet
	+ J-Hope
	+ Kang Daniel
	+ Psy
	+ Zico
	+ IU
	+ Miyeon
	+ Seulgi
	+ NCT 127 – "2 Baddies"
	+ NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode"
	+ Stray Kids – "Maniac"
	+ Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad"
	+ Treasure – "Jikjin"
	+ (G)I-dle – "Tomboy"
	+ Blackpink – "Pink Venom"
	+ Le Sserafim – "Fearless"
	+ NewJeans – "Attention"
	+ Jessi – "Zoom"
	+ Nayeon – "Pop!"
	+ Sunmi – "Heart Burn"
	+ Choi Ye-na – "Smiley" (featuring Bibi)
	+ IU – "Drama"
	+ Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession"
	+ Lee Mu-jin – "When It Snows" (featuring Heize)
	+ BTS – "Yet to Come"
	+ Davichi – "Fanfare"
	+ Enhypen – "Polaroid Love"
	+ Winner – "I Love U"
	+ 10cm and Big Naughty – "Just 10 Centimeters"
	+ Crush and J-Hope – "Rush Hour"
	+ Loco and Hwasa – "Somebody!"
	+ ATBO
	+ Tempest
	+ TNX
	+ Younite
	+ Kep1er
	+ Le Sserafim
	+ NewJeans
	+ Nmixx
	+ 10cm – "Drawer" (*Our Beloved Summer*)
	+ Jimin and Ha Sung-woon – "With You" (*Our Blues*)
	+ V – "Christmas Tree" (*Our Beloved Summer*)
	+ Wonstein – "Your Existence" (*Twenty-Five Twenty-One*)
	+ Be'O – "Counting Stars" (featuring Beenzino)
	+ Big Naughty – "Beyond Love" (featuring 10cm)
	+ J-Hope – "More"
	+ Jannabi – "Grippin' the Green"
	+ Jaurim – "Stay with Me"
	+ Lucy – "Play"
	+ The Black Skirts – "My Little Lambs"

### Favorite awards

* **BTS**
* **Enhypen**
* **Got7**
* **NCT Dream**
* **Psy**
* **Seventeen**
* **Stray Kids**
* **Tomorrow X Together**
* **Treasure**

* Astro
* Ateez
* Big Bang
* Billlie
* Brave Girls
* BtoB
* Chungha
* Crush
* Dreamcatcher
* Everglow
* Fromis 9
* (G)I-dle
* Girls' Generation
* Itzy
* IU
* Ive
* Jay Park
* Jessi
* Jo Yu-ri
* Kang Daniel
* Kard
* Kep1er
* Le Sserafim
* Loona
* Mamamoo
* Monsta X
* NCT 127
* NewJeans
* Nmixx
* Oneus
* Pentagon
* Red Velvet
* STAYC
* Sunmi
* The Boyz
* Twice
* Winner
* Choi Ye-na

* **Kep1er**
* **Le Sserafim**
* **Nmixx**

### Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

## Broadcast

The ceremony of the 2022 MAMA Awards will be broadcast live worldwide from Mnet in South Korea, to simulcast across CJ E&M channels (where available); other international networks, and online via Mnet K-pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON's YouTube account. The red carpet will be broadcast live 2 hours before the main ceremony.

## References

1. ↑ Aespa's "Illusion", Seventeen's "Hot", Twice's "Talk That Talk", NCT 127's "2 Baddies", NCT Dream's "Glitch Mode", Stray Kids' "Maniac", Treasure's "Jikjin", Mamamoo's "Illella", Tomorrow X Together's "Good Boy Gone Bad", Itzy's "Sneakers", Got7's "Nanana", Enhypen's "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)", Ateez's "Guerrilla", Blackpink's "Pink Venom", and BTS' "Yet to Come"
2. ↑ Won-young of Ive, Kep1er (Xiaoting and Huening Bahiyyih), Sullyoon of Nmixx, Sakura of Le Sserafim, and Danielle of NewJeans
3. ↑ Ive (Rei and Liz), Kep1er (Mashiro, Kim Chae-hyun and Hikaru), Nmixx (Haewon and Jiwoo), Hong Eun-chae of Le Sserafim, and Hanni of NewJeans
4. ↑ Gaeul of Ive, Kep1er (Kim Da-yeon and Kang Ye-seo), Nmixx (Lily and Jinni), Kazuha of Le Sserafim, and Minji of NewJeans
5. ↑ An Yu-jin of Ive, Seo Young-eun of Kep1er, Bae of Nmixx, Huh Yun-jin of Le Sserafim, and Hyein of NewJeans
6. ↑ Leeseo of Ive, Choi Yu-jin of Kep1er, Kyujin of Nmixx, Chae-won of Le Sserafim, and Haerin of NewJeans
7. ↑ "Cookie" + "Attention" + Hurt + "Hype Boy" (MAMA version)
8. ↑ Restricted access in some countries due to broadcasting rights.