Groups ILLIT, KATSEYE and RIIZE will be among the first to perform at the first-ever ceremony in Los Angeles for the MAMA Awards, Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM announced Monday.
The two-day awards show, billed as the “No. 1 K-Pop Awards” will technically take place over three days due to time zone differences. The Los Angeles portion of the show, which takes place on November 21, will be held at the Dolby Theater. The second part of the awards show will take place at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Japan.
K-Pop groups Enhypen, Tomorrow x Together and IVE will perform in Japan on November 22. The groups aespa, INI and ZEROBASEONE are scheduled to perform on November 23 in Japan.
The artists of the 2024 MAMA Awards have been revealed.
Courtesy of CJ ENM
The 2024 ceremony, sponsored by Visa, focuses on “BIG BLUR: What is Real?” concept. Through the concept, the award show will “present surreal yet real experiences and showcase visually captivating performances through the convergence of art and technology,” according to a release from CJ ENM.
The MAMA Awards have been organized for 25 years, with previous ceremonies taking place across Asia. The 2024 awards show will also be available to stream on global digital platforms.
The awards show also released the nominations early Monday morning. The show has updated its criteria for the 2024 awards and added a new “Best Choreography” category. Nominated albums, songs and artists “are evaluated based on a holistic evaluation of global music data and a panel of specialists,” it said in a statement.
Check out the full list of nominations below.
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Album of the Year
(G)I-DLE, 2
espa, Armageddon
ATEEZ, The world Ep.Fin: Will
Baekhyun, Hello World
Enhypen, Romance: Not told
IVE, I HAVE MINE
Jungkook, Golden
THE SSERAFIM, Easy
NCT 127, Fact checking
NCT Dream, Dream()landscape
Riize, Reizing
SEVENTEEN, Seventeenth heaven
Stray children, 5 stars
Tomorrow X together, The chapter of the name: Free fall
Twice, With TE-th
Zerobaseone, Melting point -
Artist of the Year
(G)I-DLE
82MAJOR
aespa
ALL(H)OURS
AMPERS&ONE
MONSTER CHILD
Baekhyun
Enhypen
ILLEGAL
UI
IVE
Jenny
Jimin
Jungkook
The Sseraphim
Lim Young Woong
MEOVV
Nayeon twice
NCT DREAM
DESIRE NCT
New Jeans
NOWADAYS
QWER
SEVENTEEN
Stray children
Taemin
Taeyeon
Tomorrow X Together
Twice
TWS
UNIS
Young Group
Yuqi of (G)I-DLE
Zerobaseone -
Song of the year
(G)I-DLE (“Destiny”)
(G)I-DLE (“Super Lady”)
aespa (“Armageddon”)
aespa (“Supernova”)
AkMU (“Hero”)
BIBI (“Bam Yang Gang”)
Crush (“I love you with all my heart” from Queen of tears OST)
Davichi (“A very personal story”)
DAY6 (“Welcome to the show)
Dean (“DIE 4 YOU”)
ECLIPSE (“Sudden shower” from Lovely runner OST)
Enhypen (“Sweet Poison”)
GroovyRoom (“Yes or No feat. Huh Yunjin by LE SSERAFIM, Crush”)
Hwasa (“NA”)
HYUKOH (“Sunset Rollercoaster – The Young Man”)
ILLIT (“Magnetic”)
IU (“Love Conquers All”)
IVE (“Bad”)
IVE (“HELLO”)
Jay Park (“Taxi Blurr Feat. Natty by KISS OF LIFE”)
Jennie (“You and I”)
Jimin (“Chi”)
Jung Kook (“Standing Next to You”)
K.Will (“No sad song for my broken heart”)
KEY (“Pleasure Shop”)
LE SSERAFIM (“Crazy”)
LE SSERAFIM (“EASY”)
Lee Changsub (“Heavenly Destiny” from Not quite a fairy tale like that OST)
Lee Mu Jin (“Episode”)
Lee Young Ji (“Little Girl Feat. DO”)
Leelamarz (“Boys Like Girls feat. Gist, Jayci, yucca”)
Lim Young Woong (“Heat”)
LUCIA (“The Knight Who Cannot Die and the Silk Cradle”)
N.Flying (“Into You”)
Nayeon from Twice (“ACBD”)
NCT 127 (“Fact Checking”)
NewJeans (“How sweet”)
NewJeans (“Supernatural”)
PLAVE (“VIA 4 LUV”)
QWER (“TBH”)
Red Velvet (“Cosmic”)
RIIZE (“Impossible”)
RIIZE (“Love 119”)
RM (“LOST!”)
Roy Kim (“Everytime, Everywhere” from My demon OST”)
SEVENTEEN (“God of music”)
SEVENTEEN (“MASTER”)
Stray Children (“LALALALA”)
Sung Si Kyung, Naul (“Even for a Moment”)
Sunmi (“Balloon in Love”)
Taemin (“Guilty”)
Taeyeon (“Dream” from Welcome to Samdal-ri OST)
Taeyeon (“A.X”)
Taeyong (“Touch”)
TWS (“twist”)
Yuqi from (G)I-DLE (“Freak”)
ZICO (“Spot! Feat. Jennie”) -
Best New Male Artist
82MAJOR
ALL(H)OURS
AMPERS&ONE
DESIRE NCT
NOWADAYS
TWS -
Best New Female Artist
MONSTER CHILD
ILLEGAL
MEOVV
QWER
UNIS
YOUNG PLACE -
Best Male Group
ENIPENE
NCT DREAM
SEVENTEEN
Stray children
TOMORROW TOGETHER
ZEROBASEON -
Best Girl Group
(G)I-DLE
aespa
IVE
THE SSERAFIM
New Jeans
TWICE -
Best Male Artist
Baekhyun
Jimin
Jungkook
Lim Young Woong
Taemin -
Best Female Artist
UI
Jenny
Nayeon twice
Taeyeon
Yuqi of (G)I-DLE -
Best Dance Performance, Male Solo
Jimin (“Chi”)
Jung Kook (“Standing Next to You”)
KEY (“Pleasure Shop”)
TAEMIN (“Guilty”)
TAEYONG (“TAP”) -
Best choreography
aespa (“Supernova”)
ILLIT (“Magnetic”)
LE SSERAFIM (“CRAZY”)
NewJeans (“Supernatural”)
RIIZE (“Impossible”)
Taemin (“Guilty”) -
Best Music Video
aespa (“Armageddon”)
IU (“Love Conquers All”)
IVE (“HELLO”)
K.Will (“No Sad Song For My Broken Heart”, Prod. Yoonsang)
SEVENTEEN (“MASTER”) -
Best Original Score
Crush (“I love you with all my heart” from Queen of tears OST)
ECLIPSE (“Sudden Shower” from the Lovely Runner soundtrack)
Lee Changsub (“Heavenly Destiny” from Not quite a fairy tale like that OST)
Roy Kim (“Anytime, Anywhere” from My demon OST)
Taeyeon (“Dream” from Welcome to Samdal-ri OST) -
Better collaboration
GroovyRoom (“Yes or No Feat. Huh Yunjin by LE SSERAFIM and Crush”)
Jay Park (“Taxi Blurr feat. NATTY of KISS OF LIFE”)
Lee Young Ji (“Little Girl Feat. DO”)
Sung Si Kyung, Naul (“Even for a Moment”)
ZICO (“SPOT! Feat. Jennie”) -
Best band performance
DAY6 (“Welcome to the show”)
HYUKOH, Rollercoaster at Sunset (“Young Man”)
LUCIA (“The Knight Who Cannot Die and the Silk Cradle”)
N.Flying (“Into You”)
QWER (“TBH”) -
Best Rap and Hip-Hop Performance
Dean (“DIE 4 YOU”)
Lee Young Ji (“Little Girl Feat. DO”)
Leellamarz (“Boys Like Girls feat. Gist, Jayci yucca”)
RM (“LOST!”)
ZICO (“SPOT! Feat. Jennie”) -
Best Vocal Performance, Group
(G)I-DLE (“Destiny”)
AkMu (“Hero”)
DAVICHI (“A very personal story”)
PLAVE (“VIA 4 LUV”)
Red Velvet (“Cosmic”) -
Best Vocal Performance, Solo
BIBI (“Bam Yang Gang”)
IU (“Love Conquers All”)
Lee Mu Jin (“Episode”)
Lim Young Woong (“Heat”)
Taeyeon (“A.X”) -
Best Dance Performance, Female Group
(G)I-DLE (“Super Lady”)
aespa (“Supernova”)
ILLIT (“Magnetic”)
IVE (“Bad”)
LE SSERAFIM (“EASY”)
NewJeans (“How sweet”) -
Best Dance Performance, Male Group
NCT 127 (“Fact Checking”)
RIIZE (“Love 119”)
SEVENTEEN (“God of music”)
Stray Children (“LALALALA”)
ENHYPEN (“Sweet Poison”)
TWS (“twist”) -
Best Dance Performance, Female Solo
Hwasa (“NA”)
Jennie (“You and I”)
TWICE's Nayeon (“ABCD”)
Sunmi (“Balloon in Love”)
Yuqi from (G)I-DLE (“FREAK”) -
The fan's choice
ROUND 8
AB6IX
STAR
ATBO
ATEEZ
BDU
B1A4
Baekhyun
BamBam
BOY NEXT DOOR
CRAVITY
DO
DAY6
Enhypen
EPEX
EVNNE
FTISLAND
HUI
j-hope
Jimin
Jungkook
B ONLY
KEY
NCT 127
NCT DREAM
DESIRE NCT
A
P1Harmony
PLAVE
RIIZE
RM
SEVENTEEN
Stray children
Super Junior
Taemin
TRIAL
THE BOYS
THE NEW SIX
TIOT
Tomorrow X Together
Treasure
TWS
V
WayV
Woodz
Xdinari Heroes
xikers
YOUNITE
Zerobaseone
ZICO
(G)I-DLE
aespa
ARTS
MONSTER CHILD
BADVILLINO
BIBI
Billie
BLACK SWAN
Buoy
Chung Ha
Classy
CRAZY
Dream Catcher
EVERGLOW
FIFTY FIFTY
fromis_9
H1 KEY
Hwasa
HyunA
ILLEGAL
ITZY
UI
IVE
Jenny
Jeon Somi
Kep1er
Kiss of life
Kwon Eunbi
THE SSERAFIM
Lee Young Ji
LIGHT
MEOVV
Luna Byul
New Jeans
NMIXX
Oh my girl
QWER
Red Velvet
STAYC
Sunmi
Taeyeon
Twice
UNIS
VIVZ
Weekly
Come inside
WOOAH
Yena
Young Group