Here are the MAMA 2021 nominees – full and complete list.
MAMA 2021 NOMINEES – BTS, TWICE, NCT, Seventeen, Stray Kids, ITZY, IU, and Lisa lead the list of nominees for Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2021.
Mnet Asian Music Awards is one of the highly anticipated awards shows. It celebrates the biggest stars in the Korean music industry and for this year, it will be happening on December 11, 2021, its 12th installment. It will be hosted by Lee Hyori.
And last November 3, through a global Livestream on Youtube, the official nominees in various categories have been announced. BTS is nominated for Best Male Group, Best Dance Performance Male Group for their song “Butter,” and Best Collaboration (with British rock band Coldplay) for “My Universe”. Others who also dominated the list are TWICE, NCT, Seventeen, Stray Kids, ITZY, IU, and Lisa Manoban.
Check out the full and complete list below:
Best New Male Artist
- DRIPPIN
- ENHYPEN
- EPEX
- MIRAE
- P1Harmony
Best New Female Artist
- aespa
- Jo Yu Ri
- Kwon Eun Bi
- LIGHTSUM
- STAYC
Best Male Artist
- EXO’s Baekhyun
- EXO’s D.O.
- EXO’s Kai
- Kang Daniel
- Lee Mujin
Best Female Artist
- Heize
- IU
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
Best Male Group
- BTS
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- TXT
Best Female Group
- (G)I-DLE
- Brave Girls
- ITZY
- Oh My Girl
- Red Velvet
- TWICE
Best Dance Performance Male Group
- BTS – “Butter”
- NCT 127 – “Sticker”
- NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce”
- SEVENTEEN – “Ready to love”
- SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
- Stray Kids – “Thunderous”
Best Dance Performance Female Group
- aespa – “Next Level”
- ITZY – “In the morning”
- Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance”
- Red Velvet – “Queendom”
- STAYC – “ASAP”
- TWICE – “Alcohol-Free”
Best Dance Performance Solo
- EXO’s Baekhyun – “Bambi”
- HyunA – “I’m Not Cool”
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa – “LALISA”
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “On The Ground”
- Jeon Somi – “DUMB DUMB”
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Weekend”
Best Vocal Performance
- AKMU – “NAKKA” with IU
- Davichi – “Just Hug Me”
- Heize – “HAPPEN”
- IU – “Celebrity”
- Lee Mujin – “Traffic light”
Best Band Performance
- 10cm – “Sleepless in Seoul” (feat. AKMU’s Lee Suhyun)
- CNBLUE – “Then, Now and Forever”
- DAY6 – “You Make Me”
- Jannabi – “A thought on an autumn night”
- N.Flying – “Moonshot”
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
- ASH ISLAND – “MELODY”
- CHANGMO – “GJD”
- Jessi – “What Type of X”
- WINNER’s Song Mino – “Run away”
- YUMDDA – “9ucci” (feat. DOGE)
Best OST
- 10cm – “Borrow Your Night” (“Romance 101”)
- Jo Jung Suk – “I Like You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
- Choi Yu Ree – “Wish” (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
- Lee Mujin – “Rain and You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
- Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun Ji – “Love Day” (“Romance 101”)
Best Collaboration
- AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
- Coldplay & BTS – “My Universe”
- Gaeko & Kwon Jin Ah
- Hyolyn & Dasom – “Summer or Summer”
- Rain – “Switch to Me” (duet with Park Jin Young)
Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10
- (G)I-DLE
- aespa
- AKMU
- ASH ISLAND
- ASTRO
- ATEEZ
- Brave Girls
- BTS
- Chungha
- CL
- Davichi
- ENHYPEN
- EXO
- fromis_9
- Heize
- HyunA
- iKON
- ITZY
- IU
- Jannabi
- Jessi
- Kang Daniel
- Lee Mujin
- Lee Seung Gi
- BLACKPINK’s Lisa
- LOONA
- MAMAMOO
- WINNER’s Song Mino
- MONSTA X
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- NU’EST
- Oh My Girl
- Rain
- Red Velvet
- BLACKPINK’s Rosé
- SEVENTEEN
- SF9
- SHINee
- Jeon Somi
- STAYC
- Stray Kids
- Sunmi
- Super Junior
- Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
- THE BOYZ
- TXT
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- Weeekly
Meanwhile, here are the criteria that will determine the deserving winners as per a post from Soompi:
- Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards
- 40% judges’ evaluations
- 20% digital performance
- 20% physical album sales
- 10% music video
- 10% global music platform
- Song of the Year and Song Genre Category Awards
- 40% judges’ evaluations
- 30% digital performance
- 10% physical album sales
- 10% music video
- 10% global music platform
- Album of the Year
- 40% judges’ evaluations
- 10% digital performance
- 40% physical album sales
- 10% global music platform
- Worldwide Icon of the Year, Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10
- 100% official votes
Online voting will start on November 4 at 6 p.m. KST until November 22 at 4:59 p.m. KST.
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