2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) Nomination List
JAKARTA - The annual Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2021 will return. Wednesday, November 3, Mnet announced the complete list of nominees for the 2021 MAMA peak event which will be held on December 11.
Different from the previous year, there were a number of rule changes for some nominations. For Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year, fans cannot support the three main nominees.
Meanwhile, fans can provide support for the Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 and Icon of the Year through the official Mnet website.
The voting process can start on Thursday, November 4 at 18.00 p.m. South Korean time or 16.00 p.m. Indonesian Western Time (WIB) and ends on November 22.
Here is the full list of 2021 MAMA nominees:
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
Baekhyun EXO
D.O. EXO
Kai EXO
Kang Daniel
Lee Mujin
Best Female Artist
Heize
IU
Lisa BLACKPINK
Rosé BLACKPINK
Taeyeon SNSD
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
Baekhyun EXO – “Bambi”
HyunA – “I’m Not Cool”
Lisa BLACKPINK – “LALISA”
Rosé BLACKPINK – “On The Ground”
Jeon Somi – “DUMB DUMB”
Taeyeon SNSD – “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”
Song Mino WINNER – “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”)
Yang Yoseob HIGHLIGHT and Jung Eun Ji APink – “Love Day” (“Romance 101”)
Best Collaboration
AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
Coldplay & BTS – “My Universe”
Gaeko & Kwon Jin Ah - "I Feel Like"
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
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