The nominees in different categories for the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) have been announced on Nov. 3.
This year, drastic changes have been implemented in the criteria to select the winners in various categories.
The Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year, three of the four grand prizes, will be selected by a jury composed of experts related to K-pop and will be evaluated with the focus on the quality of work and artistry based on digital and album sales.
Meanwhile, the Worldwide Icon of the Year, another grand prize, and the Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10, will be 100 percent selected through votes.
By introducing a new judging method, MAMA will ensure fairness by balancing the evaluation of popularity, workmanship and artistry.
From this year, data from Apple Music, a global music platform servicing in 167 countries, will be added. Until last year, MAMA used data from Gaon Music Chart. The global voting will start at 6 p.m. KST on Nov. 4.
Here are the nominees for 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) as announced on Twitter and YouTube:
BEST MALE ARTIST
Kang Daniel
EXO’s D.O.
EXO’s Kai
EXO’s Baekhyun
Lee Mujin
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
BLACKPINK’s Lisa
BLACKPINK’s Rosé
IU
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
Heize
BEST NEW MALE ARTIST
ENHYPEN
EPEX
Drippin
P1Harmony
Mirae
BEST NEW FEMALE ARTIST
Aespa
STAYC
Lightsum
Jo Yu-ri
Kwon Eun-bi
BEST MALE GROUP
BTS
Seventeen
NCT 127
TXT
NCT Dream
Stray Kids
BEST FEMALE GROUP
Brave Girls
(G)I-DLE
Oh My Girl
ITZY
Red Velvet
TWICE
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE (MALE GROUP)
BTS - “Butter”
Seventeen - “Ready to Love”
SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
NCT 127 – “Sticker”
NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce”
Stray Kids – “Thunderous”
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE (FEMALE GROUP)
ITZY - “In the Morning”
aespa - “Next Level”
Red Velvet - “Queendom”
Oh My Girl - “Dun Dun Dance”
STAYC - “ASAP”
TWICE - “Alcohol-Free”
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE (SOLO)
BLACKPINK’s Lisa - “Lalisa”
HyunA -“I’m Not Cool”
EXO’s Baekhyun - “Bambi”
BLACKPINK’s Rosé - “On the Ground”
Jeon Somi - “Dumb Dumb”
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon - “Weekend”
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE
IU - “Celebrity”
AKMU - “NAKKA” (with IU)
Davichi - “Just Hug Me”
Heize - “Happen”
Lee Mu-jin - “Traffic Light”
BEST BAND PERFORMANCE
DAY6 - “You Make Me”
10cm - “Sleepless in Seoul” (feat. Lee Suhyun)
CNBLUE - “Then, Now and Forever”
Jannabi -– “A thought on an autumn night”
N.Flying -“Moonshot”
BEST OST
Jo Jung-suk – “I Like You” (Drama: “Hospital Playlist” Season 2)
10cm – “Borrow Your Night” (“Romance 101”)
Choi Yu-ree – “Wish” (“Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha”)
Lee Mu-jin – “Rain and You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
Highlight’s Yang Yoseob and Apink’s Jung Eun-ji - “Love Day” (“Romance 101”)
BEST HIP HOP & URBAN MUSIC
Jessi - “What Type of X”
Ash Island - “MELODY”
Changmo - “GJD”
WINNER’s Song Mino - “Run away”
YUMDDA - “9ucci” (feat. DOGE)
BEST COLLABORATION
Coldplay & BTS - “My Universe”
AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
Gaeko & Kwon Jin Ah - "I Feel Like"
Hyolyn & Dasom – “Summer or Summer”
Rain – “Switch to Me” (with Park Jin-Young)
WORLDWIDE FANS’ CHOICE TOP 10 (PRE-VOTE)
Aespa
AKMU
Ash Island
ASTRO
ATEEZ
Brave Girls
BTS
Chungha
CL
Davichi
ENHYPEN
EXO
Fromis_9
(G)I-DLE
Heize
HyunA
iKON
ITZY
IU
Jannabi
Jessi
Kang Daniel
Lee Mu-jin
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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