2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) Nominees and Several Changes You Should Know

The 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) has revealed this year’s nominees. They also changed several criteria for the 2021 MAMA winners. Let’s check out who the 2021 MAMA nominees are and the changes to decide the winner.

2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) Nominees and Several Changes You Should Know

This year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) will take place on December 11, 2021, at 6 PM KST. Before the main award ceremony, they will start the red carpet at 4 PM KST. However, the planned schedule can change due to various factors.

The 2021 MAMA Changes on Winners Criteria

Unlike the previous years, MAMA will not include fans votes as one of the criteria for determining winners of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year awards. However, some categories will be determined entirely through fans votes.

The new criteria for the 2021 MAMA final winners are:

Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards

• 40% judges’ evaluation
• 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’ evaluation
• 30% digital performance
• 10% physical album sales
• 10% music video
• 10% global music platform

Album of the Year

• 40% judges’ evaluation
• 10% digital performance
• 40% physical album sales
• 10% global music platform

Worldwide Icon of the Year, Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10

• 100% official fans votes

How to vote on the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)

The vote itself is divided into pre-vote and vote periods. The pre-vote starts on November 4 at 6 PM KST and ends on November 22 at 4.59 PM KST. Meanwhile, the voting begins on November 25 at 6 PM KST and ends on December 9 at 4.59 PM KST.

1. You can vote on MAMA official website: https://mama.mwave.me/en/main

2. You have to log in to be able to vote. You can log in using one of your SNS accounts.

3. After logging in, you can vote for your favorite artists. You are allowed to vote for 5 artists.

4. Click submit, and make sure you watch the video until the end to make your vote complete.

5. After submitting, remember to share to your SNS and let other fans know.

Other than giving a vote on the official website, you can also vote by listening to the music of your favorite artists on the Apple Music page 2021 MAMA playlist.

Furthermore, if you vote daily, you’ll get a chance to get a small prize. The prize from 2021 MAMA is only for 10 voters who complete the final submission every day for each voting period.

[#2021MAMA] VOTE NOW!
Get ready to vote for your nominees!

📍 Pre Vote: 2021. 11.04 18:00 – 2021.11.22 16:59 (KST)
📍 Check more details at https://t.co/x5UGNmBR2R

Make Some Noise, 2021 MAMA
2021.12.11 (SAT)#MnetASIAMUSICAWARDS #MAMA #MakeSomeNoise #Mnet pic.twitter.com/bGb20sfxdJ

— MAMA(엠넷아시안뮤직어워즈) (@MnetMAMA) November 4, 2021

Vote on Twitter

• Voting for 2021 MAMA is also available on Twitter.
• Only tweets with both the official hashtag for 2021 MAMA Twitter voting (#MAMAVOTE) and the artist’s official voting hashtag listed under the Worldwide Fans’ Choice TOP 10 nominees’ photos on the 2021 MAMA official website will count as valid votes (#MAMAVOTE #artisthashtag).
  Check the hashtag for each artist
• For the Worldwide Fans’ Choice TOP 10 PRE VOTE and VOTE on Twitter, you may vote once per account each day, KST.
• You may vote using a registered Twitter account, and only votes on public Twitter accounts will be valid.
• Retweeting a valid tweet from another account will also count as a valid vote.
• Tweets including hashtags of multiple artists will not count as a valid vote.
• Tweets in violation of Twitter’s regulations and policies will be considered invalid.

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

• EXO Baekhyun
• EXO D.O.
• EXO Kai
• Kang Daniel
• Lee Mujin

Best Female Artist

• Heize
• IU
• BLACKPINK Lisa
• BLACKPINK Rosé
• Girls’ Generation 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 Baekhyun – Bambi
• HyunA – I’m Not Cool
• BLACKPINK Lisa – LALISA
• BLACKPINK Rosé – On The Ground
• Jeon Somi – DUMB DUMB
• Girls’ Generation 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 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 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 Yang Yoseob and Apink 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

[#2021MAMA Nominees] <Worldwide Fans’ Choice TOP 10> Pre Vote Nomination
<Worldwide Fans’ Choice TOP 10> 노미네이션을 확인하세요!

Make Some Noise, 2021 MAMA
2021.12.11 (SAT)#MnetASIANMUSICAWARDS #MAMA #MakeSomeNoise #Mnet pic.twitter.com/swlbFg8h9v

— MAMA(엠넷아시안뮤직어워즈) (@MnetMAMA) November 4, 2021

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