MAMA 2024: Seventeen, aespa, NewJeans, IU among nominees
(From left) Seventeen, aespa, NewJeans, and IU. Images: X/@pledis_17, @aespa_official, @Newjeans_ADOR, @_IUofficial
It’s a tight battle among several K-pop acts – including Seventeen, aespa, NewJeans and IU – who are nominated for several categories at the 2024 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).
The annual awards ceremony, which celebrates the best of K-pop in the year, will be held on Nov. 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, in the US, as well as the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, on Nov. 22-23.
The nominees were selected based on the music and promotional activities that ran from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best New Male Artist
82Major
All(H)ours
Ampers&One
NCT Wish
Nowadays
TWS
Best New Female Artist
BabyMonster
ILLIT
Meovv
Qwe
UNIS
Young Posse
Best Male Group
Enhypen
NCT Dream
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
ZEROBASEONE
Best Female Group
aespa
(G)I-DLE
IVE
LE SSERAFIM
NewJeans
Twice
Best Male Artist
Baekhyun of EXO
Jungkook of BTS
Jimin of BTS
Lim Young-woong
Taemin of SHINee
Best Female Artist
IU
Jennie of Blackpink
Nayeon of Twice
Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation
Yuqi of (G)I-DLE
Best Dance Performance Male Solo
“Who” by Jimin
“Standing Next to You” by Jungkook
“Pleasure Shop” by Key
“Guilty” by Taemin
“Tap” by Taeyong
Best Dance Performance Female Solo
“NA” by Hwasa
“You & Me” by Jennie
“ABCD” by Nayeon
“Balloon in Love” by Sunmi
“Freak” by Yuqi
Best Dance Performance Male Group
“Sweet Venom” by Enhypen
“Fact Check” by NCT 127
“Love 119” by RIIZE
“God of Music” by Seventeen
“Lalalala” by Stray Kids –
“plot twist” by TWS
Best Dance Performance Female Group
“Supernova” by aespa
“Super Lady” by (G)I-DLE
“Magnetic” by ILLIT
“Baddie” by IVE
“EASY” by LE SSERAFIM
“How Sweet” by NewJeans
Best Vocal Performance Solo
“Bam Yang Gang” by BIBI
“Love wins all” by IU
“Episode” by Lee Mu-jin
“Warmth” by Lim Young-woong
“To. X” by Taeyeon
Best Vocal Performance Group
“Hero” by AKMU
“A very personal story” by Davichi
“Fate” by (G)I-DLE
“WAY 4 LUV” by PLAVE
“Cosmic” by Red Velvet
Best Band Performance
“Welcome to the Show” by DAY6
“The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle” by LUCY
“Into You” by N.Flying
“Young Man” by Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster
“T.B.H” by QWER
Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance
“DIE 4 YOU” by DEAN
“Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)” by Leellamarz
“Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)” by Lee Young-ji
“LOST!” by RM
“SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)” by Zico
Best Collaboration
“Yes or No (Feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush) by GroovyRoom
“Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)” by Jay Park
“Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)” by Lee Young-ji
“Even for a moment” by Sung Si Kyung and Naul
“SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)” by Zico
Best OST
“Whenever, Wherever” from “My Demon,” by Roy Kim
“Heavenly fate” from “A Not So Fairy Tale,” by Lee Chang-sub
“Sudden Shower” from “My Lovely Runner,” by ECLIPSE
“Dream” from “Welcome to Samdalri,” by Taeyeon
“Love You with All My Heart” from “Queen of Tears,” by Crush
Best Music Video
“Armageddon” by aespa
“No Sad Song for My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)” by K.will
“Love wins all” by IU
“HEYA” by IVE
“Maestro” by Seventeen
Best Choreography
“Supernova” by aespa
“Magnetic” by ILLIT
“CRAZY” by LE SSERAFIM
“Supernatural” by NewJeans
“Impossible” by RIIZE
“Guilty” by Taemin
Artist of the Year
82MAJOR
aespa
ALL(H)OURS
Ampers&ONE
BabyMonster
Baekhyun
Enhypen
(G)i-dle
ILLIT
IU
IVE
Jennie
Jimin
Jungkook
LE SSERAFIM
Lim Young-woong
Meovv
Nayeon
NCT Dream
NCT Wish
NewJeans
Nowadays
Qwer
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Taemin
Taeyeon
Twice
TWS
Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
Unis
Young Posse
Yuqi
ZEROBASEONE
Song of the Year
“Armageddon” by aespa
“Supernova” by aespa
“Hero” by AKMU
“Bam Yang Gang” by BIBI
“Love You with All My Heart” from “Queen of Tears” by Crush –
“A very personal story” by Davichi
“Welcome to the Show” by DAY6
“DIE 4 YOU” by DEAN
“Sudden Shower” from “The Lovely Runner” by ECLIPSE
“Sweet Venom” by Enhypen
“Fate” by (G)I-DLE
“Super Lady” by (G)I-DLE
“Yes or No (feat. Huh Yunjin, Crush) by GroovyRoom
“NA” by Hwasa
“Young Man” by Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster –
“Magnetic” by ILLIT
“Love wins all” by IU
“Baddie” by IVE
“HEYA” by IVE
“Taxi Blurr (Feat. Natty)” by Jay Park
“You & Me” by Jennie
“Who” by Jimin
“Standing Next to You” by Jungkook
“No Sad Song for My Broken Heart (Prod. Yoon Sang)” by K.will
“Pleasure Shop” by Key
“Crazy” by LE SSERAFIM
“Easy” by LE SSERAFIM
“Heavenly fate” from “A Not So Fairy Tale” by Lee Chang-sub
“Episode” by Lee Mu-jin
“Small Girl (Feat. D.O.)” by Lee Young-ji
“Boys Like Girls (Feat. Gist, Jayci yucca)” by Leellamarz
“Warmth” by Lim Young-woong
“The knight who can’t die and the silk cradle” by Lucy
“Into You” by N.Flying
“ABCD” by Nayeon
“Fact Check” by NCT 127
“How Sweet” by NewJeans
“Supernatural” by NewJeans
“WAY 4 LUV” by PLAVE
“T.B.H” by QWER
“Cosmic” by Red Velvet
“Impossible” by RIIZE
“Love 119” by RIIZE
“LOST!” by RM
“Whenever, Wherever” from “My Demon” by Roy Kim
“God of Music” by Seventeen
“Maestro” by Seventeen
“Lalalala” by Stray Kids
“Even for a moment” by Sung Si-kyung and Naul
“Balloon in Love” by Sunmi
“Guilty” by Taemin
“Dream” from “Welcome to Samdalri” by Taeyeon
“To. X” by Taeyeon
“Tap” by Taeyong
“plot twist” by TWS
“Freak” by Yuqi
“SPOT! (Feat. Jennie)” by Zico
Album of the Year
*Only albums that sold over 1 million copies are eligible for this nomination
“Armageddon” by aespa
“THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL” by Ateez
“Hello, World” by Baekhyun
“ROMANCE : UNTOLD” by Enhypen
“2” by (G)i-dle
“I’VE MINE” by IVE
“Golden” by Jungkook
“EASY” by LE SSERAFIM
“Fact Check” by NCT 127
“Dream()scape” by NCT Dream
“RIIZING” by RIIZE
“Seventeenth Heaven” by Seventeen
“樂-STAR” (“Rock-Star”) by Stray Kids
“With YOU-th” by Twice
“The Name Chapter: Freefall” by Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
“Melting Point” by ZEROBASEONE
Fans’ Choice (Male)
8TURN
AB6IX
ASTRO
ATBO
ATEEZ
B1A4
Baekhyun
BamBam
B.D.U
BoyNextDoor
Cravity
DAY6
D.O.
Enhypen
EPEX
EVNNE
FTIsland
Hui
J-Hope
Jimin
Jungkook
JUST B
Key
NCT 127
NCT Dream
NCT Wish
ONEUS
P1Harmony
PLAVE
RIIZE
RM
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Super Junior
Taemin
Tempest
The Boyz
The New Six
TIOT
TREASURE
TWS
TXT
V
WayV
WOODZ
Xdinary Heroes
xikers
Younite
ZEROBASEONE
Zico
Fans’ Choice (Female)
aespa
ARTMS
BabyMonster
BADVILLAIN
BIBI
Billlie
Blackswan
BoA
Choi Ye Na
Chungha
CLASS:y
CRAXY
Dreamcatcher
EVERGLOW
Fifty Fifty
fromis_9
(G)I-DLE
H1-KEY
Hwasa
HyunA
ILLIT
ITZY
IU
IVE
Jennie
Jeon Somi
Kep1er
KISS OF LIFE
Kwon Eun-bi
LE SSERAFIM
Lee Young-ji
LIGHTSUM
Meovv
Moonbyul
NewJeans
NMIXX
OH MY GIRL
QWER
Red Velvet
STAYC
Sunmi
Taeyeon
tripleS
TWICE
UNIS
VIVIZ
Weeekly
Wheein
WOOAH
Young Posse
