The 2019

Mnet Asian Music Awards The MAMA Awards (, formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards) is a major Music award, music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ ENM. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes have been won by K-pop artists, although ...

ceremony, organized by

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through its music channel

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, took place on December 4 at

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. It was the 21st ceremony and one of the largest in the show's history, with more than 40,000 people attending.

Background

In August, Mnet responded to reports regarding the venues of the year's ceremony as Hong Kong, where it had been held in the past, was deemed unsafe due to political conflict in the city. On September 29, Mnet announced that the host location of 2019 MAMA will be at

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, stating that cultural exchange must continue regardless of political matters. All songs that are eligible to be nominated are songs released from November 3, 2018, to October 31, 2019.

Criteria

Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Park Bo-gum Park Bo-gum (; born June 16, 1993) is a South Korean actor, singer, and musician. A prominent Korean Wave figure, Park is the youngest artist to be named Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year, Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year and the firs ...

– host * Lee Sang-yeob & Jung Hye-sung – presented Best Male & Female Group * Kim Byung-hyun & Yoon Ji-ni – presented World Performer, Favorite Vocal & Dance Performance * Shin A-young &

Tsukasa Saito is a comedian from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He performs ''Manzai#Boke and tsukkomi, boke'' in the comedy duo Trendy Angel with Takashi. Personal life He was born in Machida, Tokyo, and raised in Aobadai, Yokohama after living in Saginuma, ...

– presented Favorite Male & Female Artist * Lee Yi-kyung & Karata Erika – presented Best New Male & Female Artist *

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(recorded at NBC Studios in NYC) – presented Album of the Year *

Kentaro Sakaguchi is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as a model in ''Men's Non-no'' magazine in 2010, and as an actor under Tristone Entertainment in 2014. He has since starred in television series '' Tokyo Tarareba Musume'' (2017) and ''Signal'' (2018), ...

– presented Best Dance Performance – Male & Female Group * Lee Sang-yeob & Lee Yu-bi – presented Worldwide Fans' Choice * Ji Sook & Joo Woo-jae – presented Best Female Artist & Best New Asian Artist *

Lee Kwang-soo Lee Kwang-soo (, born July 14, 1985) is a South Korean actor, entertainer, and model. He made his acting debut in the sitcom ''Here He Comes'' (2008) and received further recognition for his roles in medical melodrama ''It's Okay, That's Love'' ...

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– presented Worldwide Fans' Choice * Chang Chen – presented Worldwide Icon of the Year * Lee Soo-syuk & Gulnazar – presented Best Dance Solo Performance & Best Urban/Hip-Hop Music * Park Tam-hee – presented Breakthrough Achievement Award * Cha Sung-won – presented Song of the Year * Shin Seung-hun – presented Artist of the Year

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Online voting opened on the official MAMA website, Mwave app, and Twitter an hour after the announcement of nominees on October 22, 2019. Voting ended on December 4, 2019.

Main Awards

Favorite Awards

Special Awards

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Broadcast

The red carpet and main ceremony of the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards was broadcast worldwide via

, across

channels and other international networks and online via Mnet K-pop's

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account and

's official website. The Red Carpet was live streamed on the official Mnet MAMA

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page. Restricted access on some countries due to broadcasting rights.

References

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards
official website (English) {{Mnet Asian Music Awards

MAMA Awards ceremonies