The 2024

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was an awards ceremony held on November 21 at the

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, California and on November 22 and 23 at the Kyocera Dome in

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, Japan. The event was organized by

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through

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. This was the first time the United States hosted the ceremony and the first time it was held outside Asia. The ceremony's theme was "Big Blur: What is Real?", reflecting the blurred lines between music, culture, and individual preferences.

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 ...

hosted the US part of the ceremony while Kim Tae-ri hosted the second night of the ceremony in Japan.

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. Round 1 voting for Fans' Choice Male & Female started on October 14, 7 PM KST until October 25, 11:59 PM KST. Round 2 voting together with Fans' Choice of the Year was conducted from November 1 to 15 and during the Live Broadcast segments of the award show before Chapter 1's Japan Ceremony segment.

Winners and nominees

The list of nominees was announced via livestream on October 14, 2024, and voting for Fans' Choice started shortly after. Nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Main awards

Favorite awards

Special awards

Multiple awards

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

Performers

Chapter 1

November 21 (USA)

November 22 (Japan)

Chapter 2

November 23 (Japan)

Presenters

Chapter 1

November 21 (USA)

Eric Nam Eric Nam (; born November 17, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality based in South Korea. Since his debut in 2013, he was named ''GQ Koreas Man of the Year in 2016'','' included on ''Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia ...

– Red Carpet Host *

– Main Ceremony Host *

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– presented Best New Male Artist *

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– presented Favorite Global Performer – Male *

Lee Isaac Chung Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His debut feature '' Munyurangabo'' (2007) was an official selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. Chung gain ...

– presented Best Dance Performance – Male Group *

Da'Vine Joy Randolph Da'Vine Joy Randolph (; born May 21, 1986) is an American actress. She was named one of 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'' in 2024. Randolph gained recognition for her portrayal of psychic Oda Mae Brown in the Broadway product ...

– presented Best New Female Artist * Anderson .Paak – presented Inspiring Achievement

November 22 (Japan)

* Lee Hye-sung and

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– Red Carpet Host * Karina, Sung Han-bin, Yoshi, and Rei – Opening speech * Gong Myung and

Kim Min-ha Kim Min-ha (; born September 1, 1995) is a South Korean actress. She gained international recognition for her role as the young adult Sunja in Apple TV+ series ''Pachinko (TV series), Pachinko'' in 2022. Filmography Film Television series ...

– presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and PontaPass Global Favorite Artist * Lee Young-ji and Na Yeong-seok – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Rising Artist * Seol In-ah – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Olive Young K-Beauty Star in Music * Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Male Group *

Jo Yu-ri Jo Yu-ri (; born October 22, 2001) is a South Korean singer and actress. She is known as a former member of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One. She first gained prominence after participating in Mnet (TV channel), Mnet's reality comp ...

– Introduction to

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girls' education in developing countries campaign *

Hong Jin-kyung Hong Jin-kyung (, born December 23, 1977) is a South Korean entrepreneur, model, host, comedian and actress. Career Hong Jin-kyung was born as the eldest of two children (one son and one daughter). In 1993, during her first year of high schoo ...

– presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite New Asian Artist * Kwak Dong-yeon and Jo Yu-ri – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Worldwine KCONER's Choice * Lee Ji-ah – presented Global Sensation * Choi Hyun-wook – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 and Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group * Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Favorite Global Performer – Female and Fans' Choice Top 10 * Byeon Woo-seok – presented Visa Fans' Choice of the Year (Daesang) and closing speech

Chapter 2

November 23 (Japan)

* Lee Hye-sung and

– Red Carpet Host * Kim Tae-ri – Main Ceremony Host and introduced G-Dragon *

Moon Sang-min Moon Sang-min (; born April 14, 2000), is a South Korean actor and model. He is best known for his roles in '' Under the Queen's Umbrella'' (2022) and '' Wedding Impossible'' (2024). Moon was awarded Best New Actor award for his role in ''Under ...

and Kim Hye-jun – presented Best Dance Performance – Female Group * Oh Sang-uk – presented Visa Super Stage * Na Yeong-seok and Dex – presented Best Choreography and Favorite Global Trending Music * Im Si-wan and Lee Joo-bin – presented Best Female Group and Favorite Asian Artist * Ahn Jae-hyun and Seo In-guk – presented Best Music Video and Best Male Group * Lee Hye-sung and Hanhae – presented Best Vocal Performance – Solo * Im Si-wan and Mei Nagano – presented Best Vocal Performance – Group * HoYeon Jung – presented Music Visionary of the Year *

Park Seo-joon Park Yong-kyu (; born December 16, 1988), better known by the stage name Park Seo-joon (), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series ''Fight for My Way'' (2017), ''What's Wrong with Secretary Kim'' ...

– presented Visa Album of the Year (Daesang) *

Lee Jun-ho Lee Jun-ho (; born January 25, 1990), known mononymously as Junho, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM. Lee made his acting debut in the film ''Cold Eyes'' (2013) and has since starred in ''Twenty ...

– presented Visa Song of the Year (Daesang) *

Ma Dong-seok Lee Dong-seok (; born March 1, 1971), better known by the stage names Ma Dong-seok () and Don Lee, is an American actor and film producer based in South Korea. He gained early recognition for his supporting roles in '' Nameless Gangster: Rules ...

– presented Visa Artist of the Year (Daesang)

Broadcast

Chapter 1 US Red Carpet

Other Chapter (including Chapter 1 US Ceremony)

Notes

References

External links

* {{Mnet Asian Music Awards 2024 in South Korean music

MAMA Awards ceremonies November 2024 in Japan November 2024 in the United States