MAMA Awards 2022 winners were announced at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Japan by a star-studded line-up of celebrities, including Kim So Hyun and Im Siwan. The annual award ceremony was held with a live broadcast for people worldwide, including the US, Canada, India, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, South Africa, and the UK.
The annual award ceremony, also known as the Mnet Asian Music Awards, took place with a live broadcast. The star-studded event was held as a two-day live show, and the music released between November 1, 2021, and October 1, 2022, is eligible for participation this year. When the event came to an end, BTS took home the Worldwide Icon of the Year Award, Artist of the Year award, and Album of the Year Award .
K-pop fans from various parts of the globe eagerly waited to find out who will take home the grand prize this year. The four big awards of the two-day event are Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Worldwide Icon of the Year. From BTS and Stray Kidz to IVE, LE SSERAFIM, and ITZY, find out the winners of the MAMA Awards 2022.
MAMA Awards 2022 Nomination List:
Worldwide Icon of the Year
- BTS - WINNER
- BLACKPINK
- ENHYPEN
- GOT7
- NCT Dream
- PSY
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- TXT
- Treasure
Album Of The Year
- Blackpink for Born Pink
- BTS for Proof - WINNER
- NCT DREAM for Glitch Mode
- Seventeen for Face the Sun
- Stray Kids for Maxident
Favorite Female Group
(G)I-DLE - WINNER
Favorite Asian Artist
- JO1 - WINNER
Chill Artist
Stray Kids - WINNER
FAVORITE New Female Artist
- IVE - WINNER
- Kep1er - WINNER
- LE SSERAFIM - WINNER
- NMIXX - WINNER
Best New Female Artist
- IVE - WINNER
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- Yena (Choi Ye Na)
Best Music Video
- Blackpink for Pink Venom - WINNER
Inspiring Achievement Award
- JAURIM - WINNER
Global Music Trend Leader
- Zico - WINNER
Breakout Producer Award
- Moon Ga Young - WINNER
The Most Popular Male Artist
J-Hope - WINNER
The Most Popular Group
- Stray Kids - WINNER
Best New Male Artist
- ATBO
- TEMPEST
- TNX
- Xdinary Heroes - WINNER
- YOUNITE
Best Female Artist
- IU
- Miyeon
- Nayeon - WINNER
- Seulgi
- Taeyeon
Best Male Artist
- J-Hope
- Kang Daniel
- Lim Young Woong - WINNER
- PSY
- Zico
Best Female Group
- (G)I-DLE
- aespa
- BLACKPINK - WINNER
- ITZY
- Red Velvet
- TWICE
Best Male Group
- BTS - WINNER
- ENHYPEN
- NCT DREAM
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- TXT
Best Vocal Performance Solo
- IU for Drama
- Kim Min Seok for Drunken Confession
- Lee Mujin for When it snows (feat. Heize)
- Lim Young Woong for Our Blues Our Life
- Taeyeon for INVU - WINNER
Best Vocal Performance Group
- BIGBANG for Still Life - WINNER
- BTS for Yet To Come
- Davichi for Fanfare
- ENHYPEN for Polaroid Love
- WINNER for I LOVE U
Best Band Performance
- JANNABI for GRIPPIN'THEGREEN
- Jaurim for STAY WITH ME
- LUCY for PLAY
- The Black Skirts for My Little Lambs
- Xdinary Heroes for Happy Death Day - WINNER
Best Dance Performance Solo
- Jessi for ZOOM
- Nayeon for POP!
- PSY for That That (prod. & feat. Suga) - WINNER
- Sunmi for Heart Burn
- Yena for SMILEY (feat. BIBI)
Best Dance Performance Male Group
- NCT 127 for 2 Baddies
- NCT DREAM for Glitch Mode
- SEVENTEEN for HOT - WINNER
- Stray Kids for MANIAC
- TXT for Good Boy Gone Bad
- TREASURE for JIKJIN
Best Dance Performance Female Group
- (G)I-DLE for TOMBOY
- BLACKPINK for Pink Venom
- IVE for LOVE DIVE - WINNER
- LE SSERAFIM for FEARLESS
- NewJeans for Attention
- Red Velvet for Feel My Rhythm
Best OST
- 10CM for Drawer from Our Beloved Summer
- Jimin, Ha Sung Woon for With You from Our Blues
- MeloMance for Love, Maybe from A Business Proposal - WINNER
- V for Christmas Tree from Our Beloved Summer
- Wonstein for Your Existence from Twenty Five, Twenty One
Best Collaboration
- 10CM, BIG Naughty for Just 10 centimeters
- Crush for Rush Hour (feat. J-Hope)
- Loco, Hwasa for Somebody!
- PSY for That That (prod. & feat. Suga) - WINNER
- Woo Won Jae, meenoi for Ghosting (prod. CODE KUNST)
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music
- BE'O for Counting Stars (feat. Beenzino)
- BIG Naughty for Beyond Love (feat. 10CM)
- J-Hope for MORE - WINNER
- Jay Park for GANADARA (feat. IU)
- Zico for Freak
Song of the Year
- BLACKPINK for Pink Venom
- BTS for Yet To Come
- (G)I-DLE for TOMBOY
- IVE for LOVE DIVE - WINNER
- NewJeans for Attention
Artist of the Year
- BLACKPINK
- BTS - WINNER
- (G)I-DLE
- IVE
- Stray Kids
Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
- aespa
- ASTRO
- ATEEZ
- BIGBANG
- Billlie
- BLACKPINK - WINNER
- Brave Girls
- BTOB
- BTS - WINNER
- Chungha
- Crush
- Dreamcatcher
- ENHYPEN - WINNER
- EVERGLOW
- fromis_9
- (G)I-DLE
- Girls' Generation
- GOT7 - WINNER
- ITZY
- IU
- IVE
- Jay Park
- Jessi
- Jo Yu Ri
- Kai
- Kang Daniel
- KARD
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- LOONA
- MAMAMOO
- MONSTA X
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM - WINNER
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- ONEUS
- PENTAGON
- PSY - WINNER
- Red Velvet
- SEVENTEEN - WINNER
- STAYC
- Stray Kids - WINNER
- Sunmi
- THE BOYZ
- TREASURE - WINNER
- TWICE
- TXT - WINNER
- WINNER
- Yena