from: allkpop
Major Korean music channel
Mnet has announced that their
Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF) will now be renamed as
Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)!
Mnet announced on October 23 that the live broadcast will change itsconcept and the way they will handle how people may vote for whichartist wins the award.
Mnet also announced that
Park Ji Yoon,
SG Wannabe's Kim Yong Jun and
Lee Seok Hoon will become the new MC's of the event.
Mnet is planning on handing out the "
Rookie Female Group Award," to the following nominees:
2NE1,
4minute,
After School,
f(x), and last but not least,
T-ara.
The live broadcast of the
2009 MAMA will take place onNovember 21 at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium. People that live outside ofKorea, don't give your hopes up yet, because there's a reason why
MAMA is titled MAMA! Via
Channel V International, the event will be broadcasted in
China,
Japan,
Hong Kong,
Southeast Asia and
Thailand.
The special main event will be the "
Global Artist Award." In addition, another major change is that the Trot genre will be added on along with the other Pop music awards.
There will be a total of
7 categories of artists, 7 categories of genres, and 2 categories of music video nominations during the event. In addition, there will be a total of
30 awards for each nominated song.
People may start voting on October 23, 2009 through the
Mnet homepage.
Full nominee's list
Criteria: Album sales and chart standings from October 15th, 2008 through October 22nd 2009.
Best Male Newcomer
• BEAST
• Supreme Team
• MBLAQ
• Chung Lim
• Taegoon
Best Female Newcomer
• 2NE1
• After School
• T-ara
• 4minute
• f(x)
Best Male Singer
• Drunken Tiger
• Rain
• Lee Seung Chul
• G-Dragon
• MC Mong
Best Female Singer
• Bada
• Baek Ji Young
• Son Dambi
• Younha
• Chae Yeon
Best Male Group
• 2PM
• Big Bang
• Super Junior
• SG Wannabe
• SS501
Best Female Group
• Davichi
• Brown Eyed Girls
• SNSD
• Jewelry
• KARA
Best Mixed Group
• Roo’Ra
• 8eight
• Koyote
• Cool
• Clazziquai
Best Rock Music Award
• Buhwal (I remember 생각이나)
• Seo Taiji (Juliet)
• Jang Giha and the Faces (Living with nothing special)
• Cherry Filter (Pianissimo)
• FT Island (I Hope)
Best Hip-Hop Group Award
• Dynamic Duo (Dead Guy)
• Drunken Tiger (Monster)
• LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave)
• Outsider (Alone)
• Epik High (Wannabe)
Best Ballad/R&B Music Award
• Kim Jong Kook (Today More Than Yesterday)
• Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain)
• Bobby Kim (Love, the guy)
• Park Hyo Shin (After Love)
• Baek Ji Young (Like being hit by a bullet)
Best Dance Music Award
• 2NE1 (I Don’t Care)
• 2PM (Again & Again)
• SNSD (Gee)
• Super Junior (Sorry)
• KARA (Honey)
Best House & Electronic Music Award
• Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra)
• Son Dambi (Saturday Night)
• Clazziquai (Love Again)
• 4minute (Muzik)
• G-Dragon (Heartbreaker)
Best Trot Music Award
• Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman)
• Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life)
• Seong JinYoo (딱이야)
• Joo HyunMi and Seohyun (JjaRaJaJjan)
• Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)
Best O.S.T Award
• Baek Ji Young (Don’t Forget - IRIS)
• Lee Seung Chul (No more love like this - Blue Love Story)
• T-Max (Paradise - Boys Over Flowers)
• Tiffany (I’m Alone - JaMyungGo)
• SS501 (Because I’m Stupid - Boys Over Flowers)
Best MV Award
• 2NE1 (Fire)
• LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave)
• Bada (Mad)
• Seo Taiji (Juliet)
• D.N.G (Step 2 Me)
Best MV Director Award
• Seo Hyun Seung
• Jang Jae Hyuk
• Jo Soo Hyun
• Joo Hee Seon
• Hong Won Ki
