The Mnet Asian Music Awards held in Macau yesterday kicked off the KPOP awards season to much fanfare. Although many are still critical of the fact that there were many noticeably absent artists and groups (and it looks like JYPE and YGE really won out because of it), it still seemed like a pretty packed event. Here is how it all went down:
(Winners in bold.)
Daesang Awards
Artist of the Year
2AM
2PM
2NE1
miss A
SNSD
Song of the Year
2AM – “Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Album of the Year
2AM – Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die
2NE1 – To Anyone
BoA – Hurricane Venus
Super Junior – BONAMANA
Taeyang – SOLAR
Male Group Award
2AM
2PM
B2ST
MBLAQ
Super Junior
Female Group Award
2NE1
4minute
KARA
T-ara
SNSD
Male Singer Award
PSY
Se7en
Rain
Taeyang
Wheesung
Female Singer Award
BoA
Gummy
Seo In Young
Son Dambi
Lee Hyori
Male Rookie Award
C.N. Blue
Infinite
Teen Top
Seo In Kook
ZE:A
Female Rookie Award
G.NA
miss A
Nine Muses
Rainbow
SISTAR
Best Dance Performance (Solo)
Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba”
Rain – “Love Song”
Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Taeyang – “I’ll be There”
Hyuna – “Change”
Best Dance Performance (Male Group)“I’ll Be Back”. HA! The “running man” reboot for best dance??!! I can’t believe I actually called this one in my predictions… o_O
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
B2ST – “SHOCK”
MBLAQ – “Y”
SHINee – “Lucifer”
Super Junior – “Bonamana”
Best Dance Performance (Female Group)
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
4minute – “HUH!”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Secret – “Magic”
T-ara – “Bo Peep Bo Peep”
Best Vocal Performance (Solo)
K. Will – “Miss Miss Miss”
Gummy – “Because You’re A Man”
Seo In Young – “You Write It As Love and Call It Pain”
Jung In – “Hate”
Wheesung – “I Thought of Marriage”
Best Vocal Performance (Group)
2AM – “Can’t Let You Go Even if I Die”
4Men – “Can’t”
8eight – “Break Up Is Coming”
Vibe – “Come Back”
Davichi – “Time Please Stop”
Best Band Performance
C.N. Blue – “Love”
F.T. Island – “Love Love Love”
Hot Potato – “Confession”
Boohwal – “Love Is”
TransFixion – “Shouts of Reds”
Best Rap Performance
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
Epik High – “Run”
Outsider – “Acquaintance”
UV – “Sorry I’m Not Cool”
Supreme Team – “Dang Dang Dang”
The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award
2PM
4minute
C.N. Blue
KARA
SNSD
Best Collaboration
Homme – “Eating Well”
Ga-In/Jo Kwon – “We Fell In Love”
Seo Young Eun/Jung Yeob – “This Pitiful Word”
IU/Seulong – “Nagging”
Sung Shi Kyung/IU – “It’s You”
Best Digital Single
MC Mong – “Hurt to Death”
Monday Kiz – “Spread Away”
Park Bom – “You and I”
Supreme Team – “Then Then Then”
Jung Yeob – “Without You”
Best Music Video Picture
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
Epik High – “Run”
UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”
Ga-In – “Can’t Turn Back”
Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”
Others
Best International Artist
Far East Movement
Best Asian Pop Artist
Perfume
Best Asian Male Group
Chemistry
Best Asian Artist
Zhang Jie
Best Asia New Artist
iMe
Producer Award
PSY (for Seo In Young’s Cinderella)
Music Video Director Award
Seo Hyun Seung (2NE1’s “Can’t Nobody” and “Clap Your Hands”)
Choregraphy Award
Kim Hwa Young (JYPE)
Stylist Award
Yang Seung Ho (2NE1)
Performance Award
2010 Jisan Valley Rock Festival
Discovery Award
10cm
Adult Music Award
Tae Jin Ah
Also, just in case you were interested in some useless facts: a total of 550,605 voters voted, with more than 50% from Korea. Analyses also show that the biggest group of the voters were females in their 20s. Not surprising…
Ok, one more picture just ‘cuz:
Performances from the show:
Overall, it was a really entertaining show! And how cute are the hosts?!!
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