Are You Ready for MAMA 2014?
The most anticipated music event of the year, Mnet Asian Music Awards most commonly known as MAMA, is all set and ready to rock the world with performances from well-known Kpop Idols and long time names in the music industry of South Korea this coming December 3, 2014 in Hong Kong, last year’s host country.
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MAMA 2014 is one of the major music awarding ceremonies held annually by CJ E&M and made possible through its channel Mnet. Attended by celebrities not just in South Korea but even in China, Japan and United States, MAMA 2014 is a pure pleasure to Kpop lovers and a grand celebration of Korea’s entertaining realm.
13 countries across Asia will have a chance to watch the award show through live broadcast. Mnet will be responsible for South Korea and Japan telecast. Other TV channels that have broadcast the show include STAR World, Channel M (Southeast Asia), Channel V, Music On! TV (Japan), 8TV (Malaysia), MediaCorp Channel U (Singapore), Indosiar (Indonesia), Myx (Philippines), MY TV (Cambodia), Mnet America (United States), NRK (Norway) and SBS (Australia).There will also be a braodcast online through Mnet’s official wedbsite, Sohu in China, Allkpop and Youtube Live.
A quick view on the list of nominees are as follows:
| Best New Artist | WINNER GO7 AKMU Park Bo Ram Eddy Kim |
| Best Male Artist | Taeyang Rain Roy Kim Lim Chang Jung Seo Taiji |
| Best Female Artist | Ailee IU Sunmi HyuNa HYOLYN |
| Best Male Group | Super Junior EXO Beast Block B B1A4 |
| Best Female Group | 2NE1 Girls’ Generation SISTAR Girl’s Day Apink |
| Best Dance Performance Male Group | EXO (Overdose) TVXQ (Something) INFINITE (Last Romeo) BTS (Boy in Luv) VIXX (Eternity) |
| KanS Best Dance Performance Female Group | missA (Hush) Girl’s Day (Something) SISTAR (Touch my Body) 4MINUTE (Whatcha Doin…) AOA (Miniskirt) |
| Best Dance Performance Solo | Sunmi (Full Moon) Ailee (Don’t Touch Me) HyuNa (Red) HYOLYN (One Way Love) Rain (30 SEXY) |
| Best Collaboration | San E and Raina (A Midsummer Night) Seo In Guk and Zia (Loved You) Soyou and Junggigo (SOME) Jung In and Gary (Your Scent) Huh Gak and Eun Ji (Break up to Make up) |
| Best Vocal Performance Male | Kim Dong Ryul (How I am) Roy Kim (Home) K.will (Day 1) Taeyang (Eyes, Nose, Lips) Whee Sung (Night and Day) |
| Best Vocal Performance Female | Baek Z Young (Fervor) IU (Friday) Ailee (Singing Got Better) Younha (Umbrella) Lee Sun Hee (Meet Him Among) |
| Best Band Performance | CNBLUE (Can’t Stop) FTISLAND (Madly) NELL (Four Times Around) Seo Taiji (Christmalo.win) Jung Joon (Young Teenager) |
| Best Rap performance | Gary (Shower Later) GAEKO (No Make Up) Mad Clown (Without You) San E (Body Language) Epik High (Happy Ending) |
| Youku-Tuduo Best Music Video | 2PM (Go Crazy) Block B (Jockpot) Seo Taiji (Soyeokdong) Girls’ Generation (Holler) TEEN TOP (Missing) |
| Best OST | Lim Kim Happy Me (Reply 1994) Davichi It’s Alright, This is Love (It’s Okay, That’s Love) Lyn My Destiny (My Love From the Star) Sung Si-Kyung Every Moment of Your (My Love From the Star) Yoon Mi-rae I love Your (It’s Okay, That’s Love) |
You can easily know the current ranking if your bet. Just visit http://mama.interest.me/2014mama/ranking CURRENT RANKING
To vote http://mama.interest.me/2014mama/vote
The list of performance is not yet revealed by the organizers but one thing’s for sure, MAMA 2014 will be a star-studded event and another history in the making.