MAMA Nominees Unveiled

On October 30, 2015, Mnet unveiled the nominees for the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMAs) which are to be held December 2 in Hong Kong. Like with past years, fans can vote for their favorite artists on Mnet’s designated voting page. So who are you voting for this year? Here is the list of nominees!

Best New Male Artist

• iKON
• Monsta X
• Flying
• Seventeen
• Up10tion

Best New Female Artist

• CLC
• GFriend
• Oh My Girl
• TWICE
• Lovelyz

Best Male Artist (Soloist)

• Y Park
• T
• Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
• Jonghyun (SHINee)
• Jung Yonghwa (CNBLUE)

Best Female Artist (Soloist)

• Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation)
• Ailee
• BoA
• IU
• HyunA (4Minute)

Best Male Group

• BIGBANG
• EXO
• BTS
• SHINee
• Super Junior
• Shinhwa

Best Female Group

• SISTAR
• Wonder Girls
• AOA
• APINK
• Girls’ Generation
• Miss A

Best Dance Performance (Solo)

• Y Park “Who’s Your Mama?”
• GAIN “Paradise Lost”
• Niel “Lovekiller”
• Amber “Shake That Brass”
• HyunA “Roll Deep”

Best Group Dance Performance (Male)

• BIGBANG “Bang Bang Bang”
• EXO “Call Me Baby”
• VIXX “Love Equation”
• SHINee “View”
• Infinite “BAD”
• Got7 “If You Do”

Best Group Dance Performance (Female)

• AOA “Heart Attack”
• Girl’s Day “Ring My Bell”
• Red Velvet “Ice Cream Cake”
• EXID “Ah Yeah”
• Sistar “Shake It”
• 4Minute “Crazy”

Best Male Solo Performance

• SGWannabe “Love You”
• Kyuhyun “At Gwanghwamun”
• T “Eat”
• Huh Gak “Snow of April”
• Lim Chang Jung “Love Again”

Best Female Vocal Performance

• Taeyeon “I”
• MAMAMOO “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
• Davichi “Cry Again”
• Baek A Yeon “Shouldn’t Have”
• Ailee “Mind Your Business”

Best Rap Performance

• Gary “Get Some Air”
• Mad Clown “Fire”
• Dok2 “I Will”
• Jay Park “Mommae”
• San E “Me You”

Best Band Performance

• Hyukoh “Comes and Goes”
• CNBLUE “Cinderella”
• FTISLAND “Pray”
• JJY Band “OMG”
• Nell “Green Nocturne”

Best Collaboration & Unit

• VIXX LR “Beautiful Liar”
• Block B Bastarz “Zero for Conduct”
• T & Crush “Just”
• Soyou & Kwon Jeongyeol “Lean On Me”
• Infinite H “Pretty”

Best Music Video

• SHINee “Married to the Music”
• F(x) “4 Walls”
• BIGBANG “Bae Bae”
• Infinite “BAD”
• Wonder Girls “I Feel You”

Union Pay Artist of the Year

• Seventeen
• AOA
• Kyuhyun
• iKON
• Apink
• BIGBANG
• EXO
• Lovelyz
• Monsta X
• Miss A
• CLC
• TWICE
• Flying
• T
• Y. Park
• BTS
• BoA
• SHINee
• Sistar
• Shinhwa
• IU
• Girls’ Generation
• Super Junior
• Ailee
• Up10tion
• GFriend
• Oh My Girl
• Wonder Girls
• Jung Yonghwa
• Jonghyun
• Taeyeon
• HyunA

Union Pay Song of the Year

• Taeyeon “I”
• AOA “Heart Attack”
• BIGBANG “Bang Bang Bang”
• CNBLUE “Cinderella”
• EXID “Ah Yeah”
• EXO “Call Me Baby”
• FTISLAND “Pray”
• Gary “Get Some Air”
• Got7 “If You Do”
• SG Wannabe “Love You”
• T “Eat”
• T & Crush “Just”
• GAIN “Paradise Lost”
• Girl’s Day “Ring My Bell”
• Kyuhyun “At Gwanghwamun”
• Nell “Green Nocturne”
• Niel “Lovekiller”
• Davichi “Two Lovers”
• Dok2 “I Will”
• Red Velvet “Ice Cream Cake”
• MAMAMOO “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
• Mad Clown “Fire”
• Jay Park “Mommae”
• Y. Park “Who’s Your Momma?”
• Baek A Yeon “Shouldn’t Have”
• Block B Bastarz “Zero for Conduct”
• VIXX “Love Equation”
• VIXX LR “Beautiful Liar”
• San E “Me You”
• SHINee “View”
• Soyou & Kwon Jeongyeol “Lean On Me”
• Sistar “Shake It”
• Ailee “Mind Your Own Business”
• Amber “Shake That Brass”
• Infinite “BAD”
• Infinite H “Pretty”
• Lim Chang Jung “Love Again”
• JJY Band “OMG”
• Taeyeon “I”
• 4Minute “Crazy”
• Huh Gak “Snow of April”
• Hyukoh “Comes and Goes”
• HyunA “Roll Deep”

—-Joelle Halon

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