2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Promotion poster and logo
DateNovember 25, 2017
November 29, 2017
December 1, 2017
LocationVietnam, Japan, Hong Kong
Hosted byThu Minh (Vietnam)
Park Bo-gum (Japan)
Song Joong-ki (Hong Kong)
Most awardsBTS and Wanna One (3)
Website2017mama.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks
RuntimeVietnam: 60 minutes (Red Carpet), 120 minutes (Main event)
Japan: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 180 minutes (Main event)
Hong Kong: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 240 minutes (Main event)
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The 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from November 25 through December 1, 2017 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong with the theme, "Coexistence". It was the eighth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, the 19th ceremony in the show's history, and the first ceremony to take place in three locations.

Nominees were announced on October 19, 2017, through the 2017 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally.[1] According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.[2]

Shows

Event Date City Country Host Venue Ref.
MAMA Premiere in Vietnam November 25, 2017 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Thu Minh Hoa Binh Theatre [3]
MAMA in Japan November 29, 2017 Yokohama Japan Park Bo-gum Yokohama Arena [4]
MAMA Professional Categories November 30, 2017 Hong Kong Kim Young-chul,
Shin A-young & Ji Sook 		W Hong Kong
MAMA in Hong Kong December 1, 2017 Song Joong-ki AsiaWorld–Expo [5]

Criteria

Division Online Voting MAMA Professional Panel
(Local + Foreign)		 Music Sales Record Sales
Artist of the Year Award Category by Artist* 30% 30% 30% 10%
Song of the Year Award Category by Genre** 20% 40% 30% 10%
Album of the Year – 40% – 60%
Special Prize*** 30% 70% – –
*Best New (M)ale/(F)emale Artist, Best M/F Artist, Best M/F Group
**Best Dance Performance (Solo/M/F Group), Best Vocal Performance (M/F/Group), Best HipHop & Urban Music, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration, Best OST
***Best Music Video

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[6] Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19,[7] online voting opened on the official MAMA website and Mwave app and Qoo10 website and app on October 21. Voting ended on November 28, 2017.[8]

Main Award

Qoo10 Artist of the Year
(Daesang) 		Qoo10 Album of the Year
(Daesang)
Qoo10 Song of the Year
(Daesang) 		Best Music Video
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Male Group Best Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female Group
Best Dance Performance – Solo Best Collaboration
Best Vocal Performance – Female Best Vocal Performance – Male
Best Vocal Performance – Group Best OST
Best Band Performance Best HipHop & Urban Music
Best New Artist – Male Best New Artist – Female

Favorite Award

Mwave Global Fans' Choice 2017 Favorite KPOP Star

Special Awards

Nominees Winners
Favorite Vietnamese Artist
presented by Clear & Close-Up 		Sơn Tùng M-TP
Best Asian Artist Japan AKB48
Indonesia Agnez Mo
Mandarin Karen Mok
Vietnam Tóc Tiên
Singapore Aisyah Aziz
Thailand Lula
Best Asian Style in Japan EXO-CBX
in Hong Kong BTS
New Asian Artist NCT 127
Best of Next Wanna One
Chungha
Style In Music Sunmi
Discovery of the Year NU'EST W
Best Concert Performer Monsta X
World Performer Got7
Worldwide Favorite Artist Seventeen
Best Composer of the Year Raisa Andriana & Isyana Sarasvati
Best Executive of the Year George Trivino
Best Engineer of the Year Dat Nguyen Minh
Best Video Director of the Year Atsushi Makino
Best Choreographer of the Year Youngjun Choi
Best Visual & Art Director of the Year Yang
Best Producer of the Year Pdogg
Inspired Achievement Yasushi Akimoto

Multiple wins

The following artist(s) received three or more wins:

Awards Artist(s)
3 BTS
Wanna One

Multiple nominations

All artists nominated is also present in the "daesang" categories. The following artist(s) received five or more nominations (excluding the special awards):

Nominations Artist(s)
6 Exo
Twice
IU
5 BTS
Red Velvet
Wanna One

Performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.

2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam

List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
Tóc Tiên "Em không là duy nhất" & "I'm in Love"/"Ngày mai" "Guiding Star"
Lula "Mun Keu Kwahm Ruk" & "Rheung Tee Khor" "Lulaland"
Aisyah Aziz "Tanda Tanya" & "Mimpi" "World, Word"
Erik, Duc Phuc, & Hoa Minzy Mashup Love Songs "Better Together"
Samuel "Sixteen" & "Candy" "Realization of a Dream"
Agnez Mo "Coke Bottle", "Long As I Get Paid" & "Damn, I Love You" "Crush on You"
Wanna One "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up" "Energetic Shock"
Seventeen "I Don't Know, Well", "Don't Wanna Cry", "Without You" & "Clap" "Show Never Ends"

2017 MAMA in Japan

List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
BoA "Girls On Top" & "CAMO" "Coexistence" (Opening Act)
Seventeen "No. 1"
Twice "My Name"
BoA (w/ Hwang Min-hyun) "Only One"
Monsta X "Beautiful (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" & "Dramarama" "Flesh And Bone"
Weki Meki "Sugar High" & "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend" "It's Showtime"
Kim Chung-ha "Hand On Me" & "Why Don't You Know"
PRISTIN "We Are PRISTIN" & "Wee Woo"
Weki Meki, Kim Chung-ha, Pristin,
Idol School, Fromis 9 & AKB48 		"Pick Me"
"Heavy Rotation" & "Koisuru Fortune Cookie"
Zico "Anti" & "Artist" "ZICO Prod. By ZICO"
Fromis 9 "Glass Shoes" "Nine Promises"
Twice "TT", "Signal" & "Likey (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)" "Dancing Like Twice"
Wanna One "Intro + Energetic" & "Burn It Up: Prequel Mix" "Revolution"
Seventeen "Mansae" & "Clap" "Time Between Dog and Wolf"
NU'EST W "Where You At"
Seventeen & NU'EST W "Heaven"
Exo-CBX "Hey Mama!" & "Ka-CHING! (Remix Ver.)" "Curious, Brilliant, XOXO"

2017 MAMA in Hong Kong

List of performances
Name(s) Performance(s) Notes
Dynamic Duo & Chen "Nosedive" "Together" (Opening Act)
Dynamic Duo, Jackson Wang, Vernon,
JooHeon, & Mark 		"1/n (2017 MAMA Remix Ver.)"
Sunmi & Taemin "Door", "Gashina" & "Move" "Fatal Temptation"
Heize "You, Clouds, Rain" & "Don't Know You" "2 Rooms"
Bolbbalgan4 "Say You Love Me" & "Some"
GOT7 "You Are" "Perfect 7 Days"
GOT7 & DAY6 "Never Ever (Rock Version)"
Hitchhiker "11" "Red City"
NCT 127 "The 7th Sense - Reverse" & "Cherry Bomb"
Hitchhiker, Taeyong & Seulgi "I Just & Around (Remix Ver.)"
Red Velvet "Peek-A-Boo" & "Red Flavor (Hitchhiker Remix Ver.)"
Hitchhiker, NCT 127 & Red Velvet "$10 (2017 MAMA Mix Ver.)"
Soyou "I Miss You" "Scene Of Love"
Chanyeol & Soyou "Stay With Me"
Ailee "I Will Go To You Like The First Snow"
Hyukoh "Wanli万里" "Eastern Wave"
EXO "The Eve", "Ko Ko Bop" & "Power (Remix Ver.)" "The Force Of The Planet"
Kai "I See You", "Kinetic"
Wanna One "Nothing Without You", "Beautiful", "Energetic"
& "Pick Me" 		"Vivid Dream"
Karen Mok "Love Of My Life" "The Empress Arrives"
Super Junior "Black Suit" "Super Junior Rises"
BTS "Not Today", "DNA" & "Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)" "Beyond Wormhole"
RM, Suga & J-Hope "Cypher 4"

Presenters

Controversies

Illegal online votes

Voting officially started on October 21, however the official website experienced issues for the following two days. On November 2, MAMA "nullified" illegal votes they detected between October 26 and November 1 and halted voting from 4:00 am to 8:00 am. In addition, they announced that they "will take stronger measures against illegal voting if it continues, including nullifying the votes confirmed to be illegitimate, blocking the relevant IP addresses, and permanently deleting the relevant accounts."[9]

Blackpink incident

The photo of the South Korean group Blackpink was shown blurred in red for a moment during the announcement of the category candidates.[10]

Broadcast

2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam
Country Network
South Korea Mnet
Vietnam tvBlue (Pre-recorded Broadcast)
2017 MAMA in Japan and Hong Kong
Country Network
South Korea Mnet, OnStyle, O'live, XTM
Japan Mnet Smart, Mnet Japan, VideoPass
United States Mnet America, Kcon.tv
Hong Kong ViuTV, ViuTVsix tvN Asia
Macau
Taiwan KKTV
Indonesia Indosiar, Vidio, JOOX
Malaysia JOOX
Thailand
Philippines Myx, KBO, iflix
Cambodia iflix
Laos
Myanmar
Sri Lanka

References

  1. ^ "KPOP NEWS - [2017 MAMA] 2017 MAMA Nominees to Air through Mwave Live Stream Tonight! | Mwave". mwave.interest.me. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "With 42 Million Tweets, #2017MAMA Breaks Another Record · K-POPPED!". K-POPPED!. December 8, 2017. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ MAMA(엠넷아시안뮤직어워즈) (November 21, 2017). "[#2017MAMA] Host Announcement! #ThuMinh for Please welcome Thu Minh as the Host of !pic.twitter.com/YP5mrL1S5N". @MnetMAMA. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Song Joong-ki, Park Bo-gum to host MAMAs". Korea JoongAng Daily. November 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Song Joong-ki to host '2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards'". Kpop Herald. November 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "15 Must-Watch Videos From 2017 MAMA In Hong Kong". Billboard. December 1, 2017.
  7. ^ "2017 MAMA Nominations: BTS, EXO, Heize, IU, Seventeen, TWICE, & Wanna One Receive Top Recognition". Billboard. October 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "MAMA | Asia No.1 Music Festival". www.mwave.me. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  9. ^ Kim, Ju-ae (November 2, 2017). "[공식입장 전문] 'MAMA' 측 "부정 투표 발견…투표 일시 중단 및 삭제 조치"". Naver (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 3, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "BlackPink's faces blurred out in red on the stage of MAMA 2017". KBIZoom. December 2, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

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