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". The ceremony will be 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. According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.
Video 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Shows
Maps 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Criteria
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19, 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.
Special Awards
- Best of Next Award: Wanna One, Kim Chung-ha
- Worldwide Favorite Artist: Seventeen
- Best Asian Style in Japan: EXO-CBX
- Best Asian Style in Hong Kong: BTS
- World Performer: Got7
- Best Concert Performer: Monsta X
- Discovery of the Year: NU'EST W
- Mwave Global Fans' Choice: Exo
- Style In Music: Sunmi
- Qoo10 2017 Favourite KPOP Star: Got7
- New Asian Artist: NCT 127
- Favorite Vietnamese Artist Presented By Clear & Close up: S?n Tùng M-TP
- Best Asian Artist: Agnez Mo; Lula; Aisyah Aziz; Tóc Tiên; Karen Mok; AKB48
- Inspired Achievement: Yasushi Akimoto
- Best Producer of the Year: Pdogg
- Best Visual & Art Director of the Year: Yang
- Best Choreographer of the Year: Youngjun Choi
- Best Video Director of the Year: Atsushi Makino
- Best Engineer of the Year: Dat Nguyen Minh
- Best Executive of the Year: George Trivino
- Best Composer of the Year: Raisa Andriana & Isyana Sarasvati
Multiple wins
The following artist(s) received three or more wins:
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):
Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam
Presenters
Performers
2017 MAMA in Japan
Presenters
Performers
2017 MAMA in Hong Kong
Presenters
Performers
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."
Broadcast
2017 MAMA Premiere in Vietnam
2017 MAMA in Japan and Hong Kong
References
External links
- Mnet Asian Music Awards official website (English)
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