On November 30th, Mnet hosted its 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.
The preliminaries were conducted through the evaluation of judges and other music affiliates using data from album sales and song rankings from music sites.
The final judging is “based on viewer votes (Internet, mobile), expert panel evaluations, expert research of preference, album sales, digital combined charts (song sales), and evaluation by the selection committee.”
The winners for the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards are:
Best New Female Artist - Ailee
Best Dance Performance Solo - Psy
Best Male Group - Big Bang
Best Female Group - SISTAR
Best Collaboration Performance - Troublemaker
Mnet PD’s Choice - B.A.P
Best Asian Artist - Wang Leehom
Best Asian Artist Japan - AKB48
Best Asian Artist Philippines - Sarah Geronimo
Best Asian Artist Vietnam - My Tam
Best Dance Performance Male Group - SHINee
Best Dance Performance Female Group - f(x)
Best Vocal Performance Solo - K.Will
Best Vocal Performance Group - Davichi
International Favorite Artist - Psy
Best OST - Seo In Guk & A-Pink's Eunji (“All For You”)
Best Asian Artist Singapore - Taufik Batisah
Best Asian Artist Indonesia - Agnes Monica
Best Female Artist - IU
Best Band Performance - Busker Busker
Best Music Video - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)
Best Asian Artist (China) - Li Yuchun
New Asian Artist (China) - TimeZ
New Asian Artist (Thailand) - Natthew
New Asian Artist Group - EXO
Style in Music - Ga-In
Best Rap Performance - Epik High
Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer - Big Bang
Best Male Artist - G-Dragon
Best Line - Super Junior
Best Global Group Female - KARA
Best Global Group Male - Super Junior
Artist of the Year - Big Bang
Album of the Year - Super Junior (‘Sexy, Free & Single’)
Song of the Year - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)
Congratulations to all the winners!