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MAMA 2021’s result: BTS all-kill all Daesangs; TWICE, Rosé and Lisa (BLACKPINK) also got awarded despite being absent

MAMA 2021 with exciting and glamorous stages from many big names has ended successfully. BTS has swept as many as 6 awards, including the grand prize “Artist of the Year”. 

At Mnet’s 2021 MAMA, which was broadcast live on Dec 11th, BTS won six awards, including “Artist of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, “Worldwide Fans Choice”, “Icon of the Year”, and “TikTok Favorite Moment”.

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4th generation idol’s representatives gathered for the opening stage. A total of six performers, including Stray Kids’ Hyun-jin, ATEEZ’s Woo-young, ITZY’s Ye-ji, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s Yeon-jun, aespa Karina, and ENHYPEN’s Hee-seung, took turns to perform their solo dance stage.

“2021 MAMA” host Lee Hyo-ri then appeared on the stage. Lee Hyo-ri opened the curtain, saying, “There are still many restrictions, but just seeing you guys here on stage is already overwhelming.”

Lee Do-hyun and Lee Sun-bin appeared to present the “Best New Female Artist” award. The nominees were aespa, Jo Yu-ri, Kwon Eun-bi, Lightsum, and STAYC, among whom aespa became the main character of the first award. On the other hand, the main character of the “Best New Male Artist” was ENHYPEN.

Monika, Haha and Gabee then introduced Brave Girls as the winner of the “KTO Breakout Artist” award. Brave Girls appeared on stage with a ballad version of “Rollin“. Following “Rollin”, the atmosphere was reversed with “Chi Mat Ba Ram”, after which the atmosphere got even hotter with “Rollin’”. The Brave Girls’ members even cried during their award acceptance speech.

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The presenter of the best band performance was Kim Seo-hyung. Nominees for the award were 10cm, CNBLUE, DAY6, Jannabi, and N.Flying. The winner of the best band performance was Jannabi and their song “A Thought On An Autumn Night.”

ITZY then performed a rearranged 2021 MAMA version of “LOCO“. Their outfits which remind the audience of the musical “Kitty” and their intense stage production caught everyone’s eye. ITZY continued with the “Mafia in the Morning” stage featuring actor Heo Sung-tae, showing off their sexiness and girl-crush charms.

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Ash Island was honored with the Best HipHop & Urban Music award for the song “Melody”.

Yeo Jin-goo took the stage to award the Best Dance Performance Group. He warmly said, “I was the host of ‘Girls Planet’. I hope everyone would show a lot of support for Kep1er, who will debut soon”. After them, aespa’s “Next Level” was announced to receive the Best Dance Performance award for Female Group.

Jo Jung-suk went on stage to announce the winner of this year’s Album of the Year. Jo Jung-suk greeted, saying, “I met you through Hospital Playlist 2 this year. I was really happy throughout the time working on this drama because the viewers gave me so much love from season 1 to season 2. Taking this opportunity, I want to express my gratitude to everyone”. This year’s nominees for Album of the Year were aespa “Savage”, BTS “BE”, IU “LILAC”, NCT127 “Sticker”, and NCT DREAM “Hot Sauce”. The final winner was announced to be BTS’s “BE” album.

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Then, Dynamic Duo, Lil Boy, Giriboy, JUSTHIS, Paloalto and Lee Young-ji took the stage to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Show Me The Money”.

Nominees for the Best OST category were 10cm – “Borrow Your Night”, Jo Jung-suk – “I Like You”, Choi Yu-ree –  “Wish”, Lee Mu-jin – “Rain and You”, Yang Yo-seob & Jung Eun-ji – “Love Day”. Eventually, Jo Jung-suk appeared on the screen as the winner.

The winner of the Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10, which was decided by fans’ votes, was also unveiled. Stray Kids, NCT DREAM, NCT 127, Enhypen, etc were called on stage one by one to deliver their acceptance speeches.

Ed Sheeran’s performance was also revealed. In a video, he said, “I had a fantastic year” and also praised BTS. He sang “Bad Habits” and “Shivers” while playing the guitar. After being announced to be the winner of the Favorite International Artist, he delivered his feelings through a short video.

The presenter of Worldwide Icon of the Year was Lee Jung-jae. While introducing himself, Lee Jung-jae expressed his excitement of watching MAMA stages and also mentioned the success of ‘Squid Game’. After that, he announced BTS as the winner of this category.

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The most-awaited event at the 2021 MAMA was Wanna One’s reunion after 3 years. Wanna One members showed up on stage in white costumes. They showed off splendid performances of “Energetic”, and “Burn It Up” then ended their reunion stage after 3 years with “Beautiful”.

Song Joong-ki appeared to announce the start of the 2021 MAMA’s third part. Among 20 KPOP artists who are most loved on Tiktok, BTS also won the Tiktok Favorite Moment, which was also decided by fans’ votes.

After 10 years, Girls’ Generation Tiffany and Choi Soo-young attended this year’s MAMA ceremony as award presenters for the Best Female Group. TWICE won the Best Female Group after a fierce competition with (G)-IDLE, Brave Girls, ITZY, Oh My Girl, and Red Velvet. Jihyo gave an acceptance speech on behalf of TWICE through a video.

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IU won 2 awards, which were the Best Female Artist and the Best Vocal Performance. Lastly, BTS won the last 2 daesangs, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.

Dance crews of “Street Woman Fighter”, which heated up the second half of this year, were all gathered on stage, showing off their brilliant dance performances. The 2021 MAMA host Lee Hyo-ri also joined the stage of “Street Woman Fighter” dancers. She completed the spectacular final part of the stage, appearing in sexy outfits and revealing explosive energy.

List of winners below

  • DAESANG Song of the Year: “Butter” – BTS
  • DAESANG Artist of the Year: BTS
  • DAESANG Album of the Year: BTS – “BE”
  • DAESANG Worldwide Icon Of The Year: BTS
  • Tiktok Favorite Moment: BTS
  • Best Girl Group: TWICE
  • Best Male Group: BTS
  • Best Female Artist: IU
  • Best Male Artist: Baekhyun (EXO)
  • Best Vocal Performance: IU
  • Best MV: BTS
  • Best Collaboration: AKMU x IU – “NAKKA”
  • Executive Producer of the Year: Bang Si Hyuk
  • Music Producer of the Year: Teddy
  • Best Composer: Yoo Young Jin
  • Best Mixer: Gu Jong Pil, Kwon Nam Woo
  • Art Direction of the Year: MU:E
  • MV Director of the Year: Lumpens
  • Best Choreography: Lee Jung Lee (YGX)
  • Best Female Rookie: aespa
  • Best Male Rookie: ENHYPEN
  • Breakthrough Artist: Brave Girls
  • Best Performance by a Band: JANNABI – “A thought on an autumn night”
  • Favorite Asian Artist: INI
  • Best Japanese Artist: JO1
  • Best Hip Hop & Urban Music: ASH ISLAND – “Melody”
  • Best Girl Group Dance Performance: aespa – “Next Level”
  • Best Male Group Dance Performance: BTS – “Butter”
  • Best Choreography Solo Artist: Rosé (BLACKPINK) – “On The Ground
  • Best Soundtrack: Cho Jung Seok – “I Like You” (“Hospital Playlist 2”)
  • Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10:
    • Stray Kids
    • NCT Dream
    • NCT 127
    • ENHYPEN
    • TXT
    • BTS
    • LISA
    • SEVENTEEN
    • TREASURE
    • TWICE
  • Favorite Foreign Artist: Ed Sheeran
  • Best Asian Artist (China): ACCUSEFIVE
  • Best Asian Artist (Thailand): Tilly Birds
  • Best Asian Artist (Indonesia): Anneth
  • Best Asian Artist (Vietnam): Quan A.P
  • Best New Asian Artist (Japan): Ado
  • Best New Asian Artist (China): Anson Lo
  • Best New Asian Artist (Thailand): Sprite X GuyGeeGee
  • Best New Asian Artist (Indonesia): Lyodra
  • Best New Asian Artist (Vietnam): Hoang Duyen
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