Nominees for 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards revealed

There has been much controversy over Mnet’s decision to hold their annual awards ceremony, “2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards“, overseas in Macau on Sunday, November 28th, as it angered the two TV broadcasters, MBC and SBS. However, Mnet is no stranger to such situations, and they have now revealed the nominees in the various categories for the extravaganza.

Despite supposedly “bad blood” between Mnet and SM Entertainment, SM Entertainment artists like Super Junior, SNSD, SHINee were nominated in the various categories released by Mnet on their official website. Mnet had said earlier in a press conference today that they had sent invitations to all entertainment companies, including SME and were awaiting a response from them.

And here are the nominees!

Daesang Award Singer of the Year Song of the Year Album of the Year

Male Group Award 2AM 2PM B2ST MBLAQ Super Junior

Female Group Award 2NE1 4minute KARA T-ara SNSD

Male Singer Award PSY Se7en Rain Taeyang Wheesung

Female Singer Award BoA Gummy Seo In Young Son Dambi Lee Hyori

Male Rookie Award CNBlue Infinite Teen Top Seo In Guk ZE:A

Female Rookie Award G.NA miss A Nine Muses Rainbow SISTAR

Best Music Video Picture 2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody” Epik High – “Run” UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool” Ga-In – “Can’t Turn Back” Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”

Best Dance Performance – Solo Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba” Rain – “The Song That’ll Hold YOu Back” Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Taeyang – “I’ll be There” Hyuna – “Change”

Best Dance Performance – Male Group 2PM – “I’ll Be Back” B2ST – “SHOCK” MBLAQ – “Y” SHINee – “Lucifer” Super Junior – “Bonamana”

Best Dance Performance – Female Group 2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody” 4minute – “HUH!” miss A – “Bad Girl GOod Girl” Secret – “Magic” T-ara – “Bo Peep Bo Peep”

Best Vocal Performance – Solo K. Will – “Miss Miss Miss” Gummy – “Because You’re A Man” Seo In Young – “You Write It As Love and Call It Pain” Jung In – “Hate” Wheesung – “I Thought of Marriage”

Best Vocal Performance – Group 2AM – “Can’t Send You Even if I Die” 4men – “Can’t” 8Eight – “Break Up Is Coming” Vibe – “Come Back” Davichi – “Time Please Stop”

Best Band Performance CNBlue – “Love” FT Island – “Love Love Love” Hot POtato – “Confession” Boohwal – “Love Is” TransFixion – “Shouts of Reds”

Best Rap Performance DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person” Epik HIgh – “Run” Outsider – “Acquaintance” UV – “Sorry I’m Not Cool” Supreme Team – “Dang Dang Dang”

Best Collaboration Homme – “Eating Well” Ga-In/Jo Kwon – “We Fell In Love” Seo Young Eun/Jung Yeob – “This Pitiful Word” IU/Seulong – “Nagging” Sung Shi Kyung/IU – “It’s You”

Best Digital Single MC Mong – “Hurt to Death” Monday Kiz – “Spread Away” Park Bom – “You and I” Supreme Team – “Then Then THen” Jung Yeob – “Without YOu”

The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award

2PM 4minute CNBlue KARA SNSD

Viewers can begin voting via MAMA’s official website from today.

Mnet plans to air the ceremony live through Hong Kong TVB, Singapore Mediacorp, Philippines GMA, Cambodian CTN in real time, in addition to its main Mnet channel. It will also air the show via satellite in North America, Oceania, and Europe and more will be revealed in due time.

Source: allkpop.com

Mnet has invited SM Entertainment artists to 2010 MAMA but…

As recently reported, Mnet’s annual music awards ceremony, the Mnet Asian Music Awards, is scheduled to take place on November 28th in Macau at the Venetian Hotel’s famous Cotai Arena – a 15,000 seated venue where numerous worldwide famous artists have once performed, including Lady GaGa and Beyonce.

On October 28th, Mnet held a press conference regarding this year’s MAMA, where they expressed, “We have ambitions to hold the awards show in America in five years time, as well as to bring the European music market into Asia.”

MAMA’s executive director Kim Ki Woong revealed, “We are planning to hold the awards ceremony in different countries each year, starting with Macau. We will create an opportunity for all Asian singers to be able to get together in one place.”

But no matter how good-hearted Mnet’s intentions are for the MAMA, fans and netizens alike are speculative over two controversial issues: Whether SM artists will be participating in the awards show, and why Mnet decided to hold the awards show during a weekend and not a weekday, making it difficult for both the artists and public broadcasting companies, KBS, MBC, and SBS, to coordinate their schedules for the weekly broadcast of their respective music programs.

Mnet stated they are aware of the public broadcasting companies’ complaints about Mnet’s choice, however they replied, “We were actually welcoming the articles related to the words of the public broadcasting companies. We said this from the beginning, but the reason why we are holding it on a Sunday is because of issues with our venue. Holding the event on another day is impossible.”

Meanwhile, with regards to the possibility of mega idol groups SNSD, Super Junior, and f(x) performing at this year’s MAMA, Mnet said, “We are trying as hard as we can with SM. We will try even until the actual day of the event. We plan to exchange discussions with SM in a positive light. This awards ceremony is not only just Mnet’s event, but an event where all Asian artists can get together.”

Park Kwang Won added, “This is a problem which SM has to decide. Our window is already open for them.”

Park continued, “We are hoping for many artists to participate. We have already sent out event information and invitations to all entertainment companies. We will not lose our hope for these artists’ participation, even until the last day. We have still yet to receive replies.”

When asked why they decided to hold this year’s MAMA in Macau, Mnet explained, “They are open to culture, and have well built infrastructure to hold big entertainment events. We chose Macau as a way to get closer with the Asian music fans. Since Korean music has become the leaders of the Asian music market, we have high hopes that holding the MAMA in Macau will attract more fans.”

“Looking at the current situation of the effect of the Hallyu Wave on the Asian market, it has now come to a time where we must reach beyond Korea and begin collaborating with other Asian countries. We will put in our best efforts to create a showcase that can allow us to advance into both Asia and the rest of the world.”

Source + Photo: Newsen, Osen, Star News

Mnet to hold “2010 MAMA” in Macau

Mnet’s Asian Music Awards will be held overseas for the first time this year in Macau on November 28th!

Due to the popularity of the MAMA show, it’s been requested to air internationally. Currently, it’s been broadcasted live in Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Macau, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.

Representatives of Mnet boasted, “We will not be sparing anything in order to make sure that MAMA successfully becomes Asia’s main music festival. We want to develop the power of Asian music to surpass the Grammys.”

Regarding Mnet’s decision to hold the ceremony in Macau, representatives explained that ”[Macau] isstraightforward with culture and has a nice performance infrastructure, making it easier to closely converse with fans of Asian music. With Korean pop music being the leaders of Asia’s music market, representatives of Macau are anticipating a lot from Mnet as well.”

Mnet CEO Park Kwang Won participated as part of the production team for the ‘2010 MAMA’, and provided his hopes and ambition for the Hallyu wave:

“We must raise the Asian market itself in order to prevent the Hallyu wave from flowing in just one direction and ending there. There must be an interchanging of Asian culture as a whole in order to develop the Asian wave. Just like the influence that the American Grammy awards has on the entire Western market, we hope to develop the MAMA in order to influence the global Asian music market.”

The 2010 MAMA will be announcing the nominations along with specific judging guidelines on October 28th.

Source + Photo: CBS & allkpop

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