2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards

2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards
2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Date	November 21, 2009
Location	Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul, South Korea
Hosted by	Tiger JK
Most awards	2NE1 (3)
Most nominations	2NE1 (4)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	South Korea: Mnet; Japan: Mnet Japan; SEA Countries: Channel V; China:Zhejiang Satellite TV
Runtime	around 200 minutes

The 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was the eleventh of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 21, 2009, at the Seoul Sports Complex.

Newcomer girl group 2NE1 lead the nominations with 4 counts, followed by label-mate G-Dragon, soloist Baek Ji Young, and boy group 2PM with 3 each. At the end of the ceremony, 2NE1 received the most wins with 3 out of 4 including the Song of the Year daesang award. Next to them was boy and girl groups 2PM and Brown Eyed Girls respectively with 2 wins.

Background

After ten years of holding the event under the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" (MKMF), the award-ceremony started to have a new name called "M.net Asian Music Awards" or simply "MAMA". This marked a change in concept and the way they will handle how people may vote for which artists win the awards.^[1] With its slogan "Asian Wave", MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through Channel V International.

A VTR of artists congratulating the event was also shown including Janet Jackson, Nicole Scherzinger, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Mai Kuraki, and Ludacris. Taiwanese artists Ming Dao, future Miss A member Wang Feifei, and Sarah also presented an award, which was broadcast live in Taiwan.^[2]

Performances

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers at the ceremony.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Name(s)	Performed	Notes
Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger	"Monster"	1st Wave: Asian Fever
Brown Eyed Girls, Kara ft. Dr. Core 911	"Sign", "Honey", "Step" and "Abracadabra remix	2nd Wave: Girls X Girls
Superstar K1's Seo In-guk ft. Baek Ji-young, Hyun Jyu-nim and MFM Church Choir	"Don't Forget Me", "Boom Boom Pow", "Calling You"	3rd Wave: Super Stardom
AKB48	"River"	Best Asia Recommended Award (Japan) awardee
2NE1	"I Don't Care", "Kiss", "You And I", "Please Don't Go"	4th Wave: '21st Street' a Musical
Dae Ijin, Park Jae-eun, Kim Juwang, Gil Hakmi, Jo Moon geun, Park Taejin, Jeong Seon-guk, Park Narae, and Park Semi ft. Yoon Jong-shin and Hareem	"Today More Than Yesterday", "Love Rain", "Love... That Guy", "After Love", "Like Being Shot By A Bullet"	R&B Performances
Miryo, Ha Joo Yun, Hyuna and Jeon Ji-yoon and Yoon Mi-rae (T)	"Lip Gloss", "Pay Day"	5th Wave: Free to the Women
Ivy ft. Nichkhun, 2PM ft. Park Jin-young (JYP)	"Touch Me", "Heartbeat", "Again & Again"	6th Wave: World Of Temptation
4Minute, Lollipop F	"Muzik", "I Am Legend"
G-Dragon and Taeyang	"Heartbreaker", "Wedding Dress", "Where U At", "Korean Dream"	7th Wave: Korean Dream
Seo In Young, Kim Tae-woo, Epik High, Shim Soo-bong	"That Person of that Time", "I Love You All I Know", "1 Million Roses"	8th Wave: That Person of that Time

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[5]^[6]

Song of the Year (daesang)	Album of the Year (daesang)
2NE1 – "I Don't Care"	G-Dragon – Heartbreaker
Artist of the Year (daesang)	Best Music Video
2PM	2NE1 – "Fire" DnG – "Step 2 Me" Leessang – "Girl Who Can't Break Up, Guy Who Can't Leave" (ft. Jung-in) Bada – "Mad" Seo Taiji – "Juliet"
Best New Male Artists	Best New Female Artists
Supreme Team Beast MBLAQ Chungrim Taegoon	2NE1 After School T-ara 4Minute f(x)
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
2PM Big Bang Super Junior SG Wannabe SS501	Brown Eyed Girls Davichi Girls' Generation Jewelry Kara
Best OST	Best Dance
*SS501 – Because I'm Stupid (Boys Over Flowers)* Baek Ji-young – "Don't Forget" (Iris) Lee Seung-chul – "No More Love Like This" (Blue Love Story) T-max – "Paradise" (Boys Over Flowers) Tiffany – "I'm Alone" (Ja Myung Go)	Kara – "Honey" 2NE1 – "I Don't Care" 2PM – "Again & Again" Girls' Generation – "Gee" Super Junior – "Sorry, Sorry"
Best Male Solo Artist	Best Female Solo Artist
Tiger JK Rain Lee Seung-chul G-Dragon MC Mong	Baek Ji-young Bada Son Dam-bi Younha Chae Yeon
Best Ballad R&B	Best Rock
Kim Tae-woo – "Love Rain" Kim Jong-kook – "Today More Than Yesterday" Bobby Kim – "Love... That Guy" Park Hyo-shin – "After Love" Baek Ji-young – "Like Being Shot By A Bullet"	Boohwal – "Thought" Seo Taiji – "Juliet" Kiha & The Faces – "Living Without Incidents" Cherry Filter – "Pianissimo" F.T. Island – "I Wish"
Best Hip Hop	Best House & Electronic
Leessang – "Girl Who Can't Break Up, Guy Who Can't Leave" (ft. Jung-in) Dynamic Duo – "Guilty" Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger – "Monster" Outsider – "Loner" Epik High – "Wannabe" (ft. Mellow)	Brown Eyed Girls – "Abracadabra" Son Dam-bi – Saturday Night Clazziquai – "Love Again" 4Minute – "Muzik" G-Dragon – "Heartbreaker"
Best Trot	Best Mixed Gender Group
Hong Jin-young – "Love Battery" Seong Jin-yoo – "Fit Perfectly" Park Hyun-bin – "Brilliant Life" Wink – "Embarrassed" Joo Hyun-mi & Seohyun – "Jjarajajja"	8Eight Roo'ra Koyote Cool Clazziquai

Special awards

Best Asia Star Award: TVXQ (received by JYJ)
Best Asian Composer Award: Park Jin-young (JYP) – "Nobody"
Hall of Fame Award: Shim Soo-bong
Asia Recommended Award: AKB48; Lollipop F
Lyricist Award: Park Seon-ju – "Love Him" by Bobby Kim
Best Composition Award: Teddy – "Fire" & " I Don't Care"
Arrangement Award: Shinsadong Tiger – "Muzik"
Music Portal Mnet Award: 2NE1
Mobile Popularity Award: Super Junior
CGV Popularity Award: Super Junior
Oversea Viewers Award: Super Junior
Best Global Artist: The Pussycat Dolls
Best Global Performance: Lady Gaga

Multiple awards

Artist(s) with multiple wins

The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

Awards	Artist(s)
3	2NE1
2	2PM
2	Brown Eyed Girls

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

The following artist(s) received more than two nominations:

Nominations	Artist(s)
4	2NE1
3	Baek Ji-young
	G-Dragon
	2PM

Presenters

Jeong Ga-eun – Presenter of the award for Best New Male Artists
Davichi – Presenter of the award for Best New Female Artists
Baby V.O.X. – Introduced the 2nd wave
Julien Kang – VTR – Reported Trot and Hallyu Wave via MAMA News
Seo Young and Julien Kang – Presenters of the award for Best Trot
Lee Yong-Woo and Hyun Jyu-ni – Presenters of the award for Best Dance
Lee Sagan and Richard O'Neill – Presenters of Best Mixed Gender Group
Kim Jin-pyo – Presenter of the award for Best Hiphop
Nam Ji-hyun and Lee Seung-hyo – Presenters of the award for Best Rock
Park Han-byul – Presenter of the award for Asia Recommended Award (Japan)
Han Go-eun – Presenter of the award for Best House & Electronic
Yoon Jong-shin and Hareem – Presenters of the award for Best Ballad R&B
2NE1 and Supreme Team – Presenters of the award for Best Asia Star Award
Kang Ye-won and Yoo Young-seok – Presenters of Best Male Solo Artist
Park Han-byul and Hwihwang – Presenters of Best Female Solo Artist
Nicole Scherzinger – Introduced "Nobody Syndrome" (Best Asian Composer)
Koo Jun-yup and Junan – Introduced MAMA in Taiwan
Ming Dao, Wang Feifei, Sarah – Presenters of the award for Asia Recommended Award (China)
Lee Seung-yeon and CGV rep. Kang Seok-hee – Presenters of the award for Best Music Video
Baby V.O.X. – Presenters of the award for Best Female Group
Jin Goo – Presenter of the award for Best Male Group
Yoon Je-kyoon – Presenter of the award for Album of the Year
Kang Ho-dong – Presenter of the award for Song of the Year
Kwon Sang-woo – Presenter of the award for Artist of the Year
Tiger JK – Closing Remarks

Gallery

2009 MAMA gallery

2NE1
2NE1 performing
Kara walking the red carpet
Kara
4Minute
4Minute performing
Baek Ji-young
Hong Jin-young
Park Ji-yoon and Zhu Dan
Han Go-eun
Jeong Ga-eun
Seo Young
Ivy performing

Controversy

SM Entertainment and Inwoo Production boycotted the event on November 21, hence none of their artists attended the event. The latter company, representing trot singers Jang Yun-jeong and Park Hyun-bin, announced the boycott and questioned the fairness of the awards ceremony. Meanwhile, the former stated through a press release that they have reservation regarding the standard of fairness and criteria used in their selections, citing that Girls' Generation had topped a music chart for nine consecutive weeks but was never placed first place on their show and only debut on their charts a month after the album was released. They also asked that their artists be removed from a mobile poll which requires participants to pay a fee in order to vote saying they "do not want to see fans suffer any damage from the poll which has commercial intentions".^[7]

SS501 from DSP Media, Son Dam-bi and After School from Pledis Entertainment also did not attend the award ceremony but cited scheduling conflicts rather than boycott.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "MKMF goes into history" Asiae. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2012
^ ^a ^b "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part1" Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards part2" Archived December 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
^ "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards part3" Archived December 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
^ "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)". Asia Business Daily. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
^ "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards". Mnet. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
^ Kim, Jessica (November 3, 2009). "SM singers boycott Mnet music award". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
^ Park, Kun-ouc (November 4, 2009). "DSP plays down MAMA boycott rumor". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
^ Lynn, Kim (November 9, 2009). "Son Dambi, After School also not attending Mnet awards". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine official website

[changename-1] "MKMF goes into history" Asiae. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2012

[MAMA_pt1-2] "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part1" Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[3] "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards part2" Archived December 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 21, 2014.

[4] "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards part3" Archived December 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

[5] "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)". Asia Business Daily. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

[6] "2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards". Mnet. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

[7] Kim, Jessica (November 3, 2009). "SM singers boycott Mnet music award". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

[8] Park, Kun-ouc (November 4, 2009). "DSP plays down MAMA boycott rumor". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

[9] Lynn, Kim (November 9, 2009). "Son Dambi, After School also not attending Mnet awards". Asiae. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

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