2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards
The 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards 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", 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. 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.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.| Album of the Year | Artist of the Year |
| |
| Song of the Year | Best Music Video |
| Best New Male Artists | Best New Female Artists |
| Best Male Group | Best Female Group |
| Best OST | Best Dance |
| Best Male Solo Artist | Best Female Solo Artist |
| Best Ballad R&B | Best Rock |
| Best Hiphop | Best House & Electronic |
| Best Trot | Best Mixed Gender Group |
- Best Asia Star Award: TVXQ
- Best Asian Composer: Park Jin-young - "Nobody"
- Hall of Fame Award: Shim Soo-bong
- Asia Recommended Award: AKB48; Lollipop F
- Lyricist Award: Park Seon-ju - "Love Him" by Bobby Kim
- Composer 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
Multiple awards
Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist received two or more wins :| Awards | Artist |
| 3 | 2NE1 |
| 2 | 2PM |
| 2 | Brown Eyed Girls |
Artist(s) with multiple nominations
The following artist received more than two nominations:| Nominations | Artist |
| 4 | 2NE1 |
| 3 | Baek Ji-young |
| 3 | G-Dragon |
| 3 | 2PM |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.Presenters
Performers
Controversy
Boycott
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".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.