2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards


The 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 29, 2011, at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The ceremony was the second Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea, the first being in 2010 when the ceremony took place in Macau, China.
Super Junior won three awards, the most of the night, including Album of the Year for Mr. Simple, Best Male Group, and the special Singapore's Choice Award. Girls' Generation, 2NE1, and Baek Ji-young each won two awards.

Background

The event marked the thirteenth of the annual music awards. With its slogan "Music Makes One", MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as in the US and Canada. It was co-hosted by Singapore broadcaster MediaCorp.
Artists Kim Hyun Joong, Beast, Miss A, Hyuna, Leessang, Koda Kumi, Vision Wei, Aziatix, Jane Zhang, and Seo In Young all won awards during the televised broadcast. On the other hand, Big Bang, CN Blue, and IU also won awards, but were not able to attend the ceremony. In total, there were twenty-five awards, including awards not given out during the broadcast of the awards ceremony. International artists are also seen with their greetings on screen including Namcha, Sodagreen, Nicholas Teo, Leo Ku, Natthew, Kwon Sang-woo, Jackie Chan, Quincy Jones, Joey Yung, Golf, Penny Tai, Eason Chan, Lollipop F, and Derrick Hoh.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Album of the Year
Artist of the Year

  • Super Junior - Mr. Simple
  • *TVXQ - Keep Your Head Down
  • * Big Bang - Tonight
  • * Girls' Generation - The Boys
  • * 2NE1 - 2NE1 Mini Album
  • Girls' Generation
  • *Beast
  • * Big Bang
  • * IU
  • * 2NE1
  • Song of the Year
    Best Music Video
  • 2NE1 - "I Am the Best"
  • * Leessang - "Turned off the TV"
  • * Baek Ji-young - "That Woman"
  • * Beast - "Fiction"
  • * IU - "Good Day"
  • Big Bang - "Love Song"
  • * Brown Eyed Girls - "Sixth Sense"
  • * Jang Kiha and The Faces - "Just Know Each Other"
  • * Sunny Hill - "Midnight Circus"
  • * UV - "Itaewon Freedom"
  • Best Male Solo ArtistBest Female Solo Artist
  • Kim Hyun-joong
  • * Kim Bum-soo
  • * Kim Tae-woo
  • * Sung Si-kyung
  • * Wheesung
  • Baek Ji-young
  • * Kim Wan-sun
  • * Seo In-young
  • * IU
  • * G.NA
  • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • Super Junior
  • * TVXQ
  • * Beast
  • * Big Bang
  • * 2PM
  • Girls' Generation
  • * Brown Eyed Girls
  • * KARA
  • * 2NE1
  • * f
  • Best Vocal Performance - GroupBest Vocal Performance - Solo
  • 2NE1 - "Lonely"
  • * Davichi - "Don't Say Goodbye"
  • * SISTAR19 - "Ma Boy"
  • * 2AM - "You Wouldn't Answer My Calls"
  • * 4Men - "Once While Living"
  • IU - "Good Day"
  • * Huh Gak - "Hello"
  • * K.Will - "My Heart Beating"
  • * Kim Gun-mo - "Today is More Sad Than Yesterday"
  • * Lee Hyun - "You are the Best of My Life"
  • Best Dance Performance - Male GroupBest Dance Performance - Female Group
  • Beast - "Fiction"
  • * TVXQ - "Keep Your Head Down"
  • * Big Bang - "Tonight"
  • * Super Junior - "Mr. Simple"
  • * MBLAQ - "Mona Lisa"
  • * Infinite - "Be Mine"
  • Miss A - "Good Bye Baby"
  • * Girls' Generation - "The Boys"
  • * Secret - "Shy Boy"
  • * T-ara - "Roly-Poly"
  • * 4Minute - "Mirror Mirror"
  • * 2NE1 - "I Am the Best"
  • Best Dance Performance - SoloBest Band Performance
  • Hyuna - "Bubble Pop!"
  • * Kim Hyun-joong - "Break Down"
  • * Jay Park - "Abandoned"
  • * Jang Woo-hyuk - "Time is over"
  • * G.NA - "Black And White"
  • CN Blue - "Intuition"
  • * F.T. Island - "Hello Hello"
  • * Jang Kiha and The Faces - "Just Know Each Other"
  • * Jaurim - "Idol"
  • * YB - "Find the guy that dreams take away"
  • Best OSTBest Rap Performance
  • Baek Ji-young - "That Woman"
  • * IU - "Someday"
  • * Yim Jae-bum - "Love"
  • * Taeyeon - "Love You"
  • * Huh Gak - "Please Don't Forget Me"
  • Leessang - "Turn Of The TV"
  • * Mighty Mouth - "Tok Tok"
  • * Clover - "La Vida Loca"
  • * Tablo - "Bad"
  • * Simon D - "Cheerz"
  • Best New Male ArtistsBest New Female Artists
  • Huh Gak
  • * Kim Ji-soo
  • * Boyfriend
  • * N-Train
  • * B1A4
  • A-Pink
  • * Dal★Shabet
  • * Brave Girls
  • * Jaein Jang
  • * Han Groo
  • ;Special awards

    Artist(s) with multiple wins

    The following artist received two or more wins :
    AwardsArtist
    2Super Junior
    2Girls' Generation
    22NE1
    2Baek Ji-young
    2-

    Artist(s) with multiple nominations

    The following artist received more than two nominations:
    NominationsArtist
    62NE1
    5Big Bang
    5IU
    4Girls' Generation
    4Beast
    3Super Junior
    3TVXQ
    3Baek Ji-young
    3Huh Gak

    Presenters and performers

    The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.

    Presenters

    Performers