2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards


The 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 22, 2013, at AsiaWorld-Arena in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the fourth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea
Nominations were announced on October 23, 2013. Leading the nominees was Cho Yong-pil with six, followed by Psy, G-Dragon, and Girls' Generation with five nominations each. By the end of the ceremony, G-Dragon received the most wins with four awards, which includes the daesang award "Artist of the Year

Background

This event marked the fifteenth Mnet Asian Music Awards. Using its slogan "Music Makes One" for the third consecutive time, MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as around the world.
This is the first time that the three daesang awards were presented separately. The first daesang, the song of the year award, was given at the end of the first block, the second daesang, the artist of the year award, was given at the end of the second block, and the third daesang, the album of the year award was given at the finale. After the last daesang award was given, Stevie Wonder performed.

Winners and nominees

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

  • EXO – XOXO
  • * G-Dragon – Coup D'Etat
  • * Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy
  • * Shinee – Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
  • * Cho Yong-pil - Hello
  • G-Dragon
  • *EXO
  • *Girls' Generation
  • *Psy
  • *Cho Yong-pil
    • Song of the Year
    		Best Music Video
  • Cho Yong-pil – "Bounce"
  • * Busker Busker – "First Love"
  • * Girls' Generation – "I Got a Boy"
  • * Psy – "Gentleman"
  • * Crayon Pop – "Bar Bar Bar"
  • G-Dragon – "Coup D'Etat"
  • * Busker Busker – "First Love"
  • * Psy – "Gentleman"
  • * Lee Seung-chul – "My Love"
  • * Cho Yong-pil – "Hello"
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • G-Dragon
  • * Psy
  • * Lee Seung-gi
  • * Lee Seung-chul
  • * Cho Yong-pil
  • Lee Hyori
  • * Baek Ji-young
  • * Sunmi
  • * IU
  • * Ailee
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • Infinite
  • * EXO
  • * Shinee
  • * Shinhwa
  • * Teen Top
  • Girls' Generation
  • * 2NE1
  • * Sistar
  • * f
  • * 4Minute
    • Best Dance Performance - Male GroupBest Dance Performance - Female Group
  • EXO – "Growl"
  • * B1A4 – "What's Going On"
  • * Beast – "Shadow"
  • * Shinee – "Dream Girl"
  • * Infinite – "Man In Love"
  • Sistar – "Give It to Me"
  • * Girl's Day – "Expectation"
  • * Girls' Generation – "I Got a Boy"
  • * Crayon Pop – "Bar Bar Bar"
  • * 4Minute – "What's Your Name?"
    • Best Dance Performance - Male SoloBest Dance Performance - Female Solo
  • G-Dragon – "Crooked"
  • * Jay Park – "Joah"
  • * Seungri – "Gotta Talk To U"
  • * Psy – "Gentleman"
  • * Yang Yo-seob – "Caffeine"
  • CL – "The Baddest Female"
  • * G.NA – "Oops!"
  • * Seo In-young – "Please Love Me"
  • * Sunmi – "24 Hours"
  • * Lee Hyori – "Bad Girls"
    • International Favorite ArtistBest Band Performance
  • Ylvis
  • * no nominees announced
  • Busker Busker – "First Love"
  • * CN Blue – "I'm Sorry"
  • * Nell – "Ocean Of Light"
  • * DickPunks – "Viva Primavera"
  • * Jaurim – "Twenty Five, Twenty One"
    • Best Vocal Performance - MaleBest Vocal Performance - Female
  • Lee Seung-gi – "Return"
  • * 2AM – "One Spring Day"
  • * Cho Yong-pil – "Bounce"
  • * K.Will – "Love Blossom"
  • * Lee Seung-chul – "My Love"
  • Ailee – "U&I"
  • * Davichi – "Turtle"
  • * Lyn – "Breakable Heart"
  • * IU – "The Red Shoes"
  • * Lee Hi – "1,2,3,4"
    • Best OSTBest Rap Performance
  • Yoon Mi-rae – "Touch Love"
  • *Davichi – "Don't You Know"
  • *Jung Yup – "Why Did You Come Now?"
  • *Suzy – "Don't Forget Me"
  • *The One – "Winter Love"
  • Dynamic Duo – "BAAAM"
  • * MFBTY – "Sweet Dream"
  • * Geeks – "Wash Away"
  • * Baechigi – "Shower of Tears"
  • * Verbal Jint – "If It Ain't Love"
    • Best New Male ArtistBest New Female Artist
  • Roy Kim
  • *BTS
  • *Bumkey
  • *Jung Joon-young
  • *Yoo Seung-woo
  • Crayon Pop
  • * Kim Ye-lim
  • * Ladies' Code
  • * Yoo Sung-eun
  • * Lee Hi
    • ;Special Awards

    Artist(s) with multiple wins

    The following artist received two or more wins :
    AwardsArtist
    4G-Dragon

    Artist(s) with multiple nominations

    The following artist received three or more nominations :
    AwardsArtist
    6Cho Yong-pil
    5G-Dragon
    5Girls' Generation
    5Psy
    4EXO
    3Shinee
    3Crayon Pop
    3Lee Seung-chul
    3Busker Busker

    Presenters and performers

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

    Presenters

    Performers

    Broadcasts