2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards


The 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place on December 2, 2015, at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the sixth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea.
Nominees were announced on October 30, 2015. Leading the nominees and awards was Big Bang with six. By the end of the ceremony the group received four wins alongside Exo, the most received awards of the night.

Background

This event marked the seventeenth Mnet Asian Music Awards. It was simultaneously broadcast live in Korea, Japan, America, Southeast Asia through various channels as well as via online live streaming.
The event took place in the same country and the same venue for the third consecutive time. This year MAMA's theme/concept included "...fantastic stages through 'State of TechArt', a concept that combines cutting-edge technology and art."

Judging criteria

Eligible nominees included songs or albums released from October 26, 2014 until October 30 the next year. Winners will be selected based on six categories including online voting and evaluation from MAMA professional panel.

Winners and nominees

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

  • Exo - "Exodus"
  • * Big Bang – "Made"
  • * BTS – "The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1"
  • * Shinee – "Odd"
  • * Super Junior – "Devil"
    • Song of the YearBest Music Video

    • Big Bang – "Bang Bang Bang"
    • * Exo – "Call Me Baby"
    • * Zion.T – "Eat"
    • * Park Jin-young – "Who's Your Mama?"
    • * Taeyeon – "I"
  • Big Bang –
  • * f –
  • * Shinee –
  • * Wonder Girls –
  • * Infinite –
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Park Jin-young
  • * Zion.T
  • * Kyuhyun
  • * Jung Yong-hwa
  • * Jonghyun
  • Taeyeon
  • * BoA
  • * IU
  • * Ailee
  • * Hyuna
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • Exo
  • * Big Bang
  • * BTS
  • * Shinee
  • * Super Junior
  • * Shinhwa
  • Girls' Generation
  • * AOA
  • * Apink
  • * Miss A
  • * Sistar
  • * Wonder Girls
    • Best Dance Performance - Male GroupBest Dance Performance - Female Group
  • Shinee – "View"
  • * Big Bang – "Bang Bang Bang"
  • * Exo – "Call Me Baby"
  • * Got7 – "If You Do"
  • * VIXX – "Love Equation"
  • * Infinite – "Bad"
  • Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake"
  • * AOA – "Heart Attack"
  • * EXID – "Ah Yeah"
  • * Girl's Day – "Ring My Bell"
  • * Sistar – "Shake It"
  • * 4Minute – "Crazy"
    • Best Dance Performance - SoloBest Collaboration and Unit
  • Hyuna – "Roll Deep"
  • * Gain – "Paradise Lost"
  • * Niel – "Lovekiller"
  • * Park Jin-young – "Who's Your Mama?"
  • * Amber – "Shake that Brass"
  • Zion.T & Crush – "Just"
  • * Bastarz – "Zero for Conduct"
  • * VIXX LR – "Beautiful Liar"
  • * Soyou & Kwon Jung-yeol – "Lean on Me"
  • * Infinite H – "Pretty"
    • Best Vocal Performance - MaleBest Vocal Performance - Female
  • Zion.T – "Eat"
  • * SG Wannabe – "Love You"
  • * Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwamun"
  • * Im Chang-jung – "Love Again"
  • * Huh Gak – "Snow of April"
  • Ailee – "Mind Your Own Business"
  • * Davichi – "Cry Again"
  • * Mamamoo – "Um Oh Ah Yeh"
  • * Baek A-yeon – "Shouldn't Have"
  • * Taeyeon – "I"
    • Best Band PerformanceBest Rap Performance
  • CNBLUE – "Cinderella"
  • * F.T. Island – "Pray"
  • * Nell – "Green Nocturne"
  • * JJY Band – "OMG"
  • * Hyukoh – "Comes and Goes"
  • San E – "Me You"
  • * Gary – "Get Some Air"
  • * Dok2 – "I Will"
  • * Mad Clown – "Fire"
  • * Jay Park – "Mommae"
    • Best New Artist - MaleBest New Artist - Female
  • iKon
  • * N.Flying
  • * Monsta X
  • * Seventeen
  • * UP10TION
  • Twice
  • * CLC
  • * Lovelyz
  • * GFriend
  • * Oh My Girl

    • Special Awards">Mnet Asian Music Awards in the Special Awards Category">Special Awards

  • Next Generation Asian Artist – Monsta X
  • Best Asian Style – Exo
  • iQiYi Worldwide Favourite Artist – Big Bang
  • Best Asian Artist: Potato; Dong Nhi; RAN; Stefanie Sun; AKB48; Jolin Tsai
  • Sina Weibo Global Fan's Choice – Female: f
  • Sina Weibo Global Fan's Choice – Male: Exo
  • Best Producer: Park Jin-young; Phuc Bo; Gao Xiaosong
  • Best Engineer: Ko Hyun-jong; Lupo Groinig; Yoshinori Nakayama
  • Best Live Entertainment: In Jae-jin; Wu Qun Da; Vit Suthitnavil
  • Worldwide Inspiration Award – Pet Shop Boys
  • Best World Performer – BTS

    Multiple wins

    • The following artist received two or more wins :
    AwardsArtist
    3Big Bang
    2Exo
    2Zion.T

    Multiple nominations

    The following artist received two or more nominations :
    AwardsArtist
    6Big Bang
    5Shinee
    5Exo
    5Zion.T
    3Park Jin-young
    3Taeyeon
    3Infinite
    2Girls' Generation
    2BTS
    2AOA
    2Sistar
    2Kyuhyun
    2VIXX
    2Ailee
    2Super Junior
    2Wonder Girls
    2Hyuna

    Presenters

    Performers