2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards


The 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the seventh consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea and the 18th ceremony in the show's history.
Nominees were announced on October 28, 2016 through the 2016 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. Leading the awards was Exo with 3.

Background

MAMA 2016 was the eighteenth edition of the Mnet Asian Music Awards. It was simultaneously broadcast live in South Korea, Japan, the United States and Southeast Asia. In Sri Lanka and Thailand, it was made available to stream on Iflix 24 hours after its broadcast in South Korea. This marked the fifth consecutive time the event would take place in the same country and the fourth consecutive time to be held in the same venue.
However, MAMA 2016 has the lowest TV ratings since 2009 edition.

Judging criteria

Eligible nominees included songs and/or albums released from October 31, 2015 until October 27 the next year. Winners would 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.
Following the announcement of the nominees on October 28, online voting opened on the official MAMA website via PC and mobile web. The voting ended on December 1, 2016.
Artist of the Year
Album of the Year

  • Exo – Ex'Act
  • * Twice – Page Two
  • * BTS – Wings
  • * Seventeen – Love & Letter
  • * Shinee – 1 of 1
    • Song of the YearBest Music Video

    • Twice – "Cheer Up"
    • * Exo – "Monster"
    • * BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears"
    • * GFriend – "Rough"
    • * Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me"
  • Blackpink – "Whistle"
  • * Dean – "Bonnie & Clyde"
  • * Gain – "Carnival "
  • * BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears"
  • * Wonder Girls – "Why So Lonely"
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Zico
  • * Park Hyo Shin
  • * Psy
  • * Im Chang-jung
  • * Crush
  • Taeyeon
  • * Baek A-yeon
  • * Ailee
  • * Lee Hi
  • * Jung Eunji
    • Best Male GroupBest Female Group
  • Exo
  • * iKon
  • * BTS
  • * Block B
  • * Shinee
  • * Infinite
  • Twice
  • * Red Velvet
  • * Mamamoo
  • * GFriend
  • * Wonder Girls
    • Best Dance Performance – Male GroupBest Dance Performance – Female Group
  • BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears"
  • * Exo – "Monster"
  • * Got7 – "Hard Carry"
  • * Monsta X – "All In"
  • * VIXX – "Fantasy"
  • * Seventeen – "Pretty U"
  • GFriend – "Rough"
  • * AOA – "Good Luck"
  • * Twice – "Cheer Up"
  • * Red Velvet – "Russian Roulette"
  • * Sistar – "I Like That"
    • Best Dance Performance – SoloBest Collaboration
  • Taemin – "Press Your Number"
  • * Luna – "Free Somebody"
  • * Jun Hyoseong – "Find Me"
  • * Tiffany – "I Just Wanna Dance"
  • * HyunA – "How's This?"
  • Suzy & Baekhyun – "Dream"
  • * MOBB – "HIT ME"
  • * Park Kyung & Eunha – "Inferiority Complex"
  • * BoA & Beenzino – "No Matter What"
  • * Eric Nam & Wendy – "Spring Love"
    • Best Vocal Performance – GroupBest OST
  • Davichi – "Beside Me"
  • * Mamamoo – "You're the Best"
  • * Beast – "Ribbon"
  • * BTOB – "Remember That"
  • * Urban Zakapa – "I Don't Love You"
  • Lee Juck – "Don't Worry"
  • * Gummy – "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds"
  • * DAVICHI – "This Love"
  • * Ben – "Like a Dream"
  • * Jang Beom June – "Reminiscence"
    • Best Vocal Performance – Male SoloBest Vocal Performance – Female Solo
  • Crush – "Don't Forget" featuring Taeyeon
  • * Dean – "D "
  • * Eric Nam – "Good For You"
  • * Im Chang-jung – "The Love That I Committed"
  • * Jang Beom June – "Fallen in Love "
  • Ailee – "If You"
  • * Baek A-yeon – "So-So"
  • * Baek Yerin – "Across The Universe"
  • * Jung Eunji – "Hopefully Sky"
  • * Taeyeon – "Rain"
    • Best Band PerformanceBest Rap Performance
  • CNBLUE – "You're So Fine"
  • * 10cm – "What The Spring??"
  • * DAY6 – "Letting Go"
  • * FTISLAND – "Take Me Now"
  • * Guckkasten – "Pulse"
  • C Jamm & BewhY – "Puzzle"
  • * Gary – "Lonely Night"
  • * DOK2 – "1llusion"
  • * San E & Mad Clown – "Sour Grapes"
  • * Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me"
    • Best New Artist – MaleBest New Artist – Female
  • NCT 127
  • * SF9
  • * Astro
  • * KNK
  • * Pentagon
  • I.O.I'''
  • * Blackpink
  • * Gugudan
  • * Bolbbalgan4
  • * Cosmic Girls

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

  • World Performer Award: Seventeen
  • iQIYI Worldwide Favourite Artist: Got7
  • Best of Next Male Artist Award: Monsta X
  • Best of Next Female Artist Award: Blackpink
  • Best Producer: Black Eyed Pilseung
  • Best Visual & Art Director: Min Hee Jin
  • Best Choreographer: J.Da Apissara Phetruengrong
  • Best Promoter: Masahiro Hikada
  • Best Executive Producer: Bang Si Hyuk
  • Best International Producer: Timbaland
  • Best Engineer: Tanaka Hironobu
  • Inspired Achievement: Quincy Jones
  • Best Asian Style: Exo
  • Best Asian Artist: Getsunova; Noo Phuoc Thinh; Isyana Sarasvati; JJ Lin; Sekai no Owari; Hua Chenyu

    Multiple nominations

    • The following artist received two or more nominations :
    NominationsArtist
    6-
    6Exo
    6BTS
    5-
    5Twice
    4GFriend
    4Taeyeon
    4Zico
    2Ailee
    2Baek A-yeon
    2Blackpink
    2Crush
    2Davichi
    2Dean
    2Eric Nam
    2Im Chang-jung
    2Jang Beom June
    2Jung Eun-ji
    2Mamamoo
    2Red Velvet
    2Wonder Girls

    Presenters and performers

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

    Presenters

    Performers