‘2022 MAMA AWARDS’, the World’s No.1 K-POP awards, wrapped up its two-night ceremony bringing to the global audience historic moments in music. The first day of the ceremony was themed ‘The world we build together’ and was hosted by singer JEON SOMI. The second day was hosted by actor Park Bo-gum, former host for the awards show for three consecutive years from 2017-2019, presenting the night of “We are K-POP”.
See below some of the highlights of today’s show and the full list of winners of the two-night show.
1. 2022 MAMA AWARDS WINNERS (Full list)
| Award Category | Winner |
| MAMA Platinum | BTS |
| Yogibo Artist of the Year | BTS |
| Yogibo Song of the Year | IVE |
| Yogibo Album of the Year | BTS |
| Yogibo Worldwide Icon of the Year | BTS |
| Best New Male Artist | Xdinary Heroes |
| Best New Female Artist | IVE |
| Best Male Group | BTS |
| Best Female Group | BLACKPINK |
| Best Male Artist | Lim Young Woong |
| Best Female Artist | NAYEON (TWICE) |
| Best Dance Performance Solo | PSY |
| Best Dance Performance Male Group | SEVENTEEN |
| Best Dance Performance Female Group | IVE |
| Best Vocal Performance Solo | TAEYEON |
| Best Vocal Performance Group | BIGBANG |
| Best Band Performance | Xdinary Heroes |
| Best Hip Hop & Urban Music | Jay Park |
| Best Collaboration | PSY |
| Best OST | MeloMance |
| Best Music Video | BLACKPINK – Pink Venom |
| Worldwide Fans’ Choice | BLACKPINKBTSENHYPENGOT7NCT DREAMPSYSEVENTEENStray KidsTOMORROW X TOGETHERTREASURE |
| Favorite Female Group | (G)I-DLE |
| Favorite New Artist | IVEKep1erLE SSERAFIMNMIXX |
| Favorite Asian Artist | JO1 |
| Inspiring Achievement | JAURIM |
| Global Music Trend Leader | ZICO |
| The Most Popular Male Artist | j-hope |
| The Most Popular Group | Stray Kids |
| Breakout Producer | Min Hee Jin (NewJeans) |
| Yogibo Chill Artist | Stray Kids |
| bibigo Culture & Style | j-hope |
2. 2022 MAMA AWARDS : PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS / ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
The second day performers were as follows: Tiger JK, Jung Jaeil, JAURIM, ZICO, j-hope, Lim Young Woong, 3RACHA, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, TREASURE, ENHYPEN, NiziU, INI, IVE, TEMPEST, NewJeans, Monika (Order of debut)
– The second night was opened with the spectacular performance from Jung Jae Il (multi-award-winner composer behind ‘Parasite’ and ‘Squid Game’) X Tiger JK X 3RACHA (Stray Kids) “MUSIC MAKES ONE”
– AR effects brought to life iconic stages including IVE “ELEVEN” and TREASURE’s “VolKno+JIKJIN+HELLO”
– The night was packed with collaboration performances that can be seen only at MAMA AWARDS – (G)I-DLE X JAURIM’s joint stage delivering the hit songs “TOMBOY and Beeswax angel,” INI X NiziU’s cover of “Snow Flower” and “CLAP”
– MAMA AWARDS also offered many “FIRSTS” – the first performance of ITZY’s latest release “Cheshire” and the first broadcasted performance of j-hope’s “MORE + Arson”
Meanwhile, BTS was awarded ‘MAMA PLATINUM’, an award given to an artist who was crowned with the four main MAMA AWARDS: ‘Worldwide Icon of the Year’, ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Album of the Year’. BTS, who achieved the honors for three consecutive years(2019~2021). MAMA AWARD recognized BTS as the one and only artist who created a global cultural phenomenon beyond K-POP, making a breakthrough in pop culture of the 21c. j-hope said “This is an especially meaningful award for us that will remain in our minds forever” as he accepted the award. j-hope called fellow member Jin who added “I’m really thankful that we were able to receive such an honorable award.”
