Winners from the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards



On November 30th, Mnet hosted its 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.

The preliminaries were conducted through the evaluation of judges and other music affiliates using data from album sales and song rankings from music sites.

The final judging is “based on viewer votes (Internet, mobile), expert panel evaluations, expert research of preference, album sales, digital combined charts (song sales), and evaluation by the selection committee.”

The winners for the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards are:


Best New Female Artist - Ailee

Best Dance Performance Solo - Psy

Best Male Group - Big Bang

Best Female Group - SISTAR

Best Collaboration Performance - Troublemaker

Mnet PD’s Choice - B.A.P

Best Asian Artist - Wang Leehom

Best Asian Artist Japan - AKB48

Best Asian Artist Philippines - Sarah Geronimo

Best Asian Artist Vietnam - My Tam

Best Dance Performance Male Group - SHINee

Best Dance Performance Female Group - f(x)

Best Vocal Performance Solo - K.Will

Best Vocal Performance Group - Davichi

International Favorite Artist - Psy

Best OST - Seo In Guk & A-Pink's Eunji (“All For You”)

Best Asian Artist Singapore - Taufik Batisah

Best Asian Artist Indonesia - Agnes Monica

Best Female Artist - IU

Best Band Performance - Busker Busker

Best Music Video - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)

Best Asian Artist (China) - Li Yuchun

New Asian Artist (China) - TimeZ

New Asian Artist (Thailand) - Natthew

New Asian Artist Group - EXO

Style in Music - Ga-In

Best Rap Performance - Epik High

Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer - Big Bang

Best Male Artist - G-Dragon

Best Line - Super Junior

Best Global Group Female - KARA

Best Global Group Male - Super Junior

Artist of the Year - Big Bang

Album of the Year - Super Junior (‘Sexy, Free & Single’)

Song of the Year - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)


Congratulations to all the winners!