MAMA Awards 2022 day 1: Here's full list of winners

It is the awards season, and the Mnet Asian Music Awards, aka MAMA Awards, started their event on November 29. Scheduled for two days, the event honours the most famous names in the music industry of South Korea.

The event’s venue is Kyocera Dome Osaka. Jeon Somi is this year’s host, and she also presented the first set of awards. Somi is a famous Korean singer and former member of I.O.I.

BTS were the major winners of the ceremony. They won the prestigious Yogibo Worldwide Icon of the Year Award. This marks their continued win streak in the category since it was introduced in 2018. Besides the worldwide icon award, B.T.S. also won in the category of Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10.


The Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 category also featured the only female group, BLACKPINK as the winner, while the other nine groups were all boy bands.

Other winners in different categories on the first day of the awards ceremony are listed below –

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 – Winners

• Stray Kids
• TREASURE
• SEVENTEEN
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• PSY
• GOT7
• NCT DREAM
• BTS
• ENHYPEN
• BLACKPINK

Favourite New Artists – Winners

• IVE
• NMIXX
• LE SSERAFIM
• Kep1er

Favourite Asian Artist – Winner

• J01

Yogibo Chill Artist – Winner

• Stray Kids

The remaining categories and their respective winners will be announced on November 30, the concluding day of the ceremony.

F.A.Q.s

• What are MAMA Awards?
MAMA Awards are the most prestigious awards ceremony in South Korea.

• Who are the BTS?
The BTS is a South Korean boy band.

• When were the nominations announced?
The nominations were announced last month.