If there is American Music Awards, there is also the 2010 M.net Asian Music Awards (MAMA). The Mnet Asian Music Awards is a major music awards show that is held annually in South Korea, but this year, for the first time in its history, the 2010 MAMA was held in Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel in Macau, on November 28, 2010. The award body was initially giving recognition mostly to Korean artists, but this year’s artist line up composed of music talents from South Korea, China, Taiwan, USA, etc. The voting was also opened to overseas fans.
Here are the winners (in bold) of the 2010 M.net Asian Music Awards:
Artist of the Year
2AM
2NE1
2PM
miss A
SNSD
Album of the Year
2AM – Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die
2NE1 – To Anyone
BoA – Hurricane Venus
Super Junior – BONAMANA
Taeyang – SOLAR
Song of the Year
2AM – “Won’t Let You Go Even If I Die”
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Female Rookie Award
G.NA
miss A
Nine Muses
Rainbow
SISTAR
Best Dance Performance – Male Group
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
B2ST – “SHOCK”
MBLAQ – “Y”
SHINee – “Lucifer”
Super Junior – “Bonamana”
Best Asia New Artist
iMe
Best Digital Single
MC Mong – “Hurt to Death”
Monday Kiz – “Spread Away”
Park Bom – “You and I”
Supreme Team – “Then Then THen”
Jung Yeob – “Without You”
Best Asian Pop Artist
Perfume
Female Group Award
2NE1
4minute
KARA
T-ara
SNSD
Male Singer Award
PSY
Se7en
Rain
Taeyang
Wheesung
Best Rap Performance
DJ Doc – “I’m This Kind of Person”
Epik High – “Run”
Outsider – “Acquaintance”
UV – “Sorry I’m Not Cool”
Supreme Team – “Dang Dang Dang”
Best Vocal Performance – Solo
K. Will – “Miss Miss Miss”
Gummy – “Because You’re A Man”
Seo In Young – “You Write It As Love and Call It Pain”
Jung In – “Hate”
Wheesung – “I Thought of Marriage”
Best Asia Artist
Zhang Jie
Male Group Award
2AM
2PM
B2ST
MBLAQ
Super Junior
Best Dance Performance – Solo
Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba”
Rain – “Love Song”
Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Taeyang – “I’ll be There”
Hyuna – “Change”
Best Band Performance
CNBlue – “Love”
FT Island – “Love Love Love”
Hot Potato – “Confession”
Boohwal – “Love Is”
TransFixion – “The Shouts of Reds”
Best Dance Performance – Female Group
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
4minute – “HUH!”
miss A – “Bad Girl Good Girl”
Secret – “Magic”
T-ara – “Bo Peep Bo Peep”
Best International Artist
Far East Movement
The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award
2PM
4minute
CNBlue
KARA
SNSD
Best Music Video
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
Epik High – “Run”
UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”
Ga-In – “Irreversible”
Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”
Female Singer Award
BoA
Gummy
Seo In Young
Son Dambi
Lee Hyori
Best R&B Group
Chemistry
Congrats to all the winners of the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

