| 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | December 10, 2018 (Premiere) December 12, 2018 (Fans' Choice) December 14, 2018 (Main Show) |
| Location | South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong |
| Hosted by | South Korea: Jung Hae-in Japan: Park Bo-gum Hong Kong: Song Joong-ki |
| Most awards | BTS (9) |
| Website | 2018mama |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks, YouTube, Vlive |
| Runtime | Korea: 150 minutes (Main event) Japan: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 220 (Main event) Hong Kong: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 280 (Main event) |
The 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from December 10 through December 14, 2018 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. The ceremony was the first Mnet Asian Music Awards hosted in South Korea in nine years, the 20th ceremony in the show's history[a], and the second ceremony which took place in three locations.[1] This was also the first ceremony broadcast worldwide online via YouTube. The three days event generated over 50 million messages sent on Twitter.[2]
Four Grand Prizes (Daesangs) were given throughout the ceremonies; The inaugural Worldwide Icon of the Year is given alongside Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.
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- ^ "Annual Mnet music festival to open in S. Korea, Japan, Hong Kong". Yonhap News Agency. August 29, 2018.
- ^ "2018 MAMA drove global conversation with nearly 56 million Tweets". blog.twitter.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.