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All the winners at the 2022 MAMA

By Jashley Ann Cruz

The 2022 MAMA awardees are finally out! In case you didn't know, the MAMA or Mnet Asian Music Awards is a major music awards ceremony held yearly to recognize the outstanding achievements in the K-pop and Asian music industry.

This year, the highly-anticipated awards show commenced at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on November 29 and 30, 2022. The two-night event was both filled with awardees and performances from numerous K-pop acts. K-pop boy group BTS bagged the most number of Daesang (Grand Prize) awards during the two-night event and was the first K-pop group to receive the special MAMA Platinum award.

Check out the full list of winners below:

MAMA Platinum: BTS
Yogibo Artist of the Year: BTS
Yogibo Song of the Year: LOVE DIVE by IVE
Yogibo Album of the Year: Proof by 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 - That That (prod. & feat. SUGA of BTS)
Best Dance Performance Male Group: SEVENTEEN - HOT
Best Dance Performance Female Group: IVE - LOVE DIVE
Best Vocal Performance Solo: TAEYEON - INVU
Best Vocal Performance Group: BIGBANG - Still Life
Best Band Performance: Xdinary Heroes - Happy Death Day
Best Hip Hop & Urban Music: Jay Park - GANADARA (Feat. IU)
Best Collaboration: PSY - That That (prod. & feat. SUGA of BTS)
Best OST: MeloMance - Love, Maybe (Business Proposal OST)
Best Music Video: BLACKPINK - Pink Venom
Worldwide Fans' Choice: BLACKPINK, BTS, SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN, GOT7, NCT DREAM, PSY, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and TREASURE
Favorite Female Group: (G)I-DLE
Favorite New Artist: IVE, Kep1er, LE SSERAFIM, and NMIXX
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

Congratulations to all the winners!

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