so…the nominees are out. who will win and what will be the controversies?? to be honest, 90% of the artists nominated don’t deserve their nominations. kpop is forever ruined by idols. i miss the good old days when there were actually good songs out. oh how i miss the year 2006. that was a good year for kpop.
And the awards and nominees are….
Daesang Award
Singer of the Year
Song of the Year
Album of the Year
Male Group Award
2AM
2PM
B2ST
MBLAQ
Super Junior
Female Group Award
2NE1
4minute
KARA
T-ara
SNSD
Male Singer Award
PSY
Se7en
Rain
Taeyang
Wheesung
Female Singer Award
BoA
Gummy
Seo In Young
Son Dambi
Lee Hyori
Male Rookie Award
CNBlue
Infinite
Teen Top
Seo In Guk
ZE:A
Female Rookie Award
G.NA
miss A
Nine Muses
Rainbow
SISTAR
Best Music Video Picture
2NE1 – “Can’t Nobody”
Epik High – “Run”
UV – “Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”
Ga-In – “Can’t Turn Back”
Taeyang – “I’ll Be There”
Best Dance Performance – Solo
Narsha – “Bbiri Bbabba”
Rain – “The Song That’ll Hold YOu Back”
Lee Hyori – “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Taeyang – “I’ll be There”
Hyuna – “Change”
Best Dance Performance – Male Group
2PM – “I’ll Be Back”
B2ST – “SHOCK”
MBLAQ – “Y”
SHINee – “Lucifer”
Super Junior – “Bonamana”
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 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 Vocal Performance – Group
2AM – “Can’t Send You Even if I Die”
4men – “Can’t”
8Eight – “Break Up Is Coming”
Vibe – “Come Back”
Davichi – “Time Please Stop”
Best Band Performance
CNBlue – “Love”
FT Island – “Love Love Love”
Hot POtato – “Confession”
Boohwal – “Love Is”
TransFixion – “Shouts of Reds”
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 Collaboration
Homme – “Eating Well”
Ga-In/Jo Kwon – “We Fell In Love”
Seo Young Eun/Jung Yeob – “This Pitiful Word”
IU/Seulong – “Nagging”
Sung Shi Kyung/IU – “It’s You”
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”
The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award
2PM
4minute
CNBlue
KARA
SNSD
SE7EN is back!!!! YAY!! 4 long years is finally over!
After spending 3-4 years in the US, Se7en is finally making a comeback this spring/summer, according to YG. Note: take YG with a grain of salt but I’m 100% sure Se7en will be making a comeback this year!
I’ve been an avid fan of Se7en for years now and being the fan I am, I actually followed his so called “US debut”. Some of you may call it a failure, but I call it the beginning. It’s been hard not only on the fans, but on Se7en as well. The pressure he’s had, the loneliness (but Park Han Byul visited him for a while), and the constant “fail to attract fans”. When YG signed with RQM, I knew the debut would be a failure and it was just sad seeing Se7en go from a superstar in Korea to a nobody and someone who people hated, because they had no patience to his see his achievements. You don’t turn into a superstar in one day, especially in the US market, which is the hardest to break into!
For his upcoming comeback, I hope to see an even better Se7en, a new side of Se7en, some crazy music, some crazy dance moves by Shaun & Aimee ^^ and an album that is better than the already awesome ones he’s had! Oh..and maybe a Wahjoh Part 3 (aka Come Back to Me Pt. 3)! I also hope he includes the songs he had “unofficially” released for his US debut…aka Money Can’t Buy Me Love, Scandalous, You’ve Got Me & La La La English version!!
Rain also failed to make a boom in the US music industry but, he did kinda make his name in Hollywood, despite low ratings in the movies he’s starred in (Speed Racer & Ninja Assassin). Honestly, I wasn’t quite a fan of his but, I did like some of his songs and the I’m Coming album!
He will be releasing a mini album in April and then a special album in October.
With Sunmi gone and Hyerim in, Wonder Girls are gonna continue on with their international fame. The girls will be releasing a new album in April in the US but will use it to help promote them in Korea, China and the US.
It’s sad to see Sunmi gone, but we all need to move on. It’s still odd to see Hyerim in the group and it feels like something is missing when I don’t see Sunmi with them =(
Epik High will be coming out with a new album on March 9th, titled Epilogue! Don’t take the album title too seriously…it’s not really the end of Epik High…I think it’s more like the end of a chapter in their life and the start of a new one, since DJ Tukutz will be back in 2011 and Tablo’s wifewill be giving birth soon…hopefully next month or in April!
and the winners for this year’s MAMA awards (or MKMF if you still perfer it that way) are….
nominations are listed after in square ([]) brackets.
Newcomer (Male): Supreme Team [BEAST, MBLAQ, Chung Lim, Taegoon] Newcomer (Female): 2NE1 [After School, T-Ara, 4Minute, f(x)] Trot: Hong Jin Young [Gyeon Miri, Park Hyun Bin, Seong Jin Yoo, Joo Hyun Mi & Seo Hyun] Dance: Kara (Honey) [2NE1 - I Don't Care, 2PM - Again & Again, SNSD - Gee, Super Junior - Sorry Sorry] Mixed Group: 8eight [Roo'Ra, Koyote, Cool, Clazziquai] Hip Hop: Leessang [Dynamic Duo, Drunken Tiger, Epik High, Outsider] Rock: BuHwal [Seo Taiji, Jang Gi Ha & the Faces, Cherry Filter, FT Island] Asian Recommend: AKB48 (Japan) House and Electronic: Brown Eyed Girls(Abracadabra) [Son Dambi - , Clazziquai, 4Minute, G-Dragon] Ballad/R&B: Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain) [Kim Jong Kook, Bobby Kim, Park Hyo Shin, Baek Ji Young] OST: [Baek Ji Young - IRIS, Lee Seung Chul – Blue Love Story, T-Max - BOF, SS501 - BOF, Tiffany - JaMyungGo] Best Asian Star: TVXQ Male Artist: Drunken Tiger [Rain, Lee Seung Chul, G-Dragon, MC Mong] Female Artist: Baek Ji Young [Bada, Son Dambi, Younha, Chae Yeon] Asian Composer: JYP Asian Recommend: Lollipop (Taiwan) (o.O they wrote China not Taiwan!) MV: 2NE1 (Fire) [Leessang, Bada, Seo Taiji, DNG] Female Group: Brown Eyed Girl [Davichi, SNSD, Jewelry, KARA] Male Group: 2PM [Big Bang, Super Junior, SG Wannabe, SS501] Hall of Fame: Shim Soo Bong Album of the Year: G-Dragon (Heartbreaker) Song of the Year: 2NE1 (I Don’t Care) Artist of the Year: 2PM (online awards)
Music Portal Mnet Award – 2NE1
CGV Popularity Award: Super Junior
Overseas Viewer Award: Super Junior
Mobile Popularity Award: Super Junior
Director of Music Video Award: Hong Won Ki
the awards were based on the album sales and album charts from 15th October 2008 till 22nd October 2009
i’m still trying to find the whole nomination list…some of the awards disappeared after the show…like OST…i don’t know who won that…and some appeared…like best asian star, asian composer, asian recommends, hall of fame.
before you guys rant about deserving/not deserving awards…please keep in mind that not all nominated artists did not attend…therefore they did not get the award they deserve. in my opinion, there were a few artists that deserved their awards more than others. but boo hoo…that’s mnet and rigged awards for us! but this year, it was not as biased as last year. not as much drama either =)
i wished Jay could’ve been there with 2PM to accept their awards!
and yes..SM did boycott the awards so none of their artists showed up, EXCEPT for three of TVXQ (Jaejoong, Yoochun & Junsu). They accepted an award on BEHALF of the group. It was just sad T___T. you can find a subbed video of them receiving their award and giving out a speech on youtube. i don’t have time to find it at the moment…sorry >.<
and if you would like to watch the show, mnet has kindly uploaded the whole thing…like they always do =) here’s the link ^^
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