Two years later, after facing the headrest blow of the pandemic. Life is coming back to normal. Co-operate owners are all set to welcome back their employers, education institutes are all set to welcome their students wholeheartedly, and entertainment is set to praise the stars through various award shows and events. Finally, the world is free to organize events in offline mode.
Not only have the show runners and show make have been eagerly waiting for things to get back on track, but people too have been waiting for these moments. They, too, have been waiting to get to see new shows, films, and series after two long years of shutdown. Everyone has been waiting to meet and see their favorite celebrity, cheer them and make some noise for them at the venue. Finally, the long wait is over as most waiting event MAMA is coming up in n time soon.
Recently the date and venue for MAMA have been revealed. Fans are super excited to know everything about MAMA 2022. Here in this article, we will cover every single detail related to the event. Stay tuned and read along to know everything about the awards show.
What is MAMA, and how and when did it originate?
22 years back, an award show originated in the land of Korea, popularly known as MAMA. MAMA is an award show formally known as the Mnet Asia Music Award. The awards are annually presented by the CJ E& M. The first awards show was held in Seoul, South Korea, on November 27, 1999. MAMA is held in recognition of outstanding achievements in the K-pop and Asia Music industry. Following that year, the event has been held in various other parts of Asia. This year the event completes two decades.
Since its origin in 1999, the event went through many changes. After going through all the changes, it was finally renamed the Mnet Asia Music Awards in 2009 to express its expansion outside South Korea. In 2010 MAMA was held in Macau; it was for the first time that the event was held outside South Korea. After that, it was held in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong eventually. During the pandemic, the event was held online mode which took place in South Korea itself. On August 23, 2022, the MAMA 2022 was announced by CJ E&M. It also declared that it be rebranded as MAMA Awards.
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MAMA 2022 Date and venue
This year the MAMA awards will be held in November. The committee has declared that it will be a two days event. Which will take place on the 29th and 30th of November at Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. Kyocera Dome Osaka is an indoor sports arena. That can accommodate 40,000 people. It is a familiar place for K-pop fans in Japan and abroad. Many K-pop stars and celebrities had many events and concerts there in the past years. The events will be held in an offline mode and will be broadcasted around internationally through the major global digital channels, including YouTube.
Many boy group bands, including TXT, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, JO1, and I will be present at the event along with two other sub-groups of NCT, NCT Dream, and NCT 127. Also, girl groups including Vespa, Brave Girls, ITZY, and Kep1er will be present there. They will also be performing at the event. English singer Ed-Sheeran also is presented at the event.
Why does MAMA go through rebranding once again?
The show will recognize this year’s top K-pop acts as well as musicians across Asia, the awards will go beyond the tie and space they will be broadcasted online and through other broadcasting means. The rebranding is done with the same motive to make it an internationally recognized event. So all the K-pop, be ready to witness the biggest event of the year on the 29th and 30th of November. This is for the first time in history that the event will be held for two consecutive days. Here’s the list of channels where the wards will get broadcasted Mnet, CJ&EM channels, tvN Asia, JOOX.com, Viu, MeWATCH, Indosiar, Vidio, FTP TV, and Foxy. It will also go live on YouTube and KCON.
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