[News] Criteria for MAMA

Criteria for MAMA:

Public votes(internet, mobile) – 20%

Assessment by committee of experts(eg:musicians) – 20%

Survey – 30%

Music sales – 10%

Music downloaded – 10% (and this!!)

MAMA’s committee(Mnet’s professional PDs) – 10%

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[news] After School and Son Dambi say no to MAMA

The 2009 MAMA (Mnet Asia Music Awards) have been plagued with bad news from the very beginning and here's some more.

Along with the two trot singers and SM Entertainment boycotting the MAMA's, Pledis Entertainment and their stars After School and Son Dambi have announced that they will not be attending the award show as well.

Pledis Entertainment stated:
"Because of Son Dambi's concert in LA, she will be abroad. After School is currently finishing up preparations for their next album to be released towards the end of November, therefore it will be difficult to attend."


Although Pledis is not boycotting, their stars won't be able to attend and quite frankly, it seems they don't believe the MAMA's are very significant anyway.

cr:allkpop

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[News] Boycotts and no-show: MAMA off to a bad start?

Mnet announced a new annual music event Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) and also this year’s nominees list on 23rd October (see more).

Already after the release of the nominee list, many netizens are unhappy about the nominee list and how nominees are chosen for each category. Following that, MAMA continues to fall under criticism with trot singers Park Hyun Bin and Jang Yoon Jung revealing that they will boycott the event. (article)

And today, 2 news came up revealing that SM Ent will also be boycotting the event, and DSP also revealed that SS501 and possibly even KARA will not be attending the event.



SM singers boycotts MAMA
Artists managed under major talenthouse SM Entertainment have declared they will boycott a year-end music award ceremony held by cable music channel Mnet.

SM, who manages some of Korea’s top singers including Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and SHINee, announced in a press release on Tuesday that they would not participate in the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) set for November 21.

They explained that they cannot trust the criteria and standard of fairness used in making their selections, citing that Girls’ Generation, who had topped a music chart for nine consecutive weeks, had never taken first place on Mnet’s show and only entered their charts a month after their album was released.

The nine-member girl group’s single “Gee” was a sensation throughout the country upon its release early this year, dominating music charts for over two months.

SM also requested their artists be removed from a mobile poll which asks participants to pay a fee to place a vote, saying they “do not want to see fans suffer any damage from the poll which has commercial intentions”.

SM is the second agency after Inwoo Production to boycott the music festival. Inwoo, managing two of Korea’s top younger trot singers Jang Yoon-jeong and Park Hyun-bin, announced yesterday that they will not attend MAMA, also questioning the fairness of the awards ceremony.

Mnet will be holding the MAMA for the first time this year in place of its ten-year long Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF).

DSP plays down MAMA boycott rumour

DSP Media on Wednesday played down rumors from earlier in the day which said that their group SS501 will not attend a year-end music award ceremony held by cable music channel Mnet to boycott the event.

“We are not boycotting the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA),” stated an official at DSP Media. He explained that the five-member group will not be able to attend the event as they are busy promoting their new album “Rebirth” and have to travel overseas to hold concerts as part of their Asia tour.

The official added that they are currently debating on whether their girl group Kara will attend the event.

Mnet will be holding the MAMA for the first time this year in place of its ten-year long Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF) but several top talenthouses in Korea have questioned its standard of fairness and said they will not take part in the event.

SM Entertainment, which manages several of Korea’s most popular artists including Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and SHINee, as well as Inwoo Production, in charge of two top trot singers Jang Yoon-jeong and Park Hyun-bin, have declared they will boycott the MAMA.




source: Kbites

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[News] DSP denies boycotting MAMA

There were rumours circulating this morning about DSP Media artistes, SS501 and Kara, boycotting the upcoming MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards).

But that has been shot down by DSP immediately.

DSP Media said, "SS501 released their album very late so they are not nominated and it makes sense. We did not say that they are boycotting."

When asked about Kara's appearance at MAMA, DSP said, "We haven't decided if Kara will attend yet, but we are currently in discussions over it."

Credits:Allkpop

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[News]SM boycotts MAMA / MNet responds to MAMA boycott

We bring you yet more unfortunate news: artistes of SM Entertainment will not be taking part in the 2009 MAMA.

SME announced on November 3rd that their artistes including Super Junior, SNSD, SHINee and f(x) will not be attending MAMA. The reason given was that MAMA will be using a process similar to how MNET's music program M! Countdown selects its winners, and SME does not trust the method nor believe that it is fair.

SME does not trust in Mcountdown because of what happened with SNSD's massive hit Gee. While the song topped charts of other television networks for 9 weeks in a row, it failed to reach number one in Mcountdown even once. It only made top 10 one whole month after the song's release date. SME thinks that because of this, Mnet's method of deciding on winners cannot be trusted.

Also, there is a MAMA-related popularity poll happening on Mnet's website at the moment. The catch is that you must be registered as a paid member of the website in order to cast a vote. SME believes that they do not want fans of SME's artists to be spending too much money just to cast votes for their favourite artists and hence asked Mnet to withdraw SME's artists from candidates.

We have previously reported that couple trot singers are boycotting MAMA. Will Mnet be able to pull this event off successfully without participation by some of the biggest names in the industry? Stay tuned to allkpop as MAMA draws near.


Credits:Allkpop,Mydaily.co.kr

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MNet responds to MAMA boycott

In a phone interview with Money Today, a representative of Mnet said the following:

Inwoo and SME mentioned that fairness in selection of candidates was questionable, but that is not true. All candidates were selected fairly through music chart and data collected on Mnet.com.

If we were to try and exclude artists of certain company, we wouldn't have put artists of those companies on our candidate list to begin with. Also, we would be risking our reputation and fairness if we were to change things just because major entertainment companies disagree with our system. If companies keep complaining about year end ceremonies, then such event cannot exist. The point of this ceremony is celebration by all artists who shined this year with their hard work, so I wish that artists would forget about receiving award or not and just put on an amazing show.



Regarding the fee to vote, the representative explained, "This was done to prevent fans from casting multiple votes on specific artists. It was not done for profit. We are planning on donating profit earned from the voting process back to the music industry."

Credits:Allkpop

Mnet is known to have a very unfair system of counting votes.Although i am not siding SM,anyway since when SM cares about fans spending too much $? Just cause it is not spend on SM products and they get jealous o.o?

Mnet doesnt want to break down their boycotts on SM artist too,they are the one who looses ratings not SM artist.

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[news] Korean Music Monthly Chart - October 2009

(Caption: Promotional Picture of this year's MAMA Awards 2009, Votings are Currently open! Award Ceremony on 21st of November 2009)

This week's award winners on Various Music Programs:
(Thu) MNET Countdown!: Park Hyo Shin - After Love
(Fri) KBS Music Bank: Shinee - Ring Ding Dong
(Sun) SBS Inkigayo: Shinee - Ring Ding Dong

[Mnet] Top 20 Songs of the Month (October 2009):
1. (NEW) Lee Ssang (feat. Jung-In) - The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave
2. Shinee - Ring Ding Dong
3. SS501 - Love Like This
4. T-ara and Supernova - Time To Love
5. Park Hyo Shin - After Love
6. Kim Tae Woo - Love Rain
7. MC Mong (feat. Ivy) - I
8. SNSD - Chocolate Love (Retro. Ver)
9. Baek Ji Young - Don't Forget (IRIS OST)
10. Wheesung - Trickling
11. T-ara and Supernova - TTL Listen. 2
12. Lee Seung Ki - Lets Break Up
13. Dynamic Duo - Guilty
14. TaeYeon and Sunny (SNSD) - I'm Only in Love (Heading to the Ground OST)
15. 4minute - Muzik
16. Tae Yang (Big Bang) - Where U At
17. Gavy NJ - In a Pallid State
18. MC Mong - Horror Show
19. Lee Hyun (feat. Lee Jeung of 8eight) - 30 Minutes Ago
20. G-Dragon (Big Bang) - Heartbreaker

Source: [Mnet]
Translated and Edited by: K♡PanDA @ http://asianfanatics.net/news/

*This weeks edition of Korean Music Charts will be based on charts hosted by MNET. Sorry!

Current MAMA Leaders (18 days to vote left):

- Each voting category actually make up 20% to 55% of the winner. So vote quick!
Link: http://mama.mnet.com/2009/AwardVote/AwardVote.asp

Best Male Newcomer.
2. Supreme Team

Best Female Newcomer.
5. F(x)

Best Male Singer.
3. Lee Seung Chul

Best Female Singer.
2. Baek Ji Young

Best Male Group
3. Super Junior

Best Female Group
3. SNSD

Best Mixed Group
2. 8eight

Best Rock Music
5. FT Island (I Hope)

Best Hip-Hop Group
3. LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave)

Best Ballad/R&B Music
2. Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain)

Best Dance Music
4. Super Junior (Sorry Sorry)

Best House & Electronic Music
1. Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra)

Best Trot Music
4. Joo HyunMi and Seohyun (JjaRaJaJjan)

Best O.S.T
5. SS501 (Because I’m Stupid - Boys Over Flowers)

Best MV
2. LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave)

Best MV Director Award
3. Jo Soo Hyun - SNSD (Gee), F(x) (La Cha Ta), MC Mong (Indian Boy)

Performer of the Year Award?
2ne1

Mobile Ranking Choice Award
Super Junior - Sorry Sorry

Artist of the Year Award
Super Junior

Music Track of the Year Award
Super Junior - Sorry Sorry

Overseas Viewers Award
Super Junior - Sorry Sorry



*Korean Music Weekly Charts will return normal starting from next week. Thanks!

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[news] Trot Singers Boycott MAMA

It has been revealed that trot singers Jang YoonJung and Park HyunBin will not be participating for MAMA this year.

According to the 2’s company on 1st November, it was revealed that they will not be attending MAMA. The reason for that is that there are doubts about the fairness and also selection criteria for ‘Trot music award’ for MAMA which the 2 are nominated in.

Briefly, it was said that Jang YoonJung’s ‘I like you’ released recently, featuring her boyfriend, has gone up to the #1 on Chart Korea for the 2nd week of April in just 2 weeks after its reveal. Even until now the song continues to receive much love from trot music fans.

Jang YoonJung is also a well-known and acknowledged trot singer – she won the Golden Disk last year and was voted as Korea’s #1 favourite singer. Even if it not in terms of album release, she is a singer with a certain level of popularity.

MAMA PD then voiced that they have selected the nominees according to MVs, and the duet song by Jang YoonJung and her boyfriend was not promoted on music shows and there was no MV for the song.

The nominees for trot music award on MAMA:

Trot Music Award - Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman), Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life), Seong JinYoo (딱이야), Joo HyunMi and SeoHyun (JjaRaJaJjan), Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)

And on 30th October, Gyeon Miri’s ‘Happy Woman’ was replaced by ‘Shy’ by Wink. Jang’s company also voiced about their unhappiness about how MAMA lacks in dealing with this – replacing its nominees – without official announcement, the nominees were replaced.

source: sookyeong

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[news] Lee Hyori and TOP’s Kiss chosen as MKMF’s Best Performance

On October 29, Mnet said, “The production teams chose Lee Hyori and Lee Minwoo’s performance in 2003 and Lee Hyori and TOP’s kiss scene in 2008 as the best performances of MKMF’s history.”

When Hyori went solo in 2003, the song “10 Minutes” earned her the Most Popular MV award. She created even more topics in her sexy performance with Lee Minwoo that same year.

After that, in last year’s MKMF, Hyori and Big Bang member, TOP, performed in a music drama and shocked everyone with a kiss, which garnered a lot of attention from viewers and fans alike.

However, the PD for last year’s MKMF, Choi Jae Hyun PD said, “The kiss scene received approval beforehand, but we didn’t expect Hyori to actually do it.”

MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards), which takes place November 21, will be replacing MKMF at the conclusion of its 10th year.





cr: sookyeong; wiinggb & doyoubi18 @ youtube

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[NEWS] How to vote for FREE at MAMA!

I know some of you are having trouble,voting and getting the codes.Hope this helps !

Just read the intructions below, it applies to all the artists you want to vote for.

It says SS501 but you can vote for 2ne1 and BigBang using this code: JW11227221

You will need an MNET account first. See here: LINK

Click here to go to MAMA website : LINK

PLEASE USE INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER!

Credits:21Evo.com

Click the pictures to enlarge for reading !

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[News] UPDATED* MKMF is now MAMA! -- Full nominee list revealed

From 2009, Mnet annual music event MKMF will be changed to Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

A live program took place on 23rd October in Seoul Tower and the idea of the new music awards ceremony was revealed. Previously on 16th October, the note “This year there will be no MKMF’ was posted on Mnet’s official homepage, the change of the music ceremony was to give it a new transformation as mentioned by Mnet.

Go under the cut for the nominee list and more details!

About MAMA

* Event: 2009 MAMA
* Date: 21st November
* Time: 7pm
* Place: Seoul Jamsil Stadium
* Airing: Via Channel V and will be broadcasted simultaneously in Japan, China, HongKong, Thailand, and other SEA countries.
* Specialty: Participation by overseas artistes

Judging:

* 29 Total categories
* Singer category: 7
* Genre category: 7
* MV category: 2
* Criteria: Album sales and album charts from 15th October 2008 till 22nd October 2009

Nominee List for 2009 MAMA:

* Newcomer (Male) – BEAST, Supreme Team, MBLAQ, ChungRim, TaeGoon
* Newcomer (Female) - 2NE1, After School, T-ara, 4Minute, f(x)
* Male singer – Drunken Tiger, Rain, Lee Seung Chul, GDragon, MC Mong
* Female singer – Bada, Baek Ji Young, Son DamBi, YoonHa, ChaeYeon
* Male Group – 2PM, Big Bang, Super Junior, SG Wannabe, SS501
* Female Group - Davichi, Brown Eyed Girls, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Jewelry, KARA
* Mixed Group – Roo’Ra, 8eight, Koyote, Cool, Clazziquai

* Rock Music Award – BuHwal (생각이나), Seo Taiji (Juliet), Jang GiHa and the Faces (Living with no special things), Cherry Filter (Pianissimo), FT Island (I Hope)
* Hip hop group award – Dynamic Duo (Dead Guy), Drunken Tiger (Monster), LeeSsang (헤어지지 못하는 여자, 떠나가지 못하는 남자), Outsider (Alone), Epik High (Wannabe)
* Ballad/R&B music award – Kim Jong Kook (Today More Than Yesterday), Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain), Bobby Kim (Love, the guy), Park Hyo Shin (After Love), Baek Ji Young (Like being Hit)
* Dance music award – 2NE1 (I Don’t Care), 2PM (Again & Again), So Nyeo Shi Dae (Gee), Super Junior (Sorry), KARA (Honey)
* House& Electronic music award – Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra), Son DamBi (Saturday Night), Clazziquai (Love Again), 4Minute (Muzik), GDragon (Heartbreaker)
* Trot Music Award - Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman), Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life), Seong JinYoo (딱이야), Joo HyunMi and SeoHyun (JjaRaJaJjan), Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)
* O.S.T Award – Baek Ji Young (Don’t Forget – IRIS), Lee Seung Chul (No more love like this – Blue Love Story), T-Max (Paradize – Boys Over Flowers), Tiffany (I’m Along – JaMyungGo), SS501 (Because I’m Stupid – Boys Over Flowers)
* Best MV – 2NE1 (Fire), LeeSsang (헤어지지 못하는 여자, 떠나가지 못하는 남자), Bada (Mad), Seo Taiji (Juliet), D.N.G (Step 2 Me)
* MV Director - Seo HyunSeung, Jang JaeHyuk, Jo SooHyun, Joo HeeSeon, Hong WonKi

* Nominees: 35
* Song awards: 30

Voting!

Voting: To be opened from 9pm on 23rd October on Mnet official homepage:
Visit Mnet to vote now!

Cr: sookyeong

HOW TO VOTE??
CLICK HERE
for FOREIGNERS CLICK HERE

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[Info] How to vote at MAMA for foreigners

STEPS:

1) Open IE browser (Internet Explorer) OR Google Chrome

2) enter this URL: http://mama.mnet.com/2009/AwardVote/AwardVote.asp

3) Click the MNET button above the site:

4) Click the button with pink korean characters like here:

5) Click the “Foreigner” icon

6) check the boxes and click save

7) – Fill up the form.

- Enter your email and click CERTIFICATION.

- Authentic no. will then be sent to the email you typed in. Check your inbox or junkmail. Then enter the Authentic no. given.

- Then click SAVE.

7) “STEP 3. COMPLETION PAGE”

- It is the LOGIN PAGE. Enter your name then password.

When you are now logged in,

either go here: http://mama.mnet.com/2009/AwardVote/AwardVote.asp

or click the MAMA icon on the upper right of the page:

9) You can start voting for 2NE1 or your favorite artist!

Follow the yellow circles to vote for 2NE1.

Then click the BLUE bar at the bottom to CONFIRM your votes.

10) After confirming, thats it!

YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY!

These votes only make up 20% of the criteria.





Credits:21EVO.com

Please credit 21EVO.com if you want to take these instructions out, thank you!

Make sure when you vote,use Internet Explorer or Google chrome..as Mozilla firefox will block or lock the securing area when you click on certain links.

Be patient to wait for the authentication code, as i heard from someone it took 7 hours to arrive in their email -.-?, i am still waiting for mine.

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[Info] Mnet Asian Music Awards Ranking Update!

"Let's play 2ne1" has updated the results of MAMA 2009,you can have a look at the latest results below,2NE1 seems to be going strong on the rookie awards,will they be the winner at the end,nobody knows!

2NE1 is topping the best dance chart as well,leading "Sorry Sorry","Gee","Again & again" and "Honey",it is really beyond my expectation,black jacks are doing their job really well.

Many thanks to the staff of "Let's Play 2NE1" for capping the results!

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

DOWNLOADS

MUSIC OF THE YEAR

BEST MOBILE CHOICE AWARD

BEST DANCE

CREDITS: caps from mama.mnet.com+ capped by letsplay2ne1

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[Info]Mnet unviels MAMA – Full nominee list revealed!

From 2009, Mnet annual music event MKMF will be changed to Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

A live program took place on 23rd October in Seoul Tower and the idea of the new music awards ceremony was revealed. Previously on 16th October, the note “This year there will be no MKMF’ was posted on Mnet’s official homepage, the change of the music ceremony was to give it a new transformation as mentioned by Mnet.

Go under the cut for the nominee list and more details!

About MAMA

• Event: 2009 MAMA
• Date: 21st November
• Time: 7pm
• Place: Seoul Jamsil Stadium
• Airing: Via Channel V and will be broadcasted simultaneously in Japan, China, HongKong, Thailand, and other SEA countries.
• Specialty: Participation by overseas artistes

Judging:

• 29 Total categories
• Singer category: 7
• Genre category: 7
• MV category: 2
• Criteria: Album sales and album charts from 15th October 2008 till 22nd October 2009

Nominee List for 2009 MAMA:

• Newcomer (Male) – BEAST, Supreme Team, MBLAQ, ChungRim, TaeGoon
• Newcomer (Female) - 2NE1, After School, T-ara, 4Minute, f(x)
• Male singer – Drunken Tiger, Rain, Lee Seung Chul, GDragon, MC Mong
• Female singer – Bada, Baek Ji Young, Son DamBi, YoonHa, ChaeYeon
• Male Group – 2PM, Big Bang, Super Junior, SG Wannabe, SS501
• Female Group - Davichi, Brown Eyed Girls, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Jewelry, KARA
• Mixed Group – Roo’Ra, 8eight, Koyote, Cool, Clazziquai

• Rock Music Award – BuHwal (생각이나), Seo Taiji (Juliet), Jang GiHa and the Faces (Living with no special things), Cherry Filter (Pianissimo), FT Island (I Hope)
• Hip hop group award – Dynamic Duo (Dead Guy), Drunken Tiger (Monster), LeeSsang (헤어지지 못하는 여자, 떠나가지 못하는 남자), Outsider (Alone), Epik High (Wannabe)
• Ballad/R&B music award – Kim Jong Kook (Today More Than Yesterday), Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain), Bobby Kim (Love, the guy), Park Hyo Shin (After Love), Baek Ji Young (Like being Hit)
• Dance music award – 2NE1 (I Don’t Care), 2PM (Again & Again), So Nyeo Shi Dae (Gee), Super Junior (Sorry), KARA (Honey)
• House& Electronic music award – Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra), Son DamBi (Saturday Night), Clazziquai (Love Again), 4Minute (Muzik), GDragon (Heartbreaker)
• Trot Music Award - Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman), Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life), Seong JinYoo (딱이야), Joo HyunMi and SeoHyun (JjaRaJaJjan), Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)
• O.S.T Award – Baek Ji Young (Don’t Forget – IRIS), Lee Seung Chul (No more love like this – Blue Love Story), T-Max (Paradize – Boys Over Flowers), Tiffany (I’m Along – JaMyungGo), SS501 (Because I’m Stupid – Boys Over Flowers)
• Best MV – 2NE1 (Fire), LeeSsang (헤어지지 못하는 여자, 떠나가지 못하는 남자), Bada (Mad), Seo Taiji (Juliet), D.N.G (Step 2 Me)
• MV Director - Seo HyunSeung, Jang JaeHyuk, Jo SooHyun, Joo HeeSeon, Hong WonKi

• Nominees: 35
• Song awards: 30

Voting!

Voting: To be opened from 9pm on 23rd October on Mnet official homepage:

Visit Mnet to vote now!

Credits to Sookyeong @ K Bites

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[INFO] 091023 JYPEs possible plans for 2pm at MKMF/MAMA

The cable broadcast on Mnet releases a new Awards ceromony MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) Mnet mentioned along with the dance music awards 2PM are runner up for the male group award, many fans are concerned with whether the recent withdrawn member of 2PM's leader JAEBUM will be on the award ceromony stage preformance.

Although some people are stating 'This cannot happen', in November there are no measures in whether the new announcement of MMAA's award ceromony of 2PM's new member will happen as there are hopes for the 'Return of JAEBUM'.

Along with 2PM members and fans they are stating 'Without JAEBUM we will boycott' in this strong intention JYPE are careful about the a footing 'the return of JAEBUM'. On the 23rd in the afternoon a offical accouncement has been made about the stage 'Mnet have stated that 2PM's agency has revealed that they have promised there will be 7 members on stage. And this is affirmative.

Also on 2PM's profiles Jaebeoms name is still there. Usually when a member withdraws from a group the name is deleted and it is written on the profile 'Withdrawn' this is the normal case which still exists today.

On the 25th it has been truthfully revealed that we will see JAEBUM on a variety show. After speaking badly about Korea and being chased out by fans he is currently living in seattle with his parents and gaining alot of attention. After the withdrawal this will be the first official interview that JAEBUM will do. The agency has already carried on smoothly with this case and after this broadcasting they will openly reveal things shortly after.



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[News] MKMF is now MAMA !

The year 2009 was like a gust of wind that has brought along tons of new girls groups, but whose hand will MAMA (no pun intended but that's the acronym) hold now?

Major Korean music channel Mnet has announced that their Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF) will now be renamed as Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)!

Mnet announced on October 23 that the live broadcast will change its concept and the way they will handle how people may vote for which artist wins the award.

Mnet also announced that Park Ji Yoon, SG Wannabe's Kim Yong Jun and Lee Seok Hoon will become the new MC's of the event.

Mnet is planning on handing out the "Rookie Female Group Award," to the following nominees: 2NE1, 4minute, After School, f(x), and last but not least, T-ara.

Having seen the five groups show up suddenly and made a comet-like impact upon the K-Pop world, many are extremely curious as to who will MAMA choose to be the rookie female group of the year.

The live broadcast of the 2009 MAMA will take place on November 21 at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium. People that live outside of Korea, don't give your hopes up yet, because there's a reason why MAMA is titled MAMA! Via Channel V Asia, the event will be broadcasted in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Thailand.

The special main event will be the "Global Artist Award." In addition, another major change is that the Trot genre will be added on along with the other Pop music awards.

There will be a total of 7 categories of artists, 6 categories of genres, and 2 categories of music video nominations during the event. In addition, there will be a total of 30 awards for each nominated song.

People may start voting on October 23, 2009 through the Mnet homepage.

Credits:Allkpop

My Bet that 2NE1 will win the rookie award :),I am pretty sure SNSD will be winning one award too for their Gee or genie.!

I am not bias hehe !, f(x) will be some competition for 2NE1,but f(x) is still not there yet eventhough 2NE1's and f(x) debuts impressed me the most.2NE1 surpassed other rookie girl groups by winning lots of awards in just their 100th day debut and they're gaining more and more fans.

Another thing, i dont think MAMA awards are only based on votes ;) so dont worry.

I am pretty sure MNET will let SM artist to attend the MAMA awards,as you know MNET and SM are not in good terms.I doubt MNET wouldnt let SM artist to the awards...they will be loosing ratings to other awards show.Secondly,there are quite a number of SM artist nominees in the awards.Well till then,we will wait for an official statement from SM whether SM artist will be in attendance at the MAMA.

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