My AKMA 2021 (Because 2021 #MAMA's lack in nominations)

 Hey Subbies,

I just wanted to do a kind of methodical fun post about this year's MAMA nominations. I was like where was this group and why wasn't this artist nominated. I've seen a post popup on Youtube trying to fix the award show nominations and it has happened in the past but this year was severely lacking also due in part to the pandemic so, we saw fewer performances on music shows i.e. less wins. But it was weird not to see an artist or group that had won a music show not be nominated in the proper categories for this year's MAMA's Awards. The only highlight was we got a lot of new groups and soloists this year. Anyways, I decided to create my own award show with a mix of the Grammy's and MAMA categories. If you see an artist in bold that means they will most likely win that category or the have most wins in that category. I also add a "Concept" category that features the Trailer films because ever since I got into K-pop that it is the most used term I heard from the artist, creative directors, and the overall industry.

Best New (Rookie) Group / Rising Star + Special Stage 

• Male 
• Treasure
• Enhypen
• T1419
• EPEX
• Omega X
• Ghost9
• Luminous
• P1harmony
• Mirae
• Drippin
• Kingdom

• Female
• Aespa
• STAYC
• Weeekly
• Pixy
• Tri.be
• Purple Kiss
• Hot Issue
• Lightsum
• Skyle
• Hot Issue
• Cignature
• Blackswan

Best New Solo Artist

• Male 
• Jay B
• Kim Woo Seok
• Woodz
• I.M
• Bam Bam
• B.I
• D.O.

• Female
• Jo yuri
• Kwon Eunbi 
• Rose
• Joy
• LISA 
• Lee Suhyun 

Best Indie Band

• Overall
• Lee Mujin 
• 10cm
• CNBLUE
• DAY6
• JANNABI
• N.Flying
• Lucy

Best Male Group

• TXT
• BTS
• Astro
• Seventeen
• NCT Dream 
• NCT 127 
• STRAY KIDS
• Shinee
• 2PM
• EXO
• Ateez
• ONF
• The Boys

Best Female Group

• Aespa
• Twice
• Brave Girls
• StayC
• ITZY
• Red Velvet
• (G)I-DLE
• WJSN
• Fromis_9
• LOONA
• Oh My Girl
• Everglow

Best Solo Artist

• Male 
• U-know
• Baekhyun
• Ha Sung Woon
• Kim Woo Seok
• Kang Daniel
• Woodz
• Kai
• Wonho
• D.O.

• Female
• LISA
• Somi
• Jeon Soyeon
• ROSE
• IU
• Sunmi
• Heize
• BoA

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

• Female
• Jessi 
• CL 
• Bibi
• Jamie 
• Cheetah 

• Male
• Yumdda 
• DPR Live 
• Gray 
• Loco 
• B.I 

Best Solo Dance Performance 

• Male
• Taemin - Advice
• Hoshi - Spider
• Bam Bam - riBBon
• Key - BAD LOVE
• Kai -Mmmh
• U-know - Eeny Meeny
• Wonho - Lose

• Female
• Hyuna - I'm Not Cool
• Chungha - Bicycle 
• Lisa - Lalisa
• Somi - Dumb Dumb
• Rose - On the Ground
• Sunmi - Tail
• IU - Lilac
• Jessi - What Type of X
• BoA - Better
• AleXa - Xtra

Best Group Dance Performance / Best Dance Choreography

• Male 
• BTS - Butter
• NCT 127 - Sticker
• NCT Dream - Hot Sauce
• Seventeen - Ready to Love
• Shinee - Don't call me
• Ateez - Deja Vu
• Enphyen - Drunk-Dazed
• SF9 - Tear Drop
• Monsta X - GAMBLER
• Stray Kids - Thunderous
• TXT - Magic

• Female 
• Twice - Alcohol-Free
• ITZY - Mafia In the Morning
• Aespa - Next Level
• Weeekly - After School
• Brave Girls - Rollin (2021 ed.)
• Everglow - First
• StayC - Asap
• Red Velvet - Queendom
• Oh My Girl - Dun Dun
• (G)i-dle - Hwaa
• Dreamcatcher - Odd Eye & BEcause
• LOONA - PTT

[Future Category] Best Album Performance Film / Concept Trailer (Original Song & Choreography)

• Overall
• NCT 127: Who is STICKER
• NCT DREAM (Dive Into You)' DREAM-VERSE Chapter #1 The Love Triangle
• ROSÉ - COMING SOON
• ITZY "GUESS WHO" CONCEPT FILM DAY&NIGHT VER.
• Weeekly : Concept Trailer
  Weeekly : 3rd Mini Album [We play] Concept film
• SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album 'Attacca' Concept Trailer: Rush of Love
• SEVENTEEN 8th Mini Album ‘Your Choice’ Concept Trailer: I dream of love
• aespa 에스파 'ep1. Black Mamba' - SM Culture Universe
• TXT (투모로우바이투게더) The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE Concept Trailer
• LOONA:  [Trailer] 이달의 소녀 (LOONA) "&1"
  [Trailer] 이달의 소녀 (LOONA) "&2"
  
[Trailer] 이달의 소녀 (LOONA) "&3"

Best Vocal Performance 

• Overall
• Kyoungseo
• Lee Chan Won
• D.O. 
• Lim Young Woong
• DAVICHI
• AKMU
• IU
• Lee Mujin
• Heize
• Wendy
• LeeHi

Best OST

• Overall
• 10cm
• CHO JUNG SEOK
• Choi Yu Ree
• Lee Mujin
• YANG YOSEOP, JEONG EUN JI

Best Song Collaboration

• Overall
• Rain, JYP
• Hyuan&Dawn
• AKMU, IU
• Coldplay, BTS
• Gaeko, Kwon Jin
• Hyolyn, Dasom
• CHUNG HA X Guaynaa
• Pentatonix, Ateez 
• A.C.E feat. Thutmose [Steve Aoki's Gold Star Remix] 
• Momoland, Chromance
• Shigga Shay, Jay Park 
• Penomeco, YDG 
• AleXa, Daedo

Daesang/ Best Artist of the Year (High Achievers)

• Overall
• BTS
• IU
• NCT Dream
• Brave Girls
• (G)I-DLE

Social Media Influence

• Overall
• BTS 
• Blackpink 
• IU 
• Somi 
• Cha Eun Woo
• Twice 
• Big Bang/ G-dragon
• Red Velvet 
• Taeyeon
• Taemin

People's International Choice

• Overall
• Blackpink/ Lisa
• Aespa
• Twice
• BTS
• Itzy
• CL
• Seventeen 
• Stray Kids
• Jessi

Song of the Year - SOTY/ ROTY (EP)

• Overall
• BTS - Butter
• Lisa - LALISA  &Money
• Twice - Alcohol-Free
• ITZY - Mafia in the Morning
• Aespa - Next Level
• Rose - Gone
• NCT Dream - Hot Sauce
• IU - Celebrity
• Weeekly - After School

Album of the Year - AOTY (LP)

• Overall
• BTS - Butter
• Seventeen - Your Choice & Attacca
• NCT Dream - Hot Sauce
• NCT 127 - Sticker
• EXO - Don't fight the feeling
• Lisa - Lalisa
• Rose - R
• IU - Lilac
• Twice - Taste of Love
• Itzy - Guess Who