2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards

2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Date	December 10, 2018 (Premiere) December 12, 2018 (Fans' Choice) December 14, 2018 (Main Show)
Location	South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong
Hosted by	South Korea: Jung Hae-in Japan: Park Bo-gum Hong Kong: Song Joong-ki
Most awards	BTS (9)
Website	2018mama.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet, across CJ E&M channels and other international networks, YouTube, Vlive
Runtime	Korea: 150 minutes (Main event) Japan: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 220 (Main event) Hong Kong: 90 minutes (Red Carpet), 280 (Main event)
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The 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from December 10 through December 14, 2018 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. The ceremony was the first Mnet Asian Music Awards hosted in South Korea in nine years, the 20th ceremony in the show's history^[a], and the second ceremony which took place in three locations.^[1] This was also the first ceremony broadcast worldwide online via YouTube. The three days event generated over 50 million messages sent on Twitter.^[2]

Four Grand Prizes (Daesangs) were given throughout the ceremonies; The inaugural Worldwide Icon of the Year is given alongside Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.

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