Mnet Asian Music Awards 2013 Comes Out With First Preview Video

MAMA 2013 reveals the preview video for the awards. The most anticipated awards giving body, Mnet Asian Music Awards 2013 or MAMA and CJ E&M reveals their first preview video.

Sep 30, 2013 04:23 PM BST

TAGㆍMnet Asian Music Awardsㆍ MAMA 2013

The most anticipated awards giving body, Mnet Asian Music Awards 2013 or MAMA and CJ E&M reveals their first preview video.

MAMA is one of the major K-pop music awarding ceremonies being held annually, involving the partaking of some of the most well known actors and idols, by Mnet Media.

The awards began in 1999 under the name "Mnet KM Music Festival" (MKMF), till 2008.

In 2009, the award was changed to "Mnet Asian Music Awards". This manifested the fresh change in concept and the way they will handle how people may vote for which artist wins the award. The 2009 MAMA's was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia via Channel V. The special main event is the "Global Artist Award." Furthermore, a trot award will be added to the genre along with other pop music awards.

However, the most prestigious awards also have gone through controversies like in 2009 when SM Entertainment and Inwoo Entertainment boycotted the said awards due to the question of fairness.

But still as the years past by, K-pop fans have always been excited to watch all the performances and the awardees.

MAMA is for the third time out of South Korea and will be held in the Hong Kong Asia World Expo on November 22.

Here is the preview video:

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