According to Allkpop, MAMA aims to bring international stars together along with the different musical artists of various cultures and languages in order to bring Asian music to the world.
This MAMA 2016 has seen a few expected and unexpected wins and the fans couldn't be more delighted. TWICE, BTS and EXO each took home the biggest prizes of the night: "Song of the Year", "Artist of the Year" and "Album of the Year". Here is the full list of winners courtesy of Soompi.
GRAND PRIZES
§ Artist of the Year - BTS
§ Song of the Year - TWICE (Cheer Up)
§ Album of the Year - EXO (Lotto)
PRIZES
§ Best Music Video - BLACKPINK (Whistle)
§ Best Male Artist - Zico
§ Best Female Artist - Taeyeon
§ Best Male Group - EXO
§ Best Female Group - TWICE
GENRE
§ Best Dance Performance (Male Group) - BTS (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
§ Best Dance Performance (Female Group) - GFRIEND (Rough)
§ Best Dance Performance (Solo) - Taemin (Press Your Number)
§ Best Collaboration - Baekhyun of EXO and Suzy of MissA (Dream)
§ Best Vocal Performance (Group) - Davichi (Beside Me)
§ Best OST - Lee Juck (Don't Worry - Reply 1988)
§ Best Vocal Performance (Male Solo) - Crush (Don't Forget feat. Taeyeon)
§ Best Vocal Performance (Female Solo) - Ailee (If You)
§ Best Band Performance - CNBLUE (You're So Fine)
§ Best Rap Performance - Cjamm & BewhY (Puzzle)
§ Best New Artist (Male) - NCT 127
§ Best New Artist (Female) - I.O.I
SPECIAL AWARDS
§ World Performer Award - SEVENTEEN
§ iQiYi Worldwide Favorite - GOT7
§ Best of Next Artist Award (Male) - MONSTA X
§ Best of Next Artist Award (Female) - BLACKPINK
§ Best Producer - Black Eyed Pilseung (South Korea)
§ Best Visual & Art Director - Min Hee Jin (South Korea)
§ Best Choreographer - J.Da Apissara Phetruengrong (Thailand)
§ Best Promoter - Masahiro Hikada (Japan)
§ Best Executive Producer - Bang Si Hyuk (South Korea)
§ Best International Producer - Timbaland (USA)
§ Best Engineer - Tanaka Hironobu (Japan)
§ Inspired Achievement - Quincy Jones (USA)
§ Best Asian Style - EXO
§ Best Asian Artist - Getsunova (Thailand), Noo Phuoc Thin (Vietnam), Isyana Sarasvati (Indonesia), JJ Lin (Singapore), Sekai no Owari (Japan), Hua Chenyu (China)
