2024 MAMA Awards Early Predictions: SEVENTEEN and aespa reportedly face off for the Artist of the Year Daesang

As the year nears its end, the predictions for the nominees of the 2024 MAMA Awards have landed on the internet. Every year, the X account @KoWatermelon releases a prediction list of the possible nominees based on the calculations of South Korean music charts and the winning criteria through which MAMA Awards picks and places its nominations.

This prediction was made on September 3, 2024, two months in advance of the award ceremony. The 2024 MAMA Awards is scheduled to take place between November 21 and November 23 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, for its first day, followed by two days at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. It will be organized by Mnet through CJ ENM.

Given that several viral and chart-dominating tracks and comebacks from K-pop artists surfaced on the internet this year, the competition has been fierce. SEVENTEEN, aespa, Jungkook, NewJeans, and more face off for the Daesang, Artist of the Year, while other artists are expected to compete in the various categories of the 2024 MAMA Awards like Best OST, Best Dance Performance, etc.

The following article will unveil the early predictions made by the fan-trusted X account for the 2024 MAMA Awards.

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All early prediction nominees for the 2024 MAMA Awards as SEVENTEEN, aespa, and more are expected to face off for Artist of the Year

Here are all the early predictions for the 2024 MAMA Awards made by @KoWatermelon.

Artist of the Year

• SEVENTEEN
• aespa
• IVE
• Stray Kids
• Jungkook
• (G)I-DLE
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• ENHYPEN
• TXT

Album of the Year

• SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN
• 5-STAR
• GOLDEN
• ROMANCE: UNTOLD
• The Name Chapter: FREEFALL
• DREAM()SCAPE
• I've MINE
• MELTING POINT
• Fact Check
• THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL

Song of the Year

• Perfect Night
• Magnetic
• Drama
• Plot Twist
• To. X
• Standing Next To You
• FATE
• Love Wins All
• Bam Yang Gang
• Rhapsody of Sadness

Best Male Artist

• Jungkook
• Lim Young Woong
• Lee Mu-jin
• Jimin
• ZICO
• RM

Best Female Artist

• IU
• YUQI
• TAEYEON
• NAEYEON
• JENNIE
• BIBI

Best Male Group

• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• RIIZE
• TXT
• ENHYPEN
• NCT127

Best Female Group

• IVE
• aespa
• (G)I-DLE
• NewJeans
• LE SSERAFIM
• NMIXX

Male ROTY

• TWS
• NCT WISH
• NEXZ
• ONE PACT
• AMPER&ONE

Female ROTY

• ILLIT
• BABY MONSTER
• QWER
• UNIS
• RESCENE

Best Dance Performance Male Solo

• Standing Next to You
• Do Or Die
• Who
• TAP
• Guilty

Best Dance Performance Female Solo

• You & Me
• ROCKSTAR
• ABCD
• Ballon in Love
• Freak

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• Plot Twist
• LOVE 119
• God of Music
• LALALA
• Deja Vu
• Fact Check

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• Perfect Night
• Magnetic
• Drama
• Baddie
• How Sweet
• SHEESH

Best Vocal Performance Solo

• Love Wins All
• To. X
• Bam Yang Gang
• Rhapsody of Sadness
• Episode

Best OST

• Sudden Shower
• Love you with All My Heart
• Heavenly Fate
• Spring Snow
• Dream

Best Rap & Hip-Hop

• SPOT!
• Small Girl
• NEURON
• Yer Or No
• LOST!

Best Collaboration

• SPOT!
• Small Girl
• TOO MUCH
• Smeraldo Garden Marching Band
• Even for a moment

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However, with only two months left before the award show rolls out, the nominations for the 2024 MAMA Awards are expected to be officially announced soon.