2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards
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2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards

The 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) took place on November 21, 2009 at Seoul Sports Complex in Seoul, South Korea. It was hosted by rapper Tiger JK. Girl group 2NE1 received the most awards, winning three out of their four nominations a Grand Prize (Daesang) for Song of the Year ("I Don't Care").

After ten years of holding the event under the name Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF), the award-ceremony rebranded to Mnet Asian Music Awards or simply MAMA. The year's theme was "Asian Wave". MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through Channel V International.

Video greetings from Janet Jackson, Nicole Scherzinger, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Mai Kuraki, and Ludacris were shown. Taiwanese artists Ming Dao, future Miss A member Wang Feifei, and Sarah were presenters at the ceremony.

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers at the ceremony.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

The following artist(s) received more than two nominations:

On the day of the event, SM Entertainment and Inwoo Production boycotted the ceremony resulting to none of their artists attending. Inwoo Production which represented trot singers Jang Yun-jeong and Park Hyun-bin announced the boycott and questioned the fairness of the awards ceremony. SM Entertainment stated through a press release that they have reservations regarding the fairness and criteria used in their nomination process, citing that Girls' Generation had topped a music chart for nine consecutive weeks but was never placed first place on their show and only debut on their charts a month after the album was released. They also asked the organizers to remove their artists from a mobile poll requiring voters to pay a fee in order to participate stating that they "do not want to see fans suffer any damage from the poll which has commercial intentions". Also absent from the event were boy band SS501 represented by DSP Media, singer and actress Son Dam-bi, and girl group After School under Pledis Entertainment. However, they cited scheduling conflicts for their absence rather than a boycott.

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