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In a survey for advertising models, 2PM had placed in first place pressing Yoo JaeSuk out of the way.
2PM had pushed Yoo JaeSuk out of the way and placed first place as the advertising model that viewers want to see in a 10 day period survey that was conducted among the 38 professional brand consultants with about 1,012 people participating.
2PM had gained 16.01% of the votes coming in first place, then Yoo JaeSuk with 13.34%, and Girls Generation coming 3rd place with 11.86%. Kim YuNa placed in fourth place, however in the top 10 rank, most were idol stars, show off the large amount that idols play in the advertisement industry.
Other than 2PM and Girls Generations, 2AM came in 6th place, CN Blue in 7th, Brown Eyed Girls in 8th, and BEAST came in 9th place. Both Shinee and T-Ara had made it into the 10th place.
According to the 38 brand researchers, “2PM’s TaecYeon, Girls Generation’s TaeYeon, 2AM’s JoKwon, CN Blue’s Jung YongHwa, Brown Eyed Girls’ GaIn, BEAST’s Yoon DooJoon, Shinee’s JongHyun, T-Ara’s JiYeon, and After School’s UEE” are the focus members in the group.
The year 2009 was like a gust of wind that has brought along tons of new girls groups, but whose hand will MAMA (no pun intended but that's the acronym) hold now?
Major Korean music channel Mnet has announced that their Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF) will now be renamed as Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA)!
Mnet announced on October 23 that the live broadcast will change its concept and the way they will handle how people may vote for which artist wins the award.
Mnet also announced that Park Ji Yoon, SG Wannabe's Kim Yong Jun and Lee Seok Hoon will become the new MC's of the event.
The live broadcast of the 2009 MAMA will take place on November 21 at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium. People that live outside of Korea, don't give your hopes up yet, because there's a reason why MAMA is titled MAMA! Via Channel V International, the event will be broadcasted in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Thailand.
The special main event will be the "Global Artist Award." In addition, another major change is that the Trot genre will be added on along with the other Pop music awards.
There will be a total of 7 categories of artists, 7 categories of genres, and 2 categories of music video nominations during the event. In addition, there will be a total of 30 awards for each nominated song.
People may start voting on October 23, 2009 through the Mnethomepage.
Criteria: Album sales and chart standings from October 15th, 2008 through October 22nd 2009.
Best Male Newcomer • BEAST • Supreme Team • MBLAQ • Chung Lim • Taegoon
Best Female Newcomer • 2NE1 • After School • T-ara • 4minute • f(x)
Best Male Singer • Drunken Tiger • Rain • Lee Seung Chul • G-Dragon • MC Mong
Best Female Singer • Bada • Baek Ji Young • Son Dambi • Younha • Chae Yeon
Best Male Group • 2PM • Big Bang • Super Junior • SG Wannabe • SS501
Best Female Group • Davichi • Brown Eyed Girls • SNSD • Jewelry • KARA
Best Mixed Group • Roo’Ra • 8eight • Koyote • Cool • Clazziquai
Best Rock Music Award • Buhwal (I remember 생각이나) • Seo Taiji (Juliet) • Jang Giha and the Faces (Living with nothing special) • Cherry Filter (Pianissimo) • FT Island (I Hope)
Best Hip-Hop Group Award • Dynamic Duo (Dead Guy) • Drunken Tiger (Monster) • LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave) • Outsider (Alone) • Epik High (Wannabe)
Best Ballad/R&B Music Award • Kim Jong Kook (Today More Than Yesterday) • Kim TaeWoo (Love Rain) • Bobby Kim (Love, the guy) • Park Hyo Shin (After Love) • Baek Ji Young (Like being hit by a bullet)
Best Dance Music Award • 2NE1 (I Don’t Care) • 2PM (Again & Again) • SNSD (Gee) • Super Junior (Sorry) • KARA (Honey)
Best House & Electronic Music Award • Brown Eyed Girls (Abracadabra) • Son Dambi (Saturday Night) • Clazziquai (Love Again) • 4minute (Muzik) • G-Dragon (Heartbreaker)
Best Trot Music Award • Gyeon Miri (Happy Woman) • Park Hyun Bin (Brilliant Life) • Seong JinYoo (딱이야) • Joo HyunMi and Seohyun (JjaRaJaJjan) • Hong JinYeong (Love’s Battery)
Best O.S.T Award • Baek Ji Young (Don’t Forget - IRIS) • Lee Seung Chul (No more love like this - Blue Love Story) • T-Max (Paradise - Boys Over Flowers) • Tiffany (I’m Alone - JaMyungGo) • SS501 (Because I’m Stupid - Boys Over Flowers)
Best MV Award • 2NE1 (Fire) • LeeSsang (The Girl Who Can't Break Up, The Boy Who Can't Leave) • Bada (Mad) • Seo Taiji (Juliet) • D.N.G (Step 2 Me)
Best MV Director Award • Seo Hyun Seung • Jang Jae Hyuk • Jo Soo Hyun • Joo Hee Seon • Hong Won Ki
