Boycotts and no-show: MAMA off to a bad start?

[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

Mnet announced a new annual music event Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) and also this year’s nominees list on 23rd October (see more).

Already after the release of the nominee list, many netizens are unhappy about the nominee list and how nominees are chosen for each category. Following that, MAMA continues to fall under criticism with trot singers Park Hyun Bin and Jang Yoon Jung revealing that they will boycott the event. (article)

And today, 2 news came up revealing that SM Ent will also be boycotting the event, and DSP also revealed that SS501 and possibly even KARA will not be attending the event.



SM singers boycotts MAMA



Artists managed under major talenthouse SM Entertainment have declared they will boycott a year-end music award ceremony held by cable music channel Mnet.

SM, who manages some of Korea’s top singers including Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and SHINee, announced in a press release on Tuesday that they would not participate in the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) set for November 21.

They explained that they cannot trust the criteria and standard of fairness used in making their selections, citing that Girls’ Generation, who had topped a music chart for nine consecutive weeks, had never taken first place on Mnet’s show and only entered their charts a month after their album was released.

The nine-member girl group’s single “Gee” was a sensation throughout the country upon its release early this year, dominating music charts for over two months.

SM also requested their artists be removed from a mobile poll which asks participants to pay a fee to place a vote, saying they “do not want to see fans suffer any damage from the poll which has commercial intentions”.

SM is the second agency after Inwoo Production to boycott the music festival. Inwoo, managing two of Korea’s top younger trot singers Jang Yoon-jeong and Park Hyun-bin, announced yesterday that they will not attend MAMA, also questioning the fairness of the awards ceremony.

Mnet will be holding the MAMA for the first time this year in place of its ten-year long Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF).

DSP plays down MAMA boycott rumour



DSP Media on Wednesday played down rumors from earlier in the day which said that their group SS501 will not attend a year-end music award ceremony held by cable music channel Mnet to boycott the event.

“We are not boycotting the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA),” stated an official at DSP Media. He explained that the five-member group will not be able to attend the event as they are busy promoting their new album “Rebirth” and have to travel overseas to hold concerts as part of their Asia tour.

The official added that they are currently debating on whether their girl group Kara will attend the event.

Mnet will be holding the MAMA for the first time this year in place of its ten-year long Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF) but several top talenthouses in Korea have questioned its standard of fairness and said they will not take part in the event.

SM Entertainment, which manages several of Korea’s most popular artists including Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and SHINee, as well as Inwoo Production, in charge of two top trot singers Jang Yoon-jeong and Park Hyun-bin, have declared they will boycott the MAMA.


 

source: sookyeong

Comments

[xanderave.livejournal.com]

So... who is attending?

[bgurl1210.livejournal.com]

People most fangirls don't give a damn about. Mnet might have a hard time filling the award show venue with fans especially when people are boycotting the show left and right.

[feel-my-mind.livejournal.com]

JYP, Cube, and YG. That is about it I think.

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

LMFAO everything's so fucked up now

[pocketofskies.livejournal.com]

lol ngl i feel so bad for mnet but w/e

[silvaesedai.livejournal.com]

What's next, I wonder?

One little YG artist left all alone;
He got himself a sex scandal and then there were none.

[bydaylight.livejournal.com]

I want to see the guest list so bad right now. After all these bands are gone, who's left? Jfc.

If the YG family sweeps everything, then there will just be more accusations about it being a YG-centered event and etc etc etc.

There's no way around this, ugh.

STOP IT, 2009. JUST FUCKING STOP IT.

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

I've seen the word 'Boycott' for too many times lately.

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

this.

[kirakostik.livejournal.com]

Funny how they didn't mention DBSK under Korea's top stars.

[smilez4you.livejournal.com]

ikr?

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

this!

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

SM doesn't want people paying money to MAMA because they want the money themselves.

[bgurl1210.livejournal.com]

IDGI, how would SM profit from not attending the show? I thought what they wanted was recognition for their artists and awards.

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

That's not my point. I just thought that maybe SM didn't want MAMA profiting from people voting though they said they would put it back into the music industry. Sounds more believable than they don't want fans wasting money or something.

[keiizachiro.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they want the money themselves. Let's count the countless version of album they released for one album. We have version A,B,C,Premium,Deluxe,AA,AB,DoubleA,DoubleJ.

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

What's your point?

[smilez4you.livejournal.com]

LOL wow

[teexsaurus.livejournal.com]

All I know is Super Junior and DBSK are not attending, so that's pretty much no show for me.

[diadust.livejournal.com]

THIS. So true.

Though SuJu may not get the award even though they are leading, I'm still voting everyday. =X

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

This!

[teukattack.livejournal.com]

if I was MAMA I would be like


FINE WE WON'T DO IT THEN *takes down website*

[maisoui.livejournal.com]

lol your comments are just always ♥

[xmare-imbrium.livejournal.com]

HAHA YES.

[yumi-maki.livejournal.com]

I think they should just go back to calling it MKMF and just be like "we were just kidding, we'll be fair, please come back!" ;__;

[thenylonkid.livejournal.com]

It's sad that people are asking "whos left" when only SM and DSP are not showing up.

Yes, you have JYP/Cube and YG but there are A LOT of artists out there that are not with these major companies that could/will attended.

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

this

[xmare-imbrium.livejournal.com]

I agree :/

[aprettyeternity.livejournal.com]

Well...yeah.
Bitch fight between SM and Mnet continues from last year!

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...nothing is surprising me anymore these days.

2009 just needs to be over with.

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

THIS. It's been a horrible year for KPop. I blame the influx of girl groups, which made everyone go insane with estrogen.

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, its been horrible all around, fandom wise, and for me, real life wise. I just want it gone, I think 2010 will be a better year.

[invisibelle.livejournal.com]

i kinda agree with SM w/rt snsd. it's hard to dispute the fact that Gee was insanely popular for a while there, makes no sense that they didn't even once get first.

but then who really knows how any of these shows work... they could all be completely rigged...

[sea-rebel91.livejournal.com]

so this is going to be a badass YG show.

... I WANT A TICKET NAOW!

[xperfect-lines.livejournal.com]

lol same here XD I'm only in this MAMA shit for YG anyway XD

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

THE PLOT THICKENS!

As long as Cube is going, I'm fine tbh.

[blue-rin.livejournal.com]

I'll watch it but without SuJu & SNSD I doubt I'll enjoy it very much. Or at all, really.

[kakkoi-x.livejournal.com]

tahha won't be watching.

[evile1690.livejournal.com]

Oh please. Kpop isn't just made up of SME artists.
And what a bummer if DSP pulls out though.

But whatever, awards or no awards - fairness or no fairness, I'm still looking forward to the crazy performances, remixes, and collaborations. LOL

[ricey11.livejournal.com]

That'd be a bummer if DSP decides to not have KARA attend.
As much as this year has been dominated by YG, SME, and JYPE, KARA wasn't exactly silent through this all, they had great runs as well.
And I'll be waiting around that night to see the performances of hopefully BEAST and MBLAQ and 2NE1 and all the other newcomers this year, first year end performances for them.

[ellystage.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of hoping that mostly everybody doesn't show up. That would make interesting headlines.

[yuki-yang.livejournal.com]

With SM out of the way, it's YG and JYP family time :)
i'm not complaining~

Yay 2NE1!! Newcomer Award ^___^

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

Guys come on
Secret
Brown eyed Girls
2pm
GD
2ne1
Kim Tae Woo
Park Hyo shin
all those other ballad singers
Leessang
4minute
Mblaq
Beast
Chaeyeon
Davinchi
Seeya
I am sure MNET can still put on a great show
Baek Ji young

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

After SchooL
Son Dambi

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

they will. tbh, I've always found sm's performances at award shows boring (well except for Boa. god I miss her)

[onlybrandy.livejournal.com]

This about SM. But I would put BoA in with the rest of them.

[yumi-maki.livejournal.com]

Davichi, yay!

[animetb28.livejournal.com]

First Hankyung...now SM artists are not allowed??
Mnet's fucked up.

[yumi-maki.livejournal.com]

They are allowed - SM is just pulling them out of it. They are choosing to not let their artists attend because they feel that Mnet won't be fair to them and that they haven't been fair in the past.