Mama K-pop awards in full: BTS dominate with eight wins, including best male group, song and album of the year; Twice score upset win

World-conquering boy band sweep the biggest annual K-pop awards for second year running, while Tomorrow X Together win best new male artist

Twice beat out hotly tipped Blackpink for the best female group award, and take home more prizes than any other girl group, at ceremony in Nagoya, Japan

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K-pop superstars BTS swept the boards at the 2019 Mama awards, winning in eight categories. The ceremony was held at the Nagoya Dome in Japan instead of in Hong Kong because of anti-government protests in the Chinese city.

Published: 9:33pm, 4 Dec 2019Updated: 1:20pm, 20 Feb 2020

World-conquering boy band BTS swept the biggest annual K-pop awards show for the second year running, taking home eight major awards including best male group, song of the year and album of the year.

The Mnet Asian Music Awards (Mama) ceremony was staged on Wednesday night in the 30,000-capacity Nagoya Dome in Japan by South Korean entertainment and media giant CJ E&M. Last year the main Mama awards show was held in Hong Kong, but it bypassed the city this year because of the anti-government street protests that began six months ago.

The Mama ceremony featured live performances by many of K-pop’s biggest stars – including BTS, Twice, Monsta X, Tomorrow X Together (winners of the award for best new male artist), Mamamoo and Itzy (winners of the award for best new female artist) – as well as British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa.

The event came at a sensitive period for the Korean entertainment industry as it deals with the deaths of three stars – Sulli, Goo Hara and Cha In-ha – all in their twenties, in the space of two months.

BTS began their awards haul by winning the prize for best male group, defeating Got7, NCT 127, Monsta X and Seventeen.

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