Can the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) redeem its credibility this year?

The music awards became controversial last year when SM Entertainment boycotted the show and none of its artists won in any category except for TVXQ, whose award was accepted by Xian Junsu, Micky Yoochun and Youngwoong Jaejoong, who are in legal dispute with SME.

The MAMA imposed a “no show, no award" policy that time, thus SME artists registered no wins. Artists from JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment won the major awards including 2NE1, which won the Song of the Year. 2PM was adjudged as Artist of the Year and G-Dragon won the Album of the Year.

There’s no word yet if SME artists will attend this year’s show that will be broadcast live from Macau on November 28.

Curiously, SME artists are still nominated in various categories. Super Junior is up against 2PM, BEAST, 2AM and MBLAQ in the Male Group Award category.

Girls Generation has been nominated in the Female Group Award category along with 2NE1, 4Minute, KARA and T-ara.

In the Male Singer Award, nominees are Rain, Se7en, Taeyang, Wheesung and PSY.

On the other hand, Lee Hyori, Son Dambi, BoA, Gummy and Seo In Young are nominated in the Female Singer Award.

Other nominees are:

Male Rookie Award: CNBlue, Infinite, Teen Top, Seo In Guk, ZE:A

Female Rookie Award: miss A, G.NA, Nine Muses, SISTAR and Rainbow

Best Music Video: 2NE1 (“Can’t Nobody”), Epik High (“Run”), UV (“Sorry I Can’t Be Cool”), Ga-In (“Can’t Turn Back”) and Taeyang (“I’ll Be There”)

Best Dance Performance (Solo): Narsha (“Bbiri Bbabba”), Rain (“The Song That’ll Hold YOu Back”), Lee Hyori (“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), Taeyang (“I’ll be There”) and Hyuna (“Change”)

Best Dance Performance (Male): 2PM (“I’ll Be Back”), B2ST (“SHOCK”), MBLAQ (“Y”), SHINee (“Lucifer”), Super Junior (“Bonamana”)

Best Dance Performance (Female) - 2NE1 (“Can’t Nobody”), 4minute (“HUH!”), miss A (“Bad Girl Good Girl”), Secret (“Magic”), T-ara (“Bo Peep Bo Peep”)

Best Vocal Performance (Solo): K. Will (“Miss Miss Miss”), Gummy (“Because You’re A Man”), Seo In Young (“You Write It As Love and Call It Pain”), Jung In (“Hate”), Wheesung (“I Thought of Marriage”)

Best Vocal Performance (Group) - 2AM (“Can’t Send You Even if I Die”), 4men (“Can’t”), 8Eight (“Break Up Is Coming”), Vibe (“Come Back”), Davichi (“Time Please Stop”)

Best Band Performance - CNBlue (“Love”), FT Island (“Love Love Love”), Hot Potato (“Confession”), Boohwal (“Love Is”), TransFixion (“Shouts of Reds”)

Best Rap Performance - DJ Doc (“I’m This Kind of Person”), Epik HIgh (“Run”), Outsider (“Acquaintance”), UV (“Sorry I’m Not Cool”), Supreme Team (“Dang Dang Dang”)

Best Collaboration: Homme (“Eating Well”), Ga-In & Jo Kwon (“We Fell In Love”), Seo Young Eun/Jung Yeob (“This Pitiful Word”), IU/Seulong (“Nagging”), Sung Shi Kyung/IU (“It’s You”)

Best Digital Single - MC Mong (“Hurt to Death”), Monday Kiz (“Spread Away”), Park Bom (“You and I”), Supreme Team (“Then Then Then”), Jung Yeob (“Without You”)

The Shilla Asian Wave Award - 2PM, 4minute, CNBlue, KARA, SNSD