The 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from November 25 through December 1, 2017 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong with the theme, "Coexistence". It was the eighth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, the 19th ceremony in the show's history, and the first ceremony to take place in three locations.
Nominees were announced on October 19, 2017, through the 2017 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19, online voting opened on the official MAMA website and Mwave app and Qoo10 website and app on October 21. Voting ended on November 28, 2017.
The following artist(s) received three or more wins:
All artists nominated is also present in the "daesang" categories. The following artist(s) received five or more nominations (excluding the special awards):
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.
Vietnam
Japan
Hong Kong
Voting officially started on October 21, however the official website experienced issues for the following two days. On November 2, MAMA "nullified" illegal votes they detected between October 26 and November 1 and halted voting from 4:00 am to 8:00 am. In addition, they announced that they "will take stronger measures against illegal voting if it continues, including nullifying the votes confirmed to be illegitimate, blocking the relevant IP addresses, and permanently deleting the relevant accounts."
The photo of the South Korean group Blackpink was shown blurred in red for a moment during the announcement of the category candidates.