MTV Asia Awards

MTV Asia Award
Presented by	MTV Asia
First awarded	2002
Official website	http://www.mtvasiaawards.com/

The biannual MTV Asia Awards is the Asian equivalent of the Europe MTV EMA. Established in 2002, the show gives recognition and awards to Asian and international icons in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music. Just like the EMA, most of the awards are voted for by the viewers from the Asian region.

The latest trophy design is a gold toblerone-like bar. The twin prism shape represents the letter M and double A, the acronyms for MTV Asia Awards.

The show was absent in 2007 and was discontinued since 2009.

Host cities

Year	Theme	Host city	Venue	Hosts
2008	M is back!	Genting Highlands, Malaysia	Arena of Stars	Jared Leto and Karen Mok
2006	Codehunters	Bangkok, Thailand	Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, Siam	Leehom Wang and Kelly Rowland
2005	MTV Asia Aid		Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani	Alicia Keys
2004	Valentine's Day	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Vanness Wu and Michelle Branch
2003	MTV Cube			Shaggy and Coco Lee
2002	Aliens		The Fort	Mandy Moore and Ronan Keating

Award categories

Viewers' Choice

Regional Awards

• Favorite Artist Mainland China
• Favorite Artist Hong Kong
• Favorite Artist India
• Favorite Artist Indonesia
• Favorite Artist Korea
• Favorite Artist Malaysia
• Favorite Artist Philippines
• Favorite Artist Singapore
• Favorite Artist Taiwan
• Favorite Artist Thailand

International award categories

• Favorite Pop Act
• Favorite Rock Act
• Favorite Video
• Favorite Female Artist
• Favorite Male Artist
• Favorite Breakthrough Artist

Special awards

Year	Award	Recipient
2008	Inspiration Award	Karen Mok
	edc Style Award	Panic at the Disco
	Knockout Award	The Click Five
2006	The Style Award	Jolin Tsai
	Outstanding Achievement in Popular Music	Destiny's Child
	The Inspiration Award	Bird (Thongchai McIntyre)
	Breakthrough Collaboration (Japan)	Teriyaki Boyz
2005	The Asian Film Award	Kung Fu Hustle
	Style Award	Nigo (A Bathing Ape)
	Inspiration Award	2004 Tsunami victims^1
2004	The Asian Film Award	Michelle Yeoh
	The Lifetime Achievement Award	Mariah Carey
	Inspiration Award	Anita Mui
	Favorite Breakthrough Artist	t.A.T.u.
	Most Influential Artiste Award	BoA
2003	The Asian Film Award	Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas
	The Style Award	Avril Lavigne
	The Inspiration Award	F4
2002	Favourite Film	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
	Favourite Fashion Designer	Donatella Versace
	Inspiration Award	Jackie Chan
	Favourite Indian Film Song	Jaane Kyon (Dil Chahta Hai)
	Most Influential Artiste Award	Ayumi Hamasaki

¹ The award was dedicated to all victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

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