Top 5 2020 MAMA Stage Performances, Ranked

Sara Layne
7 min readDec 7, 2020
2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards

The first thing I want to say is that I thought all the stage performances for the 2020 MAMAs (Mnet Asian Music Awards) were terrific. I’ve been watching the yearly award shows for the past five years, and I have never been this excited about all the stages. It could be because I, like many other music fans, am craving concerts, or it could have been the strong coffee I drank to survive the 6-hour show. Either way, I was extremely pleased with how the stages went. Hopefully, you had a similar experience with the MAMA awards.

The second thing is that I’m considering the full stage performance set as one piece. For example, NCTU’s 23-minute masterpiece? One set. Taemin’s brief but lovely performance? One set. It makes it easier for my brain and honestly, you don’t want to split anything up. I will, however, provide the clips of the smaller performances because that’s how Mnet broke them up when I was writing this, okay?

1/5 Taemin

Taemin MAMA Awards
credit: Meaww

What can I say about Taemin that hasn’t been said before? The man is so talented, and I swear it looks like he doesn’t have any bones when he dances; his moves are that fluid. Taemin has 12 years in the game and counting. His…

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Sara Layne
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Writer. Lover of Korean music, culture and entertainment. Cohost of Kdrama Reports Podcast.