The 2001

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(MMF) was the third of the annual music awards in

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that took place on November 23, 2001, at the Little Angels Arts Center. Leading the nominees was

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with three nominations. By the end of the ceremony,

was the only one to receive multiple awards, which is 2 out of her three nominations.

Background

The award-giving body continued to use the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" (MKMF) for the third time."Mnet's MKMF goes into history"
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hosted the event for two consecutive times already. The grand awards (or daesang) were still the Best Popular Music Video and Music Video of the Year, without the nominees.

Nomination process

During the initial screening, fans added their candidates through the award's website www.mnet27.com. Then, the Mnet producers and the Nominee Selection Committee chose for the nominees. The official website was opened to the voters from Korea and Japan afterwards. In addition, professional judges have also chosen from the nominees. The votes from the fans and the judges were combined for the winners of each category."2001 MMF part 1"
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Shinhwa in 2012 in Singapore

Crying Nut at Festival in Hanyang University

Sung Si-kyung in March 2011 from acrofan

Park Jin-young (Founder of JYP Entertainment) in February 2011 from acrofan

;Special awards * Asian Viewer's Request Award: NRG – "Sorrow" (비) * Achievement Award: Clon

Multiple awards

Artist(s) with multiple wins

The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

The following artist(s) received two or more nominations:

Performers and presenters

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers."2001 MMF part 3"
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Performers

Presenters

Notes

References

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards
official website {{Mnet Asian Music Awards MAMA Awards ceremonies

Mnet Music Video Festival, 2001