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EXO wins top honors at 2014 MAMA awards

December 4, 2014
EXO (Courtesy of SM Entertainment)

EXO (Courtesy of SM Entertainment)

SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean boy band EXO has won four prizes in this year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), one of the major K-pop music honors.

The 12-member group received the singer and album of the year, two of the three top honors up for grabs, as well as the best male band and the best Asian style awards during the 2014 MAMA held at the Hong Kong Asia World Expo Arena on Wednesday.

This marked the second consecutive year that EXO has received the MAMA album of the year award.

“We don’t use the word satisfaction so easily. This comes out of the thought that we should perform better in the future,” Suho, leader of the group, told reporters after the ceremony.

Taeyang, member of Big Bang, won the award for song of the year. (Courtesy of YG Entertainment)

Taeyang, member of Big Bang, won the MAMA award for song of the year. (Courtesy of YG Entertainment)

The song of the year went to Taeyang, a member of the popular boy band BigBang, for his solo single “Eyes, Nose, Lips.”

Taeyang also took home two other awards — best male singer, best male vocal performance while the pop diva IU clinched the best female singer and the most popular vocalist awards.

The boy band Infinite won the best dance performance male group and the K-pop fans’ best choice awards.

Founded in 1999, MAMA is held annually by CJ E.