Some of the biggest names in the K-pop industry will go head-to-head in the 2025 iteration of the MAMA Awards, where Seventeen, Twice, and the solo acts of Blackpink and BTS are included in the running for the highest honors.
The nominees are based on music released between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025. Winners of the Artist of the Year and Artist Category awards will be determined based on a 40% judging, 30% streaming/downloads (20% from Korea and 10% from global markets) and 30% physical album sales.
The Song of the Year and Genre Category awards will be based on 40% judging and 60% streaming/downloads (40% from Korea and 20% from global audiences). The Album of the Year will be selected through 40% judging and 60% physical album sales (of albums that sold at least one million copies).
The 2025 MAMA Awards will be held at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong on Nov. 28 and 29. Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Male Group
BoyNextDoor
Enhypen
RIIZE
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
ZEROBASEONE
Best Female Group
aespa
BabyMonster
I-dle
IVE
LE SSERAFIM
Twice
Best New Artist
AHOF
AllDay Project
Baby DONT Cry
Close Your Eyes
CORTIS
Hearts2Hearts
IDID
Izna
KickFlip
KiiiKiii
Best Male Artist
Baekhyun
G-Dragon
j-hope
Jin
Mark
Best Female Artist
Jennie
Jisoo
Rosé
Taeyeon
Yuqi
Best Dance Performance Male Solo
‘Too Bad (feat. Anderson .Paak)’ by G-Dragon
‘Mona Lisa’ by j-hope
‘Wait On Me’ by Kai
‘HUNTER’ by Key
Mark – ‘1999’
Best Dance Performance Female Solo
‘body’ by Dayoung
‘like JENNIE’ by Jennie
‘earthquake’ by Jisoo
‘UP’ by Karina
‘HER’ by Minnie
Best Dance Performance Male Group
‘IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU’ by BoyNextDoor
‘WHEN I’M WITH YOU’ by NCT Dream
‘poppop’ by NCT WISH
‘Dash’ by PLAVE
‘Fly Up’ by RIIZE
‘THUNDER’ by Seventeen
‘Countdown’ by TWS
Best Dance Performance Female Group
‘Whiplash’ by aespa
‘DRIP’ by BabyMonster
‘JUMP’ by Blackpink
‘Cherish (My Love)’ by ILLIT
‘Rebel Heart’ by IVE
‘HOT’ by LE SSERAFIM
Best Vocal Performance Solo
‘Memory’ by Doyoung
‘Coming of Age Story’ by Lee Mu-jin
‘toxic till the end’ by Rosé
‘If You Ask Me What Love Is’ by Roy Kim
‘Letter to Myself’ by Taeyeon
Best Vocal Performance Group
‘Stitching’ by Davichi
‘Endless Ending’ by Highlight
‘Drop Top’ by MEOVV
‘Yellow’ by Treasure
‘Doctor! Doctor!’ by Zerobaseone
Best Band Performance
CNBLUE – ‘A Sleepless Night’
DAY6 – ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
N.Flying – ‘Everlasting’
QWER – ‘Dear’
Xdinary Heroes – ‘Beautiful Life’
Best Rap and Hip Hop Performance
‘MUSIC (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)’ by BIG Naughty
‘Take Care’ by Dynamic Duo and Gummy
‘Skrr (feat. Giselle)’ by Haon
‘Life Is a Movie (feat. Jung Zi-so)’ by pH-1
‘Stop the Rain’ by Tablo and RM
Best Collaboration
‘Too Bad (feat. Anderson .Paak)’ by G-Dragon
‘ExtraL’ by Jennie and Doechii
‘Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young-ji)’ by Mark
‘APT.’ by Rosé and Bruno Mars
‘Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo-shin)’ by V
Best OST
‘Never Loved This Way Before’ (‘Odd Girl Out’ OST) by BoyNextDoor
‘Golden’ (‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ OST) by HUNTR/X
‘Hero’ (‘Firefighters’ OST) by Park Hyo-shin
‘Soda Pop’ (‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ OST) by Saja Boys
‘When the Day Comes’ (‘Resident Playbook’ OST) by Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
Best Music Video
‘Dirty Work’ by aespa
‘FAMOUS’ by AllDay Project
‘Jump’ by Blackpink
‘Zen’ by Jennie
‘Vivid LaLa Love’ by Lee Chanhyuk
Best Choreography
‘Whiplash’ by aespa
‘Wicked’ by AllDay Project
‘GO!’ by CORTIS
‘Too Bad (feat. Anderson .Paak)’ by G-Dragon
‘like JENNIE’ by Jennie
Artist of the Year (nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated)
aespa
AHOF
AllDay Project
Baby DONT Cry
BabyMonster
Baekhyun
BoyNextDoor
Close Your Eyes
CORTIS
Enhypen
G-Dragon
Hearts2Hearts
i-dle
IDID
IVE
izna
j-hope
Jennie
Jin
Jisoo
KickFlip
KiiiKiii
LE SSERAFIM
Mark
RIIZE
Rosé
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Taeyeon
TWICE
Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
Yuqi
ZEROBASEONE
Song of the Year (nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated)
‘Dirty Work’ by aespa
‘Whiplash’ by aespa
‘Famous’ by AllDay Project
‘Wicked’ by AllDay Project
‘Drip’ by BabyMonster
‘Music (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)’ by BIG Naughty
‘Jump’ by Blackpink
‘IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU’ by BoyNextDoor
‘Never Loved This Way Before’ by BoyNextDoor
‘A Sleepless Night’ by CNBLUE
‘GO!’ by CORTIS
‘Stitching’ by Davichi
‘Maybe Tomorrow’ by DAY6
‘body’ by Dayoung
‘Memory’ by Dayoung
‘Take Care’ by Dynamic Duo and Gummy
‘Too Bad (feat. Anderson .Paak)’ by G-Dragon
‘Skrr (feat. Giselle)’ by Haon
‘Endless Ending’ by Highlight
‘Golden’ by HUNTR/X
‘Cherish (My Love)’ by ILLIT
‘Rebel Heart’ by IVE
‘Mona Lisa’ by j-hope
‘like JENNIE’ by Jennie
‘ZEN’ by Jennie
‘ExtraL’ by Jennie and Doechii
‘earthquake’ by Jisoo
‘Wait on Me’ by Kai
‘UP’ by Karina
‘Hunter’ by Key
‘HOT’ by LE SSERAFIM
‘Vivid LaLa Love’ by Lee Chanhyuk
‘Coming of Age Story’ by Lee Mu-jin
‘1999’ by Mark
‘Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young-ji)’ Mark
‘DROP TOP’ by MEOVV
‘HER’ by Minnie
‘Everlasting’ by N.Flying
‘When I’m With You’ by NCT Dream
‘poppop’ by NCT WISH
‘Hero’ by Park Hyo-shin
‘Life Is a Movie (feat. Jung Zi-so)’ by pH-1
‘Dash’ by PLAVE
‘Dear’ by QWER
‘Fly Up’ by RIIZE
‘toxic till the end’ by Rosé
‘APT.’ by Rosé and Bruno Mars
‘If You Ask Me What Love Is’ by Roy Kim
‘Soda Pop’ by Saja Boys
‘Thunder’ by Seventeen
‘Stop the Rain’ by Tablo and RM
‘Letter to Myself’ by Taeyeon
‘YELLOW’ by Treasure
‘Countdown’ by TWS
‘When the Day Comes’ by Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
‘Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo-shin)’ by V
‘Beautiful Life’ by Xdinary Heroes
‘Doctor! Doctor!’ by ZEROBASEONE
Album of the Year (only albums that sold over 1 million copies are eligible)
‘Whiplash’ by aespa
‘GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2’ by ATEEZ
‘DRIP’ by BabyMonster
‘Essence of Reverie’ by Baekhyun
‘No Genre’ by BoyNextDoor
‘DESIRE : UNLEASH’ by Enhypen
‘Übermensch’ by G-Dragon
‘We are’ by i-dle
‘IVE EMPATHY’ by IVE
‘Happy’ by Jin
‘DREAMSCAPE’ by NCT Dream
‘COLOR’ by NCT Wish
‘Caligo Pt.1’ by PLAVE
‘Odyssey’ by RIIZE
‘Spill the Feels’ by Seventeen
‘KARMA’ by Stray Kids
‘The Star Chapter: TOGETHER’ by Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
‘NEVER SAY NEVER’ by ZEROBASEONE
Fans’ Choice Male
10CM
82MAJOR
8TURN
AB6IX
AHOF
AMPERSandONE
ARrC
ASTRO
ATEEZ
Baekhyun
BoyNextDoor
BTOB
Close Your Eyes
CNBLUE
CORTIS
Cravity
D.O. (Doh Kyung-soo)
Daesung
DAY6
Doyoung
ENHYPEN
Epik High
EVNNE
G-Dragon
GOT7
IDID
j-hope
Jay Park
Jin
Kai
KickFlip
Lee Mu Jin
N.Flying
NCT DREAM
NCT WISH
NEXZ
P1Harmony
PLAVE
RIIZE
Seventeen
SHINee
Stray Kids
Super Junior
TIOT
Treasure
TWS
Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
WayV
Xdinary Heroes
ZEROBASEONE
Fans’ Choice Female
aespa
AllDay Project
Apink
ARTMS
AtHeart
Baby DONT Cry
BABYMONSTER
BIBI
Billlie
BLACKPINK
BoA
BOL4
Chungha
Chuu
Davichi
FIFTY FIFTY
fromis_9
H1-KEY
Hearts2Hearts
Hwasa
Hyolyn
i-dle
ILLIT
Irene
ITZY
IU
IVE
izna
Jeon Somi
Joy
KARD
Kep1er
KiiiKiii
KISS OF LIFE
LE SSERAFIM
MEOVV
NiziU
NMIXX
OH MY GIRL
QWER
SAY MY NAME
Seulgi
STAYC
Taeyeon
tripleS
TWICE
UNIS
VIVIZ
Wendy
Yen