The 2025 MAMA Awards nominees full list is out! K-pop fans waiting for the year-end celebrations to arrive as soon as possible are now one step closer to catching their favourite artists on the K-entertainment competition stage. Mark your calendars for November 28 and 29, as the two-day musical event will be held at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong this year.

Fans hoping to test their fandom’s limits may start voting for the Fans’ Choice nominees from October 26, 11:59 pm KST, onwards. As always, 20 artists will be shortlisted from the pre-vote period the Fans’ Choice Male and Fans’ Choice Female categories each. They will then move onto the next voting round, scheduled to kick off on October 30 at 6 pm KST and staying on until November 10 at 11:59 pm KST.

Here are this year’s MAMA Awards nominations.

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2025 MAMA Awards nominees list

Best Dance Performance Male Solo

  • “Wait On Me” by EXO’s Kai
  • “MONA LISA” by BTS‘ J-Hope
  • “HUNTER” by SHINee’s Key
  • “1999” by NCT’s Mark
  • “TOO BAD (ft Anderson .Paak)” by G-Dragon

Best Dance Performance Female Solo

  • “like JENNIE” by BLACKPINK’s Jennie
  • “UP” by aespa’s Karina
  • “HER” by i-dle’s Minnie
  • “body” by WJSN’s Dayoung
  • “earthquake” by BLACKPINK’s Jisoo

Best Dance Performance Male Group

  • “When I’m With You” by NCT DREAM
  • “poppop” by NCT WISH
  • “Fly Up” by RIIZE
  • “Dash” by PLAVE
  • “THUNDER” by SEVENTEEN
  • “Countdown” by TWS
  • “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” by BOYNEXTDOOR

Best Dance Performance Female Group

  • “Whiplash” by aespa
  • “Cherish (My Love)” by ILLIT
  • “Rebel Heart” by IVE
  • “HOT” by LE SSERAFIM
  • “Jump” by BLACKPINK
  • “Drip” by BABYMONSTER

Best New Artist

  • CORTIS
  • IDID
  • izna
  • KickFlip
  • KiiiKiii
  • CLOSE YOUR EYES
  • Baby DONT Cry
  • ALLDAY PROJECT
  • AHOF
  • Hearts2Hearts

Best Male Artist

  • BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
  • BLACKPINK’s Jennie
  • BLACKPINK’s Rose
  • Taeyeon
  • i-dle’s Yuqi

Best Male Group

  • ENHYPEN
  • RIIZE
  • Stray Kids
  • TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT)
  • SEVENTEEN
  • ZEROBASEONE
  • BOYNEXTDOOR

Best Female Group

  • TWICE
  • LE SSERAFIM
  • BABYMONSTER
  • i-dle
  • aespa
  • IVE

Best Vocal Performance Group

  • “DROP TOP” by MEOVV
  • “YELLOW” by TREASURE
  • “Doctor! Doctor” by ZEROBASEONE
  • “Endless Ending” by HIGHLIGHT
  • “Stitching” by Davichi

Best Vocal Performance Solo

  • “toxic till the end” by BLACKPINK’s Rose
  • “Letter to Myself” by Taeyeon
  • “Coming of Age Story” by Lee Mujin
  • “Memory” by NCT’s Doyoung
  • “If You Ask Me What Love Is” by Roy Kim

Best Collaboration

  • “ExtraL” by BLACKPINK Jennie and Doechii
  • “Fraktsiya” by NCT Mark and Lee Youngji
  • “APT” by BLACKPINK Rose and Bruno Mars
  • “Winter Ahead” by BTS V and Park Hyo Shin
  • “TOO BAD” by G-Dragon and Anderson .Paak

Best Music Video

  • “FAMOUS” by ALLDAY PROJECT
  • “Jump” by BLACKPINK
  • “ZEN” by BLACKPINK Jennie
  • “Vivid LaLa Love” by Lee Chanhyuk
  • “Dirty Work” by aespa

Best Choreography

  • “WICKED” by ALLDAY PROJECT
  • “GO!” by CORTIS
  • “like JENNIE” by BLACKPINK Jennie
  • “TOO BAD” by G-Dragon ft Anderson .Paak
  • “Whiplash” by aespa

Best Band Performance

  • “Maybe Tomorrow” by DAY6
  • “Everlasting” by N.Flying
  • “Dear” by QWER
  • “A Sleepless Night” by CNBLUE
  • “Beautiful Life” by Xdinary Heroes
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Best Rap and Hip-Hop Performance

  • “Take Care” by Dynamic Duo and Gummy
  • “Life is a Movie” pH-1 ft Jung Zi So
  • “Stop the Rain” by Tablo and BTS RM
  • “MUSIC” by BIG Naughty ft Lee Chanhyuk
  • “Skrr” by HAON ft aespa’s Giselle

Best OST

  • “HERO” by Park Hyo Shin (Firefighters OST)
  • “GOLDEN” by HUNTR/X (K-pop Demon Hunters)
  • “Soda Pop” by Saja Boys (K-pop Demon Hunters)
  • “Never Loved This Way Before” by BOYNEXTDOOR (Odd Girl Out)
  • “When the Day Comes” by TXT (Resident Playbook)

Song of the Year: Nominees song categories automatically nominated

Artist of the Year: All artist category nominees automatically nominated