From solo artists to groups: Full 2025 MAMA Awards nominees list out

The 2025 MAMA Awards kicked off fan voting on October 16 (KST), following the announcement of nominations for top categories including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year.

To qualify, songs and albums must have been released between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025, a period set as the official eligibility window.

Voting is open via Mnet Plus and X (formerly Twitter).

Highlights among nominees include BTS’s Jin and j-hope, BLACKPINK members Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé, NCT’s Mark, aespa, and Seventeen.

Here’s the full list of nominations for 2025 “MAMA awards

BEST NEW ARTIST

AHOF

ALLDAY PROJECT

Baby DONT Cry

CLOSE YOUR EYES

CORTIS

Heart2Hearts

IDID

izna

KickFlip

KiiiKiii

BEST MALE ARTIST

NCT’s Mark

EXO’s Baekhyun

BTS’s j-hope

BTS’s Jin

G-DRAGON

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

i-dle’s Yuqi

BLACKPINK’s Jennie

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo

BLACKPINK’s Rosé

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

BEST MALE GROUP

SEVENTEEN

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

BOYNEXTDOOR

ENHYPEN

RIIZE

Stray Kids

ZEROBASEONE

BEST FEMALE GROUP

aespa

BABYMONSTER

i-dle

IVE

LE SSERAFIM

TWICE

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE MALE SOLO

NCT MARK – 1999

SHINee KEY – HUNTER

G-DRAGON – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

BTS j-hope – MONA LISA

EXO KAI – Wait On Me

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE FEMALE SOLO

DAYOUNG – body

i-dle MINNIE – HER

BLACKPINK JENNIE – like JENNIE

BLACKPINK JISOO – earthquake

KARINA (aespa) – UP

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE MALE GROUP

SEVENTEEN – THUNDER

BOYNEXTDOOR – IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU

NCT DREAM – When I’m With You

NCT WISH – poppop

PLAVE – Dash

RIIZE – Fly Up

TWS – Countdown!

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE FEMALE GROUP

ILLIT – Cherish (My Love)

aespa – Whiplash

BABYMONSTER – DRIP

BLACKPINK – JUMP

IVE – REBEL HEART

LE SSERAFIM – HOT

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE SOLO

NCT DOYOUNG – Memory

Roy Kim – If You Ask Me What Love Is

LEE MU JIN – Coming Of Age Story

TAEYEON – Letter To Myself

BLACKPINK ROSÉ – toxic till the end

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE GROUP

DAVICHI – Stitching

HIGHLIGHT – Endless Ending

MEOVV – DROP TOP

TREASURE – YELLOW

ZEROBASEONE – Doctor! Doctor!

BEST BAND PERFORMANCE

N.Flying – Everlasting

CNBLUE – A Sleepless Night

DAY6 – Maybe Tomorrow

QWER- Dear

Xdinary Heroes – Beautiful Life

BEST RAP & HIP HOP PERFORMANCE

HAON – Skrr (Feat. GISELLE of aespa)

Dynamic duo & GUMMY – Take Care

BIG Naughty – MUSIC (Feat. LEE CHANHYUK)

pH-1 – Life Is A Movie (Feat. Jung Zi So)

TABLO & RM – Stop The Rain (TABLO X RM)

BEST COLLABORATION

NCT MARK – Fraktsiya (Feat. Lee Young Ji)

BLACKPINK JENNIE – ExtraL (Feat. Doechii)

G-DRAGON – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

ROSÉ, Bruno Mars – APT.

BTS V – Winter Ahead (With Park Hyo Shin)

BEST OST

Park Hyo Shin – HERO (From the Film “Firefighters”) (Firefighters OST)

TOMORROW X TOGETHER – When the Day Comes (Resident Playbook OST)

BOYNEXTDOOR – Never Loved This Way Before (Odd Girl Out OST)

HUNTR/X – Golden (Netflix – KPop Demon Hunters OST)

Saja Boys – Soda Pop (Netflix – KPop Demon Hunters OST)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

LEE CHANHYUK – Vivid LaLa Love

BLACKPINK JENNIE – ZEN

aespa – Dirty Work

ALLDAY PROJECT – FAMOUS

BLACKPINK – JUMP

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

BLACKPINK JENNIE – like JENNIE

aespa – Whiplash

ALLDAY PROJECT – WICKED

CORTIS – GO!

G-DRAGON – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

Artist of the Year

All groups and soloists nominated for the previously listed artist categories are eligible.

Song of the Year

All artists nominated for the song categories are eligible.

Album of the Year

aespa’s Whiplash

ATEEZ’s GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2

BABYMONSTER’s DRIP

Baekhyun’s Essence of Reverie

BOYNEXTDOOR’s No Genre

ENHYPEN’s DESIRE : UNLEASH

G-Dragon’s Übermensch

i-dle’s We are

IVE’s IVE EMPATHY

Jin’s Happy

NCT DREAM’s DREAMSCAPE

NCT WISH’s COLOR

PLAVE’s Caligo Pt.1

RIIZE’s ODYSSEY

SEVENTEEN’s SPILL THE FEELS

Stray Kids’ KARMA

TXT’s The Star Chapter: TOGETHER

ZEROBASEONE’s NEVER SAY NEVER

Fans’ Choice Male

10CM

82MAJOR

8TURN

AB6IX

AHOF

AMPERS&ONE

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

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

Yena

The awards ceremony will take place in Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium on November 28–29.