2025 MAMA AWARDS nominations announced

Leading entertainment company CJ ENM announced today the nominations for 2025 MAMA AWARDS, which will take place in Hong Kong for the first time in seven years in late November. 

The winners will be revealed at a star-studded two-day ceremony at Kai Tak Stadium, Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong starting November 28. 

Best New Artist

• AHOF
• ALLDAY PROJECT
• Baby DONT Cry
• CLOSE YOUR EYES
• CORTIS
• Heart2Hearts
• izna
• KickFlip
• KiiiKiii

Best Male Artist

• MARK
• BAEKHYUN
• Jin
• G-DRAGON
• j-hope

Best Female Artist

• YUQI
• JENNIE
• JISOO
• TAEYEON
• ROSÉ

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

• MARK - 1999
• KEY - HUNTER
• G-DRAGON - TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)
• j-hope - MONA LISA
• KAI - Wait On Me

Best Dance Performance Female Solo

• DAYOUNG - body
• MINNIE - HER
• JENNIE - like JENNIE
• 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 

• DOYOUNG - Memory
• Roy Kim - If You Ask Me What Love Is
• LEE MU JIN - Coming Of Age Story
• TAEYEON - Letter To Myself
• 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)
• Dynamicduo & 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  

• MARK - Fraktsiya (Feat. Lee Young Ji)
• JENNIE & Doechii - ExtraL (Feat. Doechii)
• G-DRAGON - TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)
• ROSÉ , Bruno Mars - APT.
• V & Park Hyo Shin - 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
• JENNIE - ZEN
• aespa - Dirty Work
• ALLDAY PROJECT - FAMOUS
• BLACKPINK - JUMP

Best Choreography 

• JENNIE - like JENNIE
• aespa - Whiplash
• ALLDAY PROJECT - WICKED
• CORTIS - GO!
• G-DRAGON - TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

Tickets for 2025 MAMA AWARDS will be available starting with Visa Infinite Presale on October 17 from 10am to 2pm, followed by Visa Presale from 6pm on October 17 to 2pm on October 18 via Cityline. General Sale will begin October 20 at 10am via Cityline, Damai, Trip.com, and Qoo10.