The official nominees for the 2025 MAMA Awards have finally been revealed! For those unversed, the MAMA awards are one of K-pop’s most prestigious awards that fans anticipate the entire year. This year, the industry’s biggest acts have been nominated in diverse categories. From veteran acts like BLACKPINK and BTS to rookies like All Day Project and CORTIS, here is a look at the full list of nominees for each category of the MAMA Awards! Read on to know more.
Best New Artist
– AHOF
– ALLDAY PROJECT
– Baby DONT Cry
– CLOSE YOUR EYES
– CORTIS
– Hearts2Hearts
– IDID
– izna
– KickFlip
– KiiiKiii
Best Male Artist
– EXO’s Baekhyun
– G-Dragon
– BTS J-Hope
– BTS Jin
– NCT’s Mark
Best Female Artist
– BLACKPINK Jennie
– BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
– BLACKPINK’s Rosé
– Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
– i-dle’s Yuqi
Best Male Group
– BOYNEXTDOOR
– ENHYPEN
– RIIZE
– SEVENTEEN
– Stray Kids
– TXT
– ZEROBASEONE
Best Female Group
– Aespa
– BABYMONSTER
– i-dle
– IVE
– LE SSERAFIM
– TWICE
Best Dance Performance Male Solo
– G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)”
– BTS J-hope’s “MONA LISA”
– EXO Kai’s “Wait On Me”
– SHINee Key’s “HUNTER”
– NCT Mark’s “1999”
Best Dance Performance Female Solo
– Dayoung’s “body”
– BLACKPINK Jennie’s “like JENNIE”
– BLACKPINK Jisoo’s “earthquake”
– Aespa Karina’s “UP”
– i-dle Minnie’s “HER”
Best Dance Performance Male Group
– BOYNEXTDOOR’s “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU”
– NCT DREAM’s “WHEN I’M WITH YOU”
– NCT WISH’s “poppop”
– PLAVE’s “Dash”
– RIIZE’s “Fly Up”
– SEVENTEEN’s “THUNDER”
– TWS’s “Countdown”
Best Dance Performance Female Group
– Aespa’s “Whiplash”
– BABYMONSTER’s “DRIP”
– BLACKPINK’s “JUMP”
– ILLIT’s “Cherish (My Love)”
– IVE’s “REBEL HEART”
– LE SSERAFIM’s “HOT”
Best Vocal Performance Solo
– NCT Doyoung’s “Memory”
– Lee Mu Jin’s “Coming of Age Story”
– BLACKPINK Rosé’s “toxic till the end”
– Roy Kim’s “If You Ask Me What Love Is”
– Taeyeon’s “Letter To Myself”
Best Vocal Performance Group
– Davichi’s “Stitching”
– HIGHLIGHT’s “Endless Ending”
– MEOVV’s “DROP TOP”
– TREASURE’s “YELLOW”
– ZEROBASEONE’s “Doctor! Doctor!”
Best Band Performance
– CNBLUE’s “A Sleepless Night”
– DAY6’s “Maybe Tomorrow”
– N.Flying’s “Everlasting”
– QWER’s “Dear”
– Xdinary Heroes’ “Beautiful Life”
Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance
– BIG Naughty’s “MUSIC (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)”
– Dynamic Duo and Gummy’s “Take Care”
– HAON’s “Skrr (feat. Giselle)”
– PH-1’s “Life Is A Movie (feat. Jung Zi So)”
– Tablo and RM’s “Stop The Rain”
Best Collaboration
– G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)”
– BLACKPINK Jennie and Doechii’s “ExtraL”
– NCT Mark’s “Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young Ji)”
– BLACKPINK Rosé and Bruno Mars’s “APT.”
– BTS V’s “Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)”
Best OST
– BOYNEXTDOOR’s “Never Loved This Way Before” (“Odd Girl Out” OST)
– HUNTR/X’s “GOLDEN” (“K-Pop Demon Hunters” OST)
– Park Hyo Shin’s “HERO” (“Firefighters” OST)
– Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” (“K-Pop Demon Hunters” OST)
– TXT’s “When the Day Comes” (“Resident Playbook” OST)
Best Music Video
– Aespa’s “Dirty Work”
– ALLDAY PROJECT’s “FAMOUS”
– BLACKPINK’s “JUMP”
– BLACKPINK Jennie’s “ZEN”
– Lee Chanhyuk’s “Vivid LaLa Love”
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Best Choreography
– Aespa’s “Whiplash”
– ALLDAY PROJECT’s “WICKED”
– CORTIS’s “GO!”
– G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)”
– BLACKPINK Jennie’s “like JENNIE”
All the above-listed nominees have also been MAMA’s Fan Choice Male/Female categories.
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