2025 MAMA Awards Full Nominations List: J-Hope, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, Jennie In Run For Artist Of The Year Award

2025 MAMA awards full nominations list: K-pop’s biggest award night, the 2025 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), is all set to take place in November. Ahead of the award ceremony, the Mama Awards 2025 nominees were announced on October 16, 2025. The nominations are from categories such as Best New Artist, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Band Performance, Best Collaboration and others. BLACKPINK’s Jennie has bagged the maximum nominations, followed by Rosé, SEVENTEEN, and aespa, among others.

This year's eligibility included music that was released between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.

As per Soompi, the first round of voting for the Fans’ Choice nominees will take place through October 26 at 11:59 pm KST. 20 artists will be selected for each of the Fans’ Choice Male and Fans’ Choice Female categories, and they will be eligible for the second round of voting, which will take place from October 30 at 6 pm KST to November 10 at 11:59 pm KST.

Here's Mama Awards 2025 Full Nominations List

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 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 – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

• j-hope – MONA LISA

• Kai – Wait On Me

• Key – HUNTER

• Mark – 1999

Best Dance Performance Female Solo

• Dayoung – body

• Jennie – like JENNIE

• Jisoo – earthquake

• Karina – UP

• Minnie – HER

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• BOYNEXTDOOR – IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU

• NCT DREAM – WHEN I’M WITH YOU

• NCT WISH – poppop

• PLAVE – Dash

• RIIZE – Fly Up

• SEVENTEEN – THUNDER

• TWS – Countdown

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• aespa – Whiplash

• BABYMONSTER – DRIP

• BLACKPINK – JUMP

• ILLIT – Cherish (My Love)

• IVE – REBEL HEART

• LE SSERAFIM – HOT

Best Vocal Performance Solo 

• Doyoung – Memory

• Lee Mu Jin – Coming of Age Story

• Rosé – toxic till the end

• Roy Kim – If You Ask Me What Love Is

• Taeyeon – Letter To Myself

Best Vocal Performance Group

• Davichi – Stitching

• HIGHLIGHT – Endless Ending

• MEOVV – DROP TOP

• TREASURE – YELLOW

• ZEROBASEONE – Doctor! Doctor!

Best Band Performance

• CNBLUE – A Sleepless Night

• DAY6 – Maybe Tomorrow

• N.Flying – Everlasting

• QWER – Dear

• Xdinary Heroes – Beautiful Life

Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance

• BIG Naughty – MUSIC (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)

• Dynamic Duo and Gummy – Take Care

• HAON – Skrr (feat. Giselle)

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

• Tablo and RM – Stop The Rain

Best Collaboration

• G-Dragon – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

• Jennie and Doechii – ExtraL

• Mark – Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young Ji)

• Rosé and Bruno Mars – APT.

• V – Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)

Best OST

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

• HUNTR/X – GOLDEN (K-Pop Demon Hunters OST)

• Park Hyo Shin – HERO (Firefighters OST)

• Saja Boys – Soda Pop (K-Pop Demon Hunters OST)

• TXT – When the Day Comes (Resident Playbook OST)

Best Music Video

• aespa – Dirty Work

• ALLDAY PROJECT – FAMOUS

• BLACKPINK – JUMP

• Jennie – ZEN

• Lee Chanhyuk – Vivid LaLa Love

Best Choreography

• aespa – Whiplash

• ALLDAY PROJECT – WICKED

• CORTIS – GO!

• G-Dragon – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

• Jennie – like JENNIE

Artist of the Year

• 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

• TXT

• Yuqi

• ZEROBASEONE

Song of the Year

• aespa – Dirty Work

• aespa – Whiplash

• ALLDAY PROJECT – FAMOUS

• ALLDAY PROJECT – WICKED

• BABYMONSTER – DRIP

• BIG Naughty – MUSIC (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)

• BLACKPINK – JUMP

• BOYNEXTDOOR – IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU

• BOYNEXTDOOR – Never Loved This Way Before

• CNBLUE – A Sleepless Night

• CORTIS – GO!

• Davichi – Stitching

• DAY6 – Maybe Tomorrow

• Dayoung – body

• Doyoung – Memory

• Dynamic Duo and Gummy – Take Care

• G-Dragon – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)

• HAON – Skrr (feat. Giselle)

• HIGHLIGHT – Endless Ending

• HUNTR/X – GOLDEN

• ILLIT – Cherish (My Love)

• IVE – REBEL HEART

• j-hope – MONA LISA

• Jennie – like JENNIE

• Jennie – ZEN

• Jennie and Doechii – ExtraL

• Jisoo – earthquake

• Kai – Wait On Me

• Karina – UP

• Key – HUNTER

• LE SSERAFIM – HOT

• Lee Chanhyuk – Vivid LaLa Love

• Lee Mu Jin – Coming of Age Story

• Mark – 1999

• Mark – Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young Ji)

• MEOVV – DROP TOP

• Minnie – HER

• N.Flying – Everlasting

• NCT DREAM – WHEN I’M WITH YOU

• NCT WISH – poppop

• Park Hyo Shin – HERO

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

• PLAVE – Dash

• QWER – Dear

• RIIZE – Fly Up

• Rosé – toxic till the end

• Rosé and Bruno Mars – APT.

• Roy Kim – If You Ask Me What Love Is

• Saja Boys – Soda Pop

• SEVENTEEN – THUNDER

• Tablo and RM – Stop The Rain

• Taeyeon – Letter To Myself

• TREASURE – YELLOW

• TWS – Countdown

• TXT – When the Day Comes

• V – Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)

• Xdinary Heroes – Beautiful Life

• ZEROBASEONE – Doctor! Doctor!

Album of the Year

• aespa – Whiplash

• ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2

• BABYMONSTER – DRIP

• Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie

• BOYNEXTDOOR – No Genre

• ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH

• G-Dragon – Übermensch

• i-dle – We are

• IVE – IVE EMPATHY

• Jin – Happy

• NCT DREAM – DREAMSCAPE

• NCT WISH – COLOR

• PLAVE – Caligo Pt.1

• RIIZE – ODYSSEY

• SEVENTEEN – SPILL THE FEELS

• Stray Kids – KARMA

• TXT – The Star Chapter: TOGETHER

• ZEROBASEONE – 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