The 2025 MAMA Awards took place on November 28 and 29 at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong. Actor and singer Park Bo-gum hosted the first day of the show, while actress Kim Hye-soo hosted the second day. Due to the Wang Fuk Court fire, several performances were either cancelled or revised to a more subdued production. It was broadcast through Mnet, TVING, and live stream through HBO Max for the first time.
Background The ceremony is organized by CJ ENM through its music channel Mnet. The theme for the 27th edition of the show is "Hear My Roar: uh-heung," a Korean expression meaning fun or excitement.
Selection process All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. + Category Digital sales Record sales Online voting Judges panelevaluations Artist of the Year 30% 30% rowspan="2" 40% Categories by Artist Song of the Year 60% rowspan="2" colspan="2" 40% Categories by Genre Album of the Year 60% 40% Best Music Video & Best Choreography rowspan="2" colspan="3" 100% Special Awards Fans' Choice Categories colspan="2" 100%
Round 1 voting for Fans' Choice Male & Female started on October 16, 19:00 KST until October 26, 23:59 KST. Round 2 voting together with Fans' Choice of the Year is to be conducted from October 30, 18:00 KST until November 10, 23:59 KST. Voting for Fans' Choice of the Year reopened during the live broadcast on November 28.
Performers The first line-up of performers were announced on October 17. The second line-up were announced on October 20.
Izna, KickFlip, Hearts2Hearts, and TWS were scheduled to perform during the red carpet but it was cancelled due to the Wang Fuk Court fire. The Hong Kong boy group Mirror also announced their withdrawal from the awards due to the fire on November 27.
Chapter 1 (November 28) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Theme BumsupPark Bo-gum "Ink Becoming Flash" The Time For Uh-heung Hearts2HeartsNCT Wish Intro "Focus" "Color" Wish To Hearts TWSMeovv "Overdrive" Intro: "Hands Up" + "Turn it Up" Flip The Coin Alpha Drive One Intro + "Formula" First Act: Formula Babymonster "We Go Up" "Drip" Monster's Night Live BoyNextDoor Intro: "123-78" / "Live in Paris" / "I Feel Good" / "If I Say, I Love You" "If I Say, I Love You""Hollywood Action" Mnet Movie Awards Yeonjun "Coma""Talk to You" Moves In The Depth Treasure "2025 Free""Paradise" "I Want Your Love" MAMA Palooza: Trazy Mode I-dle Intro + "Good Thing" Look At Me Now Super Junior Intro: "Superman""Express Mode""Mr. Simple""Bonamana""Sorry, Sorry" Super Junior, Assemble Ive Intro + "XOXZ""Rebel Heart" RevIVE Me Enhypen Intro + "No Doubt""Bad Desire (With or Without You)" Crimson Broken
Chapter 2 (November 29) + Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Theme Kim Hye-sooFelixKyokaSung Han-binAllDay Project "Bad Boy" "Famous" Hear My Roar IdidKickFlip Intro"Push Back" "My First Love Song" "Boy In Luv" (They Say Confession Is All About Timing, But... I Don't Think It's The Same Timing) Cortis Intro + "Go!""Fashion" Made By Cortis Ahn Hyo-seopAhyeon, Rora, Pharita (Babymonster) "Jinu's Lament" "What It Sounds Like" "Golden" Together We're Glowin' JO1 "Be Classic""Handz in My Pocket" Fortissimo Jo.1 Izna Intro + "Mamma Mia" Not Just Pretty: Awakening Riize Intro + "Bag Bad Back" "Fame" 1000 Stormy Nights Behind The Fame Zerobaseone Intro + "Doctor! Doctor!""Iconik" (Chase The Bloom) Tomorrow X Together "Upside Down Kiss""Beautiful Strangers" The Last Stranger Aespa Intro + "Dirty Work""Rich Man" Mad Muses: Fury Of Steel Stray Kids "Anthem" "Creed""Chk Chk Boom""Divine""Ceremony" The K-Pop Champion G-DragonWing Intro + "Drama" Beatbox performance "Heartbreaker" "Untitled, 2025" Endlich der Übermensch!
Presenters
Park Bo-gum and Kim Hye-soo were announced as the hosts of the ceremony in late October.Hosts:
The line-up of presenters was announced on November 4. Michelle Yeoh was originally scheduled to appear as one of the presenters but didn't attend due to the Wang Fuk Court fire which occurred on 26 November, two days before the first day of the awards.
Chapter 1 (November 28) Park Bo-gum – Main ceremony host (November 28) Lee Jun-young – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 Cho Han-gyeol and Roh Yoon-seo – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 Lee Joon-hyuk – presented Favorite Global Performer and Fans' Choice Top 10 Cho Sae-ho and Hyun Ji Shin – presented Telasa Favorite Global Artist and Favorite Female Group Ahn Eun-jin – presented Best New Artist Honey J and Leejung Lee – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 Lee Joon-hyuk and Jang Do-yeon – presented Global Trend Song Jeon Yeo-been – presented Favorite Male Group Park Hyung-sik – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 Choi Dae-hoon and Lee Jun-young – presented Fans' Choice Top 10 Sion and Sung Han-bin – presented Inspiring Achievement Ju Ji-hoon – presented Song of the Year and Fans' Choice of the Year
Chapter 2 (November 29) Kim Hye-soo – Main ceremony host (November 29) Yim Si-wan and Jo Yuri – presented Best Dance Performance Male Solo Noh Sang-hyun – presented Favorite Rising Artist Lee Kwang-soo and Shin Ye-eun – presented Best Choreography Go Youn-jung – presented Visa Super Stage Artist Lee Hye-ri – Introduction to CJ Group & UNESCO girls' education in developing countries campaign Lee Soo-hyuk – presented Best Male Artist and Best Dance Performance Female Group Yim Si-wan – presented Olive Young K-Beauty Artist Kim Hye-soo – presented Music Visionary of the Year Cha Joo-young – presented Favorite Asian Artist and Breakthrough Artist Ahn Hyo-seop and Arden Cho – presented Worldwide KCONers' Choice and Best OST Lee Do-hyun and Lee Hye-ri – presented Best Female Group Shin Seung-hun – presented Album of the Year Chow Yun-fat – presented Artist of the Year
Winner and nominees The list of nominees was announced via livestream on October 16, 2025, and voting for Fans' Choice started shortly after. Nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Grand prize Artist of the Year(Daesang) Song of the Year(Daesang) G-Dragon Aespa Jennie Rosé Seventeen Rosé and Bruno Mars – "APT." Aespa – "Whiplash" G-Dragon – "Too Bad" Huntrix – "Golden" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Album of the Year(Daesang) Fans' Choice of the Year(Daesang) Stray Kids – Karma Enhypen – Desire: Unleash Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Spill the Feels Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Enhypen
Main awards Best Male Group Best Female Group Seventeen Enhypen Riize Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Zerobaseone Aespa Babymonster I-dle Ive Le Sserafim Twice Best Male Artist Best Female Artist G-Dragon Baekhyun J-Hope Jin Mark Rosé Jennie Jisoo Taeyeon Yuqi Best Dance Performance – Male Group Best Dance Performance – Female 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!" Aespa – "Whiplash" Babymonster – "Drip" Blackpink – "Jump" Illit – "Cherish (My Love)" Ive – "Rebel Heart" Le Sserafim – "Hot" Best Dance Performance – Male Solo Best Dance Performance – Female Solo G-Dragon – "Too Bad" J-Hope – "Mona Lisa" Kai – "Wait on Me" Key – "Hunter" Mark – "1999" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Dayoung – "Body" Minnie – "Her" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Karina – "Up" Best Vocal Performance – Solo Best Vocal Performance – Group Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Doyoung – "Memory" Lee Mu-jin – "Coming of Age Story" Roy Kim – "If You Ask Me What Love Is" Taeyeon – "Letter to Myself" Davichi – "Stitching" Highlight – "Endless Ending" Meovv – "Drop Top" Treasure – "Yellow" Zerobaseone – "Doctor! Doctor!" Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance Best Band Performance Big Naughty – "Music" Dynamic Duo and Gummy – "Take Care" Haon – "Skrr" PH-1 – "Life Is A Movie" Tablo and RM – "Stop the Rain" Day6 – "Maybe Tomorrow" CNBLUE – "A Sleepless Night" N.Flying – "Everlasting" QWER – "Dear" Xdinary Heroes – "Beautiful Life" Best OST Best Collaboration Huntrix – "Golden" BoyNextDoor – "Never Loved this Way Before" Park Hyo-shin – "Hero" Saja Boys – "Soda Pop" Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" Rosé and Bruno Mars – "APT." G-Dragon – "Too Bad" Jennie and Doechii – "ExtraL" Mark – "Fraktsiya" V and Park Hyo-shin – "Winter Ahead" Best Music Video Best Choreography Jennie – "Zen" Aespa – "Dirty Work" AllDay Project – "Famous" Blackpink – "Jump" Lee Chan-hyuk – "Vivid LaLa Love" Aespa – "Whiplash" AllDay Project – "Wicked" Cortis – "Go!" G-Dragon – "Too Bad" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Best New Artist Cortis Hearts2Hearts AHOF AllDay Project Baby Dont Cry Close Your Eyes Idid Izna KickFlip KiiiKiii
Popularity awards Fans' Choice Top 10 – Female Fans' Choice Top 10 – Male Irene IU Illit Aespa Babymonster Hearts2Hearts I-dle Itzy Le Sserafim Twice Baekhyun Seventeen Jin Enhypen G-Dragon J-Hope NCT Dream Riize Stray Kids Zerobaseone Worldwide KCONer's Choice Olive Young K-Beauty Artist Zerobaseone – "Blue" BoyNextDoor – "Nice Guy" Cravity – "Now or Never" HxW – "Bring It" Izna – "Sign" JO1 – "Be Classic" NCT 127 – "Whiplash" P1Harmony – "Duh" Riize – "Bag Bad Back" TWS – "Countdown!" Hearts2Hearts Babymonster I-dle Ive Izna Meovv Visa Super Stage Artist Tomorrow X Together Aespa BoyNextDoor I-dle Ive Stray Kids
Special awards Favorite Global Performer Telasa Favorite Global Artist Ive Enhypen Favorite Female Group Global Trend Song Ive Ive – "Rebel Heart" Favorite Male Group Inspiring Achievement BoyNextDoor Super Junior Favorite Rising Star Music Visionary of the Year Izna KPop Demon Hunters Favorite Asian Artist Breakthrough Artist JO1 AllDay Project
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards: Count Artist(s) 4 Aespa G-Dragon Rosé 3 Enhypen Hearts2Hearts Ive Seventeen 2 Bruno Mars Jennie Stray Kids Zerobaseone
Broadcast Region Network Worldwide YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON Official) and Mnet Plus South Korea Mnet, tvN Show, TVING, Naver TV, & CHZZK Japan Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+ & Telasa Maldives tvN AsiaVietnamSKTV Music Hong Kong tvN Asia & HBO Max Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Philippines Taiwan Myanmar Thailand HBO Max Brunei Cambodia Laos Macao Mongolia Palau Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Timor Leste United States Samsung TV Plus (K-POP by CJ ENM) Canada Brazil Mexico United Kingdom France Germany Italy Spain Sweden Netherlands Australia New Zealand Russia IVI Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Moldova Uzbekistan Georgia
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