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The 2023 MAMA Awards Nominees Are Finally Out!
Known to be one of the most awaited Korean award shows for all things music, The Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA Awards) is a major music awards ceremony that is presented annually by CJ ENM and their music channel Mnet.
The awards ceremony will be held in the Tokyo Dome, and will be happening on November 28-29 instead of its usual schedule in December. But still, the nominations have been released, and the voting period has commenced!
2023 MAMA Awards Major Awards
Best Music Video
Best OST (Original Soundtrack)
- BIG Naughty - “With Me” from The Interest of Love
- BTS - “The Planet” from BASTIONS
- Lim Jaehyun - “Heaven” (2023) from It Was Spring
- Paul Kim - “You Remember” from The Glory
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER - “Goodbye Now” from Love Revolution
Best Rap & Hip-hop Performance
Best Dance Performance
Female Group
Male Group
- NCT 127 - “Ay-Yo”
- NCT DREAM - “Candy”
- SEVENTEEN - “Super”
- Stray Kids - “S-Class”
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER - “Sugar Rush Ride”
- ZEROBASEONE - “In Bloom”
Female Solo
- MAMAMOO Hwasa - “I Love My Body”
- JEON SOMI - “Fast Forward”
- TWICE JIHYO - “Killin’ Me Good”
- JISOO - “FLOWER”
- LEE CHAE YEON - “KNOCK”
Male Solo
- Jimin - “Like Crazy”
- Jungkook - “Seven” (feat. Latto) - Clean Version
- KAI - “Rover”
- Taeyang - “VIBE” (fear. Jimin of BTS)
- TAEYONG - “SHALALA”
Best Collaboration
- Anne-Marie (G)I-DLE MINNIE - “Expectations”
- BIG Naughty - “Hopeless Romantic” (feat. LEE SUHYUN)
- SEVENTEEN BSS - “Fighting” (Feat. Lee Youngji)
- Jungkook - “Seven” (feat. Latto) - Clean Version
- TAEYANG - “VIBE” (feat. Jimin of BTS)
Best Vocal Performance
Group
- AKMU - “Love Lee”
- BTOB - “Wind and Wish”
- BTS - “Take Two”
- M.C the MAX - “Eternity”
- MeloMance - “A Shining Day”
Solo
- DAWN - “Dear My Light”
- Lee Mujin - “Ordinary Confession”
- Lim Young Woong - “London Boy”
- Parc Jae Jung - “Let’s Say Goodbye”
- BTS V - “Love Me Again”
Best New Artist
Female Artist
Male Artist
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- EVNNE
- RIIZE
- xikers
- ZEROBASEONE
Best Group
Female Group
Male Group
Best Artist (Solo)
Female Artist
Male Artist
- Jimin
- Jungkook
- Lim Young Woong
- Parc Jae Jung
- TAEYANG
- V
2023 Worldwide Fans' Choice
Vote for your favorite artist by streaming their songs in this Spotify playlist for more than 30 seconds. Only your first three plays of the day count!
- aespa
- AKMU
- ATEEZ
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- BTOB
- BTS
- CIX
- CRAVITY
- ENHYPEN
- EVNNE
- EXO
- Fromis_9
- (G)I-DLE
- H1-KEY
- HIGHLIGHT
- ITZY
- IVE
- JISOO
- Jeon Somi
- Kep1er
- LE SSERAFIM
- LEE CHAE YEON
- Lee Mujin
- Lim Young Woong
- MONSTA X
- n.SSign
- NCT 127
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- NMIXX
- ONEUS
- P1Harmony
- Parc Jae Jung
- Red Velvet
- RIIZE
- SEVENTEEN
- SHINee
- STAYC
- Stray Kids
- Super Junior
- Taeyang
- TEMPEST
- THE BOYZ
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- TREASURE
- TWICE
- Xdinary Heroes
- xikers
- ZEROBASEONE
- Zior Park
[#2023MAMA] 'Worldwide Fans' Choice Category' PRE VOTE opens today at 6PM(KST)
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) October 19, 2023
Are you ready to vote for your artists?
Please check the Judging Criteria of 2023 MAMA AWARDS!
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2023 MAMA AWARDS
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MAMA Awards 2023 Daesang
The three daesang, grand prizes, are the most sought after awards in the K-Pop industry. It’s what fans, and artists, look forward to the most.
Reminder to readers and fans that all albums and songs released from October 2022 to September 2023 are eligible to be considered. This is not the final list! The 2023 MAMA judge panel evaluation will release their narrowed down list during the award ceremony itself.
Album of the Year
- (G)I-DLE - I Feel
- aespa - MY WORLD
- Agust D - D-DAY
- BIG Naughty - Hopeless Romantic
- BTOB - WIND AND WISH
- EL7Z UP - 7+UP
- EVNNE - Target: ME
- EXO - EXIST
- IVE - I’ve IVE
- JEON SOMI - GAME PLAN
- JIHYO - ZONE
- JIMIN - FACE
- KAI - Rover
- KISS OF LIFE - KISS OF LIFE
- LE SSERAFIM - UNFORGIVEN
- LEE CHAE YEON - Over the Moon
- LIMELIGHT - LOVE & HAPPINESS
- NCT DREAM - ISTJ
- NewJeans - Get Up
- Parc Jae Jung - Alone
- SEVENTEEN - FML
- STAYC - TEENFRESH
- Stray Kids - 5-STAR
- TAEYANG - Down to Earth
- TAEYONG - SHALALA
- TXT - The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION
- TREASURE - REBOOT
- tripleS - ASSEMBLE
- TWICE - READY TO BE
- V - Layover
- xikers - House of Tricky : How to Play
- ZEROBASEONE - Youth in the Shade
Song of the Year
- aespa - “Spicy”
- Agust D (Suga) - “People Pt.2” (Feat. IU)
- AKMU - “Love Lee”
- Anne-Marie, Minnie - “Expectations”
- ASH ISLAND - “Goodbye” (Feat. Paul Blanco)
- BIG Naughty - “Hopeless Romantic” feat. Lee Suhyun)
- BIG Naughty - “With me” from The Interest of Love
- BSS (SEVENTEEN) - “Fighting” (feat. Lee Youngji)
- BTOB - “Wind and Wish”
- BTS - “Take Two”
- BTS - “The Planet” from Bastions
- DAWN - “Dear My Light”
- (G)I-DLE - “Queencard”
- Hwasa - “I Love My Body”
- IVE - “I AM”
- j-hope - “on the street” (with J. Cole)
- Jay Park - “Candy” (Feat. Zion.T)
- JEON SOMI - “Fast Forward”
- JIHYO - “Killin’ Me Good”
- Jimin - “Like Crazy”
- Jisoo - “FLOWER”
- Jungkook - “Seven” (feat. Latto)
- Kai - “Rover”
- LE SSERAFIM - “UNFORGIVEN” (feat. Nile Rodgers)
- LEE CHAE YEON - “KNOCK”
- Lee Mujin - “Ordinary Confession”
- Lim Jaehyun - “Heaven (2023)” from It Was Spring
- Lim Young Woong - “London Boy”
- M.C the MAX - “Eternity”
- MeloMance - “A Shining Day”
- NCT 127 - “Ay-Yo”
- NCT DREAM - “Candy”
- NewJeans - “Ditto”
- Parc Jae Jung - “Let’s Say Goodbye”
- Paul Kim - “You Remember” from The Glory
- SEVENTEEN - “Super”
- STAYC - “Teddy Bear”
- Stray Kids - “S-Class”
- Taeyang - “VIBE” (Feat. Jimin)
- Taeyong - “SHALALA”
- TXT - “Goodbye Now” from Love Revolution
- TXT - “Sugar Rush Ride”
- V - “Love Me Again”
- ZEROBASEONE - “In Bloom”
- Zior Park - “CHRISTIAN”
Artist of the Year
- ADYA
- aespa
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- Choi Yena
- EL7Z UP
- EVNNE
- EXO
- (G)I-DLE
- Hwasa
- IVE
- JEON SOMI
- JIHYO
- Jimin
- JISOO
- Jungkook
- KISS OF LIFE
- LE SSERAFIM
- LEE CHAE YEON
- Lim Young Woong
- LIMELIGHT
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- Parc Jae Jung
- RIIZE
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- Taeyang
- TREASURE
- tripleS
- TWICE
- TXT
- V
- xikers
- ZEROBASEONE
What a long list of nominees for the 2023 MAMA! Did you see any of your bias groups or artists? Maybe it’s a sign to pick up their merch here at The Daebak Company.
Are you excited to watch the 2023 MAMA Awards? Who will you be voting for? If you can’t make it to the Tokyo Dome, make sure to tune into Mnet on November 28-29 to catch the award show!
What is the 2023 MAMA Awards judging criteria for the artist categories?
For the Artist of the Year daesang and the other artist category awards, 20 percent of the decision will come from the judge panel evaluation, and 40 percent will be from the number of downloads and streams the artist had (25 percent of it being from Korea fans, and 15 percent from global fans). The last 40 percent will be coming from the artists’ physical album sales.
Who will be performing at the 2023 MAMA Awards?
According to CJ ENM’s announcement last October 24, the first eight artists part of the lineup are the following: ATEEZ, INI, JO1, NiziU, RIIZE, TVXQ, xikers, and ZEROBASEONE. INI, JO1, TVXQ, and xikers are scheduled to perform on the first day (11/28), while ATEEZ, NiziU, RIIZE, and ZEROBASEONE are scheduled for the second day (11/29).
Which K-Pop artist has the most daesang awards from MAMA?
K-Pop boy group BTS has received 20 daesang awards since 2016–making them hold the record for the most awards an artist has won from the award ceremony. They have a total of 49 awards from MAMA, including their daesang awards and awards from other categories of the show.
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