2025 MAMA AWARDS announces stacked first round of performers

The first round of performers for the 2025 MAMA Awards has been revealed – check out the current list of performers below.

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This year’s edition of the annual K-pop wards is slated over two days in Hong Kong on November 28. This week, the MAMA Awards has announced the first round of performers set to take the stage at the upcoming awards, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

Among the major names announced to perform so far are ENHYPEN, IVE, Stray Kids, Super Junior, ZEROBASEONE, MEOVV and more. So far, 10 acts have been announced for day one, while seven have been announced for day two.

Day one (November 28) will see performances from ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BABYMONSTER, BOYNEXTDOOR, BUMSUP, ENHYPEN, Hearts2Hearts, IVE, MEOVV, Super Junior and TWS. Day two (November 29) will include the following acts: ALL DAY PROJECT, CORTIS, KickFlip, izna, Stray Kids, RIIZE and ZEROBASEONE.

Additionally, the nominees for this year’s ceremony have also been revealed. See the complete list below.

BEST NEW ARTIST
AHOF
ALLDAY PROJECT
Baby DONT Cry
CLOSE YOUR EYES
CORTIS
Heart2Hearts
IDID
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)’