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Despite a respectfully subdued atmosphere and toned-down 2025 MAMA Awards taking place in Hong Kong, the major Asian music ceremony began its first of two nights with globally beloved stars ROSÉ, ENHYPEN and IVE emerging as early top winners.
Hosted by actor-singer Park Bo Gum, the MAMAs’ first night included two of the show’s biggest Daesang (grand prize awards) winners announced. ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ Grammy-nominated smash “APT.” won Song of the Year, while ENHYPEN was named Fans’ Choice of the Year, following 20 male and female artists who were named finalists in the Fans’ Choice category.
Eight-member girl group Hearts2Hearts also emerged as a breakout star at the MAMAs after being named one of the two Best New Artist winners. SM Entertainment’s newest act was also named one of the Fans’ Choice Female Top 10 winners alongside their label mates Red Velvet leader Irene and aespa. As the youngest group among the winners, being voted by fans as one of the top 10 female acts indicates a strong fanbase very early in their careers.
The final night of the 2025 MAMA Awards will take place on November 29 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium. Hosted by actress Kim Hye Su, night two will open with Kim performing alongside Felix of Stray Kids and other major Daesang awards including Album of the Year and Artist of the Year.
Beyond the spectacles of the actual MAMA Awards, several K-pop artists, labels and fanbases have all stepped up and donated millions in aid to Hong Kong following the disastrous structure fire that’s claimed dozens of lives.
2025 MAMA AWARDS Nominees & Winners
BEST NEW ARTIST
- WINNER: CORTIS
- WINNER: Hearts2Hearts
- AHOF
- ALLDAY PROJECT
- Baby DONT Cry
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- 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)”
2025 MAMA AWARDS 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
2025 MAMA AWARDS SONG OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
- 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”
- 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!”
2025 MAMA AWARDS 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 — Fans’ Choice Male Top 10
- WINNER: Baekhyun
- WINNER: SEVENTEEN
- WINNER: Jin
- WINNER: ENHYPEN
- WINNER: G-DRAGON
- WINNER: j-hope
- WINNER: NCT DREAM
- WINNER: RIIZE
- WINNER: Stray Kids
- WINNER: ZEROBASEONE
- 10CM
- 82MAJOR
- 8TURN
- AB6IX
- AHOF
- AMPERS&ONE
- ARrC
- ASTRO
- ATEEZ
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- BTOB
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- CNBLUE
- CORTIS
- CRAVITY
- D.O. (Doh Kyung Soo)
- Daesung
- DAY6
- Doyoung
- Epik High
- EVNNE
- GOT7
- IDID
- Jay Park
- Kai
- KickFlip
- Lee Mu Jin
- N.Flying
- NCT WISH
- NEXZ
- P1Harmony
- PLAVE
- SHINee
- Super Junior
- TIOT
- TREASURE
- TWS
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- WayV
- Xdinary Heroes
Fans’ Choice Female — Fans’ Choice Female Top 10
- WINNER: IRENE
- WINNER: IU
- WINNER: ILLIT
- WINNER: aespa
- WINNER: BABYMONSTER
- WINNER: Hearts2Hearts
- WINNER: i-dle
- WINNER: ITZY
- WINNER: LE SSERAFIM
- WINNER: TWICE
- ALLDAY PROJECT
- Apink
- ARTMS
- AtHeart
- Baby DONT Cry
- BIBI
- Billlie
- BLACKPINK
- BoA
- BOL4
- Chungha
- Chuu
- Davichi
- FIFTY FIFTY
- fromis_9
- H1-KEY
- Hwasa
- Hyolyn
- IVE
- izna
- Jeon Somi
- Joy
- KARD
- Kep1er
- KiiiKiii
- KISS OF LIFE
- MEOVV
- NiziU
- NMIXX
- OH MY GIRL
- QWER
- SAY MY NAME
- Seulgi
- STAYC
- Taeyeon
- tripleS
- UNIS
- VIVIZ
- Wendy
- Yena
2025 MAMA AWARDS Additional Winners
FAVORITE GLOBAL PERFORMER
TELASA FAVORITE GLOBAL ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE GROUP
FAVORITE MALE GROUP
GLOBAL TREND SONG
- WINNER: IVE – REBEL HEART
INSPIRING ACHIEVEMENT
VISA FANS’ CHOICE OF THE YEAR
Stay tuned for the full list of 2025 MAMA Awards winners.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2025/11/28/2025-mama-awards-winners-full-list/
