This year MAMA Awards are set to take place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 28 and 29. The winners of most categories will be decided through a combination of judge panel evaluations, song downloads and streams, and physical album sales.

The year’s nominees are led by BTS‘ Jungkook and Jimin, SEVENTEEN, (G)I-DLE, IVE, BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo, Big Bang‘s Taeyang and TXT, all of whom received four nominations across the various categories. Acts such as NewJeans, NCT Dream and more also received multiple nominations.

Meanwhile, the first round of voting for the Worldwide Fans’ Choice category today (October 19) at 5pm KST. The top 20 artists from that vote will then go on to the second round, which kicks off on November 6 at 11:59PM KST. Both round will be held through the official MAMA Awards 2023 website.

Best Male Artist
Jimin
Jungkook
V

Best Dance Performance Male Solo
Jimin – ‘Like Crazy’
TAEYANG – ‘VIBE (feat. Jimin)’
Jungkook – ‘Seven (Feat. Latto)’

Best Vocal Performance Solo
V – ‘Love Me Again’

Best Vocal Performance Group
BTS – ‘Take Two’

Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance
Suga – ‘People Pt.2 (Feat. IU)’
J-Hope – ‘On the Street (with J.Cole)’

Best Collaboration
Jungkook and Latto – ‘Seven’
Taeyang and Jimin – ‘Vibe’

Best OST
BTS – ‘The Planet’

Best Music Video
Jungkook – ‘Seven (Feat. Latto)’

Song of the Year
All nominees in song categories are automatically nominated for Song of the Year

Artist of the Year
All nominees in artist categories are automatically nominated for Artist of the Year