2025 MNET Asian Music Awards (MAMA)
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Announcement
BTS members have been nominated in 8 categories for the 2025 MNET Asian Music Awards (MAMA). The award show will air over two consecutive days on November 28-29, 2025 KST.
Nominations
💜 Album of the Year
“Happy” (Jin)
💜 Artist of the Year
Jin
j-hope
💜 Song of the Year
‘Mona Lisa’ (j-hope)
’Stop the Rain’ (Tablo and RM)
’Winter Ahead’ (V and Park Hyo-shin)
💜 Best Male Artist
Jin
j-hope
💜 Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance
‘Stop the Rain’ (Tablo and RM)
💜 Best Dance Performance (Male Solo)
‘Mona Lisa’ (j-hope)
💜 Best Collaboration
‘Winter Ahead’ (V and Park Hyo-shin)
💜 Fans’ Choice Top 10 (Male)
Jin
j-hope
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Event Schedule
Day 1
AWard SHOW INFORMATION
📍 [Location] Kai Tak Stadium (Hong Kong)
🗓 [DATE] Friday, November 28, 2025
⏰ [TIME] TBA KST
Day 2
AWARD SHOW INFORMATION
📍 [Location] Kai Tak Stadium (Hong Kong)
🗓 [DATE] Saturday, November 29, 2025
⏰ [TIME] TBA KST
How to Watch
The MAMA Red Carpet and Awards Ceremony can be viewed worldwide on these Live Streaming Channels & Platforms:
MNET K-POP YOUTUBE | MNET TV YOUTUBE | M2 YOUTUBE | KCON Official YOUTUBE
The MAMA Awards Ceremony can also be viewed on air on the following channel:
tvN SHOW
Voting Information
Fans’ Choice (Bonsang) Category
👉 There are 2 periods of voting: 1st Vote & 2nd Vote
There are 50 male and 50 female nominees in the 1st Vote. The 20 teams selected from the 1st Vote become the nominees for the 2nd Vote. The top 10 teams from the 2nd Vote will be the winners.
Judging criteria
Mnet Plus votes: 90%
Twitter / X votes: 10%
⏳ 1st Vote Begins: October 16, 2025 @ 6pm KST
(10.15 @ 11pm HT / 10.16 @ 2am PT / 3am MT / 4am CT / 5am ET)
⏳ 1st Vote Ends: October 26, 2025 @ 11:59pm KST
(4:59am HT / 7:59am PT / 8:59am MT / 9:59am CT / 10:59am ET)
👉 Once 1st voting ends, 2nd voting will begin.
⏳ 2nd Vote Begins: October 30, 2025 @ 6pm KST
(10.29 @ 11pm HT / 10.30 @ 2am PT / 3am MT / 4am CT / 5am ET)
⏳ 2nd Vote Ends: November 10, 2025 @ 11:59pm KST
(4:59am HT / 6:59am PT / 7:59am MT / 8:59am CT / 9:59am ET)
VISA Fans’ Choice of the Year (Daesang) Category
👉 Live Vote
⏳ Live Vote Begins: TBA (KST)
⏳ Live Vote Ends: TBA (KST)
*Submit ONE vote through the Mnet Plus App during the live event.
The Visa Fans’ Choice of the Year Award goes to the artist who receives the most support from K-Pop fans worldwide this year.
All votes made for Fans’ Choice 2nd Vote automatically counts for Visa Fan’s Choice of the Year.
The ranking for Visa Fan’s Choice of the Year are hidden. The top team (1) from the Visa Fans’ Choice of the Year will be the winner.
👉 Once 1st voting ends, 2nd voting will begin.
⏳ Vote Begins: TBA KST
⏳ Vote Ends: TBA KST
👉 There are two ways to participate in the Fans’ Choice 1st Vote and 2nd Vote & the Visa Fans’ Choice of the Year Vote:
Vote on the Mnet Plus app
1. Download the Mnet Plus app.
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=world.mnetplus&pli=1
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mnet-plus/id64434054212. Log in or sign up for an account. You will need to provide an email address.
3. Click the MAMA 2025 Fans’ Choice banner.
4. Click the “Vote” button.
5. Vote for BTS members by clicking on their picture. (You can vote for up to 3 nominees and may not vote for one artist multiple times.)
6. Click the “Next” button.
7. Vote for a female artist.
8. Click the “Next” button.
9. Check the “Consent” box and then click the “Final Submission” button.
10. Watch the video to complete your vote.
11. You will receive a certificate confirming your vote has been counted.
*Voting limit: You can vote once a day per device. Voting resets everyday at 12am KST.
Vote on Twitter / X
1. Log in to Twitter / X to vote. Participation is only allowed through public accounts registered through Twitter / X.
2. Post or repost as a vote.
3. A vote is counted as valid if:
- The post has two hashtags: 1) 2025 MAMA AWARDS official hashtag (#2025MAMAVOTE) AND 2) Artist’s official hashtag from the official voting page on the Mnet Plus App (#ARTISTNAME).
- A valid post (a post with the two required hashtags) from another account is reposted.
*Note: Artist hashtags are not case sensitive to be counted as a valid vote.
A vote is not counted as valid if:
- The post has hashtags of multiple artists.
- The post violates Twitter / X’s rules and policies.
*Voting Limit: Only one category and one nominee is allowed per vote. Voting resets everyday at 12am KST.