33rd Hanteo Music Awards (HMA)

Announcement

BTS has been nominated in several categories for the 33rd Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards honoring nominated songs and albums released from January to December 2025. The award show will take place on February 15, 2026.

Nominations

💜 Best Popular Artist

BTS
Jin
j-hope

💜 WHOSFANDOM Award Top 16

BTS - ARMY

Award Show Date and Time

📍 [LOCATION] KSPO-DOME | Seoul, South Korea
🗓 [DATE] Sunday, February 15, 2026
⏰ [TIME] 6pm KST
(2.14 @ 11pm HT / 2.15 @ 1am PT / 2am MT / 3am CT / 4am ET)

How to Watch

If a livestream broadcast is available, we will post it here.

Voting Information

You can vote via the official HMA 2025 voting platforms:

- The WHOSFAN App (Google Play & Apple Store)
- Fancast App (Google Play & Apple Store)
- Mubeat
- Official WHOSFAN Twitter

For more information, visit the 33rd Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards website.

WhosFandom Award

🗳️ Top 40 Voting Period: December 29, 2025 @ 3pm KST - January 1, 2026 @ 2:59pm KST

⏳ Top 16 Voting Period Begins: January 5, 2026 @ 3pm KST
(1.4 @ 8pm HT / 10pm PT / 11pm MT / 1.5 @ 12am CT / 1am ET)

⌛ Top 16 Voting Period Ends: January 12, 2026 @ 2:59pm KST
(1.11 @ 7:59pm HT / 9:59pm PT / 10:59pm MT / 11:59pm CT/ 1.12 @ 12:59pm ET)

⏳ Top 8 Voting Period Begins: January 18, 2026 @ 3pm KST
(1.17 @ 8pm HT / 10pm PT / 11pm MT / 1.18 @ 12am CT / 1am ET)

⌛ Top 8 Voting Period Ends: January 19, 2026 @ 2:59pm KST
(1.18 @ 7:59pm HT / 9:59pm PT / 10:59pm MT / 11:59pm CT/ 1.19 @ 12:59pm ET)

⏳ Top 4 Voting Period Begins: January 21, 2026 @ 3pm KST
(1.20 @ 8pm HT / 10pm PT / 11pm MT / 1.21 @ 12am CT / 1am ET)

⌛ Top 4 Voting Period Ends: January 22, 2026 @ 2:59pm KST
(1.21 @ 7:59pm HT / 9:59pm PT / 10:59pm MT / 11:59pm CT/ 1.22 @ 12:59pm ET)

⏳ Final Voting Period Begins: January 24, 2026 @ 3pm KST
(1.23 @ 8pm HT / 10pm PT / 11pm MT / 1.24 @ 12am CT / 1am ET)

⌛ Final Voting Period Ends: January 25, 2026 @ 2:59pm KST
(1.24 @ 7:59pm HT / 9:59pm PT / 10:59pm MT / 11:59pm CT/ 1.25 @ 12:59pm ET)

WhosFandom Award: How to Vote

WHOSFAN (WHOSFANDOM Award Voting Guide)

  • Top 40 Voting (Official WHOSFAN Twitter)

    • The top 16 teams will advance to the Top 16 round

  • Top 16 Voting (WHOSFAN App)

    • The top 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups (A - D) and will participate in voting over three days

      • Each team will face each team within their group once over the three days for a total of three votes.

      • Each vote will feature two teams and the team with the higher vote percentage will earn 1 WHOSFANDOM Award point

    • The two teams in each group with the most WHOSFANDOM Award points will advance to the Top 8 round

    • A total of 8 teams will advance to the Top 8 round (if needed, a tiebreaker ranking vote will be used)

  • Top 8 Voting (WHOSFAN App)

    • The top 4 teams will advance to the Top 4 round

  • Top 4 Voting (WHOSFAN App)

    • The top 2 teams will advance to the final round

  • Final Voting (WHOSFAN App)

Domestic & Global Popularity Awards

⏳ 1st Voting Period Begins: January 5, 2026 @ 11am KST
(1.4 @ 4pm HT / 6pm PT / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET)

⌛ 1st Voting Period Ends: January 14, 2026 @ 11:59pm KST
(4:59am HT / 6:59am PT / 7:59am MT / 8:59am CT / 9:59am ET)

⏳ 2nd Voting Period Begins: January 16, 2026 @ 11am KST
(1.15 @ 4pm HT / 6pm PT / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET)

⌛ 2nd Voting Period Ends: January 25, 2026 @ 11:59pm KST
(4:59am HT / 6:59am PT / 7:59am MT / 8:59am CT / 9:59am ET)

⏳ 3rd Voting Period Begins: January 27, 2026 @ 11am KST
(1.26 @ 4pm HT / 6pm PT / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET)

⌛ 3rd Voting Period Ends: February 7, 2026 @ 11:59pm KST
(4:59am HT / 6:59am PT / 7:59am MT / 8:59am CT / 9:59am ET)

Popularity Awards: How to Vote

Fancast

  • 1 vote = 60 💛 or 60 💙 (1 Fancast vote = 3 Whosfan votes)

  • Earn hearts by watching ads, daily attendance, and making purchases

  • Voting is unlimited

Mubeat (Mubeat Voting Guide)

  • 1 vote = 1 voting ticket (1 Mubeat vote = 3 Whosfan votes; Only use HMA 2025 voting tickets)

  • Earn beats by watching ads and exchange them for voting tickets

    • 10 ads = 1 ticket

    • Limit of 3 tickets per account, per day earned through watching ads

    • Exchange 20 starbeats for 1 ticket

  • Limit of 100 votes per account, per day

  • Voting tickets expire within 10 days

WHOSFAN (WHOSFAN Popularity Awards Voting Guide)

  • 1 vote = 1 voting ticket

  • Earn voting tickets by watching ads and completing missions (click on the “get whosfan voting tickets” banner on the homepage)

  • Voting is unlimited

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