BTS has been handed five nominations for the 2026 MAMA Awards.
The K-pop boy band is nominated for Artist of the Year, as well as Best Male Group, Album of the Year for Arirang, Best Vocal Performance Group for Swim and Best Music Video for 2.0.
In addition, group member J-Hope received two nods for his feature on Le Sserafim’s Spaghetti, nominated in both Best Collaboration and Best Dance Performance Female Group.
Another leading K-pop group, BigBang, garnered four nominations plus four more for solo projects by group members Taeyang and G-Dragon.
BigBang is up for Artist of the Year and Best Male Group, plus Best Music Video and Best Dance Performance Male Group for BiiiG.
Taeyang received three nods as a soloist: Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist and Best Dance Performance Male Solo for his single Live Fast Die Slow.
G-Dragon, who won Artist of the Year at the 2025 ceremony, earned a nod with his feature on Aespa’s WDA (Whole Different Animal) in the Best Collaboration category.
Tomorrow X Together received three nods.
MAMA’s shortlist was announced on Monday, the same day that first-round voting began for the 2027 Grammy Awards, which, for the first time, contains a dedicated Asian pop category.
The MAMA Awards, formerly known as the Mnet Asian Music Awards, are one of the most prominent annual music awards ceremonies in Asia. This year’s ceremony is set to take place over two nights on 20 and 21 November in Osaka, Japan.
