BTS has secured five nominations at the 2026 MAMA Awards.
The K-pop boy band is shortlisted for Artist of the Year, along with Best Male Group, Album of the Year for Arirang, Best Vocal Performance Group for Swim, and Best Music Video for 2.0.
Additionally, J-Hope earned two nominations for his appearance on Le Sserafim’s Spaghetti, recognized in both Best Collaboration and Best Dance Performance Female Group.
Another prominent K-pop ensemble, BigBang, collected four nominations plus four additional nods arising from solo efforts by Taeyang and G-Dragon.
BigBang contends for Artist of the Year and Best Male Group, as well as Best Music Video and Best Dance Performance Male Group for BiiiG.
Taeyang accrued three nominations as a soloist: Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist, and Best Dance Performance Male Solo for his track Live Fast Die Slow.
G-Dragon, who took home Artist of the Year at the 2025 ceremony, earned a nomination for his feature on Aespa’s WDA (Whole Different Animal) in the Best Collaboration category.
Tomorrow X Together also secured three nominations.
The MAMA shortlist was unveiled on Monday, the same day first-round voting commenced for the 2027 Grammy Awards, which, for the first time, includes a dedicated Asian pop category.
The MAMA Awards, formerly known as the Mnet Asian Music Awards, rank among Asia’s most prominent annual music award ceremonies. This year’s event is slated to unfold over two nights on November 20 and 21 in Osaka, Japan.
