2023 MAMA Awards

The 2023 MAMA Awards was an awards ceremony held on November 28 and 29, 2023 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. It was organized by CJ ENM, and broadcast through its music channel Mnet.

2023 MAMA Awards
Title card
Date	November 28–29, 2023
Venue	Tokyo Dome
Country	Japan
Presented by	Samsung Galaxy
Hosted by	Jeon Somi (Day 1) Park Bo-gum (Day 2)
Most wins	Seventeen (5)
Website	2023mama.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Mnet
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Background

On September 21, 2023, CJ ENM announced that the event would be held in Japan at the Tokyo Dome. It was also announced that the theme for this edition would be titled "One I Born" carrying the meaning of "'I' and 'MAMA', the only beings in the world with infinite possibilities, meeting and becoming a perfect 'One' through positive energy".^[1]

On November 2, Mnet announced that Jeon So-mi and Park Bo-gum will be returning to host on Day 1 and Day 2, respectively, similar with last year's event.^[2]

Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 22, 2022, to September 30, 2023.^[3][4]

Nominees would be evaluated based on data provided by Circle Chart, Spotify, and YouTube with verification performed by PwC.^[5]

Criteria for 2023 MAMA Awards nominations

Category	Digital sales (Download + Streaming)	Record sales	Music video view counts	Online voting	Judges panel evaluations
Artist of the Year	40% (25% Korea + 15% Global)	40%	N/A		20%
Categories by Artist[A]
Song of the Year	80% (50% Korea + 30% Global)	N/A
Categories by Genre[B]
Album of the Year	N/A	80%	N/A
Best Music Video	N/A		80%	N/A
Worldwide Icon of the Year	N/A			100% (70% Mnet Plus + 30% Spotify)	N/A
Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10

Winners and nominees

Seventeen won five awards, including the Album of the Year (Daesang), Best Male Group, Best Dance Performance – Male Group, Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 , and Culture and Style.

NewJeans won four awards, including the Artist of the Year (Daesang), Song of the Year (Daesang), Best Female Group, and Best Dance Performance – Female Group.

BTS won three awards, including the Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang), Best OST, and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10.

Jisoo won three awards, including the Best Female Artist, Best Dance Performance – Female Solo, and Best Music Video.

Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[6][7]

The listing for nominees were announced on October 19, 2023, through the Mnet Plus mobile application, with voting for Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 happening from October 19 to November 20.^[4]

Main awards

Samsung Galaxy Artist of the Year (Daesang)	Samsung Galaxy Song of the Year (Daesang)
NewJeans Ive NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle Adya Aespa BoyNextDoor Choi Ye-na El7z Up Evnne Exo Hwasa Jeon Somi Jihyo Jimin Jisoo Jungkook Kiss Of Life Le Sserafim Lee Chae-yeon Lim Young-woong LimeLight Parc Jae-jung Riize Taeyang Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice V Xikers Zerobaseone	NewJeans – "Ditto" (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Ive – "I Am" Jisoo – "Flower" Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) List of longlisted nominees Aespa – "Spicy" Agust D – "People Pt. 2" (feat. IU) AKMU – "Love Lee" Anne-Marie, Minnie – "Expectations" Ash Island – "Goodbye" (feat. Paul Blanco) Big Naughty – "Hopeless Romantic" (feat. Lee Su-hyun) Big Naughty – "With Me" BSS – "Fighting" (feat. Lee Young-ji) BtoB – "Wind and Wish" BTS – "Take Two" BTS – "The Planet" Dawn – "Dear My Light" Hwasa – "I Love My Body" J-Hope – "On the Street" (with J. Cole) Jay Park – "Candy" (feat. Zion.T) Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward" Jihyo – "Killin' Me Good" Jimin – "Like Crazy" Kai – "Rover" Le Sserafim – "Unforgiven" (feat. Nile Rodgers) Lee Chae-yeon – "Knock" Lee Mu-jin – "Ordinary Confession" Lim Jae-hyun – "Heaven" Lim Young-woong – "London Boy" MC the Max – "Eternity" MeloMance – "A Shining Day" NCT 127 – "Ay-Yo" NCT Dream – "Candy" Parc Jae-jung – "Let's Say Goodbye" Paul Kim – "You Remember" Seventeen – "Super" STAYC – "Teddy Bear" Stray Kids – "S-Class" Taeyang – "Vibe" (feat. Jimin) Taeyong – "Shalala" Tomorrow X Together – "Goodbye Now" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride" V – "Love Me Again" Zerobaseone – "In Bloom" Zior Park – "Christian"
Samsung Galaxy Album of the Year (Daesang)	Samsung Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang)
Seventeen – FML NCT Dream – ISTJ NewJeans – Get Up Stray Kids – 5-Star Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Temptation List of longlisted nominees (G)I-dle – I Feel Aespa – My World Agust D – D-Day Big Naughty – Hopeless Romantic BtoB – Wind and Wish El7z Up – 7+Up Evnne – Target: Me Exo – Exist Ive – I've Ive Jeon Somi – Game Plan Jihyo – Zone Jimin – Face Kai – Rover Kiss Of Life – Kiss of Life Le Sserafim – Unforgiven Lee Chae-yeon – Over the Moon LimeLight – Love & Happiness Parc Jae-jung – Alone STAYC – Teenfresh Taeyang – Down to Earth Taeyong – Shalala Treasure – Reboot TripleS – Assemble Twice – Ready to Be V – Layover Xikers – House of Tricky: How to Play Zerobaseone – Youth in the Shade	BTS Ateez Enhypen Lim Young-woong NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Twice Zerobaseone
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
Seventeen Exo NCT Dream Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Treasure	NewJeans (G)I-dle Aespa Ive Le Sserafim Twice
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Jimin Jungkook Lim Young-woong Parc Jae-jung Taeyang V	Jisoo Hwasa Jeon Somi Jihyo Lee Chae-yeon Choi Ye-na
Best Dance Performance – Male Group	Best Dance Performance – Female Group
Seventeen – "Super" NCT 127 – "Ay-Yo" NCT Dream – "Candy" Stray Kids – "S-Class" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride" Zerobaseone – "In Bloom"	NewJeans – "Ditto" (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Aespa – "Spicy" Ive – "I Am" Le Sserafim – "Unforgiven" (feat. Nile Rodgers) STAYC – "Teddy Bear"
Best Vocal Performance – Solo	Best Vocal Performance – Group
Parc Jae-jung – "Let's Break Up" Dawn – "Dear My Light" Lee Mu-jin – "Ordinary Confession" Lim Young-woong – "London Boy" V – "Love Me Again"	AKMU – "Love Lee" BtoB – "Wind and Wish" BTS – "Take Two" MC the Max – "Eternity" MeloMance – "A Shining Day"
Best Dance Performance – Male Solo	Best Dance Performance – Female Solo
Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) Jimin – "Like Crazy" Kai – "Rover" Taeyang – "Vibe" (feat. Jimin) Taeyong – "Shalala"	Jisoo – "Flower" Hwasa – "I Love My Body" Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward" Jihyo – "Killin' Me Good" Lee Chae-yeon – "Knock"
Best New Male Artist	Best New Female Artist
Zerobaseone BoyNextDoor Evnne Riize Xikers	TripleS Adya El7z Up Kiss of Life LimeLight
Best OST	Best Rap & HipHop Performance
BTS – "The Planet" Big Naughty – "With Me" Lim Jae-hyun – "Heaven (2023)" Paul Kim – "You Remember" Tomorrow X Together – "Goodbye Now"	Agust D – "People Pt. 2" (feat. IU) Ash Island – "Goodbye" (feat. Paul Blanco) J-Hope – "On the Street" (with J. Cole) Jay Park – "Candy" (feat. Zion.T) Zior Park – "Christian"
Best Collaboration	Best Music Video
Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) Anne Marie and Minnie ((G)I-dle) – "Expectations" Big Naughty – "Hopeless Romantic" (feat. Lee Su-hyun) BSS – "Fighting" (feat. Lee Young-ji) Taeyang – "Vibe" (feat. Jimin)	Jisoo – "Flower" (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Ive – "I Am" Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) Seventeen – "Super" Stray Kids – "S-Class"

Favorite awards

Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Ateez BTS Enhypen Lim Young-woong NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Twice Zerobaseone List of nominees (G)I-dle Aespa AKMU BoyNextDoor BtoB CIX Cravity Evnne Exo Fromis_9 H1-Key Highlight Itzy Ive Jeon Somi Jisoo Kep1er Le Sserafim Lee Chae-yeon Lee Mu-jin Monsta X N.SSign NCT 127 NewJeans Nmixx Oneus P1Harmony Parc Jae-jung Red Velvet Riize Shinee STAYC Super Junior Taeyang Treasure Xdinary Heroes Xikers Zior Park
Favorite New Artist	Favorite Asian Male Group
Riize Zerobaseone	INI
Favorite International Artist	Favourite Asian Female Group
Yoshiki	Kep1er
Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group	Favorite Dance Performance – Female Group
Treasure	Le Sserafim
Favorite Global Performer – Male Group	Favourite Global Performer – Female Group
Ateez	(G)I-dle

Special awards

Inspiring Achievement	Neo Flip Artist Award
TVXQ	Treasure
Culture and Style
Cast of Street Woman Fighter 2 Seventeen

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Count	Artist(s)
5	Seventeen
4	NewJeans
3	BTS
	Jisoo
	Zerobaseone

Performers

The list of performers were announced on October 24,^[8] October 31,^[9] and November 8.^[10]

Day 1

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) performed	Theme name
Lee Young-ji, Hong Eun-chae (Le Sserafim), Zhang Hao (Zerobaseone), Choi Hyun-suk (Treasure), Haruto (Treasure), and Yoshi (Treasure)	Speech and Rap[C] + Dance performance[D] + "Here I Am" (String version)[E] + "G.O.A.T." (MAMA version)[F]	"I Am Special" (Theme Stage)[G]
Just B	"Medusa" (MAMA version)	"Future In Our Hands"
&Team	"War Cry"	"Boys, Become Wolf"
Kep1er	"Grand Prix" (MAMA version)	"Kep Up The Speed"
Yoshiki, Huening Kai (Tomorrow X Together), Taehyun (Tomorrow X Together), Jaehyun (BoyNextDoor), Anton (Riize), Han Yu-jin (Zerobaseone)	"Endless Rain"	"Music Goes Infinity And Beyond" (Wonder Stage)[H]
Xikers	"It's the Land" + "Xikey" + "In the Den" + "Do or Die"	"Welcome To Xikey-Land"
JO1 and INI	"Intro" + "Venus" + "Hana" + "Outro"	"Coexist (共存)"
Jeon Somi	"The Way" + "Fast Forward"	"It's MI" (Mega Stage)[I]
Dynamic Duo, cast of Street Woman Fighter 2	"AEAO" + "Diamonds"[J] (Orig. Rihanna) + "Attitude"[K] (Orig. Hyuna) + "Whoopty"[L] (Orig. CJ) + "Mi Gente"[M] (Orig. J Balvin & Willy William (feat. Beyoncé)) + "Smoke"	"Dream To Dream" (Exclusive Stage)
Enhypen	"Bite Me" + "Sweet Venom"	"From Eternity Into Mortality"
Tomorrow X Together	"Sugar Rush Ride" + "Chasing That Feeling"	"Where's Happy Ending?"
TVXQ, Riize	"Down" + "Rising Sun"	"Eternal Glory Moment"

Day 2

Performances for Day 2

Artist(s)	Song(s) performed	Theme name
Ateez and Ryu Seung-ryong	"Ready or Not" + "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)" + "Weeoo" + "Crazy Form"	"Spiceez On The Move" (Cinematic Stage)[N]
El7z Up	"Cheeky" (Intro) + "Snap" (MAMA version)	"Master <Piece>"
BoyNextDoor	"One and Only" + "But Sometimes" (MAMA version)	"Knock On Your Heart"
Huh Yunjin (Le Sserafim), Xiaoting (Kep1er), Bada Lee (Street Woman Fighter 2), Monika (Street Woman Fighter), Minnie ((G)I-dle)	"The Great Mermaid" (MAMA version)[O] + "Snake" (MAMA version)[P] + "Chimera"[Q] + "Lion" (MAMA version)[R] + "Mago"[S]	"Goddess Awakened" (Super Stage)[T]
Riize	"Talk Saxy" + "Siren"	"We All Rise"
NiziU	"Heartris"	"Start To Love"
Zerobaseone	"In Bloom" (Intro) + "Take My Hand" + "Crush"	"Because You Saved Me"
Le Sserafim	"Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" (MAMA version)	"Revolution On The Street"
Treasure	"Move"[U] + "Bona Bona"	"I Need Your Love"
(G)I-dle	"Queencard" (MAMA version)	"This Is I-dle" (Mega Stage)[I]
Seventeen	"God of Music" + "Super"	"The Feast In Seventeenth Heaven" (Special Stage)[14]

Presenters

The list of presenters were announced on November 15, 2023.^[15]

Day 1

Presenters for Day 1

Artist(s)	Award(s) presented
Jung Chan Sung and Yun Sung-bin	Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Dynamic Duo and Uhm Jung-hwa
Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki
Kim So-hyun and Hwang Min-hyun	Favorite New Artist
	Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Ahn Jae-hong	Favorite Asian Female Group
	Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Go Min-si and RalRal
Cha Seung-won	Favorite International Artist
Dynamic Duo and Lee Young-ji	Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10
Lee Jun-ho	Favorite Asian Male Group
	Worldwide Icon of the Year

Day 2

Presenters for Day 2

Artist(s)	Award(s) presented
Byeon Woo-seok and Roh Yoon-seo	Best New Male Artist
	Best New Female Artist
Park Gyu-young	Best Dance Performance – Male Group
	Best Dance Performance – Female Solo
Jung Kyung-ho	Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group
Yoo Yeon-seok	Favorite Global Performance – Female Group
	Best Vocal Performance – Group
Lee Je-hoon	Best Male Group
	Best Vocal Performance – Solo
Choi Soo-young	Favorite Global Performer – Male Group
	Best Female Artist
Park Eun-bin	Song of the Year
Jung Kyung-ho and Yoo Yeon-seok	Favorite Dance Performance – Female Group
	Best Male Artist
Ryu Seung-ryong	Artist of the Year
Uhm Jung-hwa	Album of the Year

Broadcast

Region	Network	Ref.
Various[V]	YouTube (Mnet K-Pop, Mnet TV, M2, and KCON Official)	[16]
South Korea	Mnet, tvN Show (awards show only), and TVING
Japan	Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+, and au Smart Pass
Malaysia	tvN Asia[W]
Singapore	tvN Asia, and meWatch	[16][18]
Vietnam	FPT Play	[16]
Hong Kong	tvN Asia
Indonesia
Maldives
Myanmar
Philippines
Taiwan

Notes

1. Consists of Best New Male, Best New Female Artist, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Male Group, and Best Female Group
2. Consists of Best Dance Performance – Solo, Best Dance Performance – Male Group, Best Dance Performance – Female Group, Best Vocal Performance – Solo, Best Dance Performance – Group, Best Rap & Hip Hop Music, Best Collaboration, and Best OST
3. Performed by Lee Young-ji.
4. Performed by Lee Young-ji and Hong Eun-chae.
5. Performed by Zhang Hao.
6. Performed by Choi Hyun-suk, Haruto and Yoshi.
7. Described as a "collaboration stage with various artists incorporating the theme of previous MAMA editions".^[11]
8. Described as a "collaboration stage carriny the message of Music Makes One".^[11]
9. Described as a "stage with overwhelming scale".^[11][12]
10. Performed by Kirsten.
11. Performed by Bada & Funky-Y.
12. Performed by Akanen, Halo & Nob.
13. Performed by Lia Kim & Mina Myoung.
14. Described as a "collaboration stage that shows a different combination of K-pop and content elements in global scene".^[13]
15. Performed by Huh Yunjin.
16. Performed by Xiaoting.
17. Performed by Monika and Bada.
18. Performed by Minnie.
19. Song by Lim Kim.
20. Described as a "dream stage for K-pop artists".^[11]
21. Performed and song by T5.
22. Broadcast is available worldwide (excluding South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Maldives) based on YouTube's service availability.^[16]
23. Includes Tonton.^[17]