2026 MAMA AWARDS Announces Nominees + Fans’ Choice Voting Begins

The MAMA AWARDS has returned for another year! On October 12, the nominations were announced for the 2026 MAMA AWARDS. This year’s ceremony will take place in Osaka on November 21 and 22. The criteria for the final winners are as follows: Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards – 40% jury evaluation, 30% streaming/downloads (15% Korea + 15% global), 30% physical album sales Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards – 50% jury evaluation, 50% streaming/downloads (25% Korea + 25% global) Album of the Year – 40% jury evaluation, 60% physical album sales (of albums that sold at least 1 million copies) Best Music Video and Best Choreography – 100% jury evaluation Best Song Top 10 – 100% streaming/downloads (50% Korea + 50% global) Fans’ Choice Male/Female Round 1: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes Round 2: 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes Fans’ Choice of the Year 90% Mnet Plus votes, 10% X votes additional 10% live Mnet Plus votes The first round of voting for the Fans’ Choice nominees will take place through October 22 at 11:59 p.m. KST. The 20 artists selected each from the pre-vote for each of the Fans’ Choice Male and Fans’ Choice Female categories will move onto the second ro...