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Jimin & Tomorrow X Together Lead Nominations for 2023 MAMA Awards (Full List)

In a sign of how impactful BTS have been on the K-pop scene, three members of the group are nominated for best male artist.

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Jimin and Tomorrow X Together are the leading nominees for the 2023 MAMA Awards, which were announced Thursday (Oct. 19). Each received eight nominations.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER has two songs nominated for song of the year, “Sugar Rush Ride” and “Goodbye Now” from the Love Revolution soundtrack. 

Jimin is nominated in five categories as a lead artist and in three more as a featured artist on TAEYANG’s “VIBE.” Jimin’s “Like Crazy” and “VIBE” are competing in two categories – song of the year and best dance performance male solo. 

In a sign of how impactful BTS have been on the K-pop scene, three members of the group are nominated for best male artist. BTS members Jimin, Jung Kook and V are competing in that category with Lim Young Woong, Parc Jae Jung and TAEYANG.

The nominees for album of the year include three albums that topped the Billboard 200 in 2023: Tomorrow X Together’s The Name Chapter: Temptation, Stray Kids’ 5-STAR and NewJeans’ Get Up.

Several major Western artists were nominated in various categories. Latto is nominated as a featured artist on Jung Kook’s “Seven,” which entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No 1 in July.  J. Cole and Nile Rodgers are also on the list as featured artists on J-Hope’s “on the street” and LE SSERAFIM’s “UNFORGIVEN,” respectively. British singer Anne-Marie is listed as a co-lead artist with MINNIE of (G)I-DLE on “Expectations.”

While many Western awards shows are moving toward gender-neutral categories, fully half of the 20 categories here are gendered. There are separate male and female categories for best artist, best group, best new artist, best dance performance solo and best dance performance group.

TWICE is nominated for best female group, while JIHYO, a member of that nine-member group, is nominated for best female artist.

The MAMA Awards, which bills itself as the biggest night in K-pop, will take place Nov. 28 and 29 at Tokyo Dome, Japan. The event will also air live on various global platforms, including CJ ENM’s music channel Mnet.

Awards will be presented in 20 categories. There are the usual five or six nominees in 16 of the categories, but in the big four categories – artist, song and album of the year and worldwide fans’ choice – there are dozens of entries. All artists who were nominated in one of the subordinate categories were automatically nominated there — an unusual approach for an award show to take.

In the worldwide fans’ choice category, winners are determined by global fan votes. The first round of nomination votes will take place from Thursday (Oct. 19) to Oct. 30. The second round will take place from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20. Fans can vote on the K-culture platform Mnet Plus and on Spotify, which is also one of the sponsors for this year’s awards.

The MAMA Awards, which bills itself as the world’s foremost K-pop awards, is presented by entertainment company CJ ENM. This year’s eligibility period ran from Oct. 22, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023. The vote count and process will be verified by Samil PwC.

Here’s the full list of nominations for the 2023 MAMA Awards.

NOTE: An earlier version of this article, based on information supplied by MAMA, misstated the leader in this year’s nominations.

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