# 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.

## 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".
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.

## Criteria

All songs and albums that are eligible to be nominated must be released from October 22, 2022, to September 30, 2023.
Nominees would be evaluated based on data provided by Circle Chart, Spotify, and YouTube with verification performed by PwC.
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 | N/A | 20% |
| Categories by Artist | 40% (25% Korea + 15% Global) | 40% | N/A | N/A | 20% |
| Song of the Year | 80% (50% Korea + 30% Global) | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | 20% |
| Categories by Genre | 80% (50% Korea + 30% Global) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20% |
| Album of the Year | N/A | 80% | N/A | N/A | | 20% |
| Best Music Video | N/A | N/A | 80% | N/A | 20% |
| Worldwide Icon of the Year | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100% (70% Mnet Plus + 30% Spotify) | N/A |
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100% (70% Mnet Plus + 30% Spotify) | N/A |

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
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.

### 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 |
| 3 | Jisoo |
| 3 | Zerobaseone |

## Performers

The list of performers were announced on October 24, October 31, and November 8.

### 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 + Dance performance + "Here I Am" (String version) + "G.O.A.T." (MAMA version) | "I Am Special" (Theme Stage) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Dynamic Duo, cast of Street Woman Fighter 2 | "AEAO" + "Diamonds" (Orig. Rihanna) + "Attitude" (Orig. Hyuna) + "Whoopty" (Orig. CJ) + "Mi Gente" (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) |
| 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) + "Snake" (MAMA version) + "Chimera" + "Lion" (MAMA version) + "Mago" | "Goddess Awakened" (Super Stage) |
| 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" + "Bona Bona" | "I Need Your Love" |
| (G)I-dle | "Queencard" (MAMA version) | "This Is I-dle" (Mega Stage) |
| Seventeen | "God of Music" + "Super" | "The Feast In Seventeenth Heaven" (Special Stage) |

## Presenters

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

### 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 | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Kim So-hyun and Hwang Min-hyun | Favorite New Artist |
| Kim So-hyun and Hwang Min-hyun | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Ahn Jae-hong | Favorite Asian Female Group |
| Ahn Jae-hong | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Go Min-si and RalRal | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Cha Seung-won | Favorite International Artist |
| Dynamic Duo and Lee Young-ji | Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 |
| Lee Jun-ho | Favorite Asian Male Group |
| Lee Jun-ho | 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 |
| Byeon Woo-seok and Roh Yoon-seo | Best New Female Artist |
| Park Gyu-young | Best Dance Performance – Male Group |
| Park Gyu-young | Best Dance Performance – Female Solo |
| Jung Kyung-ho | Favorite Dance Performance – Male Group |
| Yoo Yeon-seok | Favorite Global Performance – Female Group |
| Yoo Yeon-seok | Best Vocal Performance – Group |
| Lee Je-hoon | Best Male Group |
| Lee Je-hoon | Best Vocal Performance – Solo |
| Choi Soo-young | Favorite Global Performer – Male Group |
| Choi Soo-young | Best Female Artist |
| Park Eun-bin | Song of the Year |
| Jung Kyung-ho and Yoo Yeon-seok | Favorite Dance Performance – Female Group |
| Jung Kyung-ho and Yoo Yeon-seok | Best Male Artist |
| Ryu Seung-ryong | Artist of the Year |
| Uhm Jung-hwa | Album of the Year |

## Broadcast

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