SEVENTEEN, NewJeans, BTS, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, and newcomers Zerobaseone and TripleS are some of the big winners at the 2023 MAMA Awards, considered one of the K-Pop world’s most prestigious awards ceremonies.
This year’s edition was held over 2 days, 28 to 29 November, at Japan’s Tokyo Dome. The event featured performances by the likes of LE SSERAFIM, &TEAM, Kep1er, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Lee Young-ji, ENHYPEN, TVXQ, Riize, JO1, INI, Xikers, BoyNextDoor, Treasure, (G)I-DLE, Zerobaseone, Ateez, and Yoshiki.
NewJeans continue their meteoric rise, bagging both the year’s top awards for Artist of the Year and Song of the Year with ‘Ditto’, apart from being honoured with the Best Dance Performance - Female Group award, also for ‘Ditto’.
[#2023MAMA] SAMSUNG Galaxy Artist of the year #newjeans #뉴진스 @NewJeans_ADOR
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) November 29, 2023
We proudly announce the great winner of the 2023 MAMA AWARDS!🏆
ONE I BORN
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[#2023MAMA] SAMSUNG Galaxy Song of the Year #newjeans #뉴진스 @NewJeans_ADOR #Ditto
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) November 29, 2023
We proudly announce the great winner of the 2023 MAMA AWARDS!🏆
ONE I BORN
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After 3 years since their last appearance at MAMA, 13-member superstar group SEVENTEEN won big with their first MAMA Daesang (대상; grand prize) for Album of the Year with FML, on top of bagging main awards for Best Male Group and Best Dance Performance - Male Group (‘손오공 [Super]’), as well as a ranking in the top 10 of the Worldwide Fans’ Choice.
[#2023MAMA] SAMSUNG Galaxy Album of the Year #seventeen #세븐틴 @pledis_17 #FML
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) November 29, 2023
You made it! Honorable winner of the night!🏆
ONE I BORN
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Global superstars BTS continue their streak as the Worldwide Icon of the Year, while members Jimin’s, Jungkook’s, and Suga’s solo efforts were also recognised. Jimin was named Best Male Artist, while Jungkook took home Best Dance Performance - Male Solo and Best Collaboration with ‘Seven’. Suga as Agust D’s song with IU, ‘People Pt. 2’, was named Best Rap & HipHop Performance. The group also won Best OST with ‘The Planet’, their theme tune for South Korean series Bastions.
[#2023MAMA] SAMSUNG Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year #bts #방탄소년단 @bts_bighit
— MAMA AWARDS (@MnetMAMA) November 28, 2023
We proudly announce the great winner of the 2023 MAMA AWARDS!🏆
ONE I BORN
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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo’s ‘꽃 (Flower)’ was also named as the Best Dance Performance for a female artist as well as the Best Music Video of the year.
Zerobaseone from Boys Planet and MODHAUS act TripleS are the rookie groups of the year, named Best New Male Artist and Best New Female Artist respectively.
Here are the full list of winners:
Samsung Galaxy Album of the Year (Daesang)
SEVENTEEN – FML
Samsung Galaxy Artist of the Year (Daesang)
NewJeans
Samsung Galaxy Song of the Year (Daesang)
NewJeans – ‘Ditto’
Samsung Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang)
BTS
Best Male Group
SEVENTEEN
Best Female Group
NewJeans
Best Male Artist
Jimin
Best Female Artist
Jisoo
Best Dance Performance – Male Group
SEVENTEEN – ‘손오공 (Super)’
Best Dance Performance – Female Group
NewJeans – ‘Ditto’
Best Vocal Performance – Solo
Parc Jae-jung – ‘헤어지자 말해요 (Let’s Break Up)’
Best Vocal Performance – Group
AKMU – ‘Love Lee’
Best Dance Performance – Male Solo
Jungkook – ‘Seven’ (feat. Latto) - Clean Version
Best Dance Performance – Female Solo
Jisoo – ‘꽃 (Flower)’
Best New Male Artist
Zerobaseone
Best New Female Artist
TripleS
Best OST
BTS – ‘The Planet’ (Bastions OST)
Best Rap & HipHop Performance
Agust D – ‘People Pt. 2’ (feat. IU)
Best Collaboration
Jungkook – ‘Seven’ (feat. Latto) - Clean Version
Best Music Video
Jisoo – ‘꽃 (Flower)’
Favourite International Artist
Yoshiki
Favourite New Artist
Riize
Zerobaseone
Favourite Asian Male Group
INI
Favourite Asian Female Group
Kep1er
Favourite Dance Performance – Male Group
Treasure
Favourite Dance Performance – Female Group
LE SSERAFIM
Favourite Global Performer – Male Group
Ateez
Favourite Global Performer – Female Group
(G)I-DLE
Worldwide Fans’ Choice
Tomorrow X Together
BTS
Zerobaseone
ENHYPEN
Lim Young-woong
Ateez
NCT DREAM
Stray Kids
SEVENTEEN
TWICE
Inspiring Achievement
TVXQ
Galaxy Neo Flip Artist Award
Treasure
bibigo Culture and Style
SEVENTEEN
Cast of Street Woman Fighter 2
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