{"id":934785,"date":"2026-10-16T04:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934785\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:52:09","slug":"2026-mama-awards-performers-set-bigbang-enhypen-cortis-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934785\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 MAMA Awards Performers Set: BIGBANG, ENHYPEN, CORTIS &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bigbang\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BIGBANG<\/a>, <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/enhypen\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/enhypen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ENHYPEN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IVE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/le-sserafim-kpop-star-profile-1235310295\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LE SSERAFIM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/illit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ILLIT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/cortis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CORTIS<\/a> are among the artists set to perform at the 2026 MAMA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_awards\" data-tag=\"awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a>. The K-pop awards will be held over two nights, Nov. 20-21, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEvery performance, along with the awards ceremony, will be streamed live to fans worldwide on global K-Pop content platform Mnet Plus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/mama-awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mama-awards\" data-tag=\"mama-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MAMA Awards<\/a> will present a wide range of new on-site and online events. An extension of the awards ceremony, MAMA FAN FESTA will take place for the first time, running Nov. 9-21 offline, across the city of Osaka, and online, on Mnet Plus. Pairing the awards ceremony with new on- and offline programs and special collaborations, fans will be able to experience MAMA Awards in their own way. \u00a0For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnetplus.world\/mama\/en\/2026\/fanfesta\/main\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026mama.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNominations for the 2026 MAMA Awards were announced earlier this week. BIGBANG received four nods plus four more for solo projects by group members Taeyang and G-Dragon. BIGBANG is up for artist of the year and best male group, plus best music video and best dance performance male group for \u201cBiiiG.\u201d Taeyang received three nods as a soloist: artist of the year, best male artist and best dance performance male solo for his single \u201cLIVE FAST DIE SLOW.\u201d G-Dragon earned a nod with his feature on aespa\u2019s \u201cWDA (Whole Different Animal)\u201d in the best collaboration category. G-Dragon won artist of the year at the 2025 ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSeven acts received five nominations each: MAMAMOO (counting four nods for its youngest member, Hwasa), aespa, ATEEZ, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and CORTIS. Four of these acts are set to perform on the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMusic released between Oct. 1, 2025, and Sept. 30, 2026, is eligible for this year\u2019s awards. The first round of fan voting is already underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere\u2019s a full list of performers for the two nights of the 2026 MAMA Awards. If any additional performers are announced, this post will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tMAMA Awards Chapter 1 (Nov. 20)\t<\/p>\n<p>ALLDAY PROJECT<\/p>\n<p>ALPHA DRIVE ONE<\/p>\n<p>BABY MONSTER<\/p>\n<p>CL<\/p>\n<p>ENHYPEN<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hearts2Hearts<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0ILLIT<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0INI<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0LNGSHOT<\/p>\n<p> MODYSSEY<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0NCT WISH<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0RESCENE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Street World Fighter : Directors\u2019 War<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0TREASURE<\/p>\n<p>\t\tMAMA Awards Chapter 2 (Nov. 21)\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BIGBANG<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0CORTIS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0HWASA<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0IVE<\/p>\n<p> izna<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0KiiKii<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0KO1KEYZ<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0LE SSERAFIM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0NAYEON (TWICE)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0WOODZ<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0ZEROBASEONE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&amp;TEAM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIGBANG, ENHYPEN, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and CORTIS are among the artists set to perform at the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3042,49,48,75,4481,139123,341,15111],"class_list":["post-934785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-awards","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-kpop","tag-mama-awards","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}