All Of 2025’s Year-End K-Pop Awards Shows, Artist Lineups, And Hosts
Here are all the upcoming music award shows in Korea that you don’t want to miss:
1. 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards
This annual film award ceremony will be hosted by Han Ji Min and Lee Je Hoon this year. It will be held on November 19 at KBS Hall in Seoul and broadcast live on KBS2.
2. 2025 MAMA Awards
The MAMA Awards will take place on November 28 and 29 at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong. Day 1 will be hosted by Park Bo Gum, and Kim Hye Soo will host Day 2. This year, the show will be broadcast through Mnet and TVING, but also livestreamed on HBO Max for the first time.
The artist lineup includes: aespa, ALLDAY PROJECT, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BABYMONSTER, BOYNEXTDOOR, BUMSUP, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon CORTIS, ENHYPEN, Hearts2Hearts, i-dle, IVE, IDID, izna, JO1, KickFlip, KYOKA, MEOVV, MIRROR, NCT WISH, RIIZE, Stray Kids, Super Junior, TREASURE, TWS, TXT, and ZEROBASEONE.
3. 2025 Asia Artist Awards
This awards ceremony that honors artists in Asian television, film, and music will take place on December 6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium. 2PM‘s Lee Junho and IVE’s Jang Wonyoung will host AAA.
The K-Pop artist lineup includes: AHOF, ALLDAY PROJECT, Ash Island, ATEEZ, CHANMINA, CORTIS, CRAVITY, IVE, JJ LIN, KickFlip, KiiiKiii, KISS OF LIFE, LE SSERAFIM, MEOVV, MONSTA X, NEXZ, QWER, RIIZE, Stray Kids, TWS, WOODZ, xikers, and Yena.
4. 2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan
This event will be taking place on December 13 and 14 at Japan National Stadium. It will be hosted by Lee Junyoung (Jun) and IVE’s Jang Wonyoung.
The artist lineup includes: ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, ENHYPEN, Hearts2Hearts, IDID, ILLIT, ITZY, KickFlip, NMIXX, RIIZE, Snow Man, and TXT on Day 1. Day 2 will have &TEAM, CORTIS, IVE, izna, KiiiKiii, NCT WISH, NEXZ, NiziU, Stray Kids, TWS, xikers, TVXQ‘s Yunho, and ZEROBASEONE.
5. 2025 KBS Song Festival Global Festival
On December 19, the 2025 KBS Song Festival Global Festival will be held at Songdo ConvensiA in Incheon. It will be hosted by ILLIT’s Minju, Jang Do Yeon, and Moon Sang Min. The artist lineup has not yet been announced.
6. 2025 Melon Music Awards
MMA will be held on December 20 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. The hosts have not yet been announced.
The artist lineup includes: 10CM, ALLDAY PROJECT, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BOYNEXTDOOR, EXO, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon, HANRORO, Hearts2Hearts, IDID, ILLIT, IVE, Jay Park, KiiiKiii, LNGSHOT, NCT WISH, PLAVE, RIIZE, WOODZ, and BLOCK B‘s ZICO.
7. 2025 SBS Gayo Daejeon
NCT’s Jaemin, IVE’s An Yujin, and DAY6‘s Young K will host this event on December 25 at Incheon’s INSPIRE Arena.
The artist lineup includes: &TEAM, ALLDAY PROJECT, ATEEZ, BABYMONSTER, BOYNEXTDOOR, CORTIS, ENHYPEN, Hearts2Hearts, ILLIT, ITZY, IVE, KiiiKiii, LE SSERAFIM, NCT DREAM, NCT WISH, NMIXX, RIIZE, Stray Kids, THE BOYZ, TREASURE, TWS, TXT, and ZEROBASEONE.
8. 2025 MBC Music Festival
The last major festival of the year will take place on December 31. SHINee‘s Minho, Hwang Minhyun, and ALLDAY PROJECT’s Annie will host the show. The artist lineup hasn’t been announced yet.
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