BIGBANG, ENHYPEN, CORTIS & More Set to Perform at 2026 MAMA Awards: Full List

BIGBANG, ENHYPEN, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and CORTIS are among the artists set to perform at the 2026 MAMA Awards. The K-pop awards will be held over two nights, Nov. 20-21, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan.

Every performance, along with the awards ceremony, will be streamed live to fans worldwide on global K-Pop content platform Mnet Plus.

This year, MAMA Awards 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.  For more information, visit 2026mama.com.

Nominations 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 “BiiiG.” Taeyang received three nods as a soloist: artist of the year, best male artist and best dance performance male solo for his single “LIVE FAST DIE SLOW.” G-Dragon earned a nod with his feature on aespa’s “WDA (Whole Different Animal)” in the best collaboration category. G-Dragon won artist of the year at the 2025 ceremony.

Seven 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.

Music released between Oct. 1, 2025, and Sept. 30, 2026, is eligible for this year’s awards. The first round of fan voting is already underway.

Here’s 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.

MAMA Awards Chapter 1 (Nov. 20)

MAMA Awards Chapter 2 (Nov. 21)