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The two-night ceremony lands at Kyocera Dome Osaka on November 20 and 21, with 12 acts split across CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 2.
The 2026 MAMA AWARDS revealed its first batch of performing artists on October 13, Soompi reports, filling out both nights of the two-day ceremony.
CHAPTER 1, on November 20, will feature ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BABYMONSTER, ENHYPEN, ILLIT, INI, NCT WISH and RESCENE.
CHAPTER 2 follows on November 21 with CORTIS, KiiiKiii, LE SSERAFIM, TWICE's Nayeon and ZEROBASEONE.
Both nights take place in Osaka at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, keeping the show in Japan for this year's edition.
The split-chapter format gives each night its own slate of stages rather than stacking every act into one broadcast, and the first announcement already spans rookie groups and arena headliners.
The 12 acts named so far fill out a lineup that stretches across both November dates.
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