MAMA Award for Artist of the Year

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MAMA Award for Artist of the Year
Awarded for	Best individual/group of the year
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M (Mnet)
First award	2006
Currently held by	Seventeen (2024)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The MAMA Award for Artist of the Year (올해의 가수상) is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards. It was first awarded at the event's 8th ceremony held in 2006; the five-member boyband group TVXQ won the award, and it is given in honor for artists with artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the music industry.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year^[I]	Artist
2006	TVXQ
	Baek Ji-young
	Buzz
	Rain
	SG Wannabe
2007	Super Junior
	Big Bang
	SG Wannabe
	Wonder Girls
	Yangpa
2008	Big Bang
	Lee Hyori
	Seo Taiji
	TVXQ
	Wonder Girls
2009	2PM
2009	No nominees announced

2010s

Year^[I]	Artist
2010	2NE1
	2AM
	2PM
	Girls' Generation
	Miss A
2011	Girls' Generation
	2NE1
	Beast
	Big Bang
	IU
2012	Big Bang
	Busker Busker
	Psy
	Sistar
	Super Junior
2013	G-Dragon
	Cho Yong-pil
	Exo
	Girls' Generation
	Psy
2014	Exo
	2NE1
	Girls' Generation
	IU
	Taeyang
2015	Big Bang
	Exo
	Girls' Generation
	Shinee
	Zion.T
2016	BTS
	Exo
	GFriend
	Taeyeon
	Twice
2017	BTS
	Exo
	IU
	Twice
	Wanna One
2018	BTS
	Blackpink
	Mamamoo
	Twice
	Wanna One
2019	BTS
	Blackpink
	Chungha
	Exo
	Twice

2020s

Year^[I]	Artist
2020	BTS
	Blackpink
	Exo
	IU
	Twice
2021	BTS
	Aespa
	IU
	NCT 127
	Oh My Girl
2022	BTS
	(G)I-dle
	Blackpink
	Ive
	Stray Kids
2023	NewJeans
	Ive
	NCT Dream
	Seventeen
	Stray Kids
2024	Seventeen
	Aespa
	Jungkook
	NewJeans
	Stray Kids

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Mnet Asian Music Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

Throughout the history of MAMA Awards only 2 recipients received the award more than once. BTS are the only artist to receive the award for consecutive years.

7 wins

3 wins

Big Bang

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations

BTS^[a]
Exo

5 nominations

4 nominations

Blackpink

3 nominations

2 nominations

Note: Shortlisted nominations only

Notes

^ Additionally, 2024 nominee Jungkook is also a member of BTS
^ Additionally, 2016 nominee Taeyeon is also a member of Girls' Generation

References

^ "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

"M.net Asian Music Awards Winners list by year". mwave. MAMA.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Broadcasts by year". mwave. MAMA.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Photos by year". mwave. MAMA.

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

MAMA Awards

Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF) → Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) → MAMA Awards

Merit awards

Grand Prizes/Daesang	Album of the Year Artist of the Year Song of the Year Worldwide Icon of the Year
Competitive Awards	Best Male Artist Best Female Artist Best Male Group Best Female Group Best New Artist Best Dance Performance Best Band Performance Best Rap & Hip Hop Performance Best Vocal Performance Best Collaboration Best OST Best Music Video
Special Awards	Best International Artist Best Asian Artist Other Special Awards

Discontinued awards

Ceremonies

Website

v t e MAMA Award for Artist of the Year
2000s	TVXQ (2006) Super Junior (2007) BigBang (2008) 2PM (2009)
2010s	2NE1 (2010) Girls' Generation (2011) BigBang (2012) G-Dragon (2013) Exo (2014) BigBang (2015) BTS (2016–2019)
2020s	BTS (2020–2022) NewJeans (2023)

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