MAMA Award for Artist of the Year

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.

Winners and nominees


Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2020s
undefined 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
 * BTS


 * 3 wins
 * Big Bang

Artists with multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * BTS
 * Exo


 * 5 nominations
 * Big Bang
 * Girls' Generation
 * IU
 * Twice


 * 4 nominations
 * Blackpink


 * 3 nominations
 * 2NE1


 * 2 nominations
 * 2PM
 * Ive
 * Psy
 * SG Wannabe
 * Stray Kids
 * Super Junior
 * TVXQ
 * Wanna One
 * Wonder Girls