MAMA Award for Song of the Year

TheMAMA Award for Song of the Year(Korean:올해의 노래상;RR:Olhaeui noraesang) is an honor presented at the annualMAMA Awards,a South Korean awards ceremony presented byMnet.One of the event's most prestigiousdaesang(or grand prize) awards,[1]it was first awarded during the ceremony's eighth edition in2006—then titled the Mnet KM Music Festival. Having gone through various name changes since its inaugural ceremony in1999,[2]it was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards from2009until it was rebranded as the MAMA Awards in2022.[3]

MAMA Award
for Song of the Year
Awarded forTop track of the year
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byMnet
First awarded2006
Currently held byaespa– "Supernova"(2024)
Most awardsTwice,BTS(3)
Most nominationsIU,BTS(6)
WebsiteOfficial website

Before 2021, the judging criteria for the award consisted a breakdown of 20%online voting,40% expert evaluation, 30%digital sales,and 10%record sales.[4]However, prior to the announcement of the 2021 ceremony nominations, it was revealed that online fan voting would be removed from consideration.[5][6]As of 2022, the judging criteria for the award consists of 40% judges panel evaluation and 60% digital song downloads and streaming (40% from South Korea and 20% global).[7]

The Song of the Year award was first presented to vocal groupSG Wannabefor "Partner for Life" in 2006, where they also wonAlbum of the Yearfor the single's parent albumThe 3rd Masterpiece.TwiceandBTScurrently holds the distinction for the most awarded artists overall in the category, having both won the prize three times. Two artists have the second-most wins with two each:Big Bang(2007, 2015), and2NE1(2009, 2011).IUand BTS have the most shortlisted nominations in the category, with six each.

Winners and nominees

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Big Bang received the award twice, in2007for "Lies"and in2015for "Bang Bang Bang"
2008winner for "Nobody",Wonder Girls
2010winner for "Bad Girl Good Girl",Miss A
Two-time award winner2NE1,winning in2009for "I Don't Care"and in2011for "I Am the Best"
2012recipientPsy,winning for "Gangnam Style"
2013winner for "Bounce",Cho Yong-pil
2014winner for "Eyes, Nose, Lips",Taeyang
Three-time award winnerTwicehas received the highest number awards, winning in2016,2017and2018
Three-time award winnerBTS,winning for "Boy with Luv"(2019), "Dynamite"(2020) and "Butter"(2021)
2022 winner for "Love Dive",Ive
2023 winner for "Ditto",NewJeans

2000s

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Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s) Ref.
2006
(8th)
SG Wannabe "Partner for Life" [8]
[9]
2007
(9th)
Big Bang "Lies" [10]
[11]
2008
(10th)
Wonder Girls "Nobody" [12]
[13]
2009
(11th)
2NE1 "I Don't Care" No nominees announced [14]

2010s

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Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s)[a] Ref.
2010
(12th)
Miss A "Bad Girl Good Girl" [15]
[16]
2011
(13th)
2NE1 "I Am the Best"
Initial nominees
[17]
[18]
2012
(14th)
Psy "Gangnam Style"
Initial nominees
[19]
[20]
2013
(15th)
Cho Yong-pil "Bounce"
Initial nominees
[21]
[22]
2014
(16th)
Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips"
Initial nominees
[23]
[24]
2015
(17th)
Big Bang "Bang Bang Bang"
Initial nominees
[25]
[26]
2016
(18th)
Twice "Cheer Up"
Initial nominees
[27]
[28]
2017
(19th)
"Signal"
Initial nominees
[1]
[29]
2018
(20th)
"What Is Love?"
Initial nominees
[30]
[31]
2019
(21st)
BTS "Boy with Luv"(feat.Halsey)
Initial nominees
[32]
[33]

2020s

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Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s)[a] Ref.
2020
(22nd)
BTS "Dynamite"
Initial nominees
[34]
[35]
2021
(23rd)
"Butter"
Initial nominees
[36]
2022
(24th)
Ive "Love Dive"
Initial nominees
[37]
2023
(25th)
NewJeans "Ditto"
Initial nominees
[38]
2024
(26th)
Aespa "Supernova" [39]

Artists with multiple wins

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3 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

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Note: Shortlisted nominations only

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^abEach year's song category nominees are automatically nominated.
  2. ^Additionally, 2014 winner Taeyang is a member of Big Bang.

References

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  1. ^ab"Twice wins Song of Year Award at 2017 MAMA with 'Signal'".Yonhap News.November 30, 2017. Archived fromthe originalon August 29, 2018.
  2. ^References for name changes of the ceremony since 1999:
  3. ^Nam, Ahn-woo (October 23, 2009).엠넷, MKMF 대신 '아시안 뮤직 어워드' 개최[Mnet to hold 'Asian Music Awards' instead of MKMF].My Daily(in Korean).Archivedfrom the original on November 25, 2021.RetrievedNovember 25,2021– viaNaver.
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