MAMA Award for Best Male Group

MAMA Award for Best Male Group
Awarded forBest male group of the year
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byCJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded1999
Currently held bySeventeen (2024)
Most awardsShinhwa, BTS (4 each)
Most nominationsShinhwa (9)
WebsiteMnet Asian Music Awards

The MAMA Award for Best Male Group (남자 그룹상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet). Mnet is also the one who choose which group will to this category as well as other categories in MAMA.

It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; the band H.O.T. won the award for their song "I Yah!", and it is given in honor for the male group with the most artistic achievement in the music industry.[1]

Winners and nominees

G.o.d, (2000)
Shinhwa, (2001–04)
TVXQ, (2006)
2PM, (2009–10)
Super Junior, (2011)
Infinite, (2013)
Exo, (2014–16)
Wanna One, (2017–18)
BTS, (2019–22)
Seventeen, (2023)

1990s

Year Winner Work Nominees
1999 H.O.T.[Note 1] "I Yah!"

2000s

Year Winner Work Nominees
2000 g.o.d "Love and Memory"
  • DJ DOC – "Run To You"
  • H.O.T. – "Outside Castle"
  • Clones – "Choryeon" (초련)
  • Turbo – "Tonight"
2001 Shinhwa "Wild Eyes"
2002 "Perfect Man"
2003 "Your Wedding"
  • g.o.d – "Letter" (편지)
  • S – "I Swear"
  • N.R.G – "Hit Song"
  • jtL – "Without Your Love"
2004 "Angel"
  • DJ DOC – "One Night"
  • NRG – "Hurray For A Virile Son Of Korea" (대한건아만세)
  • MC the Max – "Love Poem" (사랑의시)
  • 1TYM – "Hot"
2005 SG Wannabe "Crime and Punishment"
2006 TVXQ[Note 1] "'O'-Jung.Ban.Hap."
2007 Big Bang "Lies"
2008 "Haru Haru"
2009 2PM "Again & Again"

2010s

Year Winner Work Nominees
2010 2PM "I'll Be Back"
2011 Super Junior "Mr. Simple"
2012 Big Bang "Fantastic Baby"
2013 Infinite "Man In Love"
2014 Exo "Overdose"
2015 "Call Me Baby"
2016 "Monster"
2017 Wanna One "Energetic"
2018 "Boomerang"
2019 BTS "Boy With Luv"

2020s

Year Winner Work Nominees
2020 BTS "On"
2021 "Permission to Dance"
2022 "Yet To Come"
2023 Seventeen "Super"

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

Multiple awards

4 wins
3 wins
2 wins

Notes

  1. ^ a b Titled as "Best Group"
  1. ^ "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

References

  • "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.