MAMA Award for Best Male Artist

MAMA Award
for Best Male Solo
MAMA Award ; for Best Male Solo
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded	1999
Currently held by	Jimin (2023)
Most awards	Baekhyun (3)
Most nominations	Psy (7)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The MAMA Award for Best Male Solo (남자 가수상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet).

It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Lee Seung-hwan won the award for his song "A Request", and it is given in honor of a male artist with the best performance in the music industry.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year^[I]	Winner(s)	Song	Nominee(s)
1999	Lee Seung-hwan	"A Request"	Park Jin-young – "Kiss Me" Yoo Seung-jun – "Passion" Jo Sung-mo – "For Your Soul" K2 – " To Her Lover"
2000	Shin Seung-hun	"The Unwritten Legend"	Seo Taiji – "Ultramania" Lee Seung-hwan – "Live A Long Long Time" Jo Sung-mo – "Do You Know" Hong Kyung-min – "Shaky Friendship"
2001	Kangta	"Polaris"	Moon Hee-joon – "Alone" Yoo Seung-jun – "Wow" Im Chang-jung – "Reason To Wait" Jo Sung-mo – "Goodbye My Love"
2002	Sung Si-kyung	"We Make A Good Pair"	Kangta – "Memories" Moon Hee-joon – "Generous" Shin Seung Hun – "If We Can Part Even Though We Love" Lee Seung-hwan – "Mistake"
2003	Wheesung	"With Me"	Kim Gun-mo – "Wedding Invitation" Rain – "Ways To Avoid The Sun" Lee Juck – "I Didn't Know That Time" Jo Sung-mo – "Piano"
2004	Se7en^{[Note 1]}	"Passion"	Rain – "It's Raining" Seo Taiji – "Robot" MC Mong – "180°" Wheesung – "Incurable Disease"
2005	Kim Jong-kook	"Standstill"	MC Mong – "Invincible" YB – "It Must Have Been Love" Jo Sung-mo – "Mr. Flower" Wheesung – "Goodbye Luv"
2006	Rain	"I'm Coming"	Psy – "Entertainer" Seven – "I Know" Lee Seung-gi – "Hard to Say" Lee Seung-chul – "Scream"
2007	Lee Seung-gi	"White Lie"	Park Hyo-shin – "Memories Resembles Love" Shin Hye-sung – "The First Person" Eru – "Because We Are Two" Lee Juck – "It's Fortunate"
2008	Seo Taiji	"Moai"	Kim Dong-ryool – "Let's Start Again" Taeyang – "Look At Me Only" Toy – "Rockin' On Heaven's Door" MC Mong – "Disco"
2009	Tiger JK	"Monster"	Rain – "Rainism" Lee Seung-chul – "Broken Fingernails" G-Dragon – "Heartbreaker" MC Mong – "Indian Boy"
2010	Taeyang	"I'll Be There"	Psy – "Right Now" Rain – "Love Song" Seven – "Better Together" Wheesung – "I Thought to Marry"
2011	Kim Hyun-joong	"Break Down"	Kim Bum-soo – "Last Love" Kim Tae-woo – "Echo" Sung Si-kyung -"I Like" Wheesung – "Heartsore Story"
2012	G-Dragon	"Crayon"	K.Will – "I Need You" Park Jin-young (JYP) – "You're The One" Se7en – "When I Can't Sing" Psy – "Gangnam Style"
2013	G-Dragon	"Crooked"	Psy – "Gentleman" Lee Seung-gi – "Return" Lee Seung-chul – "My Love" Cho Yong-pil – "Bounce"
2014	Taeyang	"Eyes, Nose, Lips"	Roy Kim – "Home" Rain – "30 Sexy" Seo Taiji – "Christmalo.win" Im Chang-jung – "Ordinary Song"
2015	Park Jin-young	"Who's Your Mama?"	Zion.T – "Eat" Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwanmun" Jung Yong Hwa – "One Fine Day" Jonghyun – "Deja-Boo"
2016	Zico	"I Am You, You Are Me"	Park Hyo-shin – "Breath" Psy – "Daddy" Im Chang-jung – "Love Again" Crush – "Don't Forget (ft. Taeyeon)"
2017	Zico	"Artist"	Yoon Jong-shin – "Like It" G-Dragon – "Untitled, 2014" Zion.T – "This Song" Psy – "New Face"
2018	Roy Kim	"Only Then"	Dean – "Instagram" Park Hyo-shin – "Sound of Winter" Zico – "Seoulmate" (feat. IU) Hwang Chi Yeul – "The Only Star"
2019	Baekhyun	"UN Village"	Park Hyo-shin – "Goodbye" Mino – "Fiancé" Taemin – "Want" Paul Kim – "Empty"
2020		"Candy"	Kang Daniel – "Who U Are" Park Jin-young – "Fever" Taemin – "Criminal" Zico – "Any Song"
2021		"Bambi"	D.O – "Rose" Kai – "Mmmh" Kang Daniel – "Paranoia" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light"
2022	Lim Young-woong	"If We Ever Meet Again"	J-Hope – "More" Kang Daniel – "Upside Down" Psy – "That That" (feat. Suga) Zico – "New Thing" (feat. Homies)
2023	Jimin	"Set Me Free Pt. 2"	Jungkook – "Seven" (feat. Latto) Lim Young-woong – "London Boy" Parc Jae-jung – Alone Taeyang – "Vibe" (feat. Jimin) V – "Love Me Again"

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

Multiple awards for Best Male Artist

As of 2020, four male artists received two or more awards.

3 wins

Baekhyun

2 wins

Gallery

Lee Seung-hwan, (1999)
Shin Seung-hun, (2000)
Kangta, (2001)
Sung Si-kyung, (2002)
Wheesung, (2003)
Se7en, (2004)
Kim Jong-kook, (2005)
Rain, (2006)
Lee Seung-gi, (2007)
Seo Taiji, (2008)
Tiger JK, (2009)
Kim Hyun-joong, (2011)
G-Dragon, (2012-13)
Taeyang, (2010, 14)
Park Jin-young, (2015)
Zico, (2016-17)
Roy Kim, (2018)
Baekhyun, (2019-21)
Lim Young-woong, (2022)
Jimin, (2023)

Notes

^ Titled as "Best Male Video" award.

^ "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

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.

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

[i-2] Titled as "Best Male Video" award.

[MAMA_1999-1] "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

[1]

[Note 1]

v t e MAMA Award for Best Male Artist
1990s	Lee Seung-hwan (1999)
2000s	Shin Seung-hun (2000) Kangta (2001) Sung Si-kyung (2002) Wheesung (2003) Se7en (2004) Kim Jong-kook (2005) Rain (2006) Lee Seung-gi (2007) Seo Taiji (2008) Tiger JK (2009)
2010s	Taeyang (2010) Kim Hyun-joong (2011) G-Dragon (2012–2013) Taeyang (2014) Park Jin-young (2015) Zico (2016–2017) Roy Kim (2018) Baekhyun (2019)
2020s	Baekhyun (2020-2021) Lim Young-woong (2022) Jimin (2023)