MAMA Award for Album of the Year

Korean music award

MAMA Award for
Album of the Year

Awarded for| Top recording albums
Country| South Korea
Presented by| CJ E&M (Mnet)
First awarded| 2006
Currently held by| Seventeen – FML
(2023)
Website| MAMA Awards

The MAMA Award for Album of the Year (Korean: 올해의 앨범상; RR: Olhaeui aelbeomsang) is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards. It was first awarded at the 8th Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 2006; SG Wannabe won the award for their album The 3rd Masterpiece, and it is given in honor of a solo or group with the best recording album in the music industry released during the year.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Exo won the award for five consecutive years (2013–17) Five-time recipient BTS (2018–22) Super Junior (2011–12) 2NE1, the only female recipient of the award since its launch in 2006 G-Dragon is the only soloist who has received the award

### 2000s

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Year  | Winner(s)  | Winning Album  | Nominee(s)

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2006 | SG Wannabe | The 3rd Masterpiece |

* Rain – Rain's World
* Shinhwa – State of the Art
* TVXQ – "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.
* Vibe – Re Feel

2007 | Epik High | Remapping the Human Soul |

* Big Bang – Always
* SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord
* Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years
* Yangpa – The Windows Of My Soul

2008 | TVXQ | Mirotic |

* Brown Eyes – Two Things Needed For The Same Purpose And 5 Objects
* Epik High – Pieces, Part One
* Kim Dong-ryool – Monologue
* Toy – Thank You

2009 | G-Dragon | Heartbreaker | No nominees announced

### 2010s

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Year  | Winner(s)  | Winning Album  | Nominee(s)

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2010 | 2NE1 | To Anyone |

* 2AM – Can't Let You Go Even If I Die
* BoA – Hurricane Venus
* Super Junior – Bonamana
* Taeyang – Solar

2011 | Super Junior | Mr. Simple |

* 2NE1 – 2NE1 2nd Mini Album
* Big Bang\- Tonight
* Girls' Generation – The Boys
* TVXQ – Keep Your Head Down

2012 | Sexy, Free & Single |

* Big Bang – Alive
* Busker Busker – Busker Busker 1st Album
* G-Dragon – One of a Kind
* TVXQ – Catch Me

2013 | Exo | XOXO |

* Cho Yong-pil – Hello
* G-Dragon – Coup D'Etat
* Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy
* Shinee – Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You

2014 | Overdose |

* Beast – Good Luck
* Girls' Generation – Mr.Mr.
* Infinite – Season 2
* Super Junior – Mamacita

2015 | Exodus |

* Big Bang – Made
* BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1
* Shinee – Odd
* Super Junior – Devil

2016 | Ex'Act |

* BTS – Wings
* Seventeen – Love & Letter
* Shinee – 1 of 1
* Twice – Page Two

2017 | The War |

* BTS – Love Yourself: Her
* Seventeen – Al1
* Twice – Signal
* Wanna One – 1×1=1 (To Be One)

2018 | BTS | Love Yourself: Tear |

* Red Velvet – The Perfect Red Velvet
* Seventeen – You Make My Day
* Twice – What Is Love?
* Wanna One – 0+1=1 (I Promise You)

2019 | Map of the Soul: Persona |

* Blackpink – Kill This Love
* Exo – Don't Mess Up My Tempo
* Seventeen – An Ode
* Twice – Fancy You

### 2020s

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Year  | Winner(s)  | Winning Album  | Nominee(s)

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2020 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 |

* Blackpink – The Album
* Baekhyun – Delight
* IU – Love Poem
* Seventeen – Heng:garæ

2021 | Be |

* NCT 127 – Sticker
* Aespa – Savage
* IU – Lilac
* NCT Dream – Hot Sauce

2022 | Proof |

* Blackpink – Born Pink
* NCT Dream – Glitch Mode
* Seventeen – Face the Sun
* Stray Kids – Maxident

2023 | Seventeen | FML |

* NCT Dream – ISTJ
* NewJeans – Get Up
* Stray Kids – 5-Star
* Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Temptation

## Records

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### Most nominations

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Nominations  | Act

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8  | BTS
7  | Seventeen
6  | Exo
4  | Big Bang
Super Junior
TVXQ
Twice
3  | Blackpink
G-Dragon
Girls' Generation
NCT Dream
Shinee
2  | 2NE1
Epik High

SG Wannabe
Stray Kids

### Most awards

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Awards  | Act

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5  | Exo
BTS
2  | Super Junior

## See also

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* Melon Music Award for Album of the Year

## Notes

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1. ^ "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

## References

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* "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

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* Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

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Merit awards|

| Grand Prizes/Daesang|

* Album of the Year
* Artist of the Year
* Song of the Year
* Worldwide Icon of the Year

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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 Performance
* Best Vocal Performance
* Best Collaboration
* Best OST
* Best Music Video

Special Awards|

* Best International Artist
* Best Asian Artist
* Other Special Awards

Discontinued awards|

* Best Mixed Group
* Best Ballad/R&B Performance
* Other Discontinued Genre-Specific Awards
* Discontinued Music Video Awards

Ceremonies|

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MAMA Award for Album of the Year

* The 3rd Masterpiece – SG Wannabe (2006)
* Remapping the Human Soul – Epik High (2007)
* Mirotic – TVXQ (2008)
* Heartbreaker – G-Dragon (2009)
* To Anyone – 2NE1 (2010)
* Mr. Simple – Super Junior (2011)
* Sexy, Free & Single – Super Junior (2012)
* XOXO – Exo (2013)
* Overdose – Exo (2014)
* Exodus – Exo (2015)
* Ex'Act – Exo (2016)
* The War – Exo (2017)
* Love Yourself: Tear – BTS (2018)
* Map of the Soul: Persona – BTS (2019)
* Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (2020)
* Be – BTS (2021)
* Proof – BTS (2022)
* FML – Seventeen (2023)

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