MAMA Award for Best Female Artist

Award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)

MAMA Award
for Best Female Artist

Country| South Korea
Presented by| CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First award| 1999
Currently held by| IU (2024)
Most awards| IU (6)
Most nominations| IU (10)
Website| Mnet Asian Music Awards

The MAMA Award for Best Female Artist (여자 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; Uhm Jung-hwa won the award for her song "I Don't Know", and it is given in honor of a female artist with the best performance in the music industry.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Year[I] | Winner(s)  | Song  | Nominee(s)

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1999
(1st) | Uhm Jung-hwa | "I Don't Know"  |

* Kim Jin-won – "Happy Birthday To You"
* Lena Park – "A Person in My Dream"
* Park Ji-yoon – "I Do Not Know Anything"
* Yangpa – "Adios"

2000
(2nd) | Park Ji-yoon | "Coming of Age Ceremony"  |

* Kim Hyun-jung – "Are You Really"
* Baek Ji-young – "Sad Salsa"
* Uhm Jung-hwa – "Cross"
* Lee Jung-hyun – "Peace"

2001
(3rd) | Kim Hyun-jung | "You Who Left"  |

* Yangpa – "Special Night"
* Uhm Jung-hwa – "Crack"
* J – "The Saddest Words"
* T – "As Time Goes By"

2002
(4th) | Jang Na-ra | "Sweet Dream"  |

* Kim Hyun-jung – "Knife"
* BoA – "No. 1"
* Wax – "Please"
* Lee Soo-young – "La La La"

2003
(5th) | Lee Soo-young | "Solitary"  |

* Bada – "Music"
* BoA – "Atlantis Princess"
* Wax – "Relationship"
* Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes"

2004
(6th) | "Whistle to Me"  |

* Gummy – "Loss Of Memory"
* BoA – "My Name"
* Eugene – "Windy"
* Jang Na-ra – "Is That True?

2005
(7th) | BoA | "Girls on Top"  |

* Gummy – "No"
* Lexy – "Tears"
* Jang Yoon-jeong – "Really!"
* Chae Yeon – "Two Of Us"

2006
(8th) | Baek Ji-young | "I Won't Love"  |

* Bada – "V.I.P"
* Park Jung-ah – "Yeah"
* Lee Soo-young – "Grace"
* Lee Hyori – "Shall We Dance?"

2007
(9th) | Ivy | "Sonata of Temptation"  |

* Baek Ji-young – "I Only Need One Love"
* Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?"
* Lee Hyori – "Toc Toc Toc"
* Chae Yeon – "My Love"

2008
(10th) | Lee Hyori | "U-Go-Girl"  |

* Gummy – "I'm Sorry" ft. T.O.P
* Seo In-young – "Cinderella"
* Uhm Jung-hwa – "Disco" ft. T.O.P
* Younha – "Telepathy"

2009
(11th) | Baek Ji-young | "Like Being Hit by a Bullet"  |

* Bada – "Mad" ft. Untouchable
* Son Dam-bi – Saturday Night
* Younha – "123"
* Chae Yeon – "Shake"

2010
(12th) | BoA | "Hurricane Venus"  |

* Gummy – "Because You're a Man"
* Son Dam-bi – "Queen"
* Seo In-young – "Written as Love, Sung as Pain"
* Lee Hyori – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (feat. Ceejay)

2011
(13th) | Baek Ji-young | "Ordinary"  |

* Kim Wan-sun – "Super Love"
* Seo In-young – "Into The Rhythm"
* IU – "Good Day"
* G.NA – "Black And White"

2012
(14th) | IU | "You and I"  |

* Baek Ji-young – "Voice"
* BoA – "Only One"
* Ga-in – "Bloom"
* G.NA – "2Hot"

2013
(15th) | Lee Hyori | "Bad Girls"  |

* Ailee – "U&I"
* Baek Ji-young – "Hate"
* IU – "The Red Shoes"
* Sunmi – "24 Hours"

2014
(16th) | IU | "Friday"  |

* Sunmi – "Full Moon"
* Ailee – "Singing Got Better"
* Hyuna – "Red"
* Hyolyn – "One Way"

2015
(17th) | Taeyeon | "I"  |

* BoA – "Kiss My Lips"
* IU – "Twenty Three"
* Ailee – "Mind Your Own Business"
* Hyuna – "Roll Deep"

2016
(18th) | "Why"  |

* Ailee – "Home"
* Baek Ayeon – "So-So"
* Lee Hi – "Breathe"
* Jeong Eunji – "Hopefully Sky"

2017
(19th) | IU | "Palette"  |

* Sunmi – "Gashina"
* Suzy – "Yes No Maybe"
* Taeyeon – "Fine"
* Heize – "You, Clouds, Rain"

2018
(20th) | Sunmi | "Siren"  |

* IU – "Bbibbi"
* Chungha – "Roller Coaster"
* Taeyeon – "Something New"
* Heize – "Jenga"

2019
(21st) | Chungha | "Gotta Go"  |

* Jennie – "Solo"
* Taeyeon – "Four Seasons"
* Heize – "She's Fine"
* Hwasa – "Twit"

2020
(22nd) | IU | "Blueming"  |

* Sunmi – "Pporappippam"
* Chungha – "Play"
* Taeyeon – "Spark"
* Hwasa – "Maria"

2021
(23rd) | "Celebrity"  |

* Heize – "Happen"
* Lisa – "Lalisa"
* Rosé – "On the Ground"
* Taeyeon – "Weekend"

2022
(24th) | Nayeon | "Pop!"  |

* Taeyeon – "INVU"
* IU – "Winter Sleep"
* Miyeon – "Drive"
* Seulgi – "28 Reasons"

2023
(25th) | Jisoo | "Flower"  |

* Hwasa – "I Love My Body"
* Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward"
* Jihyo – "Killin' Me Good"
* Lee Chae-yeon – "Knock"
* Choi Ye-na – "Love War"

2024
(26th) | IU | "Love Wins All"  |

* Jennie – "You & Me"
* Nayeon – "ABCD"
* Taeyeon – "To. X"
* Yuqi – "Freak"

## Multiple awards for Best Female Artist

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As of 2024, six female artists received two or more awards.

6 wins

* IU

3 wins

* Baek Ji-young

2 wins

* Lee Hyori
* BoA
* Lee Soo-young
* Taeyeon

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

## Gallery

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* Uhm Jung-hwa (1999)

* Park Ji-yoon (2000)

* Kim Hyun-jung (2001)

* Jang Na-ra (2002)

* Lee Soo-young (2003–04)

* BoA (2005, 2010)

* Baek Ji-young (2006, 2009, 2011)

* Ivy (2007)

* Lee Hyori (2008, 2013)

* IU, (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020–21, 2024)

* Taeyeon (2015–16)

* Sunmi (2018)

* Chungha (2019)

* Nayeon (2022)

* Jisoo (2023)

## See also

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* List of music awards honoring women

## Notes

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

## 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 & Hip Hop 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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1990s|

* Uhm Jung-hwa (1999)

2000s|

* Park Ji-yoon (2000)
* Kim Hyun-jung (2001)
* Jang Na-ra (2002)
* Lee Soo-young (2003–2004)
* BoA (2005)
* Baek Ji-young (2006)
* Ivy (2007)
* Lee Hyori (2008)
* Baek Ji-young (2009)

2010s|

* BoA (2010)
* Baek Ji-young (2011)
* IU (2012)
* Lee Hyori (2013)
* IU (2014)
* Taeyeon (2015–2016)
* IU (2017)
* Sunmi (2018)
* Chungha (2019)

2020s|

* IU (2020–2021)
* Nayeon (2022)
* Jisoo (2023)
* IU (2024)

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