MAMA Award for Song of the Year

Mnet Asian Music Award for Song of the Year (올해의 노래상)
Awarded for	quality songs containing both lyrics and melody
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	BTS – "Dynamite" (2020)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The Mnet Asian Music Award for Song of the Year (올해의 노래상) is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet). It was first awarded at the 8th Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 2006; the song "Partner for Life" by SG Wannabe won the award, and it is given in honor for artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position in the music industry

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Song	Nominee(s)
2006 (8th)	SG Wannabe	"Partner for Life"	Baek Ji-young – "I Won't Love" Buzz – "You Don't Know Man" TVXQ – "'O'-Jung.Ban.Hap." Vibe – "That Man, That Woman"
2007 (9th)	Big Bang	"Lies"	Epik High – "Fan" Ivy – "Sonata Of Temptation" SG Wannabe – "Arirang" Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?"
2008 (10th)	Wonder Girls	"Nobody"	Big Bang – "Haru Haru" Epik High – "One" (ft. Ji Sun) Lee Hyori – "U-Go-Girl" TVXQ – "Mirotic"
2009 (11th)	2NE1	"I Don't Care"
2010 (12th)	Miss A	"Bad Girl Good Girl"	2AM – "Won't Let You Go Even If I Die" 2NE1 – "Can't Nobody" 2PM – "I'll Be Back" DJ Doc – "I'm This Kind of Person"
2011 (13th)	2NE1	"I Am the Best"	Baek Ji-young – "That Woman" Beast – "Fiction" IU – "Good Day" Leessang – "Turned off the TV"
2012 (14th)	Psy	"Gangnam Style"	Busker Busker – "Cherry Blossom Ending" IU – "You and I" Sistar – "Alone" Super Junior – "Sexy, Free & Single"
			initial nominees 10cm – Fine Thank You and You" 2AM – "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me" 4Minute – "Volume Up" CNBLUE – "Hey You" FT Island – "Severely" f(x) – "Electric Shock" K.Will – "I Need You" Miss A – "Touch" Nell – "The Day Before" Noel – "I Miss You" Davichi – "Will Think of You" Dynamic Duo – "Without You" LeeSsang – "Someday" Mighty Mouth – "Bad Boy" JYP – "You're the One" Baek Ji Young – "Voice" Verbal Jint – "You Deserve Better" BoA – "Only One" B2ST – "Beautiful Night" Shinee – "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" Seo In Young – "Let′s Dance" Secret – "Poison" Urban Zakapa – "I Hate You" Epik High – "Up" MBLAQ – "This is War" Infinite – "The Chaser" John Park – "Falling" 4Men – "The Man, the Woman" Huh Gak – "The Person Who Once Loved Me" Hyuna – "Ice Cream"
2013 (15th)	Cho Yong-pil	"Bounce"	Busker Busker – "First Love" Crayon Pop – "Bar Bar Bar" Girls' Generation – "I Got a Boy" Psy – "Gentleman"
			initial nominees 2AM – "One Spring Day" B1A4 – "What's Happening?" CNBLUE – "I'm Sorry" Exo – "Growl" G-Dragon – "Crooked" G.NA – "Oops!" MFBTY – "Sweet Dream" Girl's Day – "Expect" Geeks – "Wash Away" Nell – "Ocean Of Light" Davichi – "Turtle" Dynamic Duo – "BAAAM" DickPunks – "Viva Primavera" Lyn – "Breakable Heart" Jay Park – "Joah" Baechigi – "Shower Of Tears" Verbal Jint – "If It Ain't Love" Beast – "Shadow" Shinee – "Dream Girl" Seo In-young – "Please Love Me" Sunmi – "24 Hours" Seungri – "Gotta Talk To You" Sistar – "Give It To Me" CL – "The Baddest Female" IU – "The Red Shoes" Yang Yoseob – "Caffeine" Ailee – "U&I" Lee Seung-gi – "Return" Lee Seung-chul – "My Love" Lee Hi – "1,2,3,4" Lee Hyori – "Bad Girls" Infinite – "Man In Love" Jaurim – "Twenty Five, Twenty One" K.Will – "Love Blossom" 4Minute – "What's Your Name?"
2014 (16th)	Taeyang	"Eyes, Nose, Lips"	EXO — "Overdose" Girl's Day — "Something" IU — "Friday" Sistar — "Touch My Body"
			initial nominees 4Minute — "Whatcha Doin' Today" Ailee — "Don't Touch Me" Ailee — "My Singing Got Better" AOA — "Miniskirt" Baek Ji-young — "Fervor" BTS — "Boy In Luv" CNBLUE — "Can't Stop" Epik High — "Happen Ending" F.T. Island — "Madly" Gaeko — "No Make Up" Gary — "Shower Later" Huh Gak and Eunji — "Break Up to Make Up" Hyolyn — "One Way Love" Hyuna — "Red" Infinite — "Last Romeo" Jung-in and Gary— "Your Scent" Jung Joon-young — "Teenager" Kim Dong-ryool — "How I Am" K.Will — "Day 1" Lee Sun-hee — "Meet Him Among" Mad Clown — "Without You" Miss A — "Hush" Nell — "Four Times Around The Sun" Rain — "30 Sexy" Roy Kim — "Home" San E — "Body Language" San E and Raina — "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness" Seo In-guk and Zia — "Loved You" Seo Taiji — "Christmalo.win" Soyou and Jung GiGo — "Some" Sunmi — "Full Moon" TVXQ — "Something" VIXX — "Eternity" Wheesung — "Night And Day" Younha — "Umbrella"
2015 (17th)	Big Bang	"Bang Bang Bang"	EXO – "Call Me Baby" Park Jin Young – "Who's Your Mama?" Taeyeon – "I" Zion.T – "Eat"
			initial nominees AOA – "Heart Attack" CNBLUE – "Cinderella" EXID – "Ah Yeah" F.T. Island – "Pray" Gary – "Get Some Air" Got7 – "If You Do" SG Wannabe – "Love You" Zion.T & Crush – "Just" Ga In – "Paradise Lost" Girl's Day – "Ring My Bell" Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwamun" Nell – "Green Nocturne" Niel – "Lovekiller" Davichi – "Two Lovers" Dok2 – "I Will" Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake" Mamamoo – "Um Oh Ah Yeh" Mad Clown – "Fire" Jay Park – "Mommae" Baek Ah Yeon – "Shouldn't Have" Block B Bastarz – "Zero for Conduct" VIXX – "Love Equation" VIXX LR – "Beautiful Liar" San E – "Me You" Shinee – "View" Soyou & Kwon Jung Yeol – "Lean on Me" Sistar – "Shake It" Ailee – "Mind Your Own Business" Amber – "Shake that Brass" Infinite – "Bad" Infinite H – "Pretty" Im Chang Jung – "Love Again" JJY Band – "OMG" 4Minute – "Crazy" Huh Gak – "Snow of April" Hyukoh – "Comes and Goes" Hyuna – "Roll Deep"
2016 (18th)	Twice	"Cheer Up"	BTS – "Blood Sweat and Tears" EXO – "Monster" GFriend – "Rough" Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me"
			initial nominees 10cm – "What The Spring??" AOA – "Good Luck" CNBLUE – "You're So Fine" DAY6 – "Letting Go" Dean – "D (Half Moon)" FTISLAND – "Take Me Now" GOT7 – "Hard Carry" MOBB (Mino & Bobby) – "HIT ME" Gary – "Lonely Night" Guckkasten – "Pulse" DAVICHI – "Beside Me" DOK2 – "1llusion" Red velvet – "Russian Roulette" Luna – "Free Somebody" MAMAMOO – "You're the Best" MONSTA X – "All In" Park Kyung & Eunha – "Inferiority Complex" Baek A-yeon – "So-So" Baek Yerin – "Across The Universe" BoA & Beenzino – "No Matter What" BEAST – "Ribbon" BTOB – "Remember That" VIXX – "Fantasy" San E & Mad Clown – "Sour Grapes" Seventeen – "Pretty U" Suzy & Baekhyun – "Dream" Sistar – "I Like That" C Jamm& BewhY – "Puzzle" Urban Zakapa – "I Don't Love You" Eric Nam – "Good For You" Eric Nam & Wendy – "Spring Love" Ailee – "If You" Im Chang-jung – "The Love That I Committed" Jang Beom June – "Fallen in Love (Only with You)" Jun Hyoseong – "Find Me" Jung Eunji – "Hopefully Sky" Crush – "Don't Forget" featuring Taeyeon Taemin – "Press Your Number" Taeyeon – "Rain" Tiffany – "I Just Wanna Dance" HyunA – "How's This?"
2017 (19th)		"Signal"	EXO – "Ko Ko Bop" Heize – "You, Clouds And Rain" IU – "Through the Night" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor"
			initial nominees NCT 127 – "Cherry Bomb" Monsta X – "Beautiful" BTS – "DNA" VIXX – "Shangri-La" Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" Buzz – "The Love" Hyukoh – "TOMBOY" CNBLUE – "Between Us" Day6 – "I Smile" F.T. Island – "Wind" Girls' Generation – "Holiday" GFriend – "Love Whisper" Apink – "Five" Taemin – "Move" Hyuna- "Babe" Sunmi – "Gashina" Psy – "New Face" Lee Hyori – "Black" IU & Oh Hyuk – "Can't Love You Anymore" Hyolyn & Changmo – "Blue Moon" Dynamic Duo & Chen – "Nosedive" Jay Park & Dok2 – "Most Hated" Soyou & Baekhyun – "Rain" Zico – "Artist" Heize – "Don't Know You" Dean – "Come Over" Mad Clown – "Lost Without You" Woo Won-jae – "We Are" BTOB – "Missing You" Highlight – "Calling You" Winner – "Really Really" Mamamoo – "Yes I am" Bolbbalgan4 – "Tell Me You Love Me"
2018 (20th)		"What Is Love?"	Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" BTS – "Fake Love" iKon – "Love Scenario" Mamamoo – "Starry Night"
			initial nominees AOA – "Bingle Bangle" Bolbbalgan4 – "Travel" BtoB – "Only One for Me" Chungha – "Roller Coaster" Crush – "Bittersweet" Day6 – "Shoot Me" Dean – "Instagram" EXO-CBX – "Blooming Day" F.T. Island – "Summer Night’s Dream" Girls’ Generation-Oh!GG – "Lil’ Touch" GOT7 – "Lullaby" Guckkasten – "Stranger" Gugudan SeMiNa – "SeMiNa" Heize – "Didn’t Know Me" Heize – "Jenga" Hyukoh – "Love Ya!" HyunA – "Lip & Hip" Hyolyn – "Dally" (Feat. Gray) Jay Park – "Soju" Jung Seung-hwan – "The Snowman" Kiha & The Faces – "Cho Shim" Im Chang-jung – "There has Never Been a Day I Haven’t Loved You" Lovelyz – "That Day" MeloMance – "Tale" Monsta X – "Shoot Out" Oh My Girl – "Secret Garden" Park Hyo-shin – "Sound of Winter" Pentagon – "Shine" Red Velvet – "Bad Boy" Roy Kim – "Only Then" Seungri – "1, 2, 3!" Seventeen – "Oh My!" Seventeen BSS – "Just Do It" Sunmi – "Siren" Wanna One – "Boomerang" Wanna One Triple Position – "Kangaroo" Zico – "Soulmate" (feat. IU)
2019 (21st)	BTS	"Boy with Luv"	Blackpink – "Kill This Love" Chungha – "Gotta Go" Exo – "Tempo" Twice – "Fancy"
2020 (22nd)		"Dynamite"	Blackpink – "How You Like That" Red Velvet – "Psycho" IU – "Blueming" Zico – "Any Song"

Multiple awards for Song of the Year

Throughout the history of Mnet Asian Music Awards, only four recipients received the award more than once.

Artist(s)	Record Set	First year awarded	Recent year awarded
Twice	3	2016	2018
Big Bang	2	2007	2015
2NE1		2009	2011
BTS		2019	2020

Additionally, 2014's winner Taeyang is a member of Big Bang.

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