The MAMA Award for Song of the Year () is an honor presented at the annual MAMA Awards, a South Korean awards ceremony presented by Mnet. One of the event's most prestigious daesang (or grand prize) awards, it was first awarded during the ceremony's eighth edition in 2006—then titled the Mnet KM Music Festival. Having gone through various name changes since its inaugural ceremony in 1999,References for name changes of the ceremony since 1999:
it was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards from 2009 until it was rebranded as the MAMA Awards in 2022.
Before 2021, the judging criteria for the award consisted a breakdown of 20% online voting, 40% expert evaluation, 30% digital sales, and 10% record sales. However, prior to the announcement of the 2021 ceremony nominations, it was revealed that online fan voting would be removed from consideration. As of 2022, the judging criteria for the award consists of 40% judges panel evaluation and 60% digital song downloads and streaming (40% from South Korea and 20% global).
The Song of the Year award was first presented to vocal group SG Wannabe for "Partner for Life" in 2006, where they also won Album of the Year for the single's parent album The 3rd Masterpiece. Twice and BTS currently holds the distinction for the most awarded artists overall in the category, having both won the prize three times. Two artists have the second-most wins with two each: BigBang (2007, 2015), and 2NE1 (2009, 2011). IU and BTS have the most shortlisted nominations in the category, with six each.
Winners and nominees
2000s Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s) 2006SG Wannabe"Partner for Life"
2007 BigBang"Lies"
2008 Wonder Girls"Nobody"
2009 2NE1"I Don't Care"style="font-size: 85%;"
2010s Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s) 2010 Miss A"Bad Girl Good Girl"
2011 2NE1"I Am the Best"
2012 Psy"Gangnam Style" 2013 Cho Yong-pil"Bounce"
2014 Taeyang"Eyes, Nose, Lips"
2015 BigBang"Bang Bang Bang"
2016 Twice"Cheer Up"
2017 "Signal"
2018 "What Is Love?"
2019 BTS"Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey)
2020s Year Winner(s) Winning song Nominee(s) 2020BTS"Dynamite"
2021"Butter"
2022 Ive "Love Dive"
2023 NewJeans "Ditto"
2024Aespa"Supernova"
2025 Rosé and Bruno Mars "APT."
Artists with multiple wins 3 wins Twice BTS
2 wins BigBang 2NE1
Artists with multiple nominations
6 nominations BTS IU
5 nominations Exo
4 nominations Blackpink Twice
3 nominations 2NE1 Aespa BigBang NewJeans
2 nominations (G)I-dle Baek Ji-young Busker Busker Epik High Ive Psy Red Velvet Sistar TVXQ Zico
Note: Shortlisted nominations only
See also MAMA Award for Album of the Year MAMA Award for Artist of the Year MAMA Award for Worldwide Icon of the Year Melon Music Award for Song of the Year
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