MAMA Award for Album of the Year

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.

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

Winners and nominees

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

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
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

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
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

Most nominations

Nominations	Act
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
	IU
	SG Wannabe
	Stray Kids

Most awards

Awards	Act
5	Exo
	BTS
2	Super Junior

See also

• Melon Music Award for Album of the Year

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