MAMA Award for Best Male Group

MAMA Award for Best Male Group
MAMA Award for Best Male Group
Awarded for	Best male group of the year
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded	1999
Currently held by	Seventeen (2024)
Most awards	Shinhwa, BTS (4 each)
Most nominations	Shinhwa (9)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The MAMA Award for Best Male Group (남자 그룹상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet). Mnet is also the one who choose which group will to this category as well as other categories in MAMA.

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It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; the band H.O.T. won the award for their song "I Yah!", and it is given in honor for the male group with the most artistic achievement in the music industry.^[1]

Winners and nominees

1990s

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Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
1999	H.O.T.^{[Note 1]}	"I Yah!"	Shinhwa – T.O.P S.E.S.^♀ – "I Love You" (너를 사랑해) Sechs Kies – "Ye Gam" (예감) Fin.K.L^♀ – "Forever Love" (영원한 사랑)

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2000s

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Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
2000	g.o.d	"Love and Memory"	DJ DOC – "Run To You" H.O.T. – "Outside Castle" Clones – "Choryeon" (초련) Turbo – "Tonight"
2001	Shinhwa	"Wild Eyes"	UN – "Pado" (파도) Jinusean- "A-Yo" g.o.d – "Lies" (거짓말) Click-B – "Undefeatable" (백전무패)
2002		"Perfect Man"	J-Walk – "Suddenly" jtL – "A Better Day" g.o.d – "Road" (길) Click-B – "To Be Continued"
2003		"Your Wedding"	g.o.d – "Letter" (편지) S – "I Swear" N.R.G – "Hit Song" jtL – "Without Your Love"
2004		"Angel"	DJ DOC – "One Night" NRG – "Hurray For A Virile Son Of Korea" (대한건아만세) MC the Max – "Love Poem" (사랑의시) 1TYM – "Hot"
2005	SG Wannabe	"Crime and Punishment"	TVXQ – "Rising Sun" Buzz – "Coward" (겁쟁이) MC the Max – "Don't Be Happy" (행복하지 말아요) g.o.d – "An Ordinary Day" (보통날)
2006	TVXQ^{[Note 1]}	"'O'-Jung.Ban.Hap."	SS501 – "Snow Prince" Buzz – "You Don't Know Man" Shinhwa – "Once In A Lifetime" SG Wannabe – "Partner For Life"
2007	Big Bang	"Lies"	Super Junior – "Don't Don" Epik High – "Fan" SG Wannabe – "Arirang" SS501 – "4Chance"
2008	Big Bang	"Haru Haru"	TVXQ – "Mirotic" Epik High – "One" (ft. Ji Sun) F.T. Island – "After Love" SG Wannabe – "La La La"
2009	2PM	"Again & Again"	Big Bang – "Sunset Glow" Super Junior – "Sorry, Sorry" SG Wannabe – "I Love You" SS501 – "UR Man"

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2010s

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Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
2010	2PM	"I'll Be Back"	2AM – "Even If I Die, I Can't Let You Go" Beast – "Shock" MBLAQ – "Y" Super Junior – "Bonamana"
2011	Super Junior	"Mr. Simple"	2PM – "Hands Up" Beast – "Fiction" Big Bang – "Tonight" TVXQ – "Keep Your Head Down"
2012	Big Bang	"Fantastic Baby"	TVXQ – "Catch Me" Beast – "Beautiful Night" Super Junior – "Sexy, Free & Single" Shinhwa – "Venus"
2013	Infinite	"Man In Love"	Exo – "Growl" Shinee – "Dream Girl" Shinhwa – "This Love" Teen Top – "Miss Right"
2014	Exo	"Overdose"	B1A4 – "Solo Day" Block B – "H.E.R." Beast – "Good Luck" Super Junior – "Mamacita"
2015		"Call Me Baby"	Big Bang – "Loser" BTS – "I Need U" Shinee – "View" Super Junior – "Devil" Shinhwa – "Sniper"
2016		"Monster"	BTS – "Fire" Block B – "Toy" Shinee – "1 of 1" Infinite – "The Eye" iKon – "WYD"
2017	Wanna One	"Energetic"	Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" BTS – "DNA" Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" Got7 – "You Are" Nu'est W – "Where You At"
2018	Wanna One	"Boomerang"	BTS – "Fake Love" Seventeen – "Oh My!" Got7 – "Lullaby" NU'EST W – "Dejavu" NCT 127 – "Touch"
2019	BTS	"Boy With Luv"	Exo – "Love Shot" Got7 – "Eclipse" NCT 127 – "Superhuman" Monsta X – "Alligator" Seventeen – "Home"

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2020s

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Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
2020	BTS	"On"	Exo – "Obsession" Got7 – "Not by the Moon" NCT – "Resonance" Monsta X – "Fantasia" Seventeen – "Left & Right"
2021		"Permission to Dance"	NCT 127 – "Favorite (Vampire)" NCT Dream – "Hello Future" Seventeen – "Rock with You" Stray Kids – "Thunderous" Tomorrow X Together – "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"
2022		"Yet To Come"	Enhypen – "Blessed-Cursed" NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode" Seventeen – "Hot" Stray Kids – "Maniac" Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad"
2023	Seventeen	"Super"	Exo – "Cream Soda" NCT Dream – "Candy" Stray Kids – "S-Class" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride" Treasure – "Bona Bona"