# MAMA Award for Best Music Video

The Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video (Korean: 뮤직비디오 작품상; RR: Myujigbidio jagpumsang) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. The event was launched in 1999 as the Mnet Video Music Awards and was primarily a music video-centered awards ceremony, modeled after the MTV Video Music Awards. From its inaugural ceremony up until the 2005 awards, the category was officially titled Music Video of the Year and consisted of one of the two daesang (or most prestigious) prizes, alongside the Most Popular Music Video category. In 2006, the event underwent an overhaul; the daesang status of the category was removed, and it was retitled as "Best Music Video". Meanwhile, the Most Popular Music Video category was discontinued.
In 1999, the inaugural Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video was presented to Lee Seung-hwan for the video "A Request". In 2005, the video for "Isolated Ones! Left Foot Forward!" by Drunken Tiger was the final recipient of the Music Video of the Year daesang before its rebranding the following year. Since then, five artists have received the accolade more than once; among them, BTS holds the distinction for the most wins in the category, winning for five consecutive years between 2017 and 2021. BTS, in addition, has received the most nominations in the category with six.

## Winners and nominees
### Music Video of the Year (daesang)

From 1999–2005, the category was titled "Music Video of the Year" and was one of the ceremony's two daesang prizes. The event went through several name changes during this time period: "Mnet Video Music Awards" (1999), "Mnet Music Video Festival" (2000–2003), and "Mnet KM Music Video Festival" (2004–2005). No list of nominees was made available for the former daesang during the course of its existence.
List of "Music Video of the Year" (daesang) winners :
| Year | Winner(s) | Music video |
| 1999 (1st) | Lee Seung-hwan | "A Request" |
| 2000 (2nd) | Jo Sungmo | "Do You Know" |
| 2001 (3rd) | Wax | "Fix My Makeup" |
| 2002 (4th) | Cho PD | "My Style" |
| 2003 (5th) | Big Mama | "Break Away" |
| 2004 (6th) | BoA | "My Name" |
| 2005 (7th) | Drunken Tiger | "Isolated Ones! Left Foot Forward!" |

### Best Music Video

Starting in 2006, the former category's daesang status was dropped and it was instead retitled "Best Music Video". From 2006 to 2008, the event was renamed the "Mnet KM Music Festival" (MKMF). From 2009 onwards, it has been officially called the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" (MAMA).
List of "Best Music Video" winners and nominees :
| Year | Winner(s) | Music video | Nominee(s) | Ref. |
| 2006 (8th) | Psy | "Entertainer" | Dynamic Duo – "Go Back" Vibe – "The Man The Woman" Rain – "I'm Coming" YB – "Today" | [14] [15] |
| 2007 (9th) | Dynamic Duo | "Attendance Check" | Kim Sa-rang – "Consolation" Leessang – "Ballerino" (featuring Ali) Miro Band – "Mama" Dynamic Duo – "Complex" | [16] [17] |
| 2008 (10th) | Wonder Girls | "Nobody" | Dynamic Duo – "Solo" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Disco" (featuring T.O.P) Epik High – "One" (featuring Ji Sun) Taeyang – "Prayer" | [18] [19] |
| 2009 (11th) | 2NE1 | "Fire" | Dienji – "Step 2 Me" Leessang – "Girl Who Can't Break Up, Boy Who Can't Leave" (featuring Jung Min) Bada – "Mad" featuring Untouchable Seo Taiji – "Juliet" | |
| 2010 (12th) | 2NE1 | "Can't Nobody" | Epik High – "Run" UV – "Sorry I Can't Be Cool" Gain – "Irreversible" Taeyang – "I'll Be There" | |
| 2011 (13th) | Big Bang | "Love Song" | Brown Eyed Girls – "Sixth Sense" Kiha & The Faces – "Just Know Each Other" Sunny Hill – "Midnight Circus" UV – "Itaewon Freedom" | [22] [23] |
| 2012 (14th) | Psy | "Gangnam Style" | Big Bang – "Monster" Gain – "Bloom" Infinite – "The Chaser" Naul – "Memory Of The Wind" | |
| 2013 (15th) | G-Dragon | "Coup d'Etat" | Busker Busker – "First Love" Cho Yong-pil – "Bounce" Lee Seung-chul – "My Love" Psy – "Gentleman" | |
| 2014 (16th) | 2PM | "Go Crazy!" | Block B – "Jackpot" Seo Taiji – "Sogyeokdong" Girls' Generation-TTS – "Holler" Teen Top – "Missing" | |
| 2015 (17th) | Big Bang | "Bae Bae" | f(x) – "4 Walls" Shinee – "Married to the Music" Wonder Girls – "I Feel You" Infinite – "Bad" | [27] [28] |
| 2016 (18th) | Blackpink | "Whistle" | Dean – "Bonnie & Clyde" Gain – "Carnival (The Last Day)" BTS – "Blood Sweat & Tears" Wonder Girls – "Why So Lonely" | [29] [30] |
| 2017 (19th) | BTS | "Spring Day" | Exo – "Power" Twice – "Signal" Wanna One – "Energetic" Seventeen – "Don't Wanna Cry" | [31] [32] |
| 2018 (20th) | BTS | "Idol" | Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Twice – "What Is Love?" Wanna One – "Beautiful" Shinee – "Good Evening" | [33] [34] |
| 2019 (21st) | BTS | "Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey) | No nominees announced | |
| 2020 (22nd) | BTS | "Dynamite" | No nominees announced | |
| 2021 (23rd) | BTS | "Butter" | No nominees announced | |
| 2022 (24th) | Blackpink | "Pink Venom" | No nominees announced | |
| 2023 (25th) | Jisoo | "Flower" | (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Ive – "I Am" Jungkook – "Seven" (featuring Latto) Seventeen – "Super" Stray Kids – "S-Class" | |
| 2024 (26th) | Aespa | "Armageddon" | IU – "Love Wins All" Ive – "Heya" K.Will – "No Sad Song for My Broken Heart" Seventeen – "Maestro" | |

## Artists with multiple wins

5 wins
* BTS
2 wins
* Big Bang
* Psy
* 2NE1
* Blackpink