# MAMA Award for Best Dance Performance

The MAMA Award for Best Male / Female Dance Performance (Solo or Group) (베스트 댄스 퍼포먼스 (남자/여자 – 솔로/그룹)) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet). Mnet is also the one who choose which group or individual will win to this category as well as other categories in MAMA.
It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Lee Jung-hyun won the award for her dance performance in "Come", and it is given in honor for the artist/s with the best dance performance in the music industry.

## History

| Year(s) | Best Solo | Best Solo | Best Solo | Best Group | Best Group | Best Group | Combined |
| Year(s) | Male | Female | Combined | Male | Female | Combined | Combined |
| 1999–2009 | | | | | | | Y |
| 2010–2012 | | | Y | Y | Y | | |
| 2013 | Y | Y | | Y | Y | | |
| 2014–2022 | | | Y | Y | Y | | |
| 2023–2024 | Y | Y | | Y | Y | | |

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s–2000s

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | List of nominees |
| 1999 | Lee Jung-hyun | "Come" | Nominees Baby V.O.X. – "Get Up" Uhm Jung-hwa – "I Don't Know" H.O.T. – "I Yah!" (아이야) Clon – "Come To Me" |
| 2000 | Clon | "Choryeon" | Nominees Park Ji-yoon – "Coming of Age Ceremony" (성인식) Shinhwa – "Only One" H.O.T. – "Outside Castle" Yoo Seung-jun – "Vision" (비전) Fin.K.L – "Now" |
| 2001 | Yoo Seung-jun | "Wow" | Nominees |
| 2002 | BoA | "No. 1" | Nominees Kang Sung-hoon – "My Girl" Shinhwa – "Perfect Man" Lee Jung-hyun – "Half" (반) Ha Ri-su – "Liar" |
| 2003 | BoA | "Atlantis Princess" | Nominees Kim Hyun Jung – "If This Is The End" (끝이라면) Shinhwa – "Your Wedding" (너의 결혼 식) Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes" jtL – "Without Your Love" |
| 2004 | Shinhwa | "Brand New" | Nominees TVXQ – "The Way U Are" BoA – "My Name" Rain – "It's Raining" Seven – "Passion" (열정) |
| 2005 | Lee Min-woo (M) | "Bump" | Nominees TVXQ – "Rising Sun" BoA – "Girls On Top" Jang Woo-hyuk – "Sun That Never Sets" (지지 않는 태양) Clon – "My Love Song-yi" (내 사랑송 이) |
| 2006 | SS501 | "Snow Prince" | Nominees Turtles – "Airplane" TVXQ – "'O'-Jung.Ban.Hap." Rain – "I'm Coming" Super Junior – "U" |
| 2007 | The Grace | "One More Time, OK?" | Nominees Seo In-Young – "I Want You" Super Junior – "Don't Don" Ivy – "Sonata Of Temptation" Lee Min-woo (M) – "Stomp" |
| 2008 | Lee Hyori | "U-Go-Girl" | Nominees TVXQ – "Mirotic" Girls' Generation – "Kissing You" Super Junior-H – "Cooking Cooking" Wonder Girls – "Nobody" |
| 2009 | Kara | "Honey" | Nominees 2NE1 – "I Don't Care" 2PM – "Again And Again" Girls' Generation – "Gee" Super Junior – "Sorry, Sorry" |

### 2010s

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | List of nominees |
| 2010 | Rain | "Love Song" | Nominees Narsha – "Bbiri Bbabba" Lee Hyori – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Taeyang – "I'll Be There" Hyuna – "Change" |
| 2010 | 2PM | "I'll Be Back" | Nominees Beast – "Shock" MBLAQ – "Y" Shinee – "Lucifer" Super Junior – "Bonamana" |
| 2010 | Miss A | "Bad Girl Good Girl" | Nominees 2NE1 – "Can't Nobody" 4Minute – "HUH!" Secret – "Magic" T-ara – "Bo Peep Bo Peep" |
| 2011 | Hyuna | "Bubble Pop!" | Nominees Kim Hyun Joong – "Break Down" Jay Park – "Abandoned" Jang Woo Hyuk – "Time is (L)over" G.NA – "Black & White" |
| 2011 | Beast | "Fiction" | Nominees TVXQ – "Keep Your Head Down" Big Bang – "Tonight" Super Junior – "Mr. Simple" MBLAQ – "Mona Lisa" Infinite – "Be Mine" |
| 2011 | Miss A | "Goodbye Baby" | Nominees Girls' Generation – "The Boys" Secret – "Shy Boy" T-ara – "Roly-Poly" 4Minute – "Mirror Mirror" 2NE1 – "I Am the Best" |
| 2012 | Psy | "Gangnam Style" | Nominees JYP – "You′re the One" BoA – "Only One" Seo In Young – "Let′s Dance" Hyuna – "Ice Cream" |
| 2012 | Shinee | "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" | Nominees B2ST – "Beautiful Night" Super Junior – "Sexy, Free & Single" MBLAQ – "This is War" Infinite – "The Chaser" |
| 2012 | f(x) | "Electric Shock" | Nominees 4Minute – "Volume Up" Miss A – "Touch" Secret – "Poison" SISTAR – "Alone" |
| 2013 | G-Dragon | "Crooked" | Nominees Jay Park – "Joah" PSY – "Gentleman" Yoseob – "Caffeine" |
| 2013 | CL | "The Baddest Female" | Nominees G.NA – "Ooops!" Seo In Young – "Please Love Me" Sunmi – "24 Hours" Lee Hyori – "Bad Girls" |
| 2013 | Shinee | "Dream Girl" | Nominees B1A4 – "What's Going On" Exo – "Growl" BEAST – "Shadow" Infinite – "Man In Love" |
| 2013 | Sistar | "Give It To Me" | Nominees Girl's Day – "Expect" Girls' Generation – "I Got a Boy" Crayon Pop – "Bar Bar Bar" 4Minute – "What's Your Name?" |
| 2014 | Infinite | "Last Romeo" | Nominees Exo – "Overdose" VIXX – "Eternity" TVXQ – "Something" BTS – "Boy In Luv" |
| 2014 | Girl's Day | "Something" | Nominees AOA – "Miniskirt" Miss A – "Hush" Sistar – "Touch My Body" 4Minute – "Whatcha Doin' Today" |
| 2014 | Sunmi | "Full Moon" | Nominees Rain – "30 Sexy" Ailee – "Don't Touch Me" Hyuna – "Red" Hyolyn – "One Way" |
| 2015 | Shinee | "View" | Nominees Big Bang – "Bang Bang Bang" Exo – "Call Me Baby" Got7 – "If You Do" VIXX – "Love Equation" Infinite – "Bad" |
| 2015 | Red Velvet | "Ice Cream Cake" | Nominees AOA – "Heart Attack" EXID – "Ah Yeah" Girl's Day – "Ring My Bell" Sistar – "Shake It" 4Minute – "Crazy" |
| 2015 | Hyuna | "Roll Deep" | Nominees Ga In – "Paradise Lost" Niel – "Lovekiller" Park Jin Young – "Who's Your Mama?" Amber – "Shake that Brass" |
| 2016 | BTS | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | Nominees Exo – "Monster" Got7 – "Hard Carry" Monsta X – "All In" VIXX – "Fantasy" Seventeen – "Pretty U" |
| 2016 | GFriend | "Rough" | Nominees AOA – "Good Luck" Twice – "Cheer Up" Red Velvet – "Russian Roulette" Sistar – "I Like That" |
| 2016 | Taemin | "Press Your Number" | Nominees Luna – "Free Somebody" Jun Hyoseong – "Find Me" Tiffany – "I Just Wanna Dance" Hyuna – "How's This?" |
| 2017 | Seventeen | "Don't Wanna Cry" | Nominees NCT 127 – "Cherry Bomb" Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" Monsta X – "Beautiful BTS – "DNA" VIXX – "Shangri-La" |
| 2017 | Twice | "Signal" | Nominees Girls' Generation – "Holiday" GFriend – "Love Whisper" Apink – "Five" Red Velvet – "Red Flavor" |
| 2017 | Taemin | "Move" | Nominees Hyuna – "Babe" Sunmi – "Gashina" Psy – "New Face" Lee Hyori – "Black" |
| 2018 | Seventeen | "Oh My!" | Nominees BTS – "Fake Love" Wanna One – "Boomerang" Got7 – "Lullaby" Monsta X – "Shoot Out" Pentagon – "Shine" |
| 2018 | Twice | "What Is Love?" | Nominees Blackpink – "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Red Velvet – "Bad Boy" AOA – "Bingle Bangle" Lovelyz – "That Day" Oh My Girl – "Secret Garden" |
| 2018 | Chungha | "Roller Coaster" | Nominees Sunmi – "Siren" Seungri – "1, 2, 3!" Hyuna – "Lip & Hip" Hyolyn – "Dally" (feat. Gray) |
| 2019 | BTS | "Boy With Luv" (feat. Halsey) | Nominees Got7 – "Eclipse" Exo – "Tempo" NU'EST – "Bet Bet" Seventeen – "Fear" Monsta X-"Alligator" |
| 2019 | Twice | "Fancy" | Nominees Blackpink – "Kill This Love" Red Velvet – "Zimzalabim" Iz*One – "Violeta" (G)I-dle – "Senorita" G-Friend – "Sunrise" |
| 2019 | Chungha | "Gotta Go" | Nominees Sunmi – "Lalalay" Jennie – "Solo" Taemin – "Want" Hwasa – "Twit" |

### 2020s

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | List of nominees |
| 2020 | BTS | "Dynamite" | Nominees Ateez – "Inception" EXO – "Obsession" NCT 127 – "Kick It" TXT – "Can't You See Me?" Seventeen – "Left & Right" |
| 2020 | Blackpink | "How You Like That" | Nominees Itzy - "Wannabe" Twice - "More & More" Red Velvet - "Psycho" IZ*ONE - "Secret Story of the Swan" Oh My Girl - "Nonstop" |
| 2020 | Hwasa | "Maria" | Nominees Kang Daniel - "Who U Are" Sunmi - "pporappippam" Jessi - "NUNU NANA" Taemin - "Criminal" |
| 2021 | BTS | "Butter" | Nominees Stray Kids – "Thunderous" NCT 127 – "Sticker" NCT Dream – "Hot Sauce" Seventeen – "Ready to Love" Shinee – "Don't Call Me" |
| 2021 | Aespa | "Next Level" | Nominees Itzy – "In the Morning" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" Red Velvet – "Queendom" STAYC – "ASAP" Twice – "Alcohol-Free" |
| 2021 | Rosé | "On The Ground" | Nominees Baekhyun – "Bambi" Hyuna – "I'm Not Cool" Lisa – "Lalisa" Jeon Somi – "Dumb Dumb" Taeyeon – "Weekend" |
| 2022 | Seventeen | "Hot" | Nominees NCT 127 - "2 Baddies" NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode" Stray Kids – "Maniac" Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad" Treasure – "Jijkin" |
| 2022 | Ive | "Love Dive" | Nominees (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" Blackpink – "Pink Venom" Le Sserafim – "Fearless" NewJeans – "Attention" Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm" |
| 2022 | Psy | "That That" (feat. Suga) | Nominees Jessi – "Zoom" Nayeon – "Pop!" Sunmi – "Heart Burn" Yena – "Smiley" |
| 2023 | Seventeen | "Super" | Nominees NCT 127 - "Ay-Yo" NCT Dream – "Candy" Stray Kids – "S-Class" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride" Zerobaseone – "In Bloom" |
| 2023 | NewJeans | "Ditto" | Nominees (G)I-dle – "Queencard" Aespa – "Spicy" Ive – "I Am" Le Sserafim – "Unforgiven" (feat. Nile Rodgers) STAYC – "Teddy Bear" |
| 2023 | Jungkook | "Seven" (feat. Latto) | Nominees Jimin – "Like Crazy" Kai – "Rover" Taeyang – "Vibe" (feat. Jimin) Taeyong – "Shalala" |
| 2023 | Jisoo | "Flower" | Nominees Hwasa – "I Love My Body" Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward" Jihyo – "Killin' Me Good" Lee Chae-yeon – "Knock" |
| 2024 | TWS | "Plot Twist" | Nominees Enhypen - "Sweet Venom" NCT 127 – "Fact Check" Riize – "Love 119" Seventeen – "God of Music" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" |
| 2024 | Aespa | "Supernova" | Nominees (G)I-dle – "Super Lady" Illit – "Magnetic" Ive – "Baddie" Le Sserafim – "Easy" NewJeans – "How Sweet" |
| 2024 | Jungkook | "Standing Next to You" | Nominees Jimin – "Who" Key – "Pleasure Shop" Taemin – "Guilty" Taeyong – "Tap" |
| 2024 | Jennie | "You & Me" | Nominees Hwasa – "Na" Nayeon – "ABCD" Sunmi – "Balloon in Love" Yuqi – "Freak" |

## Gallery of winners

* Lee Jung-hyun (1999)
* BoA (2002–2003)
* Shinhwa (2004)
* SS501 (2006)
* The Grace (band) (2007)
* Lee Hyori (2008)
* Kara (2009)
* Rain (2010)
* 2PM (2010)
* Miss A (2010–2011)
* Hyuna (2011, 2015)
* Beast (2011)
* Psy (2012, 2022)
* f(x) (2012)
* Shinee (2012–2013, 2015)
* G-Dragon (2013)
* CL (2013)
* Sistar (2013)
* Infinite (2014)
* Girl's Day (2014)
* Sunmi (2014)
* Red Velvet (2015)
* BTS (2016, 2019–21)
* GFriend (2016)
* Taemin (2016–2017)
* Seventeen (2017–2018, 2022-2023)
* Twice (2017–2019)
* Chungha (2018–2019)
* Blackpink (2020)
* Hwasa (2020)
* Aespa (2021, 2024)
* Rosé (2021)
* Ive (2022)
* NewJeans (2023)
* Jisoo (2023)
* Jungkook (2023, 2024)
* TWS (2024)
* Jennie (2024)

## Multiple awards for Best Dance Performance

As of 2024 (26th MAMA), twelve artists received the title two or more times.
| Artist(s) | Record Set | First year awarded | Recent year awarded |
| BTS | 4 | 2016 | 2021 |
| Seventeen | 4 | 2017 | 2023 |
| Shinee | 3 | 2012 | 2015 |
| Twice | 3 | 2017 | 2019 |
| Hyuna | 2 | 2011 | 2015 |
| Miss A | 2 | 2010 | 2011 |
| BoA | 2 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Taemin | 2 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Chungha | 2 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Psy | 2 | 2012 | 2022 |
| Jungkook | 2 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Aespa | 2 | 2021 | 2024 |