# MAMA Award for Best Female Artist

The MAMA Award for Best Female Artist (여자 가수상) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet).
It was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Uhm Jung-hwa won the award for her song "I Don't Know", and it is given in honor of a female artist with the best performance in the music industry.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Winner(s) | Song | Nominee(s) |
| 1999 (1st) | Uhm Jung-hwa | "I Don't Know" | Kim Jin-won – "Happy Birthday To You" Lena Park – "A Person in My Dream" Park Ji-yoon – "I Do Not Know Anything" Yangpa – "Adios" |
| 2000 (2nd) | Park Ji-yoon | "Coming of Age Ceremony" | Kim Hyun-jung – "Are You Really" Baek Ji-young – "Sad Salsa" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Cross" Lee Jung-hyun – "Peace" |
| 2001 (3rd) | Kim Hyun-jung | "You Who Left" | Yangpa – "Special Night" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Crack" J – "The Saddest Words" T – "As Time Goes By" |
| 2002 (4th) | Jang Na-ra | "Sweet Dream" | Kim Hyun-jung – "Knife" BoA – "No. 1" Wax – "Please" Lee Soo-young – "La La La" |
| 2003 (5th) | Lee Soo-young | "Solitary" | Bada – "Music" BoA – "Atlantis Princess" Wax – "Relationship" Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes" |
| 2004 (6th) | Lee Soo-young | "Whistle to Me" | Gummy – "Loss Of Memory" BoA – "My Name" Eugene – "Windy" Jang Na-ra – "Is That True? |
| 2005 (7th) | BoA | "Girls on Top" | Gummy – "No" Lexy – "Tears" Jang Yoon-jeong – "Really!" Chae Yeon – "Two Of Us" |
| 2006 (8th) | Baek Ji-young | "I Won't Love" | Bada – "V.I.P" Park Jung-ah – "Yeah" Lee Soo-young – "Grace" Lee Hyori – "Shall We Dance?" |
| 2007 (9th) | Ivy | "Sonata of Temptation" | Baek Ji-young – "I Only Need One Love" Yangpa – "Love... What Is It?" Lee Hyori – "Toc Toc Toc" Chae Yeon – "My Love" |
| 2008 (10th) | Lee Hyori | "U-Go-Girl" | Gummy – "I'm Sorry" ft. T.O.P Seo In-young – "Cinderella" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Disco" ft. T.O.P Younha – "Telepathy" |
| 2009 (11th) | Baek Ji-young | "Like Being Hit by a Bullet" | Bada – "Mad" ft. Untouchable Son Dam-bi – Saturday Night Younha – "123" Chae Yeon – "Shake" |
| 2010 (12th) | BoA | "Hurricane Venus" | Gummy – "Because You're a Man" Son Dam-bi – "Queen" Seo In-young – "Written as Love, Sung as Pain" Lee Hyori – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (feat. Ceejay) |
| 2011 (13th) | Baek Ji-young | "Ordinary" | Kim Wan-sun – "Super Love" Seo In-young – "Into The Rhythm" IU – "Good Day" G.NA – "Black And White" |
| 2012 (14th) | IU | "You and I" | Baek Ji-young – "Voice" BoA – "Only One" Ga-in – "Bloom" G.NA – "2Hot" |
| 2013 (15th) | Lee Hyori | "Bad Girls" | Ailee – "U&I" Baek Ji-young – "Hate" IU – "The Red Shoes" Sunmi – "24 Hours" |
| 2014 (16th) | IU | "Friday" | Sunmi – "Full Moon" Ailee – "Singing Got Better" Hyuna – "Red" Hyolyn – "One Way" |
| 2015 (17th) | Taeyeon | "I" | BoA – "Kiss My Lips" IU – "Twenty Three" Ailee – "Mind Your Own Business" Hyuna – "Roll Deep" |
| 2016 (18th) | Taeyeon | "Why" | Ailee – "Home" Baek Ayeon – "So-So" Lee Hi – "Breathe" Jeong Eunji – "Hopefully Sky" |
| 2017 (19th) | IU | "Palette" | Sunmi – "Gashina" Suzy – "Yes No Maybe" Taeyeon – "Fine" Heize – "You, Clouds, Rain" |
| 2018 (20th) | Sunmi | "Siren" | IU – "Bbibbi" Chungha – "Roller Coaster" Taeyeon – "Something New" Heize – "Jenga" |
| 2019 (21st) | Chungha | "Gotta Go" | Jennie – "Solo" Taeyeon – "Four Seasons" Heize – "She's Fine" Hwasa – "Twit" |
| 2020 (22nd) | IU | "Blueming" | Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Chungha – "Play" Taeyeon – "Spark" Hwasa – "Maria" |
| 2021 (23rd) | IU | "Celebrity" | Heize – "Happen" Lisa – "Lalisa" Rosé – "On the Ground" Taeyeon – "Weekend" |
| 2022 (24th) | Nayeon | "Pop!" | Taeyeon – "INVU" IU – "Winter Sleep" Miyeon – "Drive" Seulgi – "28 Reasons" |
| 2023 (25th) | Jisoo | "Flower" | Hwasa – "I Love My Body" Jeon Somi – "Fast Forward" Jihyo – "Killin' Me Good" Lee Chae-yeon – "Knock" Choi Ye-na – "Love War" |
| 2024 (26th) | IU | "Love Wins All" | Jennie – "You & Me" Nayeon – "ABCD" Taeyeon – "To. X" Yuqi – "Freak" |

## Multiple awards for Best Female Artist

As of 2024, six female artists received two or more awards.

### 6 wins

* IU

### 3 wins

* Baek Ji-young

### 2 wins

* Lee Hyori
* BoA
* Lee Soo-young
* Taeyeon
Each year is linked to the article about the Mnet Asian Music Awards held that year.

## Gallery

* Uhm Jung-hwa (1999)
* Park Ji-yoon (2000)
* Kim Hyun-jung (2001)
* Jang Na-ra (2002)
* Lee Soo-young (2003–04)
* BoA (2005, 2010)
* Baek Ji-young (2006, 2009, 2011)
* Ivy (2007)
* Lee Hyori (2008, 2013)
* IU, (2012, 2014, 2017, 2020–21, 2024)
* Taeyeon (2015–16)
* Sunmi (2018)
* Chungha (2019)
* Nayeon (2022)
* Jisoo (2023)