MAMA Award for Album of 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 – Seventeenth Heaven (2024)
Website	MAMA Awards

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.

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
2024		Seventeenth Heaven	Enhypen – Romance: Untold Jungkook – Golden Stray Kids – Rock-Star Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall

Records

Most awards

Awards	Act
5	Exo
	BTS
2	Super Junior
	Seventeen

Most nominations

Nominations	Act
8	BTS
	Seventeen
6	Exo
4	Big Bang
	Super Junior
	TVXQ
	Twice
3	Blackpink
	G-Dragon
	Girls' Generation
	NCT Dream
	Shinee
	Stray Kids
2	2NE1
	Epik High
	IU
	SG Wannabe

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