MAMA Award for Best New Artist

The MAMA Award for Best New Male / Female Artist (Korean: 남자 신인상 / 여자 신인상) is an award presented by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards. Mnet is also the one who chooses which group or individual will win this category as well as other categories in MAMA. Since 2008, nominees for this category include both groups and soloists.

MAMA Award for Best New Artist
Awarded for	Top newcomer artist(s) of the year
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First award	1999
Currently held by	TWS Illit (2024)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The accolade was first awarded at the 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; winners Lee Jung-hyun and Team received the titles "Best New Solo Artist" and "Best New Group" for their songs "Come" and "Farewell", respectively. The award is given in honor for new artist(s) with the most achievements in the music industry during the course of the year.

History

Year(s)	Best New Solo			Best New Group			Best New Artist (Solo or Group)			Note
	Male	Female	Combined	Male	Female	Combined	Male	Female	Combined
1999			Y			Y				Titled "Best New Solo Artist" and "Best New Group"
2000–2004	Y	Y				Y				Titled "Best New Male/Female Artist" and "Best New Group"
2005–2006			Y			Y				Titled "Best New Solo Artist" and "Best New Group"
2007			Y	Y	Y					Titled "Best New Solo Artist" and "Best New Female/Male Group"
2008–2013							Y	Y		Titled "Best New Female/Male Artist"
2014									Y	Titled "Best New Artist"
2015–present							Y	Y		Titled "Best New Female/Male Artist"

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year[I]	Recipients	Work	Nominated artists
1999	Lee Jung-hyun	"Come"	Nominees Baek Ji-young – "Choice" Cho PD – "Fever" (feat. Lee Jung-hyun) Kim Bum-soo – "Promise" Lee Soo-young – "I Believe"
	Team	"Farewell"	Nominees 0-24 – "Freedom" g.o.d – "To Mother" Voice – "Become Your Only Angel" Yada – "Already Sad Love"

2000s

Year[I]	Recipients	Work	Nominated artists
2000	Choi Jin-young	"Forever"	Nominees Kim Sa-rang – "Mojorida" Jim Kim-sung – "Appointment" Park Hyo-shin – "Things I Can't Do For You" TJ – "Hey Girl" Wave – "Damage"
	BoA	"ID; Peace B"	Nominees Chae Na-ri – "Return to The Letter" Park Hwayobi – "Lie" Su Jin-kim – "Ending" Suzanne – "Shadow"
	Chakra	"Hate"	Nominees Fly to the Sky – "Day By Day" Papaya – "Listen To Me" TG – "Love Tonight" UN – "Voice Mail"
2001	Sung Si-kyung	"Like the First Time"	Nominees Cha Tae-hyun – "I Love You" Perry – "Storm" Psy – "Bird" Yang Dong-geun – "Guri Bang Bang"
	Wax	"Oppa"	Nominees Dana – "Until The End of the World" Haneul – "Gotta Be Kidding" Harisu – "Temptation" Joanne – "First Love" Yuri – "Sad Soul"
	Brown Eyes	"Already One Year"	Nominees D.BACE – "Everything To You" The Jadu – "Goodbye" To-Ya – "Look" X-Large – "You"
2002	Rain	"Bad Guy"	Nominees RIch – "Only The Words I Love You" Simtaeyun – "Mates" The Name – "The Name" Wheesung – "Can't We"
	Youme	"Love Is Always Thirsty"	Nominees Ann – "Sick Sick Name" Park Kyung-lim – "Illusion" Rinae – "Words Without Goodbye" Shim Mina – "Answer the Phone"
	Black Beat	"In The Sky"	Nominees M.I.L.K – "Come To Me" Sugar – "Tell Me Why" Swi-T – "I'll Be There" Turtles – "4 Seasons"
2003	Seven	"Come Back to Me"	Nominees Lee Jung – "Never" Masta Wu – "Bad Boy" Park Yong-ha – "Tidings" Tim – "I Love You"
	Maya	"Azalea"	Nominees Chae Yeon – "Dangerous Directing" Gummy – "If You Come Back" Leeds – "You'll Be Happy" Lexy – "Grasshopper"
	Big Mama	"Break Away"	Nominees 2SHAI – "Love Letter" F-iV – "Girl" Noel – "If It's Love" The Gold – "Two Years, Two Months"
2004	Lee Seung-gi[A]	"Because You're My Girl"	Nominees Double K – "Nu Skool" KCM – "Black And White Photo" Oh Se-jun – "Memories Ending On Me" Tei – "Love Leaves Its Scent" (사랑은 향기를 남기고)
	Chunja[B]	"Women with Beautiful Mind"	Nominees Daylight – "Angel Song" Hannah – "Bounce" Lisa – "Tonight" Sol Flower – "Kiss The Kids"
	TVXQ[C]	"Hug"	Nominees Buzz – "Monologue" Clazziquai Project – "Sweety" SG Wannabe – "Timeless" Wanted – "Reaction"
2005	Lim Jeong-hee	"Music is My Life"	Nominees Ivy – "What Happened Tonight" Kim Woo-joo – "The Letter" Kyun Woo – "The Words From My Tears" WonWoo – "Missing In Happiness"
	SS501	"Warning"	Nominees Baechigi – "Nice To Meet You" Paran – "First Love" Soulstar – "Only One For Me" The Grace – "Too Good"
2006	Zhang Liyin[D]	"Timeless" (ft. Xiah Junsu)	Nominees Boom – "Boom Up" (feat. Kim Bum) Crown J – "V.I.P" MayBee – "Much Laugh" Suho – "Spring, Summer, Fall... Winter" (feat. Kim Tae-woo)
	Super Junior[E]	"U"	Nominees Big Bang – "La La La" Brown Eyed Girls – "Come Closer" SeeYa – "Scent of a Woman" Typhoon – "So"
2007	Younha	"Password 486"	Nominees JJ – "Love Actually" K.Will – "Left Heart" Min Hyo-rin – "Stars" Zia – "Voice Of Heaven"
	F.T. Island	"Love Sick"	Nominees Battle – "Crash" Supernova – "Hit" T-max – "Blooming" Tachyon – "Feel Your Breeze"
	Wonder Girls	"Irony"	Nominees Baby Vox Re.V – "Shee" Black Pearl – "What Should I Do, I Like You" Girls' Generation – "Into the New World" Kara – "Break It"
2008	Shinee	"Replay"	Nominees 2AM – "This Song" 2PM – "10 Out of 10" Mighty Mouth – "I Love You" (feat. JJ) U-Kiss – "I'm Not A Kid"
	Davichi	"I Love You Even Though I Hate You"	Nominees Joo – "Because Of A Man" Lee Hyun-ji – "Kiss Me Kiss Me" Moon Ji-eun – "The Fox Song" Sunha – "Chantey Chantey"
2009	Supreme Team	"Supermagic"	Nominees Beast – "Bad Girl" Chungrim – "Step" ft. Benzi MBLAQ – "Oh Yeah" (feat. Hyuna) Taegoon – "Call Me"
	2NE1	"I Don't Care"	Nominees 4Minute – "Hot Issue" After School – "Diva " f(x) – "La Cha Ta" T-ara – "Lies"

2010s

Year[I]	Recipients	Work	Nominated artists
2010	CNBLUE	"I'm a Loner"	Nominees Infinite – "Come Back Again" Seo In-guk – "Love U" Teen Top – "Clap" ZE:A – "Mazeltov"
	Miss A	"Bad Girl Good Girl "	Nominees G.NA – "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better" (feat. Junhyung) Nine Muses – "No Playboy" Rainbow – "A" Sistar – "Push Push"
2011	Huh Gak	"Hello"	Nominees B1A4 – "Beautiful Target" Boyfriend – "Boyfriend" Kim Ji-soo – "Miss You So" N-Train – "One Last Cry"
	Apink	"I Don't Know"	Nominees Brave Girls – "Easily" Dal★Shabet – "Supa Dupa Diva" Han Groo – "Witch Girl" Jang Jae-in – "Toy Soldiers"
2012	Ailee	"Heaven"	Nominees AOA – "Elvis" Hello Venus – "Venus" Juniel – "Illa Illa" Spica – "Painkiller"
	Busker Busker	"Cherry Blossom Ending"	Nominees B.A.P – "Warrior" EXO-K – "Mama" John Park – "Falling" Ulala Session – "Beautiful Night"
2013	Roy Kim	"Love Love Love"	Nominees BTS – "We Are Bulletproof Pt.2" Bumkey – "Bad Girl" (feat. E Sens) Jung Joon-young – "Spotless Mind" Yoo Seung-woo – "Hello"
	Crayon Pop	"Bar Bar Bar"	Nominees Kim Ye-lim – "All Right" Ladies' Code – "Bad Girl" Lee Hi – "1,2,3,4" U Sung-eun – "Be Ok" (feat. Baechigi)
2014	Winner	"Empty"	Nominees Akdong Musician – "200%" Eddy Kim – "The Manual" Got7 – "Girls, Girls, Girls" Park Boram – "Beautiful" (feat. Zico)
2015	iKon	"Rhythm Ta"	Nominees Monsta X – "Trespass" N.Flying – "Awesome" Seventeen – "Adore U" UP10TION – "So Dangerous"
	Twice	"Like Ooh-Ahh"	Nominees CLC – "Pepe" GFriend – "Glass Bead" Lovelyz – "Candy Jelly Love" Oh My Girl – "Cupid"
2016	NCT 127	"Fire Truck"	Nominees ASTRO – "Hide & Seek" KNK – "Knock" Pentagon – "Gorilla" SF9 – "Fanfare"
	I.O.I	"Dream Girls"	Nominees Blackpink – "Whistle" Bolbbalgan4 – "Galaxy" Cosmic Girls – "MoMoMo" Gugudan – "Wonderland"
2017	Wanna One	"Energetic"	Nominees Golden Child – "Dam Da Di" Jeong Se-woon – "Just U" (with Sik-K) Samuel – "Sixteen" (feat. Changmo) The East Light – "I Got You"
	Pristin	"Wee Woo"	Nominees Chungha – "Why Don't You Know" (feat. Nucksal) Dreamcatcher – "Fly High" Momoland – "Freeze" Weki Meki – "I Dont Like Your Girlfriend"
2018	Stray Kids	"District 9"	Nominees HAON – "NOAH" (feat. Jay Park and Hoody) Hyeongseop X Euiwoong – "Love Tint" Kim Dong-han – "Sunset" The Boyz – "Right Here" Vinxen – "Sinking Down With You"
	Iz*One	"La Vie En Rose"	Nominees fromis 9 – "Love Bomb" (G)I-dle – "Latata" GWSN – "Puzzle Moon" Loona -"Hi High" Nature – "Allegro Cantabile"
2019	Tomorrow X Together	"Crown"	Nominees AB6IX – "Breathe" Ateez – "Pirate King" Kang Daniel – "What Are You Up To" Kim Jae-hwan – "Begin Again" X1 – "Flash"
	Itzy	"Dalla Dalla"	Nominees Bvndit – "Hocus Pocus" Cherry Bullet – "Q&A" Everglow – "Bon Bon Chocolat" Jeon Somi – "Birthday" Rocket Punch – "Bim Bam Bum"

2020s

Year[I]	Recipients	Work	Nominated artists
2020	Treasure	"Boy"	Nominees Cravity – "Break All the Rules" MCND – "Top Gang" TOO – "Magnolia" WEi – "Twilight"
	Weeekly	"Tag Me"	Nominees Cignature – "Nun Nu Nan Na" Natty – "Nineteen" Secret Number – "Who Dis?" Woo!ah! – "woo!ah!"
2021	Enhypen	"Given-Taken"	Nominees Drippin – "Nostalgia" Epex – "Lock Down" Mirae – "Killa" P1Harmony – "Siren"
	Aespa	"Black Mamba"	Nominees Jo Yu-ri – "Glassy" Kwon Eun-bi – "Door" Lightsum – "Vanilla" STAYC – "So Bad"
2022	Xdinary Heroes	"Happy Death Day"	Nominees ATBO - "Monochrome (Color)" Tempest - "Bad News" TNX - "Move" Younite - "1 of 9"
	Ive	"Eleven"	Nominees Kep1er – "Wa Da Da" Le Sserafim – "Fearless" NewJeans – "Attention" Nmixx – "O.O" Choi Ye-na – "Smiley"
2023	Zerobaseone	"In Bloom"	Nominees BoyNextDoor – "One and Only" Evnne – "Trouble" Riize – "Get A Guitar" Xikers – "Tricky House"
	TripleS	"Rising"	Nominees Adya – "Per" El7z Up –"Cheeky" Kiss of Life – "Shh" LimeLight – "Honestly"
2024	TWS	"Plot Twist"	Nominees 82Major – "Sure Thing" Ampers&One – "On and On" All(H)Ours – "Gotcha" NCT Wish – "Wish" Nowadays – "OoWee"
	Illit	"Magnetic"	Nominees BabyMonster – "Sheesh" Meovv – "Meow" QWER – "Discord" Unis – "Superwoman" Young Posse - "Macaroni Cheese"

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Mnet Asian Music Awards held that year.

^{^[I]} As members of I.O.I in 2016 and then Pristin the following year, Im Nayoung and Zhou Jieqiong have received the award twice.

^{^[I]} As members of IZ*ONE in 2018 and then IVE in 2021, An Yu-jin and Jang Won-young have received the award twice.

Gallery of winners

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  Lee Jung-hyun, (1999)
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  BoA, (2000)
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  Chakra, (2000)
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  Sung Si-kyung, (2001)
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  Rain, (2002)
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  Seven, (2003)
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  Big Mama, (2003)
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  Lee Seung-gi, (2004)
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  Lim Jeong-hee, (2005)
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  SS501, (2005)
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  Zhang Liyin, (2006)
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  Super Junior, (2006)
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  Younha, (2007)
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  F.T. Island, (2007)
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  Wonder Girls, (2007)
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  Shinee, (2008)
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  Davichi, (2008)
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  Supreme Team, (2009)
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  2NE1, (2009)
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  Miss A, (2010)
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  Huh Gak, (2011)
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  Apink, (2011)
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  Ailee, (2012)
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  Busker Busker, (2012)
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  Roy Kim, (2013)
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  Crayon Pop, (2013)
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  Winner, (2014)
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  iKon, (2015)
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  Twice, (2015)
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  NCT 127, (2016)
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  I.O.I, (2016)
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  Wanna One, (2017)
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  Pristin, (2017)
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  Stray Kids, (2018)
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  Iz*One, (2018)
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  TXT, (2019)
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  Itzy, (2019)
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  Treasure, (2020)
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  Weeekly, (2020)
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  Enhypen, (2021)
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  Aespa, (2021)
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  Ive, (2022)
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  Xdinary Heroes, (2022)
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  TripleS, (2023)
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  Zerobaseone, (2023)
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  Illit, (2024)
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  TWS, (2024)

Notes

1. Titled "Best New Male Video" award.
2. Titled "Best New Female Video" award.
3. Titled "Best New Group Video" award.
4. Titled "New Singer of the Year" award.
5. Titled "New Group of the Year" award.