MAMA Award for Best Female Artist

MAMA Award
for Best Female Artist
MAMA Award ; for Best Female Artist
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First award	1999
Currently held by	Rosé (2025)
Most awards	IU (6)
Most nominations	IU (11)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

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.^[1]

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
1999	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"

2000s

Year	Winner	Work	Nominees
2000	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	Kim Hyun-jung	"You Who Left"	Yangpa – "Special Night" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Crack" J – "The Saddest Words" T – "As Time Goes By"
2002	Jang Na-ra	"Sweet Dream"	Kim Hyun-jung – "Knife" BoA – "No. 1" Wax – "Please" Lee Soo-young – "La La La"
2003	Lee Soo-young	"Solitary"	Bada – "Music" BoA – "Atlantis Princess" Wax – "Relationship" Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes"
2004	Lee Soo-young	"Whistle to Me"	Gummy – "Loss Of Memory" BoA – "My Name" Eugene – "Windy" Jang Na-ra – "Is That True?
2005	BoA	"Girls on Top"	Gummy – "No" Lexy – "Tears" Jang Yoon-jeong – "Really!" Chae Yeon – "Two Of Us"
2006	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	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	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	Baek Ji-young	N/a	Bada Son Dam-bi Younha Chae Yeon

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees
2010	BoA	Gummy Son Dam-bi Seo In-young Lee Hyori
2011	Baek Ji-young	Kim Wan-sun Seo In-young IU G.NA
2012	IU	Baek Ji-young BoA Ga-in G.NA
2013	Lee Hyori	Ailee Baek Ji-young IU Sunmi
2014	IU	Sunmi Ailee Hyuna Hyolyn
2015	Taeyeon	BoA IU Ailee Hyuna
2016	Taeyeon	Ailee Baek Ayeon Lee Hi Jeong Eunji
2017	IU	Sunmi Suzy Taeyeon Heize
2018	Sunmi	IU Chungha Taeyeon Heize
2019	Chungha	Jennie Taeyeon Heize Hwasa

2020s

Year	Winner	Nominees
2020	IU	Sunmi Chungha Taeyeon Hwasa
2021	IU	Heize Lisa Rosé Taeyeon
2022	Nayeon	Taeyeon IU Miyeon Seulgi
2023	Jisoo	Hwasa Jeon Somi Jihyo Lee Chae-yeon Choi Ye-na
2024	IU	Jennie Nayeon Taeyeon Yuqi
2025	Rosé	Jennie Jisoo Taeyeon Yuqi

Multiple awards

6 wins

IU

3 wins

Baek Ji-young

2 wins

^{^[I]} 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)
Rosé (2025)

Notes

^ "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

References

"M.net Asian Music Awards Winners list by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Broadcasts by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Photos by year". mwave. MAMA. Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-01-30.

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

[MAMA_1999-1] "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

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