Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Artist

Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Artist
(여자 가수상)
Awarded for quality female vocal performances in the pop music genre
Country South Korea
Presented by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded 1999
Currently held by Taeyeon - "I" (2015)
Official website Mnet Asian Music Awards

The Mnet Asian Music 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

Year[I] Winner(s) Song Nominee(s)
1999
(1st)		 Uhm Jung-hwa "I Don't Know"
  • Kim Jin-won (김진원) - "Happy Birthday To You"
  • Lena Park (박정현) - "A Person in My Dream" (몽중인)
  • Park Ji-yoon (박지윤) - "아무것도 몰라요"
  • Yangpa (양파) - "아디오"
2000
(2nd)		 Park Ji-yoon "Coming of Age Ceremony"
2001
(3rd)		 Kim Hyun-jung "You Who Left"
  • Yangpa - "Special Night"
  • Uhm Jung-hwa - "Crack" (틈)
  • J - "The Saddest Words" (가장 슬픈 말)
  • T - "As Time Goes By" (시간이 흐른 뒤)
2002
(4th)		 Jang Na-ra "Sweet Dream"
2003
(5th)		 Lee Soo-young "Solitary"
  • Bada - "Music"
  • BoA - "Atlantis Princess" (아틀란티스 소녀)
  • Wax - "Relationship" (관계)
  • Lee Hyori - "10 Minutes"
2004
(6th)		 Lee Soo-young[Note 1] "Whistle to Me"
2005
(7th)		 BoA "Girls on Top"
2006
(8th)		 Baek Ji-young "I Won't Love"
2007
(9th)		 Ivy "Sonata of Temptation"
2008
(10th)		 Lee Hyori "U-Go-Girl"
2009
(11th)		 Baek Ji-young "Like Being Hit by a Bullet"
2010
(12th)		 BoA "Hurricane Venus"
2011
(13th)		 Baek Ji-young "Ordinary"
2012
(14th)		 IU "You and I"
2013
(15th)		 Lee Hyori "Bad Girls"
2014
(16th)		 IU "Friday"
2015
(17th)		 Taeyeon "I"

Multiple awards for Best Female Artist

As of 2014, five (5) female artists received two or more awards.

Female artist Record SetFirst year awardedRecent year awarded
Baek Ji-young320062011
IU220122014
Lee Hyori20082013
BoA20052010
Lee Soo-young20032004

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

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Notes

  1. ↑ Titled as "Best Female Video" award.
  1. ↑ "1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

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