MAMA Award for Artist of the Year

The MAMA Award for Artist of the Year (올해의 가수상) is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards.

It was first awarded at the event's 8th ceremony held in 2006; the five-member boyband group TVXQ won the award, and it is given in honor for artists with artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the music industry.

[1] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

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

BTS are the only artist to receive the award for consecutive years.