[3] From its inaugural ceremony up until the 2005 awards, the category was officially titled Music Video of the Year and consisted of one of the two daesang (or most prestigious) prizes, alongside the Most Popular Music Video category.
[4] In 2006, the event underwent an overhaul; the daesang status of the category was removed, and it was retitled as "Best Music Video".
From 1999–2005, the category was titled "Music Video of the Year" and was one of the ceremony's two daesang prizes.
Starting in 2006, the former category's daesang status was dropped and it was instead retitled "Best Music Video".
From 2009 onwards, it has been officially called the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" (MAMA).