Mnet Asian Music Award for Album of the Year

Mnet Asian Music Award for
Album of the Year
Mnet Asian Music Award for ; Album of the Year
Awarded for	quality vocal or instrumental recording albums
Country	South Korea
Presented by	CJ E&M (Mnet)
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	BTS – Be; (2021)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards

The Mnet Asian Music Award for Album of the Year (올해의 앨범상) is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented annually by CJ E&M (Mnet). It was first awarded at the 8th Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 2006; SG Wannabe won the award for their album The 3rd Masterpiece, and it is given in honor of a solo or group with the best vocal or instrumental recording albums in the music industry.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Exo won the award for five consecutive years (2013–17)

Four-time recipient BTS (2018–21)

Super Junior (2011–12)

2NE1, the only female recipient of the award since its launch in 2006

G-Dragon is the only soloist who has received the award

2000s[]

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
2006 (8th)	SG Wannabe	The 3rd Masterpiece	Rain – Rain's World Shinhwa – State of the Art TVXQ – "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap. Vibe – Re Feel
2007 (9th)	Epik High	Remapping the Human Soul	Big Bang – Always SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years Yangpa – The Windows Of My Soul
2008 (10th)	TVXQ	Mirotic	Brown Eyes – Two Things Needed For The Same Purpose And 5 Objects Epik High – Pieces, Part One Kim Dong-ryool – Monologue Toy – Thank You
2009 (11th)	G-Dragon	Heartbreaker	No nominees announced

2010s[]

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
2010 (12th)	2NE1	To Anyone	2AM – Can't Let You Go Even If I Die BoA – Hurricane Venus Super Junior – Bonamana Taeyang – Solar
2011 (13th)	Super Junior	Mr. Simple	2NE1 – 2NE1 2nd Mini Album Big Bang- Tonight Girls' Generation – The Boys TVXQ – Keep Your Head Down
2012 (14th)	Super Junior	Sexy, Free & Single	Big Bang – Alive Busker Busker – Busker Busker 1st Album G-Dragon – One of a Kind TVXQ – Catch Me
2013 (15th)	Exo	XOXO	Cho Yong-pil – Hello G-Dragon – Coup D'Etat Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy Shinee – Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
2014 (16th)		Overdose	Beast – Good Luck Girls' Generation – Mr.Mr. Infinite – Season 2 Super Junior – Mamacita
2015 (17th)		Exodus	Big Bang – Made BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1 Shinee – Odd Super Junior – Devil
2016 (18th)		Ex'Act	BTS – Wings Seventeen – Love & Letter Shinee – 1 of 1 Twice – Page Two
2017 (19th)		The War	BTS – Love Yourself: Her Seventeen – Al1 Twice – Signal Wanna One – 1×1=1 (To Be One)
2018 (20th)	BTS	Love Yourself: Tear	Red Velvet – The Perfect Red Velvet Seventeen – You Make My Day Twice – What Is Love? Wanna One – 0+1=1 (I Promise You)
2019 (21st)	BTS	Map of the Soul: Persona	Blackpink – Kill This Love Exo – Don't Mess Up My Tempo Seventeen – An Ode Twice – Fancy You

2020s[]

Year	Winner(s)	Winning Album	Nominee(s)
2020 (22nd)	BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	Blackpink - The Album Baekhyun - Delight IU - Love Poem Seventeen - Heng:garæ
2021 (23rd)	BTS	Be	NCT 127 - Sticker Aespa - Savage IU - Lilac NCT Dream - Hot Sauce

Records[]

Most nominations[]

Nominations	Act
7	BTS
6	Exo
5	Seventeen
4	Big Bang
	Super Junior
	TVXQ
	Twice
3	G-Dragon
	Girls' Generation
	Shinee
2	2NE1
	Blackpink
	Epik High
	IU
	SG Wannabe

Most awards[]

Awards	Act
5	Exo
4	BTS
2	Super Junior

Notes[]

^ "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

References[]

"M.net Asian Music Awards Winners list by year". mwave. MAMA.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Broadcasts by year". mwave. MAMA.
"M.net Asian Music Awards Photos by year". mwave. MAMA.

External links[]

Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

[MAMA_2006-1] "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

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