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The Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video (Korean: 뮤직비디오 작품상; RR: Myujigbidio jagpumsang) is an award presented annually by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. The event was launched in 1999 as the Mnet Video Music Awards[1][2] and was primarily a music video-centered awards ceremony, modeled after the MTV Video Music Awards.[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". Meanwhile, the Most Popular Music Video category was discontinued.[5]

AwardedforQuality short form music videos
CountrySouth Korea
PresentedbyCJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
Firstaward1999
Quick facts Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video, Awarded for ...
Mnet Asian Music Award
for Best Music Video
Awarded forQuality short form music videos
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byCJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First award1999
Currently held byJennie – "Zen" (2025)
Most winsBTS (5)
Most nominationsBTS (6)
WebsiteOfficial website
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In 1999, the inaugural Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Music Video was presented to Lee Seung-hwan for the video "A Request". In 2005, the video for "Isolated Ones! Left Foot Forward!" by Drunken Tiger was the final recipient of the Music Video of the Year daesang before its rebranding the following year. Since then, five artists have received the accolade more than once; among them, BTS holds the distinction for the most wins in the category, winning for five consecutive years between 2017 and 2021. BTS, in addition, has received the most nominations in the category with six.

Winners and nominees

Lee Seung-hwan holding a microphone in one hand with both arms in the air
Lee Seung-hwan was the award's first recipient in 1999 for "A Request".
Big Mama smiling for the camera
Big Mama won the award for "Break Away" in 2003.
BoA looking leftwards while talking into a microphone
BoA received the award for "My Name" in 2004.
Wonder Girls in retro outfits performing "Nobody"
Wonder Girls won the award for "Nobody" in 2008.
2NE1 striking a pose in front of a drawn set
2NE1 received the 2009 and 2010 awards for "Fire" and "Can't Nobody", respectively.
Psy with the Gangnam Style logo
Psy received the award in 2006 for "Entertainer" and 2012 for "Gangnam Style".
BigBang smiling for the camera while holding LG cellphones
Two-time award winner BigBang, who won for "Love Song" (2011) and "Bae Bae" (2015)
2PM standing in black suits
2PM won the award for "Go Crazy!" in 2014.
Blackpink posing after performing
Blackpink won the 2016 award for "Whistle" and the 2022 award for "Pink Venom". Members Jisoo and Jennie won the 2023 award for "Flower" and the 2025 award for "Zen" respectively.
BTS looking at the camera whilst holding cellphones in an advertisement photoshoot
BTS has received the award for five consecutive years from 2017 to 2021.
Aespa won the 2024 award for "Armageddon".

Music Video of the Year (daesang)

From 1999–2005, the category was titled "Music Video of the Year" and was one of the ceremony's two daesang prizes. The event went through several name changes during this time period: "Mnet Video Music Awards" (1999), "Mnet Music Video Festival" (2000–2003), and "Mnet KM Music Video Festival" (2004–2005).[6] No list of nominees was made available for the former daesang during the course of its existence.

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List of "Music Video of the Year" (daesang) winners
Year[a] Winner(s) Music video Ref.
1999
(1st)		 Lee Seung-hwan "A Request" [7]
2000
(2nd)		 Jo Sungmo "Do You Know" [8]
2001
(3rd)		 Wax "Fix My Makeup" [9]
2002
(4th)		 Cho PD "My Style" [10]
2003
(5th)		 Big Mama "Break Away" [11]
2004
(6th)		 BoA "My Name" [12]
2005
(7th)		 Drunken Tiger "Isolated Ones! Left Foot Forward!" [13]
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Best Music Video

Starting in 2006, the former category's daesang status was dropped and it was instead retitled "Best Music Video". From 2006 to 2008, the event was renamed the "Mnet KM Music Festival" (MKMF). From 2009 onwards, it has been officially called the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" (MAMA).

More information Year, Winner(s) ...
List of "Best Music Video" winners and nominees
Year[a] Winner(s) Music video Nominee(s) Ref.
2006
(8th)		 Psy "Entertainer" [14]
[15]
2007
(9th)		 Dynamic Duo "Attendance Check" [16]
[17]
2008
(10th)		 Wonder Girls "Nobody" [18]
[19]
2009
(11th)		 2NE1 "Fire"
  • Dienji – "Step 2 Me"
  • Leessang – "Girl Who Can't Break Up, Boy Who Can't Leave" (featuring Jung Min)
  • Bada – "Mad" featuring Untouchable
  • Seo Taiji – "Juliet"
 [20]
2010
(12th)		 "Can't Nobody" [21]
2011
(13th)		 BigBang "Love Song" [22]
[23]
2012
(14th)		 Psy "Gangnam Style" [24]
2013
(15th)		 G-Dragon "Coup d'Etat" [25]
2014
(16th)		 2PM "Go Crazy!" [26]
2015
(17th)		 BigBang "Bae Bae" [27]
[28]
2016
(18th)		 Blackpink "Whistle" [29]
[30]
2017
(19th)		 BTS "Spring Day" [31]
[32]
2018
(20th)		 "Idol" [33]
[34]
2019
(21st)		 "Boy with Luv" (feat. Halsey) No nominees announced [35]
2020
(22nd)		 "Dynamite" [36]
2021
(23rd)		 "Butter" [37]
2022
(24th)		 Blackpink "Pink Venom" [38]
2023
(25th)		 Jisoo "Flower" [39]
2024
(26th)		 Aespa "Armageddon" [40]
2025
(27th)		 Jennie "Zen" [41]
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Artists with multiple wins

5 wins

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

Notes

  1. [a]
    Each year is linked to the article about the annual ceremony held that year.

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