MAMA Award for Best Asian Artist

MAMA Award
for Best Asian Artist
Awarded forBest artist from each country and region (East & Southeast Asia)
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byCJ E&M Pictures (Mnet)
First awarded2004
WebsiteOfficial website

The MAMA Award for Best Asian Artist is an award presented by Mnet and CJ E&M Pictures at the annual South Korean-based MAMA Awards. It was first awarded at the 2004 Mnet KM Music Video Festival ceremony with genre specific categories. Artists from mainly East and Southeast Asia have received the awards, and it is given in honor of artist(s) with the best performance in the music industry in their respective countries or region.

Best Asian Artist Award

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Singaporean singer JJ Lin has received the Best Asian Artist award 3 times
Japanese idol group AKB48 has received the Best Asian Artist award 3 times
Year Winner Nationality
2010 Jason Zhang  China
2011 Jane Zhang
2012 Leehom Wang[Note 1]  Taiwan
My Tam  Vietnam
AKB48  Japan
Taufik Batisah  Singapore
Li Yuchun  China
Sarah Geronimo  Philippines
Agnes Monica  Indonesia
2013 Derrick Hoh  Singapore
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu  Japan
Aaron Kwok  Hong Kong
Thu Minh  Vietnam
ToR+ Saksit  Thailand
SM*SH  Indonesia
2014
[Note 2]
Hồ Quỳnh Hương  Vietnam
Eason Chan  Hong Kong
Thaitanium  Thailand
JJ Lin  Singapore
Leo Ieiri  Japan
Raisa  Indonesia
2015 Jolin Tsai  Taiwan
Potato  Thailand
RAN  Indonesia
Stefanie Sun  Singapore
AKB48  Japan
Dong Nhi  Vietnam
2016 Getsunova  Thailand
Noo Phuoc Thinh  Vietnam
Isyana Sarasvati  Indonesia
JJ Lin  Singapore
Sekai no Owari  Japan
Hua Chenyu  China
2017 Agnez Mo  Indonesia
Lula  Thailand
Aisyah Aziz  Singapore
Tóc Tiên  Vietnam
Karen Mok[Note 3]  Hong Kong
AKB48  Japan
2018 Afgan  Indonesia
Da Pump  Japan
JJ Lin  Singapore
Huong Tram  Vietnam
Peck Palitchoke  Thailand
2019 Andmesh Kamaleng  Indonesia
Aimyon  Japan
Li Ronghao  China
Hoàng Thùy Linh  Vietnam
Nont Tanont  Thailand
2020 Rizky Febian  Indonesia
Official Hige Dandism  Japan
G.E.M.  Hong Kong
Binz  Vietnam
Ink Waruntorn  Thailand
2021 Anneth Delliecia  Indonesia
JO1  Japan
Accusefive  Taiwan
Quân A.P  Vietnam
Tilly Birds  Thailand

Best New Asian Artist

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Year Winner Nationality
2008 Khalil Fong  Hong Kong
2010 My Tam  Vietnam
2011 Vision Wei  China
Aziatix  United States
2012 Exo (K+M)  South Korea
Natthew  Thailand
TimeZ  China
2017 NCT 127  South Korea
2018 Marion Jola  Indonesia
Hiragana Keyakizaka46  Japan
Dean Ting  China
Orange  Vietnam
The Toys  Thailand
Iz*One  South Korea
2019 Stephanie Poetri  Indonesia
King Gnu  Japan
WayV  China
K-ICM & Jack  Vietnam
Wanyai  Thailand
OSN  Taiwan
2020 Tiara Andini  Indonesia
Fujii Kaze, JO1  Japan
Amee  Vietnam
Milli  Thailand
Chih Siou  Taiwan
2021 Lyodra  Indonesia
Ado  Japan
Anson Lo  Hong Kong
Sprite X Guygeegee  Thailand
Hoàng Duyên  Vietnam

Genre-specific

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Year Winner Nationality Genre
2004 F4  Taiwan Pop
Gackt  Japan Rock
M-Flo Hip Hop
2006 W-inds Rock
2010 Perfume Pop
Chemistry R&B

Others

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Year Category Winner Nationality
2009 Asia Recommended Award (Japan) AKB48  Japan
Asia Recommended Award (China) Lollipop  Taiwan
Best Asia Star Award TVXQ  South Korea
2010 The Shilla Duty Free Asian Wave Award 2PM – "I'll Be Back"
2011 Hottest Asian Artist Koda Kumi  Japan
2015 Next Generation Asian Artist Monsta X  South Korea
2017 Vietnamese Breakout Artist with Close-Up
Sơn Tùng M-TP  Vietnam
2018 Favorite Dance Artist (Japan) Bullet Train  Japan

Notes

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

  1. ^ Wang received the overall Best Asian Artist Award.
  2. ^ Titled "Artist of the Year" by Region.
  3. ^ Mok received the Best Asian Artist Mandarin Award.
Sources

References

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  • "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.
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