The MAMA Award for Song of the Year () is an honor presented at the annual MAMA Awards, a South Korean awards ceremony presented by Mnet. One of the event's four most prestigious '' daesang'' (or grand prize) awards, it was first awarded during the ceremony's eighth edition in 2006—then titled the Mnet KM Music Festival. Having gone through various name changes since its inaugural ceremony in

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, it was renamed the Mnet Asian Music Awards from

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until it was rebranded as the MAMA Awards in

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. Prior to 2021, the judging criteria for the award consisted a breakdown of 20% online voting, 40% expert evaluation, 30% digital sales, and 10%

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. However, preceding the announcement of the nominations for the 2021 ceremony, it was revealed that online fan voting would be removed from consideration. As of 2022, the judging criteria for the award consists of 40% judges panel evaluation and 60% digital song downloads and streaming (40% from South Korea and 20% global). The Song of the Year award was first presented to vocal group SG Wannabe for "Partner for Life" in 2006, where they also won

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for the track's parent album '' The 3rd Masterpiece''.

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and BTS currently holds the distinction for the most awarded artists overall in the category—having both won the prize three times. Two artists currently have the second-most wins with two each:

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(2007, 2015), and

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(2009, 2011). IU has the highest number of shortlisted Song of the Year nominations—with a total of six throughout the event's history, while Exo and BTS have the second-most shortlisted nominations—with five each.

Winners and nominees

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2000s

2010s

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

;3 wins * BTS *

;2 wins *

Artists with multiple nominations

;6 nominations * IU * BTS ;5 nominations * Exo ;4 nominations *

;3 nominations *

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;2 nominations * Red Velvet * Zico * Sistar * Psy * Busker Busker * Baek Ji-young *

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Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

Notes

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