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

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

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

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

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