MTV Europe Music Award for Best Korean Act explained

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best Korean Act.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Year	Artist	Ref
2013
	Exo	^[1]
	B.A.P
	Boyfriend
	Sistar
	U-KISS
2014
	B.A.P	^[2]
	Beast
	BTS
	CNBLUE
	Kara
	Pre-nominations: Topp Dogg Boys Republic
2015
	BTS	^[3]
	B1A4
	GFriend
	Got7
	VIXX
2016
	B.A.P	^[4] ^[5]
	GFriend
	Got7
	Twice
	VIXX
2017
	GFriend	^[6]
	Mamamoo
	Highlight
	Seventeen
	Wanna One
2018
	Loona
	Cosmic Girls
	(G)I-dle
	Golden Child
	Pentagon
2019
	Ateez	^[7]
	AB6IX
	CIX
	Itzy
	Iz*One

Web site: EXO wins Best Korea Act in 2013 MTV EMA. Daily K-pop News. October 29, 2013. February 27, 2018.
Web site: BTS Moves On to MTV EMA’s Best Korea Act Vote, Up Against B.A.P, BEAST, CNBLUE, and KARA. Soompi. September 18, 2014. October 11, 2020.
Web site: Patrick. Hosken. 2015 MTV EMA: SEE THE FULL WINNERS LIST. https://web.archive.org/web/20151026133825/http://www.mtv.com/news/2360044/2015-ema-winners-list/. dead. October 26, 2015. MTV News. October 25, 2015. October 11, 2020.
B.A.P wins EMA Best Korean Act:
- Web site: MTVEMA.com(Korean):Winners:Best Korean Act. April 12, 2017. ko.
- Web site: Twitter.com:MTVASIA. November 6, 2016.
- Web site: Soompi.com:B.A.P Is Crowned Best Korean Act Of 2016 At MTV EMAs. November 6, 2016. April 12, 2017. June 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180618134558/https://www.soompi.com/2016/11/06/b-p-crowned-best-korean-act-2016-mtv-emas/. dead.
GOT7 wins EMA Best Worldwide Act:
- Web site: SBS.com:GOT7 have been named the "Best Worldwide Act" at the 2016 MTV European Music Awards!. November 7, 2016.
News: GFriend is your winner for this year’s MTV EMA Best Korea Act!. November 13, 2017. November 13, 2017. MTV Asia.
Web site: Emma. Kelly. Ateez named Best Korean Act at MTV EMAs 2019 one year after their debut. Metro. November 4, 2019. October 11, 2020.