MTV Europe Music Award for Best Korean Act

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

^ "EXO wins Best Korea Act in 2013 MTV EMA". Daily K-pop News. October 29, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ "BTS Moves On to MTV EMA's Best Korea Act Vote, Up Against B.A.P, BEAST, CNBLUE, and KARA". Soompi. September 18, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ Hosken, Patrick (October 25, 2015). "2015 MTV EMA: SEE THE FULL WINNERS LIST". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^
B.A.P wins EMA Best Korean Act:
- "MTVEMA.com(Korean):Winners:Best Korean Act" (in Korean). Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "Twitter.com:MTVASIA". November 6, 2016.
- "Soompi.com:B.A.P Is Crowned Best Korean Act Of 2016 At MTV EMAs". November 6, 2016. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
^
GOT7 wins EMA Best Worldwide Act:
- "SBS.com:GOT7 have been named the "Best Worldwide Act" at the 2016 MTV European Music Awards!". November 7, 2016.
^ "GFriend is your winner for this year's MTV EMA Best Korea Act!". MTV Asia. November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ Kelly, Emma (November 4, 2019). "Ateez named Best Korean Act at MTV EMAs 2019 one year after their debut". Metro. Retrieved October 11, 2020.