Korean pop group, 2NE1, was awarded “The Year’s Best Artiste” by Mnet.

The group gained much fame after debuting this year. They had several hits including “Lollipop” and “Fire.” 2NE1 went up to #1 in both the artist and the album category.

Mnet.com head Geum GiHoon explained, “This year was a year for girlgroups, and 2NE1 has been the hot issue from the every beginning doing the concept of ‘female Big Bang’. And then after that, they released hits after hits and maintained their popularity and attracted fans throughout. In addition, the visitor hits for their ‘Artiste Page’ is also relatively higher than other singers.”

The rest of the rankings:

1. 2NE1
2. Big Bang
3. Davichi
4. GDragon
5. So Nyeo Shi Dae
6. MC Mong
7. Brown Eyed Girls
8. 2PM

Source: Newsen