MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop

The MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop award was first introduced at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2019. It was criticized by K-pop fans for segregating their artists from major categories such as Video of the Year and Artist of the Year.^[1][2][3]

MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop
Awarded for	K-pop music songs
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First award	2019
Currently held by	Lisa – "Rockstar" (2024)
Most wins	BTS (3)
Most nominations	BTS, Tomorrow X Together, and Stray Kids (4)
Website	VMA website

BTS is the most-awarded artist in this category, having won the award three times. BTS, Tomorrow X Together, and Stray Kids are the most-nominated acts with four nominations each.

Recipients

BTS is the most-awarded artist in the category, having won the award three times.

2010s

Recipients

Year[a]	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
2019	BTS (featuring Halsey)	"Boy with Luv"	Blackpink – "Kill This Love" Exo – "Tempo" Monsta X (featuring French Montana) – "Who Do U Love?" NCT 127 – "Regular" Tomorrow X Together – "Cat & Dog"	[4]

2020s

Lisa is the first solo artist to win the award, doing so twice.

Recipients

Year[b]	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
2020	BTS	"On"	Exo – "Obsession" (G)I-dle – "Oh My God" Monsta X – "Someone's Someone" Red Velvet – "Psycho" Tomorrow X Together – "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)"	[5]
2021	BTS	"Butter"	Blackpink and Selena Gomez – "Ice Cream" (G)I-dle – "Dumdi Dumdi" Monsta X – "Gambler" Seventeen – "Ready to Love" Twice – "Alcohol-Free"	[6]
2022	Lisa	"Lalisa"	BTS – "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" Itzy – "Loco" Seventeen – "Hot" Stray Kids – "Maniac" Twice – "The Feels"	[7]
2023	Stray Kids	"S-Class"	Aespa – "Girls" Blackpink – "Pink Venom" Fifty Fifty – "Cupid" Seventeen – "Super" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride"	[8]
2024	Lisa	"Rockstar"	Jungkook (featuring Latto) – "Seven" NCT Dream – "Smoothie" NewJeans – "Super Shy" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" Tomorrow X Together – "Deja Vu"	[9]
2025	TBA	TBA	Aespa – "Whiplash" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Jimin – "Who" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Lisa (featuring Doja Cat and Raye) – "Born Again" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Stray Kids – "Chk Chk Boom"	[10]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins

• BTS

2 wins

• Lisa

Artists with multiple nominations

4 nominations BTS Tomorrow X Together Stray Kids 3 nominations Blackpink Monsta X Seventeen Lisa

2 nominations Exo (G)I-dle Twice Aespa