MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop

MTV Video Music Award for
Best K-Pop
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 (featuring Doja Cat and Raye) – "Born Again" (2025)
Most wins	BTS, Lisa (3)
Most nominations	BTS, Tomorrow X Together, and Stray Kids (4)
Website	VMA website

Last updated September 16, 2025

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]

Recipients

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

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	Lisa (featuring Doja Cat and Raye)	"Born Again"	Aespa – "Whiplash" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Jimin – "Who" Jisoo – "Earthquake" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Stray Kids – "Chk Chk Boom"	^[10]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

↑ Willman, Chris (2019-07-23). "MTV VMAs Have Created a K-Pop Category … and Some BTS Fans Are Livid About It". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
↑ Liu, Marian Chia-Ming (2020-01-30). "The 'separate but equal' rules of American music awards". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-09-21.
↑ Ziwei, Puah (2019-07-24). "BTS fans criticise 2019 MTV VMAs snubs and new "Best K-pop" category". NME. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
↑ Warner, Denise (August 26, 2019). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard . Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
↑ Warner, Denise (August 30, 2020). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
↑ Hailu, Selome (September 12, 2021). "2021 MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)". Variety . Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
↑ Panaligan, EJ; William, Earl (August 28, 2022). "MTV VMAs 2022: Taylor Swift Wins Video of the Year, Plus Full Winners List". Variety . Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
↑ Stenzel, Wesley (September 13, 2023). "Taylor Swift wins big at 2023 MTV VMAs: See the full list of winners". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
↑ Horowitz, Steven J. (September 12, 2024). "Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Megan Thee Stallion Win Big at MTV Video Music Awards, Plus Full List of Winners". Variety . Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
↑ Green, Walden (September 7, 2025). "MTV VMAs 2025 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on September 8, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

Notes

↑ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
↑ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

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[1] Willman, Chris (2019-07-23). "MTV VMAs Have Created a K-Pop Category … and Some BTS Fans Are Livid About It". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-21.

[2] Liu, Marian Chia-Ming (2020-01-30). "The 'separate but equal' rules of American music awards". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-09-21.

[3] Ziwei, Puah (2019-07-24). "BTS fans criticise 2019 MTV VMAs snubs and new "Best K-pop" category". NME. Retrieved 2023-09-21.

[5] Warner, Denise (August 26, 2019). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard . Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[7] Warner, Denise (August 30, 2020). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[8] Hailu, Selome (September 12, 2021). "2021 MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)". Variety . Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

[9] Panaligan, EJ; William, Earl (August 28, 2022). "MTV VMAs 2022: Taylor Swift Wins Video of the Year, Plus Full Winners List". Variety . Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

[10] Stenzel, Wesley (September 13, 2023). "Taylor Swift wins big at 2023 MTV VMAs: See the full list of winners". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.

[11] Horowitz, Steven J. (September 12, 2024). "Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Megan Thee Stallion Win Big at MTV Video Music Awards, Plus Full List of Winners". Variety . Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[12] Green, Walden (September 7, 2025). "MTV VMAs 2025 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on September 8, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

[4] Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

[6] Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

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v t e MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop
2010s	"Boy with Luv" – BTS featuring Halsey (2019)
2020s	"On" – BTS (2020) "Butter" – BTS (2021) "Lalisa" – Lisa (2022) "S-Class" – Stray Kids (2023) "Rockstar" – Lisa (2024) "Born Again" – Lisa featuring Doja Cat and Raye (2025)