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 awarded	2019
Currently held by	Stray Kids – "S-Class" (2023)
Most awards	BTS (3)
Most nominations	BTS (4)
Website	VMA website

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]

BTS is the most-awarded artist in this category, having won the award three times. BTS is also the most-nominated act with four nominations.

Recipients

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]

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]