MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop

MTV Video Music Award for
Best K-Pop
Awarded forK-pop music songs
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded2019
Currently held byLisa – "Rockstar" (2024)
Most awardsBTS (3)
Most nominationsBTS (4)
WebsiteVMA 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.

  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.