{{Short description|Annual music video award}} {{Infobox award | name = MTV Video Music Award <br>for Best Pop | awarded_for = Pop music videos | image = Ariana Grande Wicked Interview 2024 03.jpg | imagesize = 200 | alt = | caption = Ariana Grande is the most recent recipient for Brighter Days Ahead | presenter = MTV | country = United States | year = 1999 | holder = Ariana Grande – ''Brighter Days Ahead'' (2025) | most_wins = Britney Spears, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande (3) | most_nominations = Ariana Grande (8) | website = [https://www.mtv.com/vma VMA website] }} The '''MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop''' was first given out in {{Mtvvma|1999}} under the name of '''Best Pop Video''', as MTV began to put several teen pop acts in heavy rotation. Nominations, however, were not just limited to pop acts, as dance, R&B, pop/rock, and reggaeton artists have also received nominations throughout the award's history.
In {{Mtvvma|2007}}, MTV eliminated this award along with all of the genre categories, but it returned in 2008.
In {{mtvvma|2017}}, the word "Video" was removed from the names of all genre categories, leaving this award with its current name: '''Best Pop'''.
In 2024, the nominees were based on the artists, instead of music videos.
Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande have received the most wins in this category, winning three awards each. NSYNC, Spears, and Swift are the only acts to win the award for two consecutive years. Grande has received the most nominations in this category with eight.
==Recipients== [[File:Britney Spears 2013 (Straighten Crop).jpg|thumb|249x249px|Britney Spears ties for the record for the most wins (3).]] [[File:Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (3).png|thumb|240x240px|Taylor Swift ties for the record for the most wins (3).]] [[File:Ariana Grande promoting Wicked (2024).jpg|thumb|220x220px|Ariana Grande ties record for the most wins (3) and holds the record for nominations (8).]] ===1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|1999}} | Ricky Martin | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | {{smalldiv| * Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way" * Jennifer Lopez – "If You Had My Love" * NSYNC – "Tearin' Up My Heart" * Britney Spears – "...Baby One More Time" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041546/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1999|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |}
===2000s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2000}} | NSYNC | "Bye Bye Bye" | {{smalldiv| * Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants" * Blink-182 – "All the Small Things" * Destiny's Child – "Say My Name" * Britney Spears – "Oops!...I Did It Again" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092653/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2000|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2001}} | NSYNC | "Pop" | {{smalldiv| * Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk (featuring Missy Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" * Backstreet Boys – "The Call" * Destiny's Child – "Survivor" * Britney Spears – "Stronger" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041551/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2002}} | No Doubt {{small|(featuring Bounty Killer)}} | "Hey Baby" | {{smalldiv| * Michelle Branch – "All You Wanted" * NSYNC (featuring Nelly) – "Girlfriend" (Remix) * P!nk – "Get the Party Started" * Shakira – "Whenever, Wherever" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092656/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2002|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2003}} | Justin Timberlake | "Cry Me a River" | {{smalldiv| * Christina Aguilera (featuring Redman) – "Dirrty" * Kelly Clarkson – "Miss Independent" * Avril Lavigne – "Sk8er Boi" * No Doubt (featuring Lady Saw) – "Underneath It All" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092702/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2004}} | No Doubt | "It's My Life" | {{smalldiv| * Hilary Duff – "Come Clean" * Avril Lavigne – "Don't Tell Me" * Jessica Simpson – "With You" * Britney Spears – "Toxic" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908111554/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2004|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2005}} | Kelly Clarkson | "Since U Been Gone" | {{smalldiv| * Lindsay Lohan – "Rumors" * Jesse McCartney – "Beautiful Soul" * Ashlee Simpson – "Pieces of Me" * Gwen Stefani – "Hollaback Girl" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828073144/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2006}} | P!nk | "Stupid Girls" | {{smalldiv| * Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man" * Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) – "Promiscuous" * Madonna – "Hung Up" * Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706040602/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2006|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2006|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2007}} | colspan="4" {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2008}} | Britney Spears | "Piece of Me" | {{smalldiv| * Danity Kane – "Damaged" * Jonas Brothers – "Burnin' Up" * Panic! at the Disco – "Nine in the Afternoon" * Tokio Hotel – "Ready, Set, Go!" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041555/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2009}} | Britney Spears | "Womanizer" | {{smalldiv| * Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" * Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) – "Good Girls Go Bad" * Lady Gaga – "Poker Face" * Wisin & Yandel – "Abusadora" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716032752/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2009|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |}
===2010s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2010}} | Lady Gaga | "Bad Romance" | {{smalldiv| * Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) – "Video Phone" (Extended Remix) * B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) – "Nothin' on You" * Kesha – "Tik Tok" * Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg) – "California Gurls" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721234616/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2010|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2010|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2011}} | Britney Spears | "Till the World Ends" | {{smalldiv| * Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" * Bruno Mars – "Grenade" * Katy Perry – "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" * Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) – "Give Me Everything" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713111210/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2011|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2011|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2012}} | One Direction | "What Makes You Beautiful" | {{smalldiv| * Justin Bieber – "Boyfriend" * fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) – "We Are Young" * Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) – "Payphone" * Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – "We Found Love" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720035907/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2012|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2013}} | Selena Gomez | "Come & Get It" | {{smalldiv| * Miley Cyrus – "We Can't Stop" * fun. – "Carry On" * Bruno Mars – "Locked Out of Heaven" * Justin Timberlake – "Mirrors" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620215150/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2014|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2013|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2014}} | Ariana Grande {{small|(featuring Iggy Azalea)}} | "Problem" | {{smalldiv| * Avicii (featuring Aloe Blacc) – "Wake Me Up" * Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) – "Fancy" * Jason Derulo (featuring 2 Chainz) – "Talk Dirty" * Pharrell Williams – "Happy" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312163248/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2015|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2014|publisher=MTV|access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2015}} | Taylor Swift | "Blank Space" | {{smalldiv| * Beyoncé – "7/11" * Maroon 5 – "Sugar" * Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) – "Uptown Funk" * Ed Sheeran – "Thinking Out Loud" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120001444/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2015|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2016}} | Beyoncé | "Formation" | {{smalldiv| * Adele – "Hello" * Justin Bieber – "Sorry" * Alessia Cara – "Wild Things" * Ariana Grande – "Into You" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727125413/http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2016|title=2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2017}} | Fifth Harmony {{small|(featuring Gucci Mane)}} | "Down" | {{smalldiv| * Miley Cyrus – "Malibu" * Shawn Mendes – "Treat You Better" * Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – "Chained to the Rhythm" * Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You" * Harry Styles – "Sign of the Times" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2017">{{cite journal|url=http://www.mtvpress.com/press-releases/2017/08/28/2017-vma-winners-and-performances|author=MTV Press|date=August 27, 2017|access-date=August 27, 2017|title=2017 "VMA" Winners and Performances}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2018}} | Ariana Grande | "No Tears Left to Cry" | {{smalldiv| * Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug) – "Havana" * Demi Lovato – "Sorry Not Sorry" * Shawn Mendes – "In My Blood" * P!nk – "What About Us" * Ed Sheeran – "Perfect" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-vmas-winners-see-complete-list-1135082/item/video-year-2018-vma-noms-1127258|title=VMAs: Camila Cabello Wins Video of the Year for "Havana"; Complete List of Winners|first=Kimberly|last=Nordyke|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 20, 2018|access-date=August 21, 2018|language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2019}} | Jonas Brothers | "Sucker" | {{smalldiv| * 5 Seconds of Summer – "Easier" * Cardi B and Bruno Mars – "Please Me" * Billie Eilish – "bad guy" * Ariana Grande – "thank u, next" * Khalid – "Talk" * Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528388/2019-mtv-vmas-winners-list|title=Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs|date=August 26, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref> |}
===2020s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2020}} | BTS | "On" | {{smalldiv| * Justin Bieber (featuring Quavo) – "Intentions" * Halsey – "You Should Be Sad" * Jonas Brothers – "What a Man Gotta Do" * Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me" * Taylor Swift – "Lover" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9442281/mtv-vmas-winners-list-2020|title=Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs|last=Warner|first=Denise|date=August 30, 2020|magazine=Billboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905055941/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9442281/mtv-vmas-winners-list-2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2021}} | Justin Bieber {{small|(featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon)}} | "Peaches" | {{smalldiv| * BTS – "Butter" * Billie Eilish – "Therefore I Am" * Ariana Grande – "Positions" * Shawn Mendes – "Wonder" * Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U" * Harry Styles – "Treat People with Kindness" * Taylor Swift – "Willow" }} | align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/2021-vmas-winners-list-mtv-1235059129/|title=2021 MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete Winners List (Updating Live)|last=Hailu|first=Selome|date=September 12, 2021|work=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210913005953/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/2021-vmas-winners-list-mtv-1235059129/|archive-date=September 13, 2021|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2022}} | Harry Styles | "As It Was" | {{smalldiv| * Doja Cat – "Woman" * Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever" * Lizzo – "About Damn Time" * Olivia Rodrigo – "Traitor" * Ed Sheeran – "Shivers" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & Kendrick Lamar Lead 2022 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-mtv-vma-nominations-list-1235117890/|access-date=July 26, 2022 |magazine=Billboard|date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2023}} | Taylor Swift | "Anti-Hero" | {{smalldiv| * Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" * Dua Lipa – "Dance the Night" * Demi Lovato – "Swine" * P!nk – "Trustfall" * Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" * Ed Sheeran – "Eyes Closed" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=August 8, 2023|title=Taylor Swift Is Top Nominee for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Complete List)|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-mtv-video-music-awards-complete-nominations-list-taylor-swift-1235386794/|access-date=August 8, 2023|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2024}} | Taylor Swift | {{N/A}} |{{smalldiv| * Camila Cabello * Sabrina Carpenter * Dua Lipa * Tate McRae * Olivia Rodrigo }} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Kaite |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Here's the Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-vmas-winners-list-1235772883/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{mtvvma|2025}} | Ariana Grande | ''Brighter Days Ahead'' | {{smalldiv| * Alex Warren – "Ordinary" * Ed Sheeran – "Sapphire" * Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – "Die with a Smile" * Rosé and Bruno Mars – "APT." * Sabrina Carpenter – "Manchild" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Green|first=Walden|date=September 7, 2025|title=MTV VMAs 2025 Winners: See the Full List Here|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2025-winners-see-the-full-list-here/|url-status=live|magazine=Pitchfork|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250908040318/https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2025-winners-see-the-full-list-here/|archive-date=September 8, 2025|access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref> |}
==Statistics== ===Artists with multiple wins=== ; 3 wins * Taylor Swift * Britney Spears * Ariana Grande
===Artists with multiple nominations=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ; 8 nominations * Ariana Grande
; 7 nominations * Britney Spears
; 6 nominations * Taylor Swift * Ed Sheeran * Bruno Mars
; 5 nominations * P!nk
; 4 nominations * Justin Bieber * Christina Aguilera * Beyoncé * NSYNC * Olivia Rodrigo * Lady Gaga {{col-2}} ; 3 nominations * Billie Eilish * No Doubt * Katy Perry * Jonas Brothers * Harry Styles * Miley Cyrus {{col-end}}
==See also== * MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop
==Notes== {{NoteFoot}} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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