# MTV Video Music Award Japan for Album of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award Japan for Album of the Year (最優秀アルバム賞) is an annual award given by MTV Japan since 2003.

## Results

The following table displays the nominees and the winners in bold print with a yellow background.

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2003 (2nd) | Chemistry | Second to None |
| 2003 (2nd) | Eminem | The Eminem Show |
| 2003 (2nd) | Avril Lavigne | Let Go |
| 2003 (2nd) | Rip Slyme | Tokyo Classic |
| 2003 (2nd) | Hikaru Utada | Deep River |
| 2004 (3rd) | Outkast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
| 2004 (3rd) | Missy Elliott | This Is Not A Test! |
| 2004 (3rd) | Exile | Exile Entertainment |
| 2004 (3rd) | Linkin Park | Meteora |
| 2004 (3rd) | Mika Nakashima | Love |
| 2005 (4th) | Orange Range | MusiQ |
| 2005 (4th) | Eminem | Encore |
| 2005 (4th) | Green Day | American Idiot |
| 2005 (4th) | Ken Hirai | Sentimentalovers |
| 2005 (4th) | Usher | Confessions |
| 2006 (5th) | Orange Range | Natural |
| 2006 (5th) | The Black Eyed Peas | Monkey Business |
| 2006 (5th) | Ketsumeishi | Ketsunopolis 4 |
| 2006 (5th) | Mr. Children | I Love You |
| 2006 (5th) | Oasis | Don't Believe The Truth |
| 2007 (6th) | Daniel Powter | Daniel Powter |
| 2007 (6th) | Ayaka | First Message |
| 2007 (6th) | Def Tech | Catch The Wave |
| 2007 (6th) | Kumi Koda | Black Cherry |
| 2007 (6th) | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium |
| 2008 (7th) | Exile | Exile Love |
| 2008 (7th) | Ketsumeishi | Ketsunopolice 5 |
| 2008 (7th) | Kumi Koda | Kingdom |
| 2008 (7th) | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn Thing |
| 2008 (7th) | Ne-Yo | Because of You |
| 2009 (8th) | Mr. Children | Supermarket Fantasy |
| 2009 (8th) | Ayaka | Sing to the Sky |
| 2009 (8th) | Coldplay | Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends |
| 2009 (8th) | Ne-Yo | Year of the Gentleman |
| 2009 (8th) | Hikaru Utada | Heart Station |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2010 (9th) | Exile | Aisubeki Mirai e (愛すべき未来へ) |
| 2010 (9th) | Namie Amuro | Past < Future |
| 2010 (9th) | The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. |
| 2010 (9th) | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown |
| 2010 (9th) | Superfly | Box Emotions |
| 2011 (10th) | Kana Nishino | To Love |
| 2011 (10th) | Eminem | Recovery |
| 2011 (10th) | Miliyah Kato | Heaven |
| 2011 (10th) | Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns |
| 2011 (10th) | Yui | Holidays in the Sun |
| 2012 (11th) | Girls' Generation | Girls' Generation |
| 2012 (11th) | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto |
| 2012 (11th) | Juju | You |
| 2012 (11th) | Kara | Super Girl |
| 2012 (11th) | Lady Gaga | Born This Way |
| 2013 (12th) | 2PM | Legend of 2PM |
| 2013 (12th) | Carly Rae Jepsen | Kiss |
| 2013 (12th) | Linkin Park | Living Things |
| 2013 (12th) | Kana Nishino | Love Place |
| 2013 (12th) | One Direction | Take Me Home |
| 2014 (13th) | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu | Nanda Collection |
| 2014 (13th) | Beyoncé | Beyoncé |
| 2014 (13th) | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories |
| 2014 (13th) | Maximum the Hormone | Yoshū Fukushū |
| 2014 (13th) | J Soul Brothers III | Blue Impact |
| 2016 (15th) | Japanese album | Album |
| 2016 (15th) | Babymetal | Metal Resistance |
| 2016 (15th) | Back Number | Chandelier |
| 2016 (15th) | Bump of Chicken | Butterflies |
| 2016 (15th) | Kana Nishino | Just Love |
| 2016 (15th) | Perfume | Cosmic Explorer |
| 2016 (15th) | International album | Album |
| 2016 (15th) | Beyoncé | Lemonade |
| 2016 (15th) | Adele | 25 |
| 2016 (15th) | Drake | Views |
| 2016 (15th) | Justin Bieber | Purpose |
| 2016 (15th) | Rihanna | Anti |
| 2018 (17th) | Hikaru Utada | Hatsukoi |
| 2019 (18th) | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2020 (19th) | Babymetal | Metal Galaxy |
| 2021 (20th) | Official Hige Dandism | Editorial |
| 2022 (21st) | Aimyon | Falling into Your Eyes Record |
| 2023 (22nd) | Aiko | Ima no Futari o Otagai ga Miteru |