# MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop was first presented in 1998. British girl group the Spice Girls were the first ever act to receive the award. American singer Britney Spears was the first solo female artist to win the award in 1999, while American singer Justin Timberlake was the first male solo artist to win in 2003. South Korean boy group BTS are the first Kpop act to be nominated in this category in 2020. British boy band One Direction are currently the act with the most award wins in this category, receiving a total of three.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
    † indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video–winning artist.
    ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video–nominated artist that same year.

### 1990s

| Year | Artist |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Spice Girls |
| 1998 | Aqua |
| 1998 | Backstreet Boys |
| 1998 | Boyzone |
| 1998 | Five |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Britney Spears ‡ |
| 1999 | Backstreet Boys ‡ |
| 1999 | Boyzone |
| 1999 | Five |
| 1999 | Ricky Martin † |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | All Saints |
| 2000 | Backstreet Boys |
| 2000 | *NSYNC † |
| 2000 | Britney Spears ‡ |
| 2000 | Robbie Williams |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Anastacia |
| 2001 | Atomic Kitten |
| 2001 | *NSYNC † |
| 2001 | Shaggy |
| 2001 | Britney Spears ‡ |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Kylie Minogue |
| 2002 | Anastacia |
| 2002 | Enrique Iglesias |
| 2002 | Pink ‡ |
| 2002 | Shakira ‡ |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake † |
| 2003 | Christina Aguilera ‡ |
| 2003 | Kylie Minogue |
| 2003 | Pink |
| 2003 | Robbie Williams |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Black Eyed Peas |
| 2004 | Anastacia |
| 2004 | Avril Lavigne ‡ |
| 2004 | Britney Spears ‡ |
| 2004 | Robbie Williams |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Black Eyed Peas |
| 2005 | Gorillaz |
| 2005 | Shakira |
| 2005 | Gwen Stefani ‡ |
| 2005 | Robbie Williams |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Justin Timberlake |
| 2006 | Christina Aguilera ‡ |
| 2006 | Madonna ‡ |
| 2006 | Shakira ‡ |
| 2006 | Robbie Williams |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Lady Gaga † |
| 2010 | Miley Cyrus |
| 2010 | Katy Perry ‡ |
| 2010 | Rihanna |
| 2010 | Usher |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Justin Bieber |
| 2011 | Britney Spears † |
| 2011 | Katy Perry ‡ |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga |
| 2011 | Rihanna |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Justin Bieber ‡ |
| 2012 | Katy Perry |
| 2012 | No Doubt |
| 2012 | Rihanna ‡ |
| 2012 | Taylor Swift |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | One Direction |
| 2013 | Justin Bieber |
| 2013 | Miley Cyrus ‡ |
| 2013 | Katy Perry |
| 2013 | Taylor Swift |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | One Direction |
| 2014 | 5 Seconds of Summer |
| 2014 | Ariana Grande † |
| 2014 | Miley Cyrus |
| 2014 | Katy Perry |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | One Direction |
| 2015 | 5 Seconds of Summer |
| 2015 | Ariana Grande |
| 2015 | Justin Bieber |
| 2015 | Taylor Swift † |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Fifth Harmony |
| 2016 | Ariana Grande ‡ |
| 2016 | Justin Bieber ‡ |
| 2016 | Rihanna |
| 2016 | Selena Gomez |
| 2016 | Shawn Mendes |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Camila Cabello |
| 2017 | Demi Lovato |
| 2017 | Miley Cyrus ‡ |
| 2017 | Shawn Mendes ‡ |
| 2017 | Taylor Swift |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Dua Lipa |
| 2018 | Ariana Grande † |
| 2018 | Camila Cabello ‡ |
| 2018 | Hailee Steinfeld |
| 2018 | Shawn Mendes ‡ |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Halsey |
| 2019 | Ariana Grande ‡ |
| 2019 | Becky G |
| 2019 | Camila Cabello |
| 2019 | Jonas Brothers † |
| 2019 | Shawn Mendes |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Little Mix |
| 2020 | BTS † |
| 2020 | Dua Lipa |
| 2020 | Harry Styles |
| 2020 | Justin Bieber ‡ |
| 2020 | Katy Perry |
| 2020 | Lady Gaga ‡ |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | BTS ‡ |
| 2021 | Doja Cat |
| 2021 | Dua Lipa |
| 2021 | Ed Sheeran |
| 2021 | Justin Bieber † |
| 2021 | Olivia Rodrigo ‡ |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Taylor Swift |
| 2022 | Billie Eilish ‡ |
| 2022 | Doja Cat ‡ |
| 2022 | Ed Sheeran ‡ |
| 2022 | Harry Styles † |
| 2022 | Lizzo ‡ |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Billie Eilish |
| 2023 | Dua Lipa ‡ |
| 2023 | Ed Sheeran |
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus ‡ |
| 2023 | Olivia Rodrigo ‡ |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift † |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Ariana Grande |
| 2024 | Billie Eilish |
| 2024 | Camila Cabello ‡ |
| 2024 | Charli XCX |
| 2024 | Dua Lipa ‡ |
| 2024 | Sabrina Carpenter ‡ |
| 2024 | Taylor Swift † |

## Statistics

As of 2018.
| Number of European Nominations | Total Number |
| 17 | 70 |