The BET Award for Video of the Year is given to the most popular music video released the same or previous year of the year the awards are handed out. The award is only given to the performing artist(s) or group in the video. The award is not handed out to the video directors and producers. The all-time winner in this category is Beyoncé with six wins. Drake is the most nominated artist with seventeen nominations. Lady Gaga is the only white artist in history to have won this category for her Beyoncé collaboration "Video Phone".
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Artist Video Ref 2001 Outkast "Ms. Jackson" Destiny's Child "Independent Women Part I" Dr. Dre "The Next Episode" Eminem "Stan" Janet Jackson "All for You" 2002 Busta Rhymes "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" Aaliyah "Rock the Boat" Missy Elliott "One Minute Man" P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry "Bad Boy for Life" Usher "U Got It Bad" 2003 Erykah Badu "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" B2K "Girlfriend" Missy Elliott "Work It" Eminem "Lose Yourself" Nelly "Hot in Herre" 2004 Outkast "Hey Ya!" Beyoncé "Crazy in Love" Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name" Outkast "The Way You Move" Usher "Yeah!" 2005 Kanye West "Jesus Walks" Amerie "1 Thing" Jay-Z "99 Problems" John Legend "Ordinary People" Snoop Dogg "Drop It Like It's Hot" 2006 Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" Kanye West "Gold Digger" Beyoncé "Check on It" Missy Elliott "Lose Control" R. Kelly "Trapped in the Closet" Busta Rhymes "Touch It" 2007 Beyoncé "Irreplaceable" Akon "I Wanna Love You" Beyoncé and Shakira "Beautiful Liar" Ciara "Like a Boy" Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" 2008 UGK "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)" Ashanti "The Way That I Love You" Erykah Badu "Honey" Mary J. Blige "Just Fine" Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" Kanye West "Good Life" 2009 Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé "If I Were a Boy" Jamie Foxx "Blame It" T.I. "Live Your Life" Kanye West "Heartless"
2010s Year Artist Video Ref 2010 Beyoncé "Video Phone" B.o.B "Nothin' On You" Melanie Fiona "It Kills Me" Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z "Run This Town" 2011 Chris Brown "Look at Me Now" Marsha Ambrosius "Far Away" B.o.B "Airplanes" Keri Hilson "Pretty Girl Rock" Willow Smith "Whip My Hair" Kanye West "Runaway" 2012 Jay-Z and Kanye West "Otis" Beyoncé "Countdown" "Love on Top" Jay-Z and Kanye West "Niggas in Paris" Usher "Climax" 2013 Drake "Started from the Bottom" 2 Chainz "No Lie" ASAP Rocky "Fuckin' Problems" Drake "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)" Kendrick Lamar "Poetic Justice" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis "Thrift Shop" Miguel "Adorn" Rihanna "Diamonds" Justin Timberlake "Suit & Tie" Kanye West "Mercy" 2014 Pharrell Williams "Happy" Beyoncé "Partition" Beyoncé "Drunk in Love" Chris Brown "Fine China" Drake "Worst Behavior" 2015 Beyoncé "7/11" Big Sean "I Don't Fuck with You" Chris Brown "Loyal" Chris Brown "New Flame" Common and John Legend "Glory" Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" 2016 Beyoncé "Formation" Drake "Hotline Bling" Kendrick Lamar "Alright" Rihanna "Work" Bryson Tiller "Don't" 2017 Beyoncé "Sorry" Bruno Mars "24K Magic" Big Sean "Bounce Back" Migos "Bad and Boujee" Solange "Cranes in the Sky" 2018 Drake "God's Plan" Cardi B "Bodak Yellow" DJ Khaled "Wild Thoughts" Migos "Walk It Talk It" Bruno Mars "Finesse (Remix)" Kendrick Lamar "Humble" 2019 Childish Gambino "This Is America" 21 Savage "A Lot" Cardi B "Money" Cardi B and Bruno Mars "Please Me" Drake "Nice for What" The Carters "Apes**t"
2020s Year Artist Video Ref 2020 DJ Khaled "Higher" Chris Brown "No Guidance" DaBaby "Bop" Doja Cat "Say So" Megan Thee Stallion "Hot Girl Summer" Roddy Ricch "The Box" 2021 Cardi B "WAP" Cardi B "Up" Chloe x Halle "Do It" Chris Brown and Young Thug "Go Crazy" Drake "Laugh Now Cry Later" Silk Sonic "Leave the Door Open" 2022 Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar "Family Ties" Silk Sonic "Smokin out the Window" Chlöe "Have Mercy" Doja Cat "Kiss Me More" Ari Lennox "Pressure" Drake "Way 2 Sexy" 2023 SZA "Kill Bill" Peezy, Jeezy & Real Boston Richey "2 Million Up" Lizzo "About Damn Time" Steve Lacy "Bad Habit" Jack Harlow "First Class" GloRilla & Cardi B "Tomorrow 2" Chris Brown "WE (Warm Embrace)" 2024 Victoria Monét "On My Mama" Doja Cat "Agora Hills" Lil Durk "All My Life" Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice "Barbie World" Cardi B "Bongos" Drake "First Person Shooter" Drake featuring Sexyy Red & SZA "Rich Baby Daddy" 2025 Kendrick Lamar "Not Like Us" Key Glock "3AM in Tokeyo" Shaboozey "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Kehlani "After Hours" Doechii "Denial is a River" Drake "Family Matters" The Weeknd "Timeless"Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti"Type Shit" 2026 Kehlani "Folded" Ella Mai "100" Doechii "Anxiety" Mariah the Scientist "Burning Blue" Tyla "Chanel" Teyana Taylor Escape Room (Short Film) T.I. "Let 'Em Know"Kendrick Lamar & SZA"Luther"
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
6 wins Beyoncé
3 wins Outkast Kanye West
2 wins Busta Rhymes Pharrell Williams Drake Bruno Mars (including credit as Silk Sonic)
Nominations
17 nominations Drake
14 nominations Beyoncé
9 nominations Kanye West
8 nominations Cardi B Jay-Z
7 nominations Chris Brown Kendrick Lamar
6 nominations Bruno Mars (including credit as Silk Sonic)
5 nominations Rihanna
4 nominations Missy Elliott Outkast SZA Usher
3 nominations 2 Chainz Big Sean Mary J. Blige Doja Cat J. Cole Alicia Keys Lil Wayne Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj Busta Rhymes Snoop Dogg Pharrell Williams
2 nominations Erykah Badu B.o.B Bryson Tiller Chlöe (including credit as Chloe x Halle) Ciara Common DJ Khaled Doechii Eminem Jamie Foxx Future Kehlani John Legend Lil Durk Ludacris Migos P. Diddy Playboi Carti Pusha T Silk Sonic T-Pain T.I. Young Thug
See also BET Award for Video Director of the Year
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