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, she is also the most nominated artist with fourteen nominations along with Drake. 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
2010s
2020s
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
14 nominations
Beyoncé
Drake
9 nominations
Kanye West
8 nominations
Jay-Z
7 nominations
Chris Brown
Cardi B
6 nominations
Bruno Mars (including credit as Silk Sonic)
5 nominations
Kendrick Lamar
Rihanna
4 nominations
Missy Elliott
Outkast
Usher
3 nominations
2 Chainz
Big Sean
Mary J. Blige
Alicia Keys
Lil Wayne
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 Doja Cat Eminem Jamie Foxx John Legend Ludacris Megan Thee Stallion Migos Nicki Minaj P. Diddy Pusha T Silk Sonic SZA T-Pain Young Thug