Mtv vmas 2026 Pop category ranking

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0commentsUpdated on 11/06/2026 at 11:00 AM

LISA - Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi1559

The worldwide ranking generated by 19 votes

7 / 7

LISA - Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi1559

Tate McRae - Nobody's Girl1536

Ariana Grande - Hate that i made you love me1523

Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead1499

Charli xcx - SS261485

Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour1484

Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia1412

What the community says

Rank your favorite artists in the Pop category at the MTV Video Music Awards 2026. Vote for Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, LISA, Olivia Rodrigo, or Sabrina

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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