MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video was one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, though, the award was briefly renamed Male Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather than a specific video. However, the award returned to its original name the following year. It was replaced by the Artist of the Year category in 2017, combining Best Male and Best Female video categories.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

With three victories, Eminem is the artist with most wins in this category, and also has the most nominations with nine. Meanwhile, Tom Petty, Beck, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown, all have won this twice, with the first three being the only artists to win the award for two consecutive years.

Recipients

Inaugural winner David Bowie pictured in 1987

Eminem is the artist with most wins (3) and nominations (9)

Justin Timberlake has won the award twice

The 2014 winner Ed Sheeran

The 2015 winner Mark Ronson

The 2016 winner Calvin Harris

Key

Template:Dagger	Marks winners of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
Template:Asterisk	Marks nominees of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

Year	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
Template:Mtvvma	David Bowie — "China Girl"	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Bruce Springsteen — "I'm on Fire"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Dagger Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA1985">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Robert Palmer Template:Asterisk — "Addicted to Love" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1986">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Peter Gabriel Template:Dagger — "Sledgehammer" Template:Dagger	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA1987">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Prince — "U Got the Look"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1988">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Elvis Costello — "Veronica"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Don Henley Template:Asterisk — "The End of the Innocence" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1990">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Chris Isaak Template:Asterisk — "Wicked Game (Concept)" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1991">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1992">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1993">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1994">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Tom Petty — "You Don't Know How It Feels"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Beck — "Where It's At"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Beck — "Devils Haircut"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Will Smith — "Miami"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Eminem Template:Dagger — "The Real Slim Shady" Template:Dagger	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "South Side"	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Eminem Template:Dagger — "Without Me" Template:Dagger	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Justin Timberlake Template:Asterisk — "Cry Me a River" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Usher (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) Template:Asterisk — "Yeah!" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Kanye West Template:Asterisk — "Jesus Walks" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Justin Timberlake Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Chris Brown — "With You"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	T.I. (featuring Rihanna) — "Live Your Life"	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Eminem Template:Asterisk — "Not Afraid" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Justin Bieber — "U Smile"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Bruno Mars Template:Asterisk — "Locked Out of Heaven" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Dagger	<ref name="VMA2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Ed Sheeran (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Sing"	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) Template:Asterisk — "Uptown Funk" Template:Asterisk	Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small	<ref name="VMA2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For"	Template:Small Template:Asterisk Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Asterisk	<ref name="VMA2016">Template:Cite news</ref>

Statistics

Multiple Wins

3 wins

• Eminem

2 wins

• Will Smith
• Beck
• Justin Timberlake
• Chris Brown
• Bruno Mars

Multiple Nominations

9 nominations

• Eminem

7 nominations

• Kanye West

6 nominations

• Usher

5 nominations

• Tom Petty
• T.I.

4 nominations

• Justin Timberlake

3 nominations

• Steve Winwood
• Will Smith
• David Bowie
• Lenny Kravitz
• Ed Sheeran
• Pharrell Williams
• Bruno Mars

2 nominations

• Don Henley
• David Lee Roth
• Robert Palmer
• Bryan Adams
• Sting
• Peter Gabriel
• Prince
• Chris Isaak
• George Michael
• Eric Clapton
• Elton John
• R. Kelly
• Busta Rhymes
• Ricky Martin
• Moby
• Nelly
• 50 Cent
• Jay-Z
• John Legend
• Justin Bieber
• Chris Brown

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male