MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
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The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious competitive award and the final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in Template:Mtvvma, the Video of the Year honor was presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".<ref name="VMA1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since the Template:Mtvvma awards, winners of major categories are determined by viewers' votes through MTV's website, while the jury decides in the technical categories.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Beginning in Template:Mtvvma, Burger King sponsors the category through a partnership with Paramount, resulting in the award being presented as MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Presented by Burger King.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Taylor Swift holds the record for the most wins, with a total of five for "Bad Blood" (Template:Mtvvma), "You Need to Calm Down" (Template:Mtvvma), All Too Well: The Short Film (Template:Mtvvma), “Anti-Hero" (Template:Mtvvma) and "Fortnight" (Template:Mtvvma). Eminem holds the record for the most nominations, with eight as lead artist.Template:Efn David Lee Roth (Template:Mtvvma), U2 (Template:Mtvvma), Lady Gaga (Template:Mtvvma) and Bruno Mars (Template:Mtvvma) are the only acts to have had two Video of the Year nominations in a single ceremony.<ref name="Multiple winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two acts have won both the Video of the Year and the honorary Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in the same night—Peter Gabriel in Template:Mtvvma with "Sledgehammer" and Justin Timberlake in Template:Mtvvma with "Mirrors".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Swift is the first artist to win Video of the Year for a self-directed video, with All Too Well: The Short Film; she also ranks as the artist with the most Video of the Year trophies for self-directed videos, with a total of three. Kendrick Lamar, Swift, Lil Nas X, and Ariana Grande have further won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "Humble" in Template:Mtvvma, Swift for "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019, Lil Nas X for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" in Template:Mtvvma, and Grande for Brighter Days Ahead in Template:Mtvvma.Template:Efn
Recipients
| Template:Dagger | Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video |
| Template:Asterisk | Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video |
| YearTemplate:Efn | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Template:Abbr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1984" /> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1985">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1986">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1987">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | INXS | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1988">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "This Note's for You" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname* | Template:Sort* | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1990">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | R.E.M.† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1991">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Van Halen | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1992">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Pearl Jam | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1993">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Aerosmith | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1994">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | TLC | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort* | Template:Sort* | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Jamiroquai | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Madonna† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Eminem | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk Template:Small | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Eminem† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Outkast* | Template:Sort* | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Green Day | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Panic! at the Disco | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort Template:Small | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Beyoncé | Template:Sort<ref>How the Taylor Swift-Kanye West VMAs scandal became a perfect American morality tale - Vox</ref> | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort Template:Small† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname Template:Small† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Beyoncé† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2016">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname Template:Small | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname* | Template:Sort* | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname† | Template:Sort† | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | "Anti-Hero" | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| 2024 | Taylor Swift (featuring Post Malone) | "Fortnight"* | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |
| 2025 | Ariana Grande | Brighter Days Ahead | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
Statistics
Artists with multiple wins
- 5 wins
- 2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations
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- 9 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- Billie Eilish
- Doja Cat
- Jay-ZTemplate:Efn
- Kanye West
- Madonna
- RihannaTemplate:Efn
- U2
- Kendrick LamarTemplate:Efn
- The Weeknd
- 3 nominations
- Aerosmith
- Britney Spears
- Ed Sheeran
- Lil Nas X
- Michael Jackson
- Missy ElliottTemplate:Efn
- Pharrell WilliamsTemplate:Efn
- R.E.M.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- SZA
- 2 nominations
- Adele
- Beastie Boys
- Christina Aguilera
- David Lee Roth
- DJ Khaled
- Don Henley
- FutureTemplate:Efn
- Green Day
- Gwen StefaniTemplate:Efn
- Janet Jackson
- Jonas Brothers
- Justin BieberTemplate:Efn
- Katy Perry
- Lil' KimTemplate:Efn
- Miley Cyrus
- Nirvana
- NSYNC
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Peter Gabriel
- Steve Winwood
- Will Smith
- Young ThugTemplate:Efn
See also
Notes
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References
External links
Template:MTV Video Music Awards Template:MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year