MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

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

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Taylor Swift is the category's most awarded artist, winning five times: "Bad Blood" (Template:Mtvvma), "You Need to Calm Down" (Template:Mtvvma), All Too Well: The Short Film (Template:Mtvvma), "Anti-Hero" (2023) and "Fortnight" (2024).

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The first artist to win Video of the Year twice is Eminem, in Template:Mtvvma for "The Real Slim Shady" and in Template:Mtvvma for "Without Me".

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Rihanna became the first woman to win the award twice as a lead artist, in Template:Mtvvma for "Umbrella", and Template:Mtvvma for "We Found Love".

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Two-time winner Beyoncé, did so with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in Template:Mtvvma and "Formation" in Template:Mtvvma.

Key

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Template:Asterisk	Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video

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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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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 }}</ref>
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

• Taylor Swift

2 wins

• Beyoncé
• Eminem
• Kendrick LamarTemplate:Efn
• Missy ElliottTemplate:Efn
• Rihanna

Artists with multiple nominations

9 nominations

• EminemTemplate:Efn

7 nominations

• BeyoncéTemplate:Efn
• Bruno MarsTemplate:Efn
• Taylor Swift

6 nominations

• DrakeTemplate:Efn

5 nominations

• Ariana Grande
• Justin TimberlakeTemplate:Efn
• Lady Gaga

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

• Grammy Award for Best Music Video
• MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video

External links

• Template:Official website