MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

MTV Video Music Award
for Video of the Year
Awarded forMusic videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded1984
Currently held by"Fortnight" by Taylor Swift
Most awardsTaylor Swift (5)
Most nominationsEminem (9)
WebsiteOfficial website

The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Presented by Burger King[1] is the most prestigious competitive award and the final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards.[2] The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos.[3] At the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in 1984, the Video of the Year honor was presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".[4] Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives.[5] Since the 2006 awards, winners of major categories are determined by viewers' votes through MTV's website, while the jury decides in the technical categories.[6]

History

Taylor Swift holds the record for the most wins, with a total of five for "Bad Blood" (2015), "You Need to Calm Down" (2019), “All Too Well: The Short Film” (2022), “Anti-Hero" (2023) and ″Fortnight″ (2024). Swift and Eminem are tied for the most nominations, with seven as lead artists.[a] David Lee Roth (1985), U2 (1988), and Lady Gaga (2010) are the only acts to have had two Video of the Year nominations in a single ceremony.[8] 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 1987 with "Sledgehammer" and Justin Timberlake in 2013 with "Mirrors".[9][10] Swift is the first artist to win Video of the Year for a self-directed video, with All Too Well: The Short Film. Kendrick Lamar, Swift, and Lil Nas X have further won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "Humble" in 2017, Swift for "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019, and Lil Nas X for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" in 2021.[b] Taylor Swift is the artist who won most Video of the Year trophies for self-directed videos - she directed "All Too Well: The Short Film", "Anti-Hero" and "Fortnight".

Recipients

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Taylor Swift is the category's most awarded artist, winning five times: "Bad Blood" (2015), "You Need to Calm Down" (2019), All Too Well: The Short Film (2022), "Anti-Hero" (2023) and "Fortnight" (2024).
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The first artist to win Video of the Year twice is Eminem, in 2000 for "The Real Slim Shady" and in 2002 for "Without Me".
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Rihanna became the first woman to win the award twice, in 2007 for "Umbrella", and 2012 for "We Found Love".
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Two-time winner Beyoncé, did so with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in 2009 and "Formation" in 2016.

† Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video

*Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video

1980s

Recipients
Year[c] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
1984 The Cars "You Might Think" [4]
1985 Don Henley "The Boys of Summer" [12]
1986 Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" [13]
1987 Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" [14]
1988 INXS "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" [15]
1989 Neil Young "This Note's for You" [16]

1990s

Recipients
Year[d] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
1990 Sinéad O'Connor* "Nothing Compares 2 U"* [17]
1991 R.E.M.† "Losing My Religion"† [18]
1992 Van Halen "Right Now" [19]
1993 Pearl Jam "Jeremy" [20]
1994 Aerosmith "Cryin'" [21]
1995 TLC "Waterfalls" [22]
1996 The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight"* [23]
1997 Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity" [24]
1998 Madonna "Ray of Light"† [25]
1999 Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" [26]

2000s

Recipients
Year[e] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2000 Eminem "The Real Slim Shady" [27]
2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk (featuring Missy Elliott) "Lady Marmalade" [28]
2002 Eminem "Without Me"† [29]
2003 Missy Elliott "Work It" [30]
2004 Outkast "Hey Ya!"*
[31]
2005 Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" [32]
2006 Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" [33]
2007 Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) "Umbrella" [34]
2008 Britney Spears "Piece of Me" [35]
2009 Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"[36] [37]

2010s

Recipients
Year[f] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2010 Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"† [38]
2011 Katy Perry "Firework" [39]
2012 Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) "We Found Love"† [40]
2013 Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" [41]
2014 Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball"
[42]
2015 Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) "Bad Blood"† [43]
2016 Beyoncé "Formation"† [44]
2017 Kendrick Lamar "Humble"† [45]
2018 Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug) "Havana" [46]
2019 Taylor Swift "You Need to Calm Down" [47]

2020s

Recipients
Year[g] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2020 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" [48]
2021 Lil Nas X "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"*
[49]
2022 Taylor Swift All Too Well: The Short Film† [50]
2023 "Anti-Hero" [51]
2024 Taylor Swift (featuring Post Malone) "Fortnight" [52]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

5 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Eminem has one more nomination as part of the collective D12.[7]
  2. ^ Kendrick Lamar co-directed "Humble" as part of the Little Homies.[11]
  3. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  4. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  5. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  6. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  7. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  8. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  9. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  10. ^ 1 with D12.
  11. ^ 1 as a featured artist; 1 with The Carters.
  12. ^ 2 as a featured artist.
  13. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  14. ^ 2 with NSYNC.
  15. ^ 2 as a featured artist; 1 with The Carters.
  16. ^ 2 as a featured artist.
  17. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  18. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  19. ^ 2 as a featured artist.
  20. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  21. ^ 1 with No Doubt.
  22. ^ 1 as a starring performer in the video but not a featured artist.
  23. ^ 1 as a featured artist.
  24. ^ Both as a featured artist.

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