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 final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. The award was created by the US network MTV to honor performers with the best music videos.[1] 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".[2] Originally, the winners were determined by a specialized panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives.[3] Since 2006, the winners are determined by viewers' votes through MTV's website.[4]

MTV Video Music Award
for Video of the Year
Logo of MTV
Awarded forMusic videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded1984
Currently held byThe Weeknd – "Blinding Lights" (2020)
Most awards
Most nominationsEminem (7)
WebsiteOfficial website

Eminem holds the record for the most nominations, with seven nominations as a solo artist.[5] Beyoncé is the artist with the second most nominations, with five as a lead artist. Among artists who are not from the U.S., Rihanna (Barbados) and U2 (Ireland) share the record for the most nominations, with four each.[5] Four musicians share the most wins, with two each: Eminem with "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) and "Without Me" (2002), Rihanna with "Umbrella" (2007) and "We Found Love" (2012), Beyoncé with "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2009) and "Formation" (2016), and Taylor Swift with "Bad Blood" (2015) and "You Need to Calm Down" (2019).[6][lower-alpha 1]

David Lee Roth (1985), U2 (1988), and Lady Gaga (2010) are the only performers to have two Video of the Year nominations as a lead artist in one night.[6] Among them, Gaga was the only to win, with "Bad Romance". Two artists have won Video of the Year and been honored with the Video Vanguard Award in the same night: Peter Gabriel in 1987 with "Sledgehammer", and Justin Timberlake in 2013 with "Mirrors".[8] Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift are the only performers to have won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "Humble" in 2017, and Swift for "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019.[lower-alpha 2]

Recipients
Peter Gabriel, the winner in 1987 for "Sledgehammer". He also won the Vanguard Award the same night.
1990 recipient Sinéad O'Connor, winning for "Nothing Compares 2 U"
The Smashing Pumpkins won for their video "Tonight, Tonight" in 1996
1998 recipient Madonna, winning for "Ray of Light"
Two-time award winner Eminem, winning in 2000 for "The Real Slim Shady" and in 2002 for "Without Me"
Rihanna won in 2007 for "Umbrella", and in 2012 for "We Found Love"
Two-time award winner Beyoncé, winning for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in 2009 and "Formation" in 2016
Two-time winner Taylor Swift, winning for "Bad Blood" (2015) and "You Need to Calm Down" (2019)
2017 winner Kendrick Lamar, winning for "Humble", a video he co-directed
Year[lower-alpha 3] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
1984 The Cars "You Might Think" [2]
1985 Don Henley "The Boys of Summer" [9]
1986 Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" [10]
1987 Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" [11]
1988 INXS "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" [12]
1989 Neil Young "This Note's for You" [13]
1990 Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" [14]
1991 R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" [15]
1992 Van Halen "Right Now" [16]
1993 Pearl Jam "Jeremy" [17]
1994 Aerosmith "Cryin'" [18]
1995 TLC "Waterfalls" [19]
1996 The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" [20]
1997 Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity" [21]
1998 Madonna "Ray of Light" [22]
1999 Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" [23]
2000 Eminem "The Real Slim Shady" [24]
2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk
(featuring Missy Elliott)		 "Lady Marmalade" [25]
2002 Eminem "Without Me" [26]
2003 Missy Elliott "Work It" [27]
2004 Outkast "Hey Ya!"
[28]
2005 Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" [29]
2006 Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" [30]
2007 Rihanna
(featuring Jay-Z)		 "Umbrella" [31]
2008 Britney Spears "Piece of Me" [32]
2009 Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" [33]
2010 Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" [34]
2011 Katy Perry "Firework" [35]
2012 Rihanna
(featuring Calvin Harris)		 "We Found Love"
[36]
2013 Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" [37]
2014 Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball"
[38]
2015 Taylor Swift
(featuring Kendrick Lamar)		 "Bad Blood"
[39]
2016 Beyoncé "Formation" [40]
2017 Kendrick Lamar "Humble" [41]
2018 Camila Cabello
(featuring Young Thug)		 "Havana" [42]
2019 Taylor Swift "You Need to Calm Down" [43]
2020 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" [44]

See also

Notes
  1. Wins as featured/guest artists are not taken into account, therefore Missy Elliott and Kendrick Lamar are not listed.[7]
  2. Lamar co-directed "Humble" as part of the Little Homies.[7]
  3. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

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