MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer

MTV Video Music Award
for Song of Summer
MTV Video Music Award ; for Song of Summer
Awarded for	Summer hits
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	2013
Currently held by	Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (2024)
Most nominations	Justin Bieber (7)
Website	VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is an award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards, first introduced at the 2013 ceremony. It is a social media voted award to crown the song of the summer as determined by fans online.

The award was briefly retired in 2014, the year after its creation, before returning the following year in 2015. The award has been given each year subsequently.

The first winner of the category was One Direction with "Best Song Ever". As of 2023, no artists have won the award more than once, but Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist with seven in this category.

Recipients

J Balvin (left) and Bad Bunny (right) were the first Latin artists to win the category with their Cardi B collaboration "I Like It" in 2018.

2010s

Recipients
Year^[a]	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
2013	One Direction	"Best Song Ever"	Miley Cyrus – "We Can't Stop" Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) – "Get Lucky" Selena Gomez – "Come & Get It" Calvin Harris (featuring Ellie Goulding) – "I Need Your Love" Robin Thicke (featuring T.I and Pharrell) – "Blurred Lines"	^[1]
2014	—
2015	5 Seconds of Summer	"She's Kinda Hot"	Fetty Wap – "My Way" Fifth Harmony – "Worth It" Selena Gomez (featuring ASAP Rocky) – "Good for You" David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) – "Hey Mama" Demi Lovato – "Cool for the Summer" Major Lazer – "Lean On" OMI – "Cheerleader" Silentó – "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) – "Where Are Ü Now" Taylor Swift – "Bad Blood" The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face"	^[2]
2016	Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap)	"All in My Head (Flex)"	The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) – "Closer" Drake (featuring WizKid and Kyla) – "One Dance" Selena Gomez – "Kill Em with Kindness" Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) – "This Is What You Came For" Nick Jonas (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) – "Bacon" Kent Jones – "Don't Mind" Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) – "Cold Water" Sia – "Cheap Thrills" Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!"	^[3]
2017	Lil Uzi Vert	"XO Tour Llif3"	Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo) – "OMG" DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) – "Wild Thoughts" Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) – "Down" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber) – "Despacito (Remix)" Demi Lovato – "Sorry Not Sorry" Shawn Mendes – "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"	^[4]
2018	Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin	"I Like It"	DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo) – "No Brainer" Drake – "In My Feelings" Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – "One Kiss" Juice Wrld – "Lucid Dreams" Ella Mai – "Boo'd Up" Maroon 5 (featuring Cardi B) – "Girls Like You" Post Malone – "Better Now"	^[5]
2019	Ariana Grande and Social House	"Boyfriend"	The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha – "Call You Mine" Miley Cyrus – "Mother's Daughter" DaBaby – "Suge" Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" Jonas Brothers – "Sucker" Khalid – "Talk" Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) – "Old Town Road" Lil Tecca – "Ransom" Lizzo – "Truth Hurts" Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita" Post Malone (featuring Young Thug) – "Goodbyes" Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con Altura" Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care" Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" Young Thug (featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott) – "The London"	^[6]

2020s

Recipients
Year^[b]	Winner(s)	Video	Nominees	Ref.
2020	Blackpink	"How You Like That"	Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – "WAP" Miley Cyrus – "Midnight Sky" DaBaby (featuring Roddy Ricch) – "Rockstar" DJ Khaled (featuring Drake) – "Popstar" Doja Cat – "Say So" Jack Harlow – "Whats Poppin" Lil Baby (featuring 42 Dugg) – "We Paid" Dua Lipa – "Break My Heart" Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Beyoncé) – "Savage (Remix)" Pop Smoke (featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch) – "The Woo" Saint Jhn – "Roses" Saweetie – "Tap In" Harry Styles – "Watermelon Sugar" Taylor Swift – "Cardigan" The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights"	^[7]
2021	BTS	"Butter"	Justin Bieber (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) – "Peaches" Camila Cabello – "Don't Go Yet" DJ Khaled (featuring Lil Baby and Lil Durk) – "Every Chance I Get" Doja Cat – "Need to Know" Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever" Giveon – "Heartbreak Anniversary" The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber – "Stay" Lil Nas X (featuring Jack Harlow) – "Industry Baby" Dua Lipa – "Levitating" Lizzo (featuring Cardi B) – "Rumors" Megan Thee Stallion – "Thot Shit" Shawn Mendes and Tainy – "Summer of Love" Normani (featuring Cardi B) – "Wild Side" Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U" Ed Sheeran – "Bad Habits"	^[8]
2022	Jack Harlow	"First Class"	Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone – "Me Porto Bonito" Beyoncé – "Break My Soul" Kane Brown – "Grand" Doja Cat – "Vegas" Future featuring Drake and Tems – "Wait for U" Steve Lacy – "Bad Habit" Latto and Mariah Carey featuring DJ Khaled – "Big Energy (Remix)" Lizzo – "About Damn Time" Post Malone featuring Doja Cat – "I Like You (A Happier Song)" Marshmello and Khalid – "Numb" Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook of BTS – "Left and Right" Rosalía – "Bizcochito" Harry Styles – "Late Night Talking" Nicky Youre and dazy – "Sunroof"	^[9]
2023	Jungkook (featuring Latto)	"Seven"	Beyoncé – "Cuff It" Luke Combs – "Fast Car" Doechii (featuring Kodak Black) – "What It Is (Block Boy)" Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" Dua Lipa – "Dance the Night" Fifty Fifty – "Cupid" Gunna – "FukUMean" Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice (with Aqua) – "Barbie World" Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" Troye Sivan – "Rush" Taylor Swift (featuring Ice Spice) – "Karma" SZA – "Kill Bill" Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers – "Do It Like That" Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma – "La Bebé (Remix)"	^[10]
2024	Taylor Swift (featuring Post Malone)	"Fortnight"	Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Benson Boone – "Beautiful Things" Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather" Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" Charli XCX and Billie Eilish – "Guess featuring Billie Eilish" Eminem – "Houdini" Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar – "Like That" GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – "Wanna Be" Hozier – "Too Sweet" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – "I Had Some Help" Sabrina Carpenter – "Please Please Please" Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" SZA – "Saturn" Tommy Richman – "Million Dollar Baby"	^[11]

Statistics

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations

Justin Bieber

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes

^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

References

^ "MTV VMAs 2013: Full Winners List". Billboard. August 25, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Lipshutz, Jason (August 30, 2015). "MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards: List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. August 28, 2016. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 MTV VMAs". Billboard. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Aiello, Mckenna (August 20, 2018). "MTV VMAs 2018 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Warner, Denise (August 26, 2019). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Warner, Denise (August 30, 2020). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ Hussey, Alison (September 13, 2021). "MTV VMAs 2021 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ Grein, Paul (August 19, 2022). "Will BTS Make It Four in a Row as Group of the Year at 2022 MTV VMAs?". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
^ Nordyke, Kimberly (September 12, 2023). "2023 VMAs: Taylor Swift Takes Video of the Year; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
^ Atkinson, Kaite (September 11, 2024). "Here's a Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners (Updating Live)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[1] Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

[8] Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

[2] "MTV VMAs 2013: Full Winners List". Billboard. August 25, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[3] Lipshutz, Jason (August 30, 2015). "MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[4] "MTV Video Music Awards: List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. August 28, 2016. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[5] "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 MTV VMAs". Billboard. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[6] Aiello, Mckenna (August 20, 2018). "MTV VMAs 2018 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[7] Warner, Denise (August 26, 2019). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[9] Warner, Denise (August 30, 2020). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[10] Hussey, Alison (September 13, 2021). "MTV VMAs 2021 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[11] Grein, Paul (August 19, 2022). "Will BTS Make It Four in a Row as Group of the Year at 2022 MTV VMAs?". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[12] Nordyke, Kimberly (September 12, 2023). "2023 VMAs: Taylor Swift Takes Video of the Year; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.

[13] Atkinson, Kaite (September 11, 2024). "Here's a Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners (Updating Live)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

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v t e MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer
2010s	"Best Song Ever" – One Direction (2013) "She's Kinda Hot" – 5 Seconds of Summer (2015) "All in My Head (Flex)" – Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap (2016) "XO Tour Llif3" – Lil Uzi Vert (2017) "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin (2018) "Boyfriend" – Ariana Grande and Social House (2019)
2020s	"How You Like That" – Blackpink (2020) "Butter" – BTS (2021) "First Class" – Jack Harlow (2022) "Seven" – Jungkook featuring Latto (2023) "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone (2024)