Annual music video award
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]
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".
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 ).
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 ".
Rihanna became the first woman to win the award twice, in 2007 for "Umbrella ", and 2012 for "We Found Love ".
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
Artists with multiple wins [ edit ]
5 wins
2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations [ edit ]
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
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3 nominations
2 nominations
^ Eminem has one more nomination as part of the collective D12 .[ 7]
^ Kendrick Lamar co-directed "Humble" as part of the Little Homies.[ 11]
^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
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^ 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.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 1 with D12 .
^ 1 as a featured artist; 1 with The Carters .
^ 2 as a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 2 with NSYNC .
^ 2 as a featured artist; 1 with The Carters .
^ 2 as a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 2 as a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ 1 with No Doubt .
^ 1 as a starring performer in the video but not a featured artist.
^ 1 as a featured artist.
^ Both as a featured artist.
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^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1988" . MTV. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1989" . MTV. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1990" . MTV. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1991" . MTV. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1992" . MTV. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1993" . MTV. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1994" . MTV. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1995" . MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1996" . MTV. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1997" . MTV. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1998" . MTV. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1999" . MTV. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2000" . MTV. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2001" . MTV. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
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^ How the Taylor Swift-Kanye West VMAs scandal became a perfect American morality tale - Vox
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^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2013" . MTV. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2014 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2014" . MTV. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2014 .
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2015" . MTV. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
^ "2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now" . MTV News . Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016 .
^ "2017 VMA Winners and Performances" . MTV. August 27, 2017. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
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