MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the main award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1984, when The Cars won it, and has been given out since. Eminem has been the most nominated solo artist, male solo artist, and act in this category, having been nominated six times for Video of the Year in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010. He is also the only act in VMA history to win Video of the Year twice: in 2000 for "The Real Slim Shady", and in 2002 for "Without Me". Madonna, meanwhile, is the most nominated female solo artist in this category, with nominations in 1989, 1990, 1998, and 2006 and a victory for "Ray of Light" in 1998. Finally, U2 is the most nominated group in this category, with four nominated videos in three years (1987, 1988, and 2001) and no wins.

Year	Winner	Other nominees
1984	The Cars — "You Might Think"	Herbie Hancock — "Rockit" Michael Jackson — "Thriller" Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" The Police — "Every Breath You Take"
1985	Don Henley — "The Boys of Summer"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Don't Come Around Here No More" David Lee Roth — "California Girls" David Lee Roth — "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" USA for Africa — "We Are the World"
1986	Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing"	a-ha — "Take on Me" Godley & Creme — "Cry" Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love" Talking Heads — "Road to Nowhere"
1987	Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"	Genesis — "Land of Confusion" Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble" U2 — "With or Without You" Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"
1988	INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"	George Harrison — "When We Was Fab" Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love" U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"
1989	Neil Young — "This Note's for You"	Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy" Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone" Madonna — "Like a Prayer" Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"
1990	Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"	Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun" Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence" Madonna — "Vogue"
1991	R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"	C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart" Divinyls — "I Touch Myself" Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game (Concept)" Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
1992	Van Halen — "Right Now"	Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked" Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
1993	Pearl Jam — "Jeremy"	Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge" En Vogue — "Free Your Mind" Peter Gabriel — "Digging in the Dirt" R.E.M. — "Man on the Moon"
1994	Aerosmith — "Cryin'"	Beastie Boys — "Sabotage" Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box" R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"
1995	TLC — "Waterfalls"	Green Day — "Basket Case" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" Weezer — "Buddy Holly"
1996	The Smashing Pumpkins — "Tonight, Tonight"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony — "Tha Crossroads" Foo Fighters — "Big Me" Alanis Morissette — "Ironic"
1997	Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"	Beck — "The New Pollution" Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me" Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
1998	Madonna — "Ray of Light"	Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine" Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G. and Fuzzbubble) — "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)" Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
1999	Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way" Korn — "Freak on a Leash" Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca" Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) — "Wild Wild West"
2000	Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"	Blink-182 — "All the Small Things" D'Angelo — "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" 'N Sync — "Bye Bye Bye" Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Californication"
2001	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade"	Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" Janet Jackson — "All for You" U2 — "Beautiful Day"
2002	Eminem — "Without Me"	Linkin Park — "In the End" 'N Sync — "Gone" Nas — "One Mic" P.O.D. — "Alive" The White Stripes — "Fell in Love with a Girl"
2003	Missy Elliott — "Work It"	50 Cent — "In da Club" Johnny Cash — "Hurt" Eminem — "Lose Yourself" Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River"
2004	OutKast — "Hey Ya!"	D12 — "My Band" Jay-Z — "99 Problems" Britney Spears — "Toxic" Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon) — "Yeah!"
2005	Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	Coldplay — "Speed of Sound" Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot" Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl" Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"
2006	Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"	Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man" Madonna — "Hung Up" Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"
2007	Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) — "Umbrella"	Beyoncé — "Irreplaceable" Justice — "D.A.N.C.E." Justin Timberlake — "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Kanye West — "Stronger" Amy Winehouse — "Rehab"
2008	Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"	Chris Brown — "Forever" Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up" Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
2009	Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"	Eminem — "We Made You" Lady Gaga — "Poker Face" Britney Spears — "Womanizer" Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"
2010	Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"	30 Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens" B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes" Eminem — "Not Afraid" Florence and the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone"
2011	Katy Perry — "Firework"	Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise" Bruno Mars — "Grenade" Tyler, the Creator — "Yonkers"

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video