MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year | |
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Description | Music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Currently held by | Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" (2019) |
Most awards | |
Most nominations | Eminem (6) |
Website | VMA website |
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious competitive-award and final award handed out at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1984 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".[1] 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.[2] The current holder is Swift for the video "You Need to Calm Down".
History
Eminem is the most nominated artist in this category with 6 nominations,[a] he is also the only artist to be nominated in the category consecutively for 4 years.[b]
The only multiple winners of this award are Eminem ("The Real Slim Shady" and "Without Me"), Rihanna ("Umbrella" and "We Found Love"),[3] Beyoncé ("Single Ladies" and "Formation"), and Taylor Swift ("Bad Blood" and "You Need to Calm Down").
David Lee Roth (1985), U2 (1988), and Lady Gaga (2010) are the only performers to have two Video of the Year nominations in one night,[c][3] with Gaga being the only to take home the award for her video "Bad Romance".
The most nominated group in this category is U2, with four nominated videos, and no wins. En Vogue is the first female group to be nominated in this category.
Missy Elliott is the only female rapper to be nominated in the category twice, with one win.
Only 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".
As the other general categories, the public is able to vote for the winner via MTV's website since 2009. American acts have won the award more than any other nationality, though award-winning videos have also been performed by musicians originating from the United Kingdom three times, from Barbados twice and from Australia, Canada, and Ireland once. Rock, R&B, acid jazz, pop, and hip-hop performers are among the winners.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Notes:
- "†" indicates Grammy Award-winning music videos.
- "‡" indicates Grammy Award nominated music videos.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Most wins
Artist | Music videos | Number of wins |
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Eminem | "The Real Slim Shady" (2000), "Without Me" (2002) | 2 |
Rihanna | "Umbrella" (2007), "We Found Love" (2012) | |
Beyoncé | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2009), Formation" (2016) | |
Taylor Swift | "Bad Blood" (2015), "You Need to Calm Down" (2019) |
Most nominations
See also
Notes
- ^ Beyoncé's nomination in the category in 2010 was not counted as she was a featured artist in Lady Gaga's "Telephone" music video; her nomination in 2018 for "Apeshit" is not counted as she was nominated as part of the musical duo, The Carters.
- ^ Eminem's nomination in 2004 for "My Band" is not counted as he was nominated as part of the group, D12.
- ^ Rihanna's second nomination in the category in 2012 was not counted as she was a featured artist in Drake's "Take Care" music video; the same for Missy Elliott in 2001 as she was a featured artist in the music video for "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink.
References
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- ^ Grein, Paul (August 26, 2019). "12 Records That Were Set at the 2019 VMAs". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "MTV Video Music Awards – Biggest Winners". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1995". MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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- ^ "2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now". MTV News. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ MTV Press (August 27, 2017). "2017 "VMA" Winners and Performances". Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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