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Music video award
The
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious competitive award and the final award presented at the annual
MTV Video Music Awards .
[1] The award was created by the U.S. network
MTV to honor artists with the best
music videos .
[2] 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 ".
[3] Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives.
[4] 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.
[5]
History
Taylor Swift holds the record for the most wins, with a total of four for "
Bad Blood " (
2015 ), "
You Need to Calm Down " (
2019 ),
All Too Well: The Short Film (
2022 ) and
Anti-Hero " (
2023 ).
Eminem holds the record for the most nominations, with seven as lead artist.
[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.
[7] 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 ".
[8]
[9] 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]
Recipients
Taylor Swift is the category's most awarded artist, winning four times: "
Bad Blood " (
2015 ), "
You Need to Calm Down " (
2019 ),
All Too Well: The Short Film (
2022 ) and "
Anti-Hero " (
2023 ).
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
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Statistics
Artists with multiple wins
4 wins
2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
See also
Notes
^ Eminem has one more nomination as part of the collective
D12 .
[6]
^ Kendrick Lamar co-directed "Humble" as part of the Little Homies.
[10]
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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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