The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video is an award category presented at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The award was first presented in 1994 under the name Best Director, awarded to
Whale's "
Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe". This is the only MTV EMA award - excluding special awards - whose winner is chosen by MTV, rather than by the public. "
Hey Ya!", "
Born This Way" and "
Havana" are the only music videos to also win
Best Song. The artist with the most wins is
Taylor Swift with three wins.
Taylor Swift is the artist with the most nominations, with seven. Swift and
Kendrick Lamar are the only performers to have won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "
Humble" in
2017 and Swift for "
Me!" in
2019.
The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video is an award category presented at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The award was first presented in 1994 under the name Best Director, awarded to
Whale's "
Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe". This is the only MTV EMA award - excluding special awards - whose winner is chosen by MTV, rather than by the public. "
Hey Ya!", "
Born This Way" and "
Havana" are the only music videos to also win
Best Song. The artist with the most wins is
Taylor Swift with three wins.
Taylor Swift is the artist with the most nominations, with seven. Swift and
Kendrick Lamar are the only performers to have won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "
Humble" in
2017 and Swift for "
Me!" in
2019.