MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year | |
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Awarded for | Music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Currently held by | " Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift |
Most awards | Taylor Swift (4) |
Most nominations | Eminem (7) |
Website | Official website |
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]
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]
† Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video
*Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Year [c] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | The Cars | " You Might Think" | [3] | |
1985 | Don Henley | " The Boys of Summer" | [11] | |
1986 | Dire Straits | " Money for Nothing" |
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1987 | Peter Gabriel | " Sledgehammer" |
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[13] |
1988 | INXS | " Need You Tonight" / " Mediate" | [14] | |
1989 | Neil Young | " This Note's for You" | [15] |
Year [g] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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2020 | The Weeknd | " Blinding Lights" |
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2021 | Lil Nas X | " Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"* |
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[48] |
2022 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well: The Short Film† |
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[49] |
2023 | " Anti-Hero" |
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[50] |
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MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year | |
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Awarded for | Music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Currently held by | " Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift |
Most awards | Taylor Swift (4) |
Most nominations | Eminem (7) |
Website | Official website |
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]
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]
† Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video
*Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Year [c] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | The Cars | " You Might Think" | [3] | |
1985 | Don Henley | " The Boys of Summer" | [11] | |
1986 | Dire Straits | " Money for Nothing" |
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[12] |
1987 | Peter Gabriel | " Sledgehammer" |
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[13] |
1988 | INXS | " Need You Tonight" / " Mediate" | [14] | |
1989 | Neil Young | " This Note's for You" | [15] |
Year [g] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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2020 | The Weeknd | " Blinding Lights" |
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[47] |
2021 | Lil Nas X | " Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"* |
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[48] |
2022 | Taylor Swift | All Too Well: The Short Film† |
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[49] |
2023 | " Anti-Hero" |
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[50] |
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