MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year


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 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think". The current holder is Taylor Swift for the video "You Need to Calm Down".

History

is the most nominated artist in this category with 7 nominations, he is also the only artist to be nominated in the category consecutively for 4 years.
The only multiple winners of this award are Eminem, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift.
David Lee Roth, U2, and Lady Gaga are the only performers to have two Video of the Year nominations in one night, 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".
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.
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.
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