MTV Video Music Awards / Best Dance Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video , along with Best Rock Video and Best Rap Video, is one of three genre awards that were introduced in 1989. The award changed its name several times. In 1989 it was introduced under its current name. After being deleted as part of a large-scale relaunch in 2007 , it returned to the 2008 as Best Dancing in a Video . Already in 2009 the category was canceled again only at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards as Best Electronic Dance Music Video return. In 2013 the award was suspended again and returned in 2014 as the MTV Clubland Award . After another dropout in 2015 , it was awarded as Best Electronic Video at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016 . It was not given its original name back until the MTV Video Music Awards 2017 and has been given annually since then.

The Pussycat Dolls , Calvin Harris and Zedd each won the award twice. Madonna and Janet Jackson were each nominated six times.

Overview

Best Dance Video (1989-2006)

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1989	Paula Abdul	Straight up	Bobby Brown - Every Little Step Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Jody Watley - Real Love
2.	1990	MC hammer	U Can't Touch This	Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation Madonna - Vogue
3.	1991	C + C Music Factory	Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)	Bingoboys (featuring Princessa ) - How to Dance Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart EMF - Unbelievable
4th	1992	Prince and The New Power Generation	Cream	En Vogue - My Lovin '(You're Never Gonna Get It) Madonna - Holiday ( Truth or Dare version) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
5.	1993	En Vogue	Free your mind	Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes RuPaul - supermodel Stereo MCs - Connected
6th	1994	Salt-n-Pepa (feat. En Vogue )	Whatta Man	En Vogue - Runaway Love Janet Jackson - If Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love
7th	1995	Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	Scream	Paula Abdul - My Love Is for Real C + C Music Factory - Do You Wanna Get Funky Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It Madonna - Human Nature Salt-n-Pepa - None of Your Business
8th.	1996	Coolio	1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin 'New)	Everything but the Girl - Missing La Bouche - Be My Lover George Michael - Fastlove
9.	1997	Spice Girls	Wannabe	The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin 'Beats Freak Nasty - Da 'Dip The Prodigy - Breathe
10.	1998	The Prodigy	Smack My Bitch Up	Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Janet Jackson - Together Again Madonna - Ray of Light Will Smith - Gettin 'Jiggy wit It
11.	1999	Ricky Martin	Livin 'la Vida Loca	Cher - Believe Fatboy Slim - Praise You Jordan Knight - Give It to You Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
12.	2000	Jennifer Lopez	Waiting for Tonight	Ricky Martin - Shake Your Bon-Bon * NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye Sisqó - Thong Song Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy
13.	2001	* NSYNC	pop	Christina Aguilera , Lil 'Kim , Mýa and Pink - Lady Marmalade Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice Janet Jackson - All for You Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
14th	2002	pink	Get the Party Started	Dirty Vegas - Days Go By Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U
15th	2003	Justin Timberlake	Rock your body	Christina Aguilera (feat. Redman ) - Dirrty Jennifer Lopez - I'm Glad Mýa - My Love Is Like ... Where Sean Paul - Get Busy
16.	2004	Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon )	Yeah!	Beyoncé - Naughty Girl The Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama Missy Elliott - I'm Really Hot Britney Spears - Toxic
17th	2005	Missy Elliott ( feat.Ciara & Fatman Scoop )	Lose control	Ciara ( feat.Missy Elliott ) - 1, 2 step Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath Jennifer Lopez - Get Right Shakira (feat. Alejandro Sanz ) - La Tortura
18th	2006	The Pussycat Dolls (feat. Snoop Dogg )	Buttons	Nelly Furtado (feat. Timbaland ) - Promiscuous Madonna - Hung Up Sean Paul - Temperature Shakira (feat. Wyclef Jean ) - Hips Don't Lie

Best Dancing in a Video

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
19th	2008	Pussycat Dolls	When I Grow Up	Chris Brown - Forever Danity Kane - Damaged Madonna (feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland ) - 4 Minutes Ne-Yo - Closer

Best Dance Video (2010)

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
20th	2010	Lady Gaga	bad Romance	Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor David Guetta (featuring Akon ) - Sexy Chick Enrique Iglesias (featuring Pitbull ) - I Like It (Jersey Shore Version) Usher (featuring will.i.am ) - OMG

Best Electronic Dance Music Video

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
21st	2012	Calvin Harris	Feel so cute	Skrillex - First of the Year (Equinox) Avicii - Levels Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf Martin Solveig - The Night Out

MTV Clubland Award

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
22nd	2014	Zedd (featuring Hayley Williams )	Stay the night	Disclosure - Grab Her! DJ Snake and Lil Jon - Turn Down for What Martin Garrix - Animals Calvin Harris - Summer

Best Electronic Video

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
23.	2016	Calvin Harris and Disciples	How Deep Is Your Love	99 Souls (feat. Destiny's Child and Brandy ) - The Girl Is Mine Afrojack - SummerThing! The Chainsmokers ( feat.Daya ) - Don't Let Me Down Mike Posner - I Took a Pill in Ibiza

Best Dance Video (2018 – present)

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
24.	2016	Avicii (featuring Rita Ora )	Lonely Together	The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me David Guetta & Sia - Flames Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss Marshmello (featuring Khalid ) - Silence Zedd & Liam Payne - Get Low
25th	2019	The Chainsmokers ( feat.Bebe Rexha )	Call you mine	Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato ) - Solo DJ Snake ( feat.Selena Gomez , Ozuna and Cardi B ) - Taki Taki David Guetta , Bebe Rexha and J Balvin - Say My Name Marshmello and Bastille - Happier Silk City and Dua Lipa - Electricity

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS HISTORY: BEST DANCE VIDEO. Rockonthenet.com, accessed October 1, 2019 .