MTV Video Music Awards / Best Female Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video was one of the longest lasting categories of the award. It was introduced with the first award in 1984 . In 2007, as part of the reorganization of the awards, he was renamed Female Artist of the Year for the one year , but in 2008 he was back under his old name. In 2017, the category was replaced by Artist of the Year , which is made up of the Best Female and Best Male Video categories.

Madonna , Taylor Swift and Beyoncé top the list with three wins each . Madonna was nominated the most with 12 times.

Overview

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1984	Cyndi Lauper	Girls just want to have fun	Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time Bette Midler - Beast of Burden Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
2.	1985	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It	Cyndi Lauper - She Bop Madonna - Material Girl Sade - Smooth Operator Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
3.	1986	Whitney Houston	How will I know	Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero
4th	1987	Madonna	Papa don't preach	Kate Bush - The Big Sky Janet Jackson - Nasty Cyndi Lauper - True Colors Madonna - Open Your Heart
5.	1988	Suzanne Vega	Luka	Cher - I Found Someone Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
6th	1989	Paula Abdul	Straight up	Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Madonna - Express Yourself Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety Jody Watley - Real Love
7th	1990	Sinéad O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract Madonna - Vogue Alannah Myles - Black Velvet Michelle Shocked - On the Greener Side
8th.	1991	Janet Jackson	Love Will Never Do (Without You)	Paula Abdul - Rush Rush Neneh Cherry - I've Got You Under My Skin Amy Grant - baby baby Madonna - Like a Virgin ( Truth or Dare version)
9.	1992	Annie Lennox	Why	Tori Amos - Silent All These Years Madonna - Holiday ( Truth or Dare Version) Vanessa L. Williams - Save the Best for Last
10.	1993	kd long	Constant craving	Neneh Cherry - Buddy X Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
11.	1994	Janet Jackson	If	Björk - Human Behavior Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas Me'Shell NdegéOcello - If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)
12.	1995	Madonna	Take a bow	Des'ree - You Gotta Be PJ Harvey - Down by the Water Annie Lennox - No More I Love You’s
13.	1996	Alanis Morissette	Ironic	Björk - It's Oh So Quiet Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul
14th	1997	Jewel	You were meant for me	Erykah Badu - On & On Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart Meredith Brooks - Bitch Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
15th	1998	Madonna	Ray of Light	Fiona Apple - Criminal Mariah Carey ( feat.Puff Daddy & the Family) - Honey (Bad Boy remix) Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Shania Twain - You're Still the One
16.	1999	Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)	Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love Madonna - Beautiful Stranger Britney Spears - … Baby One More Time
17th	2000	Aaliyah	Try again	Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough Macy Gray - I Try Britney Spears - Oops! ... I did it again
18th	2001	Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani )	Let Me Blow Ya Mind	Dido - Thank You Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On Janet Jackson - All for You Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing Madonna - Don't Tell Me
19th	2002	pink	Get the Party Started	Ashanti - Foolish Michelle Branch - All You Wanted Shakira - Whenever, Wherever Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U
20th	2003	Beyoncé (feat. Jay-Z )	Crazy in Love	Christina Aguilera (feat. Redman ) - Dirrty Missy Elliott - Work It Avril Lavigne - I'm with You Jennifer Lopez - I'm Glad
21st	2004	Beyoncé	Naughty girl	Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You Jessica Simpson - With You Britney Spears - Toxic
22nd	2005	Kelly Clarkson	Since U Been Gone	Amerie - 1 Thing Mariah Carey - We Belong Together Shakira (feat. Alejandro Sanz ) - La Tortura Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
23.	2006	Kelly Clarkson	Because of you	Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man Nelly Furtado (feat. Timbaland ) - Promiscuous Madonna - Hung Up Shakira (feat. Wyclef Jean ) - Hips Don't Lie
24.	2007	Fergie	(this year only the artist was awarded)	Amy Winehouse Beyoncé Nelly Furtado Rihanna
25th	2008	Britney Spears	Piece of me	Mariah Carey - Touch My Body Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl Rihanna - Take a Bow Jordin Sparks (feat. Chris Brown ) - No Air
26th	2009	Taylor Swift	You belong with me	Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You Lady Gaga - Poker Face Katy Perry - Hot n Cold Pink - So What
27.	2010	Lady Gaga	bad Romance	Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga ) - Video Phone (Extended Remix) Kesha - Tik Tok Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg ) - California Gurls Taylor Swift - Fifteen
28.	2011	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	Adele - Rolling in the Deep Beyoncé - Run the World (Girls) Nicki Minaj - great bass Katy Perry - Firework
29	2012	Nicki Minaj	Starships	Beyoncé - Love on Top Katy Perry - Part of Me Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris ) - We Found Love Selena Gomez & the Scene - Love You Like a Love Song
30th	2013	Taylor Swift	I Knew You Were Trouble	Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop Demi Lovato - Heart Attack Pink (featuring Nate Ruess ) - Just Give Me a Reason Rihanna (featuring Mikky Ekko ) - Stay
31.	2014	Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J )	Dark Horse	Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX ) - Fancy Beyoncé - Partition Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea ) - Problem Lorde - Royals
32.	2015	Taylor Swift	Blank space	Beyoncé - 7/11 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do Nicki Minaj - Anaconda Sia - Elastic Heart
33.	2016	Beyoncé	Hold up	Adele - Hello Ariana Grande - Into You Rihanna (feat. Drake ) - Work Sia - Cheap Thrills

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS HISTORY: BEST FEMALE VIDEO. rockonthenet.com, accessed July 21, 2019 .