MTV Video Music Awards / Video of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the main prize of the MTV Video Music Awards and has been awarded since it was first awarded in 1984 .

history

The only multiple winners of the award are Eminem ( The Real Slim Shady and Without Me ), Rihanna ( Umbrella and We Found Love ) and Beyoncé ( single ladies and formation ). Beyoncé and Eminem also top the list of nominations with seven nominations each.

David Lee Roth (1985), U2 (1988) and Lady Gaga (2010) achieved the feat of being nominated with two videos each in one year .

Overview

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1984	The Cars	You Might Think	Herbie Hancock - Rockit Michael Jackson - Thriller Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun The Police - Every Breath You Take
2.	1985	Don Henley	The Boys of Summer	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More David Lee Roth - California Girls David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody USA for Africa - We Are the World
3.	1986	Dire Straits	Money for Nothing	a-ha - Take On Me Godley & Creme - Cry Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
4th	1987	Peter Gabriel	Sledgehammer	Genesis - Land of Confusion Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble U2 - With or Without You Steve Winwood - Higher Love
5.	1988	INXS	Need You Tonight / Mediate	George Harrison - When We Was Fab Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
6th	1989	Neil Young	This note's for you	Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone Madonna - Like a Prayer Steve Winwood - Roll with It
7th	1990	Sinéad O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun Don Henley - The End of the Innocence Madonna - Vogue
8th.	1991	SEM	Losing my religion	C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart Divinyls - I Touch Myself Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Concept) Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity
9.	1992	Van Halen	Right now	Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
10.	1993	Pearl Jam	Jeremy	Aerosmith - Livin 'on the Edge En Vogue - Free Your Mind Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt REM - Man on the Moon
11.	1994	Aerosmith	Cryin '	Beastie Boys - Sabotage Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box REM - Everybody Hurts
12.	1995	TLC	Waterfalls	Green Day - Basket Case Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson - Scream Weezer - Buddy Holly
13.	1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	Tonight, Tonight	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads Foo Fighters - Big Me Alanis Morissette - Ironic
14th	1997	Jamiroquai	Virtual Insanity	Beck - The New Pollution Jewel - You Were Meant for Me Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug No Doubt - Don't Speak
15th	1998	Madonna	Ray of Light	Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine Puff Daddy & the Family (feat. The LOX , Lil 'Kim , The Notorious BIG & Fuzzbubble ) - It's All About the Benjamin (rock remix) Will Smith - Gettin 'Jiggy wit It The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
16.	1999	Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)	Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way Korn - Freak on a Leash Ricky Martin - Livin 'la Vida Loca Will Smith (feat. Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee ) - Wild Wild West
17th	2000	Eminem	The Real Slim Shady	D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) Kid Rock - Cowboy Ricky Martin - Shake Your Bon-Bon Moby - Natural Blues
18th	2001	Christina Aguilera , Lil 'Kim , Mýa and Pink	Lady Marmalade	Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On Eminem (featuring Dido ) - Stan Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice Janet Jackson - All for You U2 - Beautiful Day
19th	2002	Eminem	Without me	Linkin Park - In the End 'N Sync - Gone Nas - One Mic POD - Alive The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
20th	2003	Missy Elliott	Work It	50 cents - in the club Johnny Cash - Hurt Eminem - Lose Yourself Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
21st	2004	OutKast	Hey ya!	D12 - My Band Jay-Z - 99 Problems Britney Spears - Toxic Usher (feat. Ludacris & Lil Jon ) - Yeah!
22nd	2005	Green Day	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Coldplay - Speed ​​of Sound Snoop Dogg ( feat.Pharrell ) - Drop It Like It's Hot Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl Kanye West - Jesus Walks
23.	2006	Panic! at the disco	I Write Sins Not Tragedies	Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man Madonna - Hung Up Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
24.	2007	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	Umbrella	Beyoncé - Irreplaceable Justice - DANCE Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ... Comes Around Kanye West - Stronger Amy Winehouse - Rehab
25th	2008	Britney Spears	Piece of me	Chris Brown - Forever Jonas Brothers - Burnin 'Up Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
26th	2009	Beyoncé	Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)	Eminem - We Made You Lady Gaga - Poker Face Britney Spears - Womanizer Kanye West - Love Lockdown
27.	2010	Lady Gaga	bad Romance	30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens BoB (featuring Hayley Williams ) - Airplanes Eminem - Not Afraid Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé ) - Telephone
28.	2011	Katy Perry	Firework	Adele - Rolling in the Deep Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise Bruno Mars - Grenade Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
29	2012	Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris )	We found love	Drake (featuring Badgirlriri ) - Take Care Gotye (featuring Kimbra ) - Somebody That I Used to Know MIA - Bad Girls Katy Perry - Wide Awake
30th	2013	Justin Timberlake	Mirrors	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz ) - Thrift Shop Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven Lostprophets - I Knew You Were Trouble Robin Thicke (featuring TI and Pharrell ) - Blurred Lines
31.	2014	Miley Cyrus	wrecking ball	Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX ) - Fancy Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z ) - Drunk in Love Sia - Chandelier Pharrell Williams - Happy
32.	2015	Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar )	Bad blood	Beyoncé - 7/11 Kendrick Lamar - Alright Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars ) - Uptown Funk Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
33.	2016	Beyoncé	formation	Adele - Hello Justin Bieber - Sorry Drake - Hotline Bling Kanye West - Famous
34.	2017	Kendrick Lamar	Humble	Bruno Mars - 24k Magic Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ) - Wild Thoughts The Weeknd - Reminder
35.	2018	Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug )	Havana	The Carters - Apeshit Childish Gambino - This Is America Drake - God's Plan Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry Bruno Mars (featuring Cardi B ) - Finesse (Remix)
36.	2019	Taylor Swift	You need to calm down	21 Savage (featuring J. Cole ) - A Lot Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next Jonas Brothers - Sucker Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus ) - Old Town Road (Remix)
37.	2020			Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted Eminem (featuring Juice WRLD ) - Godzilla Future (featuring Drake ) - Life Is Good Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me Taylor Swift - The Man The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS HISTORY: VIDEO OF THE YEAR. Rockonthenet.com, accessed July 29, 2019 .