Awards & Winners

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

MTV Video Music Award

The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the most prestigious and final award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards. It was first awarded in 1984 and presented to the The Cars for the video "You Might Think". The only multiple winners of this award are Rihanna, with her wins for "Umbrella" in 2007 and "We Found Love" in 2012, as well as Eminem having won in 2000 for "The Real Slim Shady", and in 2002 for "Without Me". Eminem is also the most nominated act in this category, having been nominated six times. Madonna, meanwhile, is the most nominated female solo artist in this category, with nominations in 1989, 1990, 1998, and 2006 and a victory for "Ray of Light" in 1998, followed by Lady Gaga with single nominations in 2009 for 'Poker Face' and two nominations for 'Telephone' and 'Bad Romance' in 2010 with the latter won the award. Lady Gaga was also the first, and only female performer to have two Video Of The Year nominations in one night. Finally, U2 is the most nominated group in this category, with four nominated videos in three years and no wins.
Date Established : 1984

Check all the winners of MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year presented under MTV Video Music Award since 1984 .


Miley Cyrus

Honored for : Wrecking Ball

Justin Timberlake

Honored for : Mirrors

Rihanna, Calvin Harris

Honored for : We Found Love

Katy Perry

Honored for : Firework

Lady Gaga

Honored for : Bad Romance

Beyoncé Knowles

Honored for : Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Britney Spears

Honored for : Piece of Me

Rihanna, Jay-Z

Honored for : Umbrella

Panic! at the Disco

Honored for : I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Green Day

Honored for : Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Outkast

Honored for : Hey Ya!

Missy Elliott

Honored for : Work It

Eminem

Honored for : Without Me

Mýa, Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim, Christina Aguilera, P!nk

Honored for : Lady Marmalade

Eminem

Honored for : The Real Slim Shady

Lauryn Hill

Honored for : Doo Wop (That Thing)

Madonna

Honored for : Ray of Light

Jamiroquai

Honored for : Virtual Insanity

The Smashing Pumpkins

Honored for : Tonight, Tonight

TLC

Honored for : Waterfalls

Aerosmith

Honored for : Cryin'

Pearl Jam

Honored for : Jeremy

Van Halen

Honored for : Right Now

R.E.M.

Honored for : Losing My Religion

Sinéad O'Connor

Honored for : Nothing Compares 2 U

Neil Young

Honored for : This Note's For You

INXS

Honored for : Need You Tonight/Mediate

Peter Gabriel

Honored for : Sledgehammer

Dire Straits

Honored for : Money For Nothing

Don Henley

Honored for : The Boys of Summer

The Cars

Honored for : You Might Think