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 the final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos. At the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in, the Video of the Year honor was presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think". Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives. Since the awards, winners of major categories are determined by viewers' votes through MTV's website, while the jury decides in the technical categories.

History
Taylor Swift holds the record for the most wins, with a total of four for "Bad Blood", "You Need to Calm Down" , All Too Well: The Short Film and Anti-Hero" . Eminem holds the record for the most nominations, with seven as lead artist. David Lee Roth , U2 , and Lady Gaga  are the only acts to have had two Video of the Year nominations in a single ceremony. Two acts have won both the Video of the Year and the honorary Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in the same night—Peter Gabriel in  with "Sledgehammer" and Justin Timberlake in  with "Mirrors".  Swift is the first artist to win Video of the Year for a self-directed video, with All Too Well: The Short Film. Kendrick Lamar, Swift, and Lil Nas X have further won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "Humble" in , Swift for "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019, and Lil Nas X for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" in.

Recipients
† Marks winners of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video

* Marks nominees of the Grammy Award for Best Music Video

Artists with multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * Taylor Swift


 * 2 wins
 * Beyoncé
 * Eminem
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * Missy Elliott
 * Rihanna

Artists with multiple nominations

 * 8 nominations
 * Eminem


 * 7 nominations
 * Beyoncé


 * 6 nominations
 * Drake
 * Taylor Swift


 * 5 nominations
 * Bruno Mars
 * Justin Timberlake


 * 4 nominations
 * Jay-Z
 * Kanye West
 * Lady Gaga
 * Madonna
 * Rihanna
 * U2


 * 3 nominations
 * Aerosmith
 * Ariana Grande
 * Britney Spears
 * Doja Cat
 * Ed Sheeran
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * Lil Nas X
 * Michael Jackson
 * Missy Elliott
 * Pharrell Williams
 * R.E.M.
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers
 * The Weeknd


 * 2 nominations
 * Adele
 * Beastie Boys
 * Billie Eilish
 * Christina Aguilera
 * David Lee Roth
 * DJ Khaled
 * Don Henley
 * Future
 * Green Day
 * Gwen Stefani
 * Janet Jackson
 * Jonas Brothers
 * Justin Bieber
 * Katy Perry
 * Lil' Kim
 * Miley Cyrus
 * Nirvana
 * NSYNC
 * Olivia Rodrigo
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Steve Winwood
 * SZA
 * Will Smith
 * Young Thug