Who Won VMAs for Video of the Year?
From The Cars' "You Might Think" in 1984 to "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift in 2023, MTV has awarded their Video of the Year VMA. Swift has won four times. Eminem, Rihanna, and Beyonce have won the award twice.
| 2023 |
| Taylor Swift "Anti-Hero" Other Nominees: Doja Cat (Attention); Miley Cyrus (Flowers); Nicki Minaj (Super Freaky Girl); Olivia Rodrigo (Vampire); Sam Smith and Kim Petras (Unholy); SZA (Kill Bill) |
| 2022 |
| Taylor Swift "All Too Well" Other Nominees: Doja Cat (Woman); Drake ft Future and Young Thug (Way 2 Sexy); Ed Sheeran (Shivers); Harry Styles (As It Was); Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (Industry Baby); Olivia Rodrigo (Brutal) |
| 2021 |
| Lil Nas X "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" Other Nominees: Other Nominees: Cardi B (WAP); DJ Khaled ft Drake (Popstar); Doja Cat ft SZA (Kiss Me More); Ed Sheeran (Bad Habits); The Weeknd (Save Your Tears) |
| 2020 |
| The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" Other Nominees: Other Nominees: Billie Eilish (Everything I Wanted); Eminem ft. Juice Wrld (Godzilla); Future ft. Drake (Life Is Good); Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande (Rain on Me); Taylor Swift (The Man) |
| 2019 |
| Taylor Swift "You Need To Calm Down" Other Nominees: Other Nominees: 21 Savage ft. J. Cole (A Lot); Billie Eilish (Bad Guy); Ariana Grande (Thank U, Next); Jonas Brothers (Sucker); Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus (Old Town Road Remix) |
| 2018 Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug ("Havana") | |
| Other Nominees: The Carters (Apesh*t); Drake (God's Plan); Childish Gambino (This Is America); Ariana Grande (No Tears Left To Cry); Bruno Mars (Finesse) | |
| 2017 Kendrick Lamar ("Humble") | |
| Other Nominees: Alessia Cara (Scars To Your Beautiful); DJ Khaled (Wild Thoughts); Bruno Mars (24K Magic); The Weeknd (Reminder) | |
| 2016 Beyonce ("Formation") | |
| Other Nominees: Adele (Hello); Justin Bieber (Sorry); Drake (Hotline Bling); Kanye West (Famous) | |
| 2015 Taylor Swift ("Bad Blood") | |
| Other Nominees: Beyonce (7/11); Kendrick Lamar (Alright); Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk); Ed Sheeran (Thinking Out Loud) | |
| 2014 Miley Cyrus ("Wrecking Ball") | |
| Other Nominees: Beyonce (Drunk In Love); Iggy Azalea (Fancy); Pharrell Williams (Happy); Sia (Chandelier) | |
| 2013 Justin Timberlake ("Mirrors") | |
| Other Nominees: Bruno Mars (Locked Out Of Heaven); Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Thrift Shop); Robin Thicke (Blurred Lines); Taylor Swift (I Knew You Were Trouble) | |
| 2012 Rihanna ("We Found Love") | |
| Other Nominees: Drake (Take Care); Gotye (Somebody That I Used To Know); Katy Perry (Wide Awake); M.I.A. (Bad Girls) | |
| 2011 Katy Perry ("Firework") | |
| Other Nominees: Adele (Rolling In The Deep); Beastie Boys (Make Some Noise); Bruno Mars (Grenade); Tyler The Creator (Yonkers) | |
| 2010 Lady Gaga ("Bad Romance") | |
| Other Nominees: 30 Seconds To Mars (Kings And Queens); B.o.B (Airplanes); Eminem (Not Afraid); Florence + The Machine (Dog Days Are Over); Lady Gaga & Beyonce (Telephone) | |
| 2009 Beyonce ("Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)") | |
| Other Nominees: Britney Spears (Womanizer); Eminem (We Made You); Kanye West (Love Lockdown); Lady Gaga (Poker Face) | |
| 2008 Britney Spears ("Piece Of Me") | |
| Other Nominees: Chris Brown (Forever); Jonas Brothers (Burnin' Up); Pussycat Dolls (When I Grow Up); The Ting Tings (Shut Up And Let Me Go) | |
| 2007 Rihanna ("Umbrella") | |
| Other Nominees: Beyonce (Irreplaceable); Justice (D.A.N.C.E.); Justin Timberlake (What Goes Around?Comes Around); Kanye West (Stronger); Amy Winehouse (Rehab) | |
| 2006 Panic! At the Disco ("I Write Sins Not Tragedies") | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man); Madonna (Hung Up); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| 2005 Green Day ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams") | |
| Other Nominees: Coldplay (Speed of Sound); Snoop Dogg (Drop It Like It's Hot); Gwen Stefani (Hollaback Girl); Kanye West (Jesus Walks) | |
| 2004 OutKast ("Hey Ya!") | |
| Other Nominees: D12 (My Band); Jay-Z (99 Problems); Britney Spears (Toxic); Usher (Yeah!) | |
| 2003 Missy Elliott ("Work It") | |
| Other Nominees: Johnny Cash (Hurt); Eminem (Lose Yourself); 50 Cent (In Da Club); Justin Timberlake (Cry Me A River) | |
| 2002 Eminem ("Without Me") | |
| Other Nominees: Linkin Park (In the End); Nas (One Mic); N Sync (Gone); P.O.D. (Alive); The Whtie Stripes (Fell In Love With A Girl) | |
| 2001 Christina Aguilera ("Lady Marmalade") | |
| Lil Kim; Mya; Pink | |
| Other Nominees: Fatboy Slim (Weapon of Choice); Eminem (Stan); U2 (Beautiful Day); Janet Jackson (All For You); Missy Elliott (Get Ur Freak On) | |
| 2000 Eminem ("The Real Slim Shady") | |
| Other Nominees: Blink 182 (All the Small Things); D'Angelo (Untitled); N Sync (Bye Bye Bye); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication) | |
| 1999 Lauryn Hill ("Doo Wop (That Thing)") | |
| Other Nominees: Backsteet Boys (I Want It That Way); Korn (Freak On A Leash); Ricky Martin (Livin' La Vida Loca); Will Smith (Wild Wild West) | |
| 1998 Madonna ("Ray Of Light") | |
| Other Nominees: Brandy & Monica (The Boy Is Mine); Puff Daddy (It's All About the Benjamins); Will Smith (Getting' Jiggy Wit It); The Verve (Bitter Sweet Symphony) | |
| 1997 Jamiroquai ("Virtual Insanity") | |
| Other Nominees: Beck (The New Pollution); Jewel (You Were Meant For Me); Nine Inch Nails (The Perfect Drug); No Doubt (Don't Speak) | |
| 1996 Smashing Pumpkins ("Tonight Tonight") | |
| Other Nominees: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Tha Crossroads); Foo Fighters (Big Me); Alanis Morissette (Ironic) | |
| 1995 TLC ("Waterfalls") | |
| Other Nominees: Green Day (Basket Case); Michael & Janet Jackson (Scream); Weezer (Buddy Holly) | |
| 1994 Aerosmith ("Cryin'") | |
| Other Nominees: Beastie Boys (Sabotage); Nirvana (Heart-Shaped Box); R.E.M. (Everybody Hurts) | |
| 1993 Pearl Jam ("Jeremy") | |
| Other Nominees: Aerosmith (Livin' On the Edge); En Vogue (Free Your Mind); Peter Gabriel (Diggin' In the Dirt); R.E.M. (Man On the Moon) | |
| 1992 Van Halen ("Right Now") | |
| Other Nominees: Def Leppard (Let's Get Rocked); Nirvana (Smells Like Teen Spirit); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Under the Bridge) | |
| 1991 R.E.M. ("Losing My Religion") | |
| Other Nominees: C+C Music Factory (Gonna Make You Sweat); Deee-Lite (Groove is In the Heart); Divinyls (I Touch Myself); Chris Isaak (Wicked Game); Queensryche (Silent Lucidity) | |
| 1990 Sinead O'Connor ("Nothing Compares 2 U") | |
| Other Nominees: Aerosmith (Janie's Got A Gun); Don Henley (The End Of the Innocence); Madonna (Vogue) | |
| 1989 Neil Young ("This Note's For You") | |
| Other Nominees: Fine Young Cannibals (She Drives Me Crazy); Michael Jackson (Leave Me Alone); Madonna (Like A Prayer); Steve Winwood (Roll With It) | |
| 1988 INXS ("Need You Tonight") | |
| Other Nominees: 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) | |
| 1987 Peter Gabriel ("Sledgehammer") | |
| Other Nominees: Genesis (Land of Confusion); Paul Simon (Boy in the Bubble); U2 (With Or Without You); Steve Winwood (Higher Love) | |
| 1986 Dire Straits ("Money For Nothing") | |
| Other Nominees: A-Ha (Take On Me); Godley & Cr?me (Cry); Robert Palmer (Addicted To Love); Talking Heads (Road To Nowhere) | |
| 1985 Don Henley ("The Boys of Summer") | |
| Other Nominees: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Don't Come Around Here No More); David Lee Roth (California Girls); David Lee Roth (Just A Gigolo); USA For Africa (We Are the World) | |
| 1984 The Cars ("You Might Think") | |
| Other Nominees: Herbie Hancock (Rockit); Michael Jackson (Thriller); Cyndi Lauper (Girls Just Want To Have Fun); The Police (Every Break You Take) | |