MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography
Awarded forChoreography
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded1984
Last awarded2021
Currently held byPaul Roberts – "Treat People with Kindness" by Harry Styles (2021)
WebsiteVMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and choreographer of the music video. From 1984 to 2007, the full name of the award was Best Choreography in a Video. The biggest winner is Frank Gatson with six wins. Michael Rooney follows closely behind with five wins.

Frank Gatson is also the most nominated choreographer with eleven nominations. He is followed by Tina Landon with nine nominations (and yet only one win). The performers whose videos have won the most awards are Janet Jackson and Beyoncé, garnering a total of four Moonmen for choreography. Madonna's videos have received the most nominations with twelve.

Seven performers have won a Moonman in this category for their work choreographing or co-choreographing their own videos: Michael Jackson ("Thriller"), Prince ("Raspberry Beret"), Paula Abdul ("Straight Up"), Janet Jackson ("Rhythm Nation"), Madonna ("Ray of Light"), Shakira ("Hips Don't Lie"), Bruno Mars ("Treasure"), and OK Go ("I Won't Let You Down"). An additional ten other performers/groups have been nominated for their work choreographing their own videos: Toni Basil, Morris Day, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Quad City DJ's, Jason Kay, Janelle Monáe, Beyoncé and Solange.

Actor Christopher Walken won this award in 2001 for helping choreograph the video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice," in which he appears dancing. Similarly, Spike Jonze (as Richard Koufey) won this award in 1999 for his own dancing in Fatboy Slim's video "Praise You".

Recipients[]

Year Winner(s) Work Performer(s) Nominees Ref.
1984 Michael Jackson and Michael Peters "Thriller" Michael Jackson
[1]
1985 David Atkins "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" Elton John
[2]
1986 Prince "Raspberry Beret" Prince and The Revolution
  • "Dress You Up" – Brad Jeffries (performed by Madonna)
  • "Like a Virgin (live)" – Brad Jeffries (performed by Madonna)
  • "The Oak Tree" – Russell Clark and Morris Day (performed by Morris Day)
  • "Sex as a Weapon" – Russell Clark (performed by Pat Benatar)
 [3]
1987 Paula Abdul "Nasty" Janet Jackson
  • "Higher Love" – Ed Love (performed by Steve Winwood)
  • "Open Your Heart" – Brad Jeffries (performed by Madonna)
  • "Walk Like an Egyptian" – Wendy Biller (performed by The Bangles)
  • "When I Think of You" – Paula Abdul and Michael Kidd (performed by Janet Jackson)
 [4]
1988 Barry Lather "The Pleasure Principle" Janet Jackson
[5]
1989 Paula Abdul "Straight Up" Paula Abdul
[6]
1990 Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson
[7]
1991 Jamale Graves "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" C+C Music Factory
  • "Like a Virgin (Truth or Dare version)" – Vincent Paterson (performed by Madonna)
  • "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" – Herb Ritts, Janet Jackson and Tina Landon (performed by Janet Jackson)
  • "Pray (Jam the Hammer Mix)" – MC Hammer and Ho Frat Hooo! (performed by MC Hammer)
 [8]
1992 Frank Gatson, Travis Payne and LaVelle Smith Jr. "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" En Vogue
[9]
1993 Frank Gatson, LaVelle Smith Jr. and Travis Payne "Free Your Mind" En Vogue
[10]
1994 Frank Gatson and Randy Connor "Whatta Man" Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue
  • "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" – Toledo (performed by Us3)
  • "If" – Tina Landon (performed by Janet Jackson)
  • "Pumps and a Bump" – Hammer and Randi G. (performed by Hammer)
 [11]
1995 LaVelle Smith Jr., Tina Landon, Travis Payne and Sean Cheesman "Scream" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
[12]
1996 Michael Rooney "It's Oh So Quiet" Björk
[13]
1997 Peggy Hickey "The New Pollution" Beck
[14]
1998 Madonna and Jonas Åkerlund "Ray of Light" Madonna
[15]
1999 Richard Koufey and Michael Rooney "Praise You" Fatboy Slim
[16]
2000 Darrin Henson "Bye Bye Bye" 'N Sync
  • "So Pure" – Kevin O'Day and Anne White (performed by Alanis Morissette)
  • "Try Again" – Fatima Robinson (performed by Aaliyah)
  • "Waiting for Tonight" – Tina Landon (performed by Jennifer Lopez)
  • "What a Girl Wants" – Tina Landon (performed by Christina Aguilera)
 [17]
2001 Michael Rooney, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken "Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim
[18]
2002 Michael Rooney "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue
[19]
2003 Frank Gatson and LaVelle Smith Jr. "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z)
  • "Dirrty" – Jeri Slaughter (performed by Christina Aguilera featuring Redman))
  • "I'm Glad" – Jamie King and Jeffrey Hornaday (performed by Jennifer Lopez)
  • "My Love Is Like...Wo" – Travis Payne (performed by Mýa)
  • "Rock Your Body" – Marty Kudelka (performed by Justin Timberlake)
 [20]
2004 Fatima Robinson "Hey Mama" The Black Eyed Peas
[21]
2005 Kishaya Dudley "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani
  • "1 Thing" – Jamaica Craft (performed by Amerie)
  • "Get Right" – Richmond Talauega and Anthony Talauega (performed by Jennifer Lopez)
  • "Helena" – Michael Rooney (performed by My Chemical Romance)
  • "Lose Control" – Hi-Hat (performed by Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop))
 [22]
2006 Shakira "Hips Don't Lie" Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean)
  • "Ain't No Other Man" – Jeri Slaughter (performed by Christina Aguilera)
  • "Buttons" – Mikey Minden (performed by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • "Hung Up" – Stefanie Roos (performed by Madonna)
  • "Temperature" – Tanisha Scott (performed by Sean Paul)
 [23]
2007 Marty Kudelka "Let Me Talk to You/My Love" Justin Timberlake (featuring T.I.)
  • "Beautiful Liar" – Frank Gatson (performed by Beyoncé and Shakira)
  • "Like a Boy" – Jamaica Craft (performed by Ciara)
  • "Tambourine" – Tanisha Scott and Jamaica Craft (performed by Eve featuring Swizz Beatz)
  • "Wall to Wall" – Rich & Tone and Flii Stylz (performed by Chris Brown)
 [24]
2008 Michael Rooney "Run" Gnarls Barkley
  • "Chasing Pavements" – Marguerite Derricks (performed by Adele)
  • "Forever" – Tone & Rich (performed by Chris Brown)
  • "Kiss Kiss" – Flii Stylz (performed by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
  • "When I Grow Up" – Robin Antin and Mikey Minden (performed by The Pussycat Dolls)
 [25]
2009 Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé
  • "Circus" – Andre Fuentes (performed by Britney Spears)
  • "Goodbye" – Jamaica Craft (performed by Kristinia DeBarge)
  • "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" – Robin Antin and Mikey Minden (performed by A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger)
  • "Love Sex Magic" – Jamaica Craft and Marty Kudelka (performed by Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake)
 [26]
2010 Laurieann Gibson "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga
[27]
2011 Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page "Run the World (Girls)" Beyoncé
[28]
2012 Anwar "Flii" Burton "Turn Up the Music" Chris Brown
[29]
2013 Bruno Mars "Treasure" Bruno Mars
  • "Body Party" – Jamaica Craft (performed by Ciara)
  • "Fine China" – Richmond Talauega, Anthony Talauega and Anwar "Flii" Burton (performed by Chris Brown)
  • "Live It Up" – J.R. Taylor and Beau Smart (performed by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull)
  • "#thatPOWER" – Fatima Robinson and Ryo Noguchi (performed by will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber)
 [30]
2014 Ryan Heffington "Chandelier" Sia
  • "Good Kisser" – Jamaica Craft and Todd Sams (performed by Usher)
  • "Hideaway" – Ljuba Castot (performed by Kiesza)
  • "Love Never Felt So Good" – Rich and Tone Talauega (performed by Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake)
  • "Partition" – Svetlana Kostantinova, Philippe Decouflé, Danielle Polanco and Frank Gatson (performed by Beyoncé)
  • "Talk Dirty" – Amy Allen (performed by Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz)
 [31]
2015 OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano "I Won't Let You Down" OK Go
[32]
2016 Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia "Formation" Beyoncé
[33]
2017 Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins "Fade" Kanye West
  • "Down" – Sean Bankhead (performed by Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane)
  • "The Greatest" – Ryan Heffington (performed by Sia)
  • "HUMBLE." – Dave Meyers (performed by Kendrick Lamar)
  • "Side to Side" – Brian and Scott Nicholson (performed by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj)
 [34]
2018 Sherrie Silver "This Is America" Childish Gambino
  • "Apeshit" – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and JaQuel Knight (performed by The Carters)
  • "Filthy" – Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracey Phillips and Ivan Koumaev (performed by Justin Timberlake)
  • "Finesse (Remix)" – Phil Tayag and Bruno Mars (performed by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B)
  • "Havana" – Calvit Hodge, Sara Bivens and Galen Hooks (performed by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug)
  • "IDGAF" – Marion Motin (performed by Dua Lipa)
 [35]
2019 Charm La'Donna "Con Altura" Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho)
  • "Almeda" – Maya Taylor and Solange Knowles (performed by Solange)
  • "Boy with Luv" – Son Sungdeuk and Quick Crew (performed by BTS featuring Halsey)
  • "Cellophane" – Kelly Yvonne (performed by FKA Twigs)
  • "No New Friends" – Ryan Heffington (performed by LSD)
  • "Señorita" – Calvit Hodge (performed by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello)
 [36]
2020 The Lab and Son Sung Deuk "On" BTS
  • "Bop" – DaniLeigh and Cherry (performed by DaBaby)
  • "Honey Boo" – Kyle Hanagami (performed by CNCO and Natti Natasha)
  • "Motivation" – Sean Bankhead (performed by Normani)
  • "Physical" – Charm La'Donna (performed by Dua Lipa)
  • "Rain on Me" – Richy Jackson (performed by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande)
 [37]
2021 Paul Roberts "Treat People with Kindness" Harry Styles
  • "34+35" – Brian Nicholson and Scott Nicholson (performed by Ariana Grande)
  • "Bad Habits" – Natricia Bernard (performed by Ed Sheeran)
  • "Be Kind" – Dani Vitale (performed by Marshmello and Halsey)
  • "Butter" – Son Sung Deuk with BHM Performance Directing Team (performed by BTS)
  • "Shame Shame" – Nina McNeely (performed by Foo Fighters)
 [38]

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