MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video | |
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Awarded for | male music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Last awarded | 2016 |
Most awards | Eminem (3) |
Most nominations | Eminem (9) |
Website | VMA website |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video was one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, though, the award was briefly renamed Male Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather than a specific video. However, the award returned to its original name the following year. It was replaced by the Artist of the Year category in 2017, combining Best Male and Best Female video categories.[1]
With three victories, Eminem is the artist with most wins in this category, and also has the most nominations with nine. Meanwhile, Tom Petty, Beck, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown, all have won this twice, with the first three being the only artists to win the award for two consecutive years.
Recipients[]
![David Bowie performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/David_Bowie_%281987%29.jpg/170px-David_Bowie_%281987%29.jpg)
![Eminem performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Eminem_live_at_D.C._2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Eminem_live_at_D.C._2014_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Justin Timberlake performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Justin_Timberlake_-_V_Festival_2014_05_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Justin_Timberlake_-_V_Festival_2014_05_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Ed Sheeran playing a guitar.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ed_Sheeran_%288508826576%29.jpg/170px-Ed_Sheeran_%288508826576%29.jpg)
![Mark Ronson looking at the camera.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Mark_Ronson_and_Jennifer_Su%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Mark_Ronson_and_Jennifer_Su%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Calvin_Harris_-_Rock_in_Rio_Madrid_2012_-_09.jpg/170px-Calvin_Harris_-_Rock_in_Rio_Madrid_2012_-_09.jpg)
Year | Winner(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | David Bowie — "China Girl" |
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[2] |
1985 | Bruce Springsteen — "I'm on Fire" |
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[3] |
1986 | Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love" |
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[4] |
1987 | Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer" |
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[5] |
1988 | Prince — "U Got the Look" |
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[6] |
1989 | Elvis Costello — "Veronica" |
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[7] |
1990 | Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence" | [8] | |
1991 | Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game (Concept)" |
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[9] |
1992 | Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)" |
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[10] |
1993 | Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way" |
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[11] |
1994 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance" |
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[12] |
1995 | Tom Petty — "You Don't Know How It Feels" |
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[13] |
1996 | Beck — "Where It's At" |
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[14] |
1997 | Beck — "Devils Haircut" |
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[15] |
1998 | Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us" |
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[16] |
1999 | Will Smith — "Miami" |
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[17] |
2000 | Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady" |
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[18] |
2001 | Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "South Side" |
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[19] |
2002 | Eminem — "Without Me" |
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[20] |
2003 | Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River" |
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[21] |
2004 | Usher (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) — "Yeah!" |
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[22] |
2005 | Kanye West — "Jesus Walks" |
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[23] |
2006 | James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" |
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[24] |
2007 | Justin Timberlake |
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[25] |
2008 | Chris Brown — "With You" |
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[26] |
2009 | T.I. (featuring Rihanna) — "Live Your Life" |
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[27] |
2010 | Eminem — "Not Afraid" |
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[28] |
2011 | Justin Bieber — "U Smile" |
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[29] |
2012 | Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music" |
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[30] |
2013 | Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven" |
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[31] |
2014 | Ed Sheeran (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Sing" |
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[32] |
2015 | Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" |
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[33] |
2016 | Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For" |
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[34] |
Records/stats[]
- Most Wins:
- 1. Eminem: 3 wins
- 2. Justin Timberlake, Will Smith, Beck, Tom Petty, Chris Brown: 2 wins
- Most Nominated Artist, as of 2016 (Including nominations for Male Artist of the Year)
- Despite as a female artist on this category, Rihanna has been nominated six times with two wins.
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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Artist | Eminem | Kanye West | Usher | Bruce Springsteen | Beck Justin Timberlake T.I. |
Total nominations | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
References[]
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- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2015". MTV. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now". MTV News. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
See also[]
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
- MTV Video Music Awards
- Awards established in 1984
- Awards disestablished in 2016