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The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Presented by Burger King [1] is the most prestigious competitive award and the final award presented at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. [2] The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos . [ 3 ]
Michael Jackson. The very first music video ever played on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," but that statement isn't entirely accurate: Before MTV even existed, music videos ...
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the Super Bowl for youth, an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw ...
The video received a total of nine nominations at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, winning three technical categories, for Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. [121] [122] In 1999, the video was voted number two on MTV's 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made, only behind Michael Jackson's Thriller. [123]
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Long Form Video was first given out in 1991. It was re-introduced in 2016 as Breakthrough Long Form Video and in 2022 under the original name. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The MTV Video Music Award for Video for Good is an award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards, first introduced at the 2011 ceremony. Originally named Best Video with a Message, the word "Social" was added to its name in 2013.
Michael Jackson's Thriller was named the greatest video by MTV in 1999, [25] by VH1 in 2001, [26] and by Time in 2011. [27] Vinny Marino of ABC News said the video's selection by VH1 was a "no-brainer", and that it "continues to be considered the greatest video ever by just about everyone". [26]
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop was first given out in 1999 under the name of Best Pop Video, as MTV began to put several teen pop acts in heavy rotation. Nominations, however, were not just limited to pop acts, as dance, R&B, pop/rock, and reggaeton artists have also received nominations throughout the award's history.