MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video is one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Female Video
Awarded forFemale music videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded1984
Last awarded2016
Currently held by"Hold Up" – Beyoncé (2016)
Most awardsMadonna, Taylor Swift & Beyoncé (3)
Most nominationsMadonna (12)
WebsiteVMA website

In 2007, however, the award was briefly renamed Female Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather than a specific video. In 2008, though, the award returned to its original name and was once again awarded for a specific video.

The category would become defunct beginning with the 2017 ceremony after the gender specific categories would be merged into the Artist of the Year category.

Madonna, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are the biggest winners with three wins each, while the former also holds the record for most nominations with 12. Meanwhile, Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga are the only artists to win the award for two consecutive years.

Recipients
Cyndi Lauper playing a guitar.
Inaugural winner Cyndi Lauper pictured in 2008
Madonna performing.
Madonna is the most nominated artist and won the award three times: 1987, 1995 and 1998
Lauryn Hill performing.
In 1999, Lauryn Hill became the first rapper to win the award
Beyoncé performing.
Beyoncé won the award for two consecutive years, has won the award three times and is the second most nominated with ten
Taylor Swift at the Red Tour.
The 2009, 2013 and 2015 winner Taylor Swift for her music videos "You Belong with Me", "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "Blank Space". She is tied with Madonna and Beyoncé for the most wins in this category
Lady Gaga performing.
The 2010 and 2011 winner Lady Gaga for her music videos "Bad Romance" and "Born This Way." She is the third artist to win the award for two consecutive years
Katy Perry performing.
Katy Perry has won the award in 2014 for "Dark Horse". She is the third most nominated artist in this category, tied with Janet Jackson

1980s
Recipients
Year[lower-alpha 1] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
1984 Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" [1]
1985 Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do with It" [2]
1986 Whitney Houston "How Will I Know" [3]
1987 Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" [4]
1988 Suzanne Vega "Luka" [5]
1989 Paula Abdul "Straight Up" [6]

1990s
Recipients
Year[lower-alpha 2] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
1990 Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" [7]
1991 Janet Jackson "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" [8]
1992 Annie Lennox "Why" [9]
1993 k.d. lang "Constant Craving" [10]
1994 Janet Jackson "If" [11]
1995 Madonna "Take a Bow" [12]
1996 Alanis Morissette "Ironic" [13]
1997 Jewel "You Were Meant for Me" [14]
1998 Madonna "Ray of Light"
[15]
1999 Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" [16]

2000s
Recipients
Year[lower-alpha 3] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2000 Aaliyah "Try Again" [17]
2001 Eve (feat. Gwen Stefani) "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" [18]
2002 P!nk "Get the Party Started" [19]
2003 Beyoncé (feat. Jay-Z) "Crazy in Love" [20]
2004 Beyoncé "Naughty Girl" [21]
2005 Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" [22]
2006 Kelly Clarkson "Because of You" [23]
2007 Fergie — [24]
2008 Britney Spears "Piece of Me" [25]
2009 Taylor Swift "You Belong with Me" [26]

2010s
Recipients
Year[lower-alpha 4] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2010 Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"
[27]
2011 Lady Gaga "Born This Way" [28]
2012 Nicki Minaj "Starships" [29]
2013 Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble" [30]
2014 Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J) "Dark Horse"
[31]
2015 Taylor Swift "Blank Space" [32]
2016 Beyoncé "Hold Up"
[33]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

Notes
    1. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
    2. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
    3. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
    4. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

    References
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