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MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video

Annual music video award

Summary

Annual music video award

Field	Value
name	MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
awarded_for	Male music videos
imagesize	100px
caption	The "moonman" trophy presented to the award winners
presenter	MTV
country	United States
year	1984
year2	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.

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. — Inaugural winner [[David Bowie]] pictured in 1987

Eminem performing. — [[Eminem]] is the artist with most wins (3) and nominations (9)

Justin Timberlake performing. — [[Justin Timberlake]] has won the award twice

Ed Sheeran playing a guitar. — 2014]] winner [[Ed Sheeran]]

Mark Ronson looking at the camera. — 2015]] winner [[Mark Ronson]]

	Marks nominees of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

Year	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
	David Bowie — "China Girl"
	Bruce Springsteen — "I'm on Fire"
	Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love"
	Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
	Prince — "U Got the Look"
	Elvis Costello — "Veronica"
	Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
	Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game (Concept)"
	Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)"
	Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
	Tom Petty — "You Don't Know How It Feels"
	Beck — "Where It's At"
	Beck — "Devils Haircut"
	Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us"
	Will Smith — "Miami"
	Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
	Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "South Side"
	Eminem — "Without Me"
	Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River"
	Usher (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) — "Yeah!"
	Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"
	James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
	Justin Timberlake
	Chris Brown — "With You"
	T.I. (featuring Rihanna) — "Live Your Life"
	Eminem — "Not Afraid"
	Justin Bieber — "U Smile"
	Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"
	Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
	Ed Sheeran (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Sing"
	Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
	Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For"

Statistics

Multiple Wins

;3 wins

Eminem

;2 wins

Will Smith
Beck
Justin Timberlake
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars

Multiple Nominations

;9 nominations

Eminem

;7 nominations

Kanye West

;6 nominations

Usher

;5 nominations

Tom Petty
T.I.

;4 nominations

Justin Timberlake

;3 nominations

Steve Winwood
Will Smith
David Bowie
Lenny Kravitz
Ed Sheeran
Pharrell Williams
Bruno Mars

;2 nominations

Don Henley
David Lee Roth
Robert Palmer
Bryan Adams
Sting
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Chris Isaak
George Michael
Eric Clapton
Elton John
R. Kelly
Busta Rhymes
Ricky Martin
Moby
Nelly
50 Cent
Jay-Z
John Legend
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown

References

Lewis, Hilary. (July 25, 2017). "VMAs: Kendrick Lamar Tops Nominations as MTV Continues to Eliminate Gendered Categories". The Hollywood Reporter.
"MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV.
"MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV.
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"2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now". MTV News.

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