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* 2022 - "Music/AllTooWell" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) = Taylor Swift

* 2007 - "Umbrella" - Music/{{Rihanna}}, featuring Music/JayZ

* 2010 - Music/LadyGaga - "Music/BadRomance"
* 2011 - Music/KatyPerry - "Firework"
* 2012 - Rihanna, featuring Music/CalvinHarris - "Music/WeFoundLove"
* 2013 - Music/JustinTimberlake - "Music/{{Mirrors|JustinTimberlake}}"
* 2014 - Music/MileyCyrus - "Wrecking Ball"
* 2015 - Music/TaylorSwift, featuring Music/KendrickLamar - "Bad Blood"
* 2016 - Beyoncé - "Formation"
* 2017 - Kendrick Lamar - "Humble"
* 2018 - Music/CamilaCabello, featuring Music/YoungThug - "Music/{{Havana|2017}}"
* 2019 - Taylor Swift - "You Need to Calm Down"
* 2020 - Music/TheWeeknd - "Blinding Lights"
* 2021 - Music/LilNasX - "Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName"
* 2022 - Taylor Swift - "Music/AllTooWell" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)
* 2023 - Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

* 1984 - Music/TheCars - "You Might Think"
* 1985 - [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]] - "The Boys of Summer"
* 1986 - Music/DireStraits - "Money for Nothing"
* 1987 - Music/PeterGabriel - [[index]]"Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}"[[/index]]
* 1988 - Music/{{INXS}} - "Need You Tonight"/"Mediate"
* 1989 - Music/NeilYoung - "This Note's for You"
* 1990 - Music/SineadOConnor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
* 1991 - Music/{{REM}} - "Losing My Religion"
* 1992 - Music/VanHalen - "Right Now"
* 1993 - Music/PearlJam - "Jeremy"
* 1994 - Music/{{Aerosmith}} - "Cryin'"
* 1995 - Music/{{TLC}} - "Music/{{Waterfalls}}"
* 1996 - Music/TheSmashingPumpkins - "Music/TonightTonight"
* 1997 - Music/{{Jamiroquai}} - "Virtual Insanity"
* 1998 - Music/{{Madonna}} - "Ray of Light"
* 1999 - Music/LaurynHill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
* 2000 - Music/{{Eminem}} - "The Real Slim Shady"
* 2001 - Music/ChristinaAguilera, Music/LilKim, Music/{{Mya}} and Music/{{Pink}}, featuring Music/MissyElliott - "Music/LadyMarmalade"
* 2002 - Eminem - "Without Me"
* 2003 - Missy Elliott - "Work It"
* 2004 - Music/OutKast - "Hey Ya!"
* 2005 - Music/GreenDay - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
* 2006 - Music/PanicAtTheDisco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
* 2007 - Music/{{Rihanna}}, featuring Music/JayZ - "Umbrella"
* 2008 - Music/BritneySpears - "Piece of Me"
* 2009 - Music/{{Beyonce}} - "Music/SingleLadiesPutARingOnIt"

* 1987 - Music/PeterGabriel - [[index]]"Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}"[[/ndex]]

* 1987 - Music/PeterGabriel - "Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}"

* 2001 - Music/ChristinaAguilera, Music/LilKim, Music/{{Mya}} and Music/{{Pink}}, featuring Music/MissyElliott - "Music/{{Lady Marmalade|2001}}"

* 2001 - Music/ChristinaAguilera, Music/LilKim, Music/{{Mya}} and Music/{{Pink}}, featuring Music/MissyElliott - "Lady Marmalade"

* At the 2000 ceremony, after Music/LimpBizkit won Best Rock Video for ''Break Stuff'', Music/RageAgainstTheMachine bassist Tim Commorford climbed a set piece during their acceptance speech, prompting the members of Limp Bizkit to dare him to do a stage dive (though he remained seated on the set piece until security removed during a commercial break). Tim was arrested and spent a night in jail for the incident.

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* 2009 - Music/{{Beyonce}} - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

* Music/LilKim's outfit at the 1999 cermony, taking AbsoluteCleavage to another level with her bare breast hanging out, only covered with a seashell pasty. Even Music/DianaRoss could barely believe what she saw and she actually jiggled Lil' Kim's breast before hugging her when presenting Best Hip Hop Video.

* 2021 - Music/LilNasX - "Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName"

The Music/MichaelJackson Video Vanguard Award was the "lifetime achivement" award given to artists and directors that made a profound impact in popular culture and music, though this appears been replaced. The inaugural Tricon Award was first awarded to Music/LadyGaga in 2020, possibly in a move distancing the award from Jackson in the wake of the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary, in which two accusers recount alleged sexual abuse from Jackson. Music/FooFighters received the Global Icon award at the 2021 ceremony, an award given out at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

* Music/NickiMinaj confronting Miley Cyrus (who was hosting) on stage while accepting her award for Best Female Video about comments Miley made about her in an interview with the instantly-memed "Miley, what's good?"

* At the 2000 ceremony, after Music/LimpBizkit won Best Rock Video for ''Break Stuff'', Music/RageAgaisntTheMachine bassist Tim Commorford climbed a set piece during their acceptance speech, prompting the members of Limp Bizkit to dare him to do a stage dive (though he remained seated on the set piece until security removed during a commercial break). Tim was arrested and spent a night in jail for the incident.

* A drunk Music/KanyeWest upstaging Music/TaylorSwift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video in 2009, with the now [[MemeticMutation iconic]] diatribe "I’mma let you finish, but Music/{{Beyonce}} had one of the best videos of all time!"[[note]][[ForWantOfANail This seemingly minor rude incident would have a huge impact]] on both their careers; Kanye West would endure intense, sometimes racist scrutiny for the incident which would lead to him creating what some would say is his best work (''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy''), and also lead to him to make...questionable decisions such as supporting UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's presidency and turning his back on his initial principles when he married (and would later divorce) Creator/KimKardashian (who many would say is emblematic of American excess and style over substance) Taylor Swift would then be catapulted into the mainstream, would shift from country music to pop, but then get into her own controversy after Kim Kardashian publicly exposed Taylor for lying about not approving of a verse in Kanye West's "Famous" song about her which she publicly denounced in the media and in her 2016 Album of the Year Grammys acceptance speech but privately spoke with Kanye about and gave approval for it (for the record, she objected to the "I made that bitch famous" line but not the "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex" but still publicly gave the impression that she objected to the entire verse) which lead to her own intense media backlash and a DarkerAndEdgier turn for her album ''Music/{{Reputation}}''.[[/note]]

Still, the [=VMAs=] are still one of the more respected awards and awards ceremonies due to the legacy. Despite declining TV ratings year after year, still remains one of MTV's highest-rated events of the year and one of the most engaged topics in social media when it airs.

* 2013 - Music/JustinTimberlake - "Mirrors"

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* 2021 - Music/LilNasX - "Music/MonteroCallMeByYourName"
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* 2021 - Music/LilNasX - "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)"

* Best Alternative

* Push Best New Artist

* 2020 - Music/TheWeeknd - "Blinding Lights"

Still, the [=VMAs=] are still one of the more respected awards and awards ceremonies due to the legacy, and despite declining TV ratings year after year, still remains one of MTV's highest-rated events of the year and one of the most engaged topics in social media when it airs.

The Music/MichaelJackson Video Vanguard Award is the "lifetime achivement" award given to artists and directors that made a profound impact in popular culture and music, though this appears been replaced. The inaugural Tricon Award was first awarded to Music/LadyGaga in 2020 and Music/FooFighters received another inaugural award, the Global Icon award in 2021, possibly in a move distancing the award from Jackson in the wake of the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary, in which two accusers recount alleged sexual abuse from Jackson.