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 | |
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Awarded for | Female music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1984 |
Last awarded | 2016 |
Currently held by | "Hold Up" – Beyoncé (2016) |
Most awards | Madonna, Taylor Swift & Beyoncé (3) |
Most nominations | Madonna (12) |
Website | VMA 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
edit1980s
editYear[a] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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1984 | Cyndi Lauper | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | [1] | |
1985 | Tina Turner | "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
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[2] |
1986 | Whitney Houston | "How Will I Know" | [3] | |
1987 | Madonna | "Papa Don't Preach" |
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[4] |
1988 | Suzanne Vega | "Luka" | [5] | |
1989 | Paula Abdul | "Straight Up" | [6] |
1990s
editYear[b] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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1990 | Sinéad O'Connor | "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
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[7] |
1991 | Janet Jackson | "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" |
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[8] |
1992 | Annie Lennox | "Why" |
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[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" |
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[15] |
1999 | Lauryn Hill | "Doo Wop (That Thing)" | [16] |
2000s
edit2010s
editStatistics
editArtists with multiple wins
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Artists with multiple nominations
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
References
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