MTV Video Music Award untuk Video Terbaik Tahun Ini

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year adalah penghargaan utama dan paling bergengsi di MTV Video Music Awards.

Tahun Pemenang Nominasi lain
1984 The Cars — "You Might Think"
  • Herbie Hancock — "Rockit"
  • Michael Jackson — "Thriller"
  • Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
  • The Police — "Every Breath You Take"
1985 Don Henley — "The Boys of Summer"
1986 Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing"
  • a-ha — "Take on Me"
  • Godley & Creme — "Cry"
  • Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love"
  • Talking Heads — "Road to Nowhere"
1987 Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
  • Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
  • Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"
  • U2 — "With or Without You"
  • Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"
1988 INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
1989 Neil Young — "This Note's for You"
  • Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy"
  • Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
  • Madonna — "Like a Prayer"
  • Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"
1990 Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"
  • Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
  • Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
  • Madonna — "Vogue"
1991 R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"
  • C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
  • Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
  • Divinyls — "I Touch Myself"
  • Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"
  • Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
1992 Van Halen — "Right Now"
1993 Pearl Jam — "Jeremy"
1994 Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
1995 TLC — "Waterfalls"
1996 The Smashing Pumpkins — "Tonight, Tonight"
1997 Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
1998 Madonna — "Ray of Light"
  • Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine"
  • Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.
    and Fuzzbubble) — "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)"
  • Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"
  • The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
1999 Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
2000 Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink
— "Lady Marmalade"
2002 Eminem — "Without Me"
2003 Missy Elliott — "Work It"
2004 OutKast — "Hey Ya!"
2005 Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
2006 Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
2007 Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) — "Umbrella"
2008 Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
2009 Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
2010 Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"