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"
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"
1988 INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
1989 Neil Young — "This Note's for You"
1990 Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"
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"
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