MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography


The MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography is a craft award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and choreographer of the music video. From 1984 to 2007, the full name of the award was Best Choreography in a Video. The biggest winner is Frank Gatson with six wins. Michael Rooney follows closely behind with five wins.
Frank Gatson is also the most nominated choreographer with eleven nominations. He is followed by Tina Landon with nine nominations. The performers whose videos have won the most awards are Janet Jackson and Beyoncé, garnering a total of four Moonmen for choreography. Madonna's videos have received the most nominations with twelve.
Seven performers have won a Moonman in this category for their work choreographing or co-choreographing their own videos: Michael Jackson, Prince, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Shakira, Bruno Mars, and OK Go. An additional ten other performers/groups have been nominated for their work choreographing their own videos: Toni Basil, Morris Day, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Quad City DJ's, Jason Kay, Janelle Monáe, Beyoncé and Solange. Abdul, a professional choreographer before launching her musical career, was nominated twice for choreographing two Janet Jackson videos, and won for "Nasty" before winning again for her own video for "Straight Up". Basil, who is also a professional choreographer, is the only other artist to have been nominated for work on both their own videos and other artists.
Actor Christopher Walken won this award in 2001 for helping choreograph the video for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice," in which he appears dancing. Similarly, Spike Jonze won this award in 1999 for his own dancing in Fatboy Slim's video "Praise You".

Recipients

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Choreographer Statistics

Multiple wins

;6 wins
  • Frank Gatson
;5 wins
  • Michael Rooney
;4 wins
;3 wins
;2 wins
;11 nominations
  • Frank Gatson
;9 nominations
  • Tina Landon
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
  • Jamaica Craft
;6 nominations
  • Michael Rooney
;5 nominations
  • Marty Kudelka
  • Charm La'Donna
  • Paula Abdul
  • Rich and Tone Talauega
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations

Multiple wins

;4 wins
  • Beyoncé
  • Janet Jackson
;3 wins
;2 wins
;13 nominations
  • Beyoncé
;12 nominations
  • Madonna
;10 nominations
  • Janet Jackson
;7 nominations
  • Michael Jackson
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations