MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video


The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video was one of four original general awards that have been handed out every year since the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. In 2007, though, the award was briefly renamed Male Artist of the Year, and it awarded the artist's whole body of work for that year rather than a specific video. However, the award returned to its original name the following year. It was replaced by the Artist of the Year category in 2017, combining Best Male and Best Female video categories.
With three victories, Eminem is the artist with most wins in this category, and also has the most nominations with nine. Meanwhile, Tom Petty, Beck, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown, all have won this twice, with the first three being the only artists to win the award for two consecutive years.

Recipients

Marks winners of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
Marks nominees of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

YearWinnerNomineesRef.
David Bowie — "China Girl"
Bruce Springsteen — "I'm on Fire"
  • Glenn Frey — "Smuggler's Blues"
  • Don Henley
  • David Lee Roth
  • David Lee Roth
    • Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love"
  • Bryan Adams — "Summer of '69"
  • Phil Collins — "Take Me Home"
  • Bruce Springsteen — "Glory Days"
  • Sting — "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
    • Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
  • David Bowie — "Day-In Day-Out"
  • Robert Palmer — "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
  • Paul Simon — "You Can Call Me Al"
  • Steve Winwood
    • Prince — "U Got the Look"
  • Terence Trent D'Arby — "Wishing Well"
  • George Harrison — "Got My Mind Set on You"
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Steve Winwood — "Back in the High Life Again"
    • Elvis Costello — "Veronica"
  • Bobby Brown — "Every Little Step"
  • Lou Reed — "Dirty Blvd."
  • Steve Winwood
    • Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
  • Billy Idol — "Cradle of Love"
  • MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"
  • Michael Penn — "No Myth"
    • Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game "
  • Jon Bon Jovi — "Blaze of Glory"
  • Gerardo — "Rico Suave"
  • George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
    • Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven "
  • John Mellencamp — "Get a Leg Up"
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Into the Great Wide Open"
  • Bruce Springsteen — "Human Touch"
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic — "Smells Like Nirvana"
    • Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
  • Peter Gabriel — "Steam"
  • George Michael — "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
  • Sting — "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
    • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
  • Beck — "Loser"
  • Tony Bennett — "Steppin' Out with My Baby"
  • Bruce Springsteen — "Streets of Philadelphia"
    • Tom Petty — "You Don't Know How It Feels"
  • Chris Isaak — "Somebody's Crying"
  • Elton John — "Believe"
  • Lucas — "Lucas with the Lid Off"
    • Beck — "Where It's At"
  • Bryan Adams — "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"
  • Coolio — "1, 2, 3, 4 "
  • R. Kelly — "Down Low "
  • Seal — "Don't Cry"
    • Beck — "Devils Haircut"
  • Babyface — "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
  • R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly"
  • Will Smith — "Men in Black"
    • Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us"
  • David Bowie — "I'm Afraid of Americans "
  • Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
  • Eric Clapton — "My Father's Eyes"
  • Brian McKnight — "Anytime"
    • Will Smith — "Miami"
  • Eminem — "My Name Is"
  • Lenny Kravitz — "Fly Away"
  • Ricky Martin
    • Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"
  • D'Angelo
  • Kid Rock — "Cowboy"
  • Ricky Martin — "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
  • Moby — "Natural Blues"
    • Moby — "South Side"
  • Eminem
  • Lenny Kravitz — "Again"
  • Nelly — "Ride wit Me"
  • Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ"
    • Eminem — "Without Me"
  • Craig David — "Walking Away"
  • Enrique Iglesias — "Hero"
  • Elton John — "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
  • Nelly — "#1"
  • Usher — "U Got It Bad"
    • Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River"
  • 50 Cent
  • Johnny Cash
  • Eminem
  • John Mayer — "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
    • Usher — "Yeah!"
  • Jay-Z
  • Prince — "Musicology"
  • Justin Timberlake — "Señorita"
  • Kanye West — "All Falls Down"
    • Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"
  • 50 Cent — "Candy Shop"
  • Beck — "E-Pro"
  • John Legend — "Ordinary People"
  • Usher — "Caught Up"
    • James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
  • Busta Rhymes — "Touch It "
  • Nick Lachey — "What's Left of Me"
  • T.I. — "What You Know"
  • Kanye West — "Gold Digger"
    • Justin Timberlake
  • Akon
  • Robin Thicke
  • T.I.
  • Kanye West
    • Chris Brown — "With You"
  • Flo Rida — "Low"
  • Lil Wayne — "Lollipop"
  • T.I. — "No Matter What"
  • Usher — "Love in This Club"
    • T.I. — "Live Your Life"
  • Eminem
  • Jay-Z — "D.O.A. "
  • Ne-Yo — "Miss Independent"
  • Kanye West
    • Eminem — "Not Afraid"
  • B.o.B
  • Jason Derulo — "In My Head"
  • Drake — "Find Your Love"
  • Usher — "OMG"
    • Justin Bieber — "U Smile"
  • Eminem — "Love the Way You Lie"
  • Cee-Lo Green — "Fuck You"
  • Bruno Mars
  • Kanye West — "All of the Lights"
    • Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"
  • Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
  • Drake
  • Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
  • Usher — "Climax"
    • Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
  • Kendrick Lamar — "Swimming Pools "
  • Ed Sheeran — "Lego House"
  • Robin Thicke
  • Justin Timberlake
    • Ed Sheeran — "Sing"
  • Eminem — "The Monster"
  • John Legend — "All of Me"
  • Sam Smith — "Stay with Me"
  • Pharrell Williams
    • Mark Ronson — "Uptown Funk"
  • Nick Jonas — "Chains"
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Ed Sheeran
  • The Weeknd — "Earned It"
    • Calvin Harris — "This Is What You Came For"
  • Drake
  • Bryson Tiller — "Don't"
  • The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"
  • Kanye West

    • Statistics

    Multiple Wins

    ;3 wins
    • Eminem
    ;2 wins
    • Will Smith
    • Beck
    • Justin Timberlake
    • Chris Brown
    • Bruno Mars

      Multiple Nominations

    ;9 nominations
    • Eminem
    ;7 nominations
    • Kanye West
    ;6 nominations
    • Usher
    ;5 nominations
    • Tom Petty
    • T.I.
    ;4 nominations
    • Justin Timberlake
    ;3 nominations
    • Steve Winwood
    • Will Smith
    • David Bowie
    • Lenny Kravitz
    • Ed Sheeran
    • Pharrell Williams
    • Bruno Mars
    ;2 nominations
    • Don Henley
    • David Lee Roth
    • Robert Palmer
    • Bryan Adams
    • Sting
    • Peter Gabriel
    • Prince
    • Chris Isaak
    • George Michael
    • Eric Clapton
    • Elton John
    • R. Kelly
    • Busta Rhymes
    • Ricky Martin
    • Moby
    • Nelly
    • 50 Cent
    • Jay-Z
    • John Legend
    • Justin Bieber
    • Chris Brown