[1] The award was created by the U.S. network MTV to honor artists with the best music videos.

[3] Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives.

[5] Beginning in 2021, Burger King sponsored the category through a partnership with Paramount, resulting in the award being presented as MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Presented by Burger King.

[6][7] Taylor Swift holds the record for the most wins, with a total of five for "Bad Blood" (2015), "You Need to Calm Down" (2019), “All Too Well: The Short Film” (2022), “Anti-Hero" (2023) and ″Fortnight″ (2024).

[a] David Lee Roth (1985), U2 (1988), and Lady Gaga (2010) are the only acts to have had two Video of the Year nominations in a single ceremony.