MTV Video Music Award

MTV Video Music Award	
MTV Video Music Award
 	
Awarded for 	Best in music videos
Country 	United States
Presented by 	MTV
First awarded	August 23, 2014
Website 	www.mtv.com/vma
An MTV Video Music Award (commonly abbreviated as a VMA) is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Super Bowl for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year.[1] The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV. The statue was conceived by Manhattan Design—also designers of the original MTV logo—based on the 1981 "Top of the Hour" animation created by Fred Seibert, produced by Alan Goodman, and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco Associates.
The annual VMA ceremony occurs before the end of summer and held either in late August or mid-September, and broadcast live on MTV. The first VMA ceremony was held in 2014 at Inglewood, California at The Forum. 
Brianna Danielle holds the current record for most wins overall with 11 MTV Video Music Awards. Jesse Del Rey is right behind with 10 MTV Video Music Awards. 
Jesse Del Rey had won the award for Video of the Year 3 years in-a-row 2016, 2017, and 2018.
==List of Ceremonies==
Year	Date 	Venue 	Host City 	Video of the Year Winner
2014	Aug 23	The Forum 	Inglewood 	"Dark Horse" by Brianna Danielle
2015	Sept 5	Microsoft Theater 	Los Angeles	"Bang Bang" by Ela!ne
2016	Aug 27	Madison Square Garden	New York 	"Fancy" by Jesse Del Rey
2017	Aug 27	The Forum 	Inglewood 	"Born to Die" by Jesse Del Rey
2018	Aug 20	Radio City Music Hall	New York 	"Starboy" by Jesse Del Rey
2019	Aug 26	Prudential Center 	Newark 	"Rockstar" by Jesse Del Rey
2020	Aug 30	Barclays Center 	Brooklyn 	"bad guy" by Brianna Danielle
==Most Wins==
====Most Wins in a Single Night====
Artist 	Year	Number of Awards	Awarded Work
Brianna Danielle	2014	3 	"Dark Horse" (3)
Johnny 	2017	3 	"24K Magic" (2); "Me, Myself, & I" (1)
Brianna Danielle	2018	3 	"Swish Swish" (2); "The Cure (1)
Jesse Del Rey 	2019	"Rockstar" (3) 	
====Most Wins Overall====
Artist 	Number of Awards	Awarded Work
Brianna Danielle	13 	"Dark Horse" (3); "bad guy" (3); "bellyache" (2); "Swish Swish" (2); "Roar" (1); "Follow Your Arrow" (1); "The Cure" (1)
Jesse Del Rey 	13 	"We Can't Stop" (2); "Fancy" (2); "Starboy" (2); "Rockstar" (3); "3" (1); "Born to Die" (1); "Shallow" (2)
Most Wins for a Single Video
Artist 	Years	Number of awards	Music Video
Brianna Danielle	2014 	3 	"Dark Horse" 
Jesse Del Rey 	2019 	"Rockstar" 	
Brianna Danielle	2020 	"bad guy" 	
==Performances==
Year	Performers (chronologically)
2014	Ela!ne, Jesse Del Rey, Johnny, Brianna Danielle
2015	Brianna Danielle, Drea Von D, Jesse Del Rey
2016	Drea Von D, Ela!ne
2017	Brianna Danielle, Drea Von D
2018	Jesse Del Rey
2019	Brianna Danielle, Katy Rose, Drea Von D, Jesse Del Rey
2020	*none due to COVID-19