MTV Video Music Award for Artist of the Year

MTV Video Music Award
for Artist of the Year
MTV Video Music Award ; for Artist of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	2017
Currently held by	Taylor Swift (2023)
Most nominations	Ariana Grande (4)
Website	VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Artist of the Year is one of the biggest awards given at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. It was first introduced at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, replacing both the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video and Best Female Video as MTV want to eliminate gender-specific awards.^[1]

Ed Sheeran was the first recipient of the award in 2017. Ariana Grande has the most nominations in the category with four, winning the award in 2019. The Jonas Brothers is the only group that has been nominated for this award, receiving a nomination in 2019.

Recipients

2010s

Recipients
Year^[a]	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2017	Ed Sheeran	Ariana Grande Kendrick Lamar Lorde Bruno Mars The Weeknd	^[2]
2018	Camila Cabello	Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Bruno Mars	^[3]
2019	Ariana Grande	Cardi B Billie Eilish Halsey Jonas Brothers Shawn Mendes	^[4]

2020s

Recipients
Year^[b]	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2020	Lady Gaga	Justin Bieber DaBaby Megan Thee Stallion Post Malone The Weeknd	^[5]
2021	Justin Bieber	Doja Cat Ariana Grande Megan Thee Stallion Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift	^[6]
2022	Bad Bunny	Drake Ed Sheeran Harry Styles Jack Harlow Lil Nas X Lizzo	^[7]
2023	Taylor Swift	Beyoncé Doja Cat Karol G Nicki Minaj Shakira	^[8]

Artists with multiple nominations

4 nominations

Ariana Grande

2 nominations

Notes

References

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