MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography

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MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography
Awarded for Choreography
CountryUnited States
Presented by MTV
First awarded1984
Currently held by Charm La'Donna – "Houdini" by Dua Lipa (2024)
Website VMA website

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.

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Frank Gatson is also the most nominated choreographer with eleven nominations. He is followed by Tina Landon with nine nominations (and yet only one win). 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 ("Thriller"), Prince ("Raspberry Beret"), Paula Abdul ("Straight Up"), Janet Jackson ("Rhythm Nation"), Madonna ("Ray of Light"), Shakira ("Hips Don't Lie"), Bruno Mars ("Treasure"), and OK Go ("I Won't Let You Down"). 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 (as Richard Koufey) won this award in 1999 for his own dancing in Fatboy Slim's video "Praise You".

Recipients

1980s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
1984 Michael Jackson and Michael Peters "Thriller" (performed by Michael Jackson) [1]
1985 David Atkins "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (performed by Elton John)
 [2]
1986 Prince "Raspberry Beret" (performed by Prince and The Revolution)
 [3]
1987 Paula Abdul "Nasty" (performed by Janet Jackson)
 [4]
1988 Barry Lather "The Pleasure Principle" (performed by Janet Jackson) [5]
1989 Paula Abdul "Straight Up" (performed by Paula Abdul) [6]

1990s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
1990 Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas"Rhythm Nation" (performed by Janet Jackson)
 [7]
1991 Jamale Graves"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (performed by C+C Music Factory) [8]
1992 Frank Gatson , Travis Payne and LaVelle Smith Jr. "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (performed by En Vogue) [9]
1993 Frank Gatson , LaVelle Smith Jr. and Travis Payne "Free Your Mind" (performed by En Vogue) [10]
1994 Frank Gatson and Randy Connor"Whatta Man" (performed by Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue)
 [11]
1995 LaVelle Smith Jr. , Tina Landon, Travis Payne and Sean Cheesman "Scream" (performed by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson)
 [12]
1996 Michael Rooney "It's Oh So Quiet" (performed by Björk) [13]
1997 Peggy Hickey"The New Pollution" (performed by Beck)
 [14]
1998 Madonna and Jonas Åkerlund "Ray of Light" (performed by Madonna)
 [15]
1999 Richard Koufey and Michael Rooney "Praise You" (performed by Fatboy Slim)
 [16]

2000s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2000 Darrin Henson "Bye Bye Bye" (performed by NSYNC)
 [17]
2001 Michael Rooney , Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken "Weapon of Choice" (performed by Fatboy Slim)
 [18]
2002 Michael Rooney "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (performed by Kylie Minogue)
 [19]
2003 Frank Gatson and LaVelle Smith Jr. "Crazy in Love" (performed by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z)
 [20]
2004 Fatima Robinson "Hey Mama" (performed by The Black Eyed Peas)
 [21]
2005 Kishaya Dudley"Hollaback Girl" (performed by Gwen Stefani)
 [22]
2006 Shakira "Hips Don't Lie" (performed by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean)
 [23]
2007 Marty Kudelka"Let Me Talk to You/My Love" (performed by Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.)
 [24]
2008 Michael Rooney "Run" (performed by Gnarls Barkley)
 [25]
2009 Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (performed by Beyoncé)
 [26]

2010s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2010 Laurieann Gibson "Bad Romance" (performed by Lady Gaga)
 [27]
2011 Frank Gatson , Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page"Run the World (Girls)" (performed by Beyoncé) [28]
2012 Anwar "Flii" Burton"Turn Up the Music" (performed by Chris Brown)
 [29]
2013 Bruno Mars "Treasure" (performed by Bruno Mars)
 [30]
2014 Ryan Heffington "Chandelier" (performed by Sia)
 [31]
2015 OK Go , air:man and Mori Harano"I Won't Let You Down" (performed by OK Go)
 [32]
2016 Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia"Formation" (performed by Beyoncé)
 [33]
2017 Teyana Taylor , Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins "Fade" (performed by Kanye West)
 [34]
2018 Sherrie Silver "This is America" (performed by Childish Gambino)
 [35]
2019 Charm La'Donna "Con Altura" (performed by Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho)
 [36]

2020s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2020 The Lab and Son Sung Deuk"On" (performed by BTS)
 [37]
2021 Paul Roberts"Treat People with Kindness" (performed by Harry Styles)
 [38]
2022 "Fullout Cortland" (Cortland Brown)"Woman" (performed by Doja Cat)
 [39]
2023 Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX) and Taryn Cheng (YGX)"Pink Venom" (performed by Blackpink)
 [40]
2024 Charm La'Donna "Houdini" (performed by Dua Lipa)
 [41]

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