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MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer

The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is an award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards, first introduced at the 2013 ceremony. It is a social media voted award to crown the song of the summer as determined by fans online.

MTV Video Music Award
for Song of Summer
Awarded forSummer hits
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded2013
Currently held byTaylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (2024)
Most nominationsJustin Bieber (7)
WebsiteVMA website

The award was briefly retired in 2014, the year after its creation, before returning the following year in 2015. The award has been given each year subsequently.

The first winner of the category was One Direction with "Best Song Ever". As of 2023, no artists have won the award more than once, but Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist with seven in this category.

Recipients

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Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist of the category with seven.
 
One Direction were the first recipients of the award with "Best Song Ever" in 2013.
 
Fifth Harmony was the first girl group and the first female act to win the category with "All in My Head (Flex)" in 2016.
 
Cardi B received five nominations in the category, becoming the first and only female rapper to win with "I Like It" in 2018.
 
J Balvin (left) and Bad Bunny (right) were the first Latin artists to win the category with their Cardi B collaboration "I Like It" in 2018.
 
Blackpink was the first Korean act to win the category with "How You Like That" in 2020.

2010s

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Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2013 One Direction "Best Song Ever" [1]
2014 —
2015 5 Seconds of Summer "She's Kinda Hot" [2]
2016 Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap) "All in My Head (Flex)" [3]
2017 Lil Uzi Vert "XO Tour Llif3" [4]
2018 Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "I Like It" [5]
2019 Ariana Grande and Social House "Boyfriend" [6]

2020s

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Recipients
Year[b] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2020 Blackpink "How You Like That" [7]
2021 BTS "Butter" [8]
2022 Jack Harlow "First Class" [9]
2023 Jungkook (featuring Latto) "Seven" [10]
2024 Taylor Swift (featuring Post Malone) "Fortnight" [11]

Statistics

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Artists with multiple nominations

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Notes

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  1. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

References

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  1. ^ "MTV VMAs 2013: Full Winners List". Billboard. August 25, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (August 30, 2015). "MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are…". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards: List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. August 28, 2016. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 MTV VMAs". Billboard. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Aiello, Mckenna (August 20, 2018). "MTV VMAs 2018 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Warner, Denise (August 26, 2019). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Warner, Denise (August 30, 2020). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2020 MTV VMAs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Hussey, Alison (September 13, 2021). "MTV VMAs 2021 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  9. ^ Grein, Paul (August 19, 2022). "Will BTS Make It Four in a Row as Group of the Year at 2022 MTV VMAs?". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  10. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (September 12, 2023). "2023 VMAs: Taylor Swift Takes Video of the Year; Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  11. ^ Atkinson, Kaite (September 11, 2024). "Here's a Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners (Updating Live)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
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