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MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography

"Best Choreography" redirects here. For other Best Choreography awards, see List of Best Choreography awards.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography
Awarded forChoreography
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awarded1984
Last awarded2020
Currently held byThe Lab and Son Sung Deuk – "On" by BTS (2020)
WebsiteVMA 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.

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.

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

Year Winner(s) Work Performer(s) Nominees Ref.
1984 Michael Jackson and Michael Peters "Thriller" Michael Jackson
[1]
1985 David Atkins "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" Elton John
[2]
1986 Prince "Raspberry Beret" Prince and The Revolution
[3]
1987 Paula Abdul "Nasty" Janet Jackson
[4]
1988 Barry Lather "The Pleasure Principle" Janet Jackson
[5]
1989 Paula Abdul "Straight Up" Paula Abdul
[6]
1990 Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson
[7]
1991 Jamale Graves "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" C+C Music Factory
[8]
1992 Frank Gatson, Travis Payne and LaVelle Smith Jr. "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" En Vogue
[9]
1993 Frank Gatson, LaVelle Smith Jr. and Travis Payne "Free Your Mind" En Vogue
[10]
1994 Frank Gatson and Randy Connor "Whatta Man" Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue
[11]
1995 LaVelle Smith Jr., Tina Landon, Travis Payne and Sean Cheesman "Scream" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
[12]
1996 Michael Rooney "It's Oh So Quiet" Björk
[13]
1997 Peggy Hickey "The New Pollution" Beck
[14]
1998 Madonna and Jonas Åkerlund "Ray of Light" Madonna
[15]
1999 Richard Koufey and Michael Rooney "Praise You" Fatboy Slim
[16]
2000 Darrin Henson "Bye Bye Bye" 'N Sync
[17]
2001 Michael Rooney, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken "Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim
[18]
2002 Michael Rooney "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue
[19]
2003 Frank Gatson and LaVelle Smith Jr. "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z)
[20]
2004 Fatima Robinson "Hey Mama" The Black Eyed Peas
[21]
2005 Kishaya Dudley "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani
[22]
2006 Shakira "Hips Don't Lie" Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean)
[23]
2007 Marty Kudelka "Let Me Talk to You/My Love" Justin Timberlake (featuring T.I.)
[24]
2008 Michael Rooney "Run" Gnarls Barkley
  • "Chasing Pavements" – Marguerite Derricks (performed by Adele)
  • "Forever" – Tone & Rich (performed by Chris Brown)
  • "Kiss Kiss" – Flii Stylz (performed by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain)
  • "When I Grow Up" – Robin Antin and Mikey Minden (performed by The Pussycat Dolls)
 [25]
2009 Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Beyoncé
[26]
2010 Laurieann Gibson "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga
  • "OMG" – Aakomon "AJ" Jones (performed by Usher featuring will.i.am)
  • "Telephone" – Laurieann Gibson (performed by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé)
  • "Tightrope" – Janelle Monáe and the Memphis Jookin Community (performed by Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi)
  • "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" – Frank Gatson, Phlex and Bryan Tanaka (performed by Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga)
 [27]
2011 Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page "Run the World (Girls)" Beyoncé
  • "Judas" – Laurieann Gibson (performed by Lady Gaga)
  • "The Lazy Song" – Bruno Mars and Poreotics (performed by Bruno Mars)
  • "Party Rock Anthem" – Hokuto "Hok" Konishi (performed by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock)
  • "Till the World Ends" – Brian Friedman (performed by Britney Spears)
 [28]
2012 Anwar "Flii" Burton "Turn Up the Music" Chris Brown
  • "Countdown" – Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson, Beyoncé and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (performed by Beyoncé)
  • "Dance Again" – JR Taylor (performed by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull)
  • "Levels" – Richy Greenfield and Petro Papahadjopoulos (performed by Avicii)
  • "Where Have You Been" – Hi-Hat (performed by Rihanna)
 [29]
2013 Bruno Mars "Treasure" Bruno Mars
  • "Body Party" – Jamaica Craft (performed by Ciara)
  • "Fine China" – Richmond Talauega, Anthony Talauega and Anwar "Flii" Burton (performed by Chris Brown)
  • "Live It Up" – J.R. Taylor and Beau Smart (performed by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull)
  • "#thatPOWER" – Fatima Robinson and Ryo Noguchi (performed by will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber)
 [30]
2014 Ryan Heffington "Chandelier" Sia
  • "Good Kisser" – Jamaica Craft and Todd Sams (performed by Usher)
  • "Hideaway" – Ljuba Castot (performed by Kiesza)
  • "Love Never Felt So Good" – Rich and Tone Talauega (performed by Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake)
  • "Partition" – Svetlana Kostantinova, Philippe Decouflé, Danielle Polanco and Frank Gatson (performed by Beyoncé)
  • "Talk Dirty" – Amy Allen (performed by Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz)
 [31]
2015 OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano "I Won't Let You Down" OK Go
  • "7/11" – Beyoncé, Chris Grant and Gabriel Valenciano (performed by Beyoncé)
  • "Don't" – Nappytabs (performed by Ed Sheeran)
  • "Gold" – Ryan Heffington (performed by Chet Faker)
  • "Never Catch Me" – Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid (performed by Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar)
 [32]
2016 Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia "Formation" Beyoncé
  • "Delilah" – Holly Blakey (performed by Florence + the Machine)
  • M3LL155X – FKA Twigs (performed by FKA Twigs)
  • "Sorry" – Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell and Beyoncé Knowles Carter (performed by Beyoncé)
  • "WTF (Where They From)" – Hi-Hat (performed by Missy Elliott featuring Pharrell)
 [33]
2017 Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins "Fade" Kanye West
  • "Down" – Sean Bankhead (performed by Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane)
  • "The Greatest" – Ryan Heffington (performed by Sia)
  • "HUMBLE." – Dave Meyers (performed by Kendrick Lamar)
  • "Side to Side" – Brian and Scott Nicholson (performed by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj)
 [34]
2018 Sherrie Silver "This Is America" Childish Gambino
  • "Apeshit" – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and JaQuel Knight (performed by The Carters)
  • "Filthy" – Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracey Phillips and Ivan Koumaev (performed by Justin Timberlake)
  • "Finesse (Remix)" – Phil Tayag and Bruno Mars (performed by Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B)
  • "Havana" – Calvit Hodge, Sara Bivens and Galen Hooks (performed by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug)
  • "IDGAF" – Marion Motin (performed by Dua Lipa)
 [35]
2019 Charm La'Donna "Con altura" Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho)
  • "Almeda" – Maya Taylor and Solange Knowles (performed by Solange)
  • "Boy with Luv" – Son Sungdeuk and Quick Crew (performed by BTS featuring Halsey)
  • "Cellophane" – Kelly Yvonne (performed by FKA Twigs)
  • "No New Friends" – Ryan Heffington (performed by LSD)
  • "Señorita" – Calvit Hodge (performed by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello)
 [36]
2020 The Lab and Son Sung Deuk "On" BTS
  • "Bop" – DaniLeigh and Cherry (performed by DaBaby)
  • "Honey Boo" – Kyle Hanagami (performed by CNCO and Natti Natasha)
  • "Motivation" – Sean Bankhead (performed by Normani)
  • "Physical" – Charm La'Donna (performed by Dua Lipa)
  • "Rain on Me" – Richy Jackson (performed by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande)
 [37]

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