MTV Video Music Awards Best Video throwback (1984-2013)

Here are the list of the 29 Best Video from MTV Video Music Awards

little trivia:

Madonna holds the record of Most Overall wins win 20 smashing moonman ♥

followed by Pter Gabriel, Lady Gaga 13, Beyonce and REM 12

Video Vanguard Award; "Papa Don't Preach" (1); "Express Yourself" (3); "Like a Prayer" (1); "Vogue" (3); The Immaculate Collection (1); "Rain" (2); "Take a Bow" (1); "Ray of Light" (5); "Frozen" (1); "Beautiful Stranger" (1)

source: Wikipedia

now let's a trip back to memory lane:

(1st, winner and 2nd, who i think should've won)

1984 

The Cars — "You Might Think"

vs Michael Jackson — "Thriller"

1985

Don Henley — "The Boys of Summer"

vs. USA for Africa — "We Are the World"

1986

Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing"

vs. a-ha — "Take on Me"

1987

Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"

vs. U2 — "With or Without You"

1988

INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

vs. U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

1989

Neil Young — "This Note's for You"

Madonna — "Like a Prayer"

1990

Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"

vs. Madonna — "Vogue"


1991
R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"

1992
Van Halen — "Right Now"
vs Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"

1993
Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"
 vs. En Vogue – "Free Your Mind"



1994
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"

R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

1995
TLC — "Waterfalls"


1996
The Smashing Pumpkins — "Tonight, Tonight"
Alanis Morissette — "Ironic"

1997

Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"

No Doubt — "Don't Speak"

1998

Madonna – "Ray of Light"

1999

Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"

2000

Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady"

2001

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade"

2002

Eminem — "Without Me"

Linkin Park — "In the End"

2003

Missy Elliott — "Work It"

2004

OutKast — "Hey Ya!"

Britney Spears — "Toxic"

2005

Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"

2006

Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

Madonna — "Hung Up"

2007

Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) — "Umbrella"

2008

Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"

The Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"

2009

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

2010

Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"

Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone"

2011

 Katy Perry — "Firework"

2012

Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

2013

Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"

Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"

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