VMA History Talk: Best Female Video

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There used to be a time when winning a VMA was seen as “prestigious” for some artists. Now, these awards are often an after thought. But sometimes it’s fun to reminisce on their past races. Particularly Best Female Video. Who would’ve been your personal winners?

Here are mine:

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
1984 Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
1985 Tina Turner – “What’s Love Got to Do with It”
1986 Whitney Houston – “How Will I Know”
1987 Madonna – “Papa Don’t Preach”
1988 Janet Jackson – “The Pleasure Principle”
1989 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up”
1990 Madonna – “Vogue”
1991 Janet Jackson – “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
1992 Annie Lennox – “Why”
1993 Janet Jackson – “That’s the Way Love Goes”
1994 Janet Jackson – “If”
1995 Madonna – “Take a Bow”
1996 Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
1997 Toni Braxton – “Un-Break My Heart”
1998 Madonna – “Ray of Light”
1999 Lauryn Hill – “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
2000 Aaliyah – “Try Again”
2001 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”
2002 Shakira – “Whenever, Wherever”
2003 Beyoncé f/ JAY-Z – “Crazy in Love”
2004 Britney Spears – “Toxic”
2005 Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
2006 Christina Aguilera – “Ain’t No Other Man”
2007 Rihanna f/ JAY-Z – “Umbrella”
2008 Mariah Carey – “Touch My Body”
2009 Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
2010 Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
2011 Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
2012 Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
2013 Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
2014 Katy Perry f/ Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
2015 Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
2016 Adele – “Hello”

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[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 123 Posts: 3820 View Predictions]

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Great topic.

I love Aaliyah with all my heart. So happy she won here.

Janet and Madonna are the queens of music videos and they deserved!

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My favorite lineups & my rankings:

1985
1. Tina
2. Madonna
3. Sade
4. Sheila E
5. Cyndi

1986
1. Whitney
2. Kate Bush
3. Grace Jones
4. Aretha
5. Tina

1999
1. Lauryn
2. Britney
3. J.Lo
4. Madonna

2000
1. Aaliyah
2. Britney
3. Toni
4. Christina
5. Macy

2001
1. Missy
2. Eve f/ Gwen
3. J.Lo
4. Janet
5. Madonna
6. Dido

2003
1. Beyoncé f/ JAY-Z
2. Christina f/ Redman
3. Missy
4. J.Lo
5. Avril

2004
1. Britney
2. Beyoncé
3. Alicia
4. Christina
5. Jessica

2005
1. Kelly
2. Mariah
3. Amerie
4. Shakira f/ Alejandro Sanz
5. Gwen

2006
1. Christina
2. Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean
3. Madonna
4. Kelly
5. Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland

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