{{Short description|Annual music video award}} {{Infobox award | name = MTV Video Music Award <br>for Breakthrough Video | image = | imagesize = 200 | alt = | caption = | presenter = MTV | country = United States | year = 1988 | year2 = 2010 | holder = The Black Keys – "Tighten Up" ({{Mtvvma|2010}}) | most_wins = R.E.M. & Fatboy Slim (2) | most_nominations = Björk, Busta Rhymes, Coldplay, Gorillaz & R.E.M. (3) | website = [https://www.mtv.com/vma VMA website] }} The '''MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video''' was first awarded in 1988, replacing the award for '''Most Experimental Video'''. Along with '''Best Direction in a Video''', this award was considered to be one of the most important professional categories at the VMAs, as every once in a while it was even presented during the main show (unlike most technical awards which were presented during the pre-show).
The award for '''Breakthrough Video''' was given out every year from 1988 to 2005, after which it was retired. In 2009, however, MTV decided to bring back this category and continued to present it until 2010, after which it was retired again.
R.E.M. and Fatboy Slim are the two biggest winners of this award, as they each have won it twice. Art of Noise, meanwhile, is the only artist or group to have won this award under its two incarnations: '''Most Experimental Video''' in 1985 and '''Breakthrough Video''' in 1989.
==Recipients== ===1980s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1988}} | INXS | "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" | {{smalldiv| * George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" * Squeeze – "Hourglass" * Suzanne Vega – "Luka" * XTC – "Dear God" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1988">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1988/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1988|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160513/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1988/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1989}} | Art of Noise {{small|(featuring Tom Jones)}} | "Kiss" | {{smalldiv| * Paula Abdul – "Straight Up" * Elvis Costello – "Veronica" * The Escape Club – "Wild, Wild West" * Fine Young Cannibals – "She Drives Me Crazy" * Michael Jackson – "Leave Me Alone" * Jody Watley – "Real Love" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1989">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1989/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1989|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711215428/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1989/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
===1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1990}} | Tears for Fears | "Sowing the Seeds of Love" | {{smalldiv| * Paula Abdul – "Opposites Attract" * Sinéad O'Connor – "Nothing Compares 2 U" * Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Higher Ground" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1990">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1990/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1990|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170219003236/http://www.mtv.com/vma/1990|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1991}} | R.E.M. | "Losing My Religion" | {{smalldiv| * Deee-Lite – "Groove Is in the Heart" * Enigma – "Sadeness (Part I)" * Seal – "Crazy" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1991">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1991|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018005826/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1992}} | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Give It Away" | {{smalldiv| * Tori Amos – "Silent All These Years" * David Byrne – "She's Mad" * Van Halen – "Right Now" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1992">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1992/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1992|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630111824/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1992/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1993}} | Los Lobos | "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" | {{smalldiv| * Aerosmith – "Livin' on the Edge" * Terence Trent D'Arby – "She Kissed Me" * Green Jellÿ – "Three Little Pigs" * George Michael – "Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" * Porno for Pyros – "Pets" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1993|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=May 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504110019/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1994}} | R.E.M. | "Everybody Hurts" | {{smalldiv| * Beastie Boys – "Sabotage" * Björk – "Human Behaviour" * Deep Forest – "Sweet Lullaby" * Nine Inch Nails – "Closer" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1994">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1994/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1994|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=May 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504080658/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1994/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1995}} | Weezer | "Buddy Holly" | {{smalldiv| * Green Day – "Basket Case" * Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson – "Scream" * TLC – "Waterfalls" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1995|publisher=MTV |access-date=July 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510091655/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/|archive-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1996}} | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Tonight, Tonight" | {{smalldiv| * Björk – "It's Oh So Quiet" * Busta Rhymes – "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" * Foo Fighters – "Big Me" * Garbage – "Queer" * Radiohead – "Just" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1996">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1996|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=June 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612185016/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1997}} | Jamiroquai | "Virtual Insanity" | {{smalldiv| * The Chemical Brothers – "Setting Sun" * Daft Punk – "Da Funk" * Missy Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" * Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1997|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024133607/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1998}} | The Prodigy | "Smack My Bitch Up" | {{smalldiv| * Busta Rhymes – "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" * Garbage – "Push It" * Sean Lennon – "Home" * Madonna – "Ray of Light" * Roni Size/Reprazent – "Brown Paper Bag" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1998/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1998|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=July 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701002211/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1998/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1999}} | Fatboy Slim | "Praise You" | {{smalldiv| * Busta Rhymes – "Gimme Some More" * Eels – "Last Stop: This Town" * Eminem (featuring Dr. Dre) – "Guilty Conscience" * Korn – "Freak on a Leash" * Unkle (featuring Thom Yorke) – "Rabbit in Your Headlights" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1999|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=September 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912094945/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
===2000s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col" style="width:25px;"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2000}} | Björk | "All Is Full of Love" | {{smalldiv| * Blur – "Coffee & TV" * The Chemical Brothers – "Let Forever Be" * Nine Inch Nails – "Into the Void" * Supergrass – "Pumping on Your Stereo" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2000|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325215241/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2001}} | Fatboy Slim | "Weapon of Choice" | {{smalldiv| * Common (featuring Macy Gray) – "Geto Heaven (Remix)" * Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood" * NSYNC – "Pop" * R.E.M. – "Imitation of Life" * Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216024904/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2002}} | The White Stripes | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | {{smalldiv| * Cake – "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" * Coldplay – "Trouble" * The Crystal Method – "Name of the Game" * DMX – "Who We Be" * Maxwell – "This Woman's Work" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2002|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=August 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811180938/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2003}} | Coldplay | "The Scientist" | {{smalldiv| * Floetry – "Floetic" * Kenna – "Freetime" * Queens of the Stone Age – "Go with the Flow" * Sum 41 – "The Hell Song" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=April 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422194521/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2004}} | Franz Ferdinand | "Take Me Out" | {{smalldiv| * Modest Mouse – "Float On" * New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here" * Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" * Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down" * The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2004|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=April 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408004550/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2005}} | Gorillaz | "Feel Good Inc." | {{smalldiv| * Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) – "Lose Control" * Eminem – "Mosh" * Sarah McLachlan – "World on Fire" * U2 – "Vertigo" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729011618/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2006}} – {{Mtvvma|2008}} | colspan="4" {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2009}} | Matt & Kim | "Lessons Learned" | {{smalldiv| * Anjulie – "Boom" * Bat for Lashes – "Daniel" * Chairlift – "Evident Utensil" * Cold War Kids – "I've Seen Enough" * Death Cab for Cutie – "Grapevine Fires" * Gnarls Barkley – "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" * Major Lazer – "Hold the Line" * Passion Pit – "The Reeling" * Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Heads Will Roll" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=February 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212200706/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
===2010s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2010}} | The Black Keys | "Tighten Up" | {{smalldiv| * Dan Black – "Symphonies" * Coldplay – "Strawberry Swing" * Gorillaz (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def) – "Stylo" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2010|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012|archive-date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205094153/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
==Statistics== ===Artists with multiple wins=== ; 2 wins * Fatboy Slim * R.E.M.
===Artists with multiple nominations=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ; 3 nominations * Björk * Busta Rhymes * Coldplay * Gorillaz * R.E.M. {{col-2}} ; 2 nominations * Eminem * Fatboy Slim * Garbage * Michael Jackson * Missy Elliott * Nine Inch Nails * Paula Abdul * Radiohead * Red Hot Chili Peppers * The Chemical Brothers * The White Stripes {{col-end}}
==Notes== {{NoteFoot}} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
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