Annual music video award
TheMTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is an award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards, first introduced at the2013 ceremony . It is a social media voted award to crown thesong of the summer as determined by fans online. The nominees were usually announced in late August or early September after the main nominees were announced.
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 wasOne Direction with "Best Song Ever ". As of 2025, no artists have won the award more than once, butJustin Bieber is the most nominated artist with eight in this category.
Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist of the category with eight.One Direction were the first recipients of the award with "Best Song Ever " in2013 .Fifth Harmony was the first girl group and the first female act to win the category with "All in My Head (Flex) " in2016 .Cardi B received five nominations in the category, becoming the first and only female rapper to win with "I Like It " in2018 .Blackpink was the first Korean act to win the category with "How You Like That " in2020 .Artists with multiple nominations [ edit ] 8 nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations
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