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{{Infobox award
#REDIRECT [[Kwacha Music Awards]]
| name  = Kwacha Music Awards
| current_awards = 2017 Kwacha Music Awards
| image  =
| imagesize  =
| caption  =
| description =
| presenter = [[Sun FM]]
| country  = [[Zambia]]
| year  = {{start date and age|2017|9|14}}
| website  = [ https://www​.kwachaawards.com ]
}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name  = Most recent MTV Video Music Award winners
| election_date  = [[2016 MTV Video Music Awards|August 28, 2016]]
| type            = primary
| ongoing        = no
| previous_election = 2015 MTV Video Music Awards
| previous_year  = 2015
| next_election  = 2017 MTV Video Music Awards
| next_year      = 2017
| opinion_polls  =
| 1blank          = Award
| 2blank          = Winner
 
| image1          = [[File:Beyonce - The Formation World Tour, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.jpg|160x160px]]
| 1data1          = [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]]
| 2data1          = [[Beyoncé]]<br>("[[Formation (song)|Formation]]")
 
| image2          = [[File:Dnce.jpg|160x160px]]
| 1data2          = [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
| 2data2          = [[DNCE]]
 
| image4          = [[File:Calvin_Harris_-_Rock_in_Rio_Madrid_2012_-_09.jpg|160x160px]]
| 1data4          = [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video|Best Male Video]]
| 2data4          = [[Calvin Harris]]<br>("[[This Is What You Came For]]")
 
| image5          = [[File:Beyonce - The Formation World Tour, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.jpg|160x160px]]
| 1data5          = [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]]
| 2data5          = [[Beyoncé]]<br>("[[Hold Up (Beyoncé song)|Hold Up]]")
 
| title          = Video of the Year
| before_election = "[[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]"
| after_election  = "[[Formation (song)|Formation]]"
}}
{{MTV}}
An '''MTV Video Music Award''' (commonly abbreviated as a '''VMA''') is an award presented by the cable channel [[MTV]] to honor the best in the [[music video]] medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the [[Grammy Award]]s (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "[[Super Bowl]] for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year.<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/business/media-business-advertising-mtv-s-sponsors-hope-video-music-awards-can-draw-crowd.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; MTV's sponsors hope the Video Music Awards can draw a crowd, without wardrobe malfunctions. |last1=Elliot |first1=Stuart |last2= |first2= |date=August 20, 2004 |work =[[The New York Times|NYTimes.com]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |accessdate=19 September 2010}}</ref> By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award.<ref name=bbc1>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1456093.stm|title=MTV's irresistible rise |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=July 1, 2000 |work=[[BBC News|News.BBC.co.uk]] |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] |accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref> The statue given to winners is an [[astronaut]] on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and colloquially called a "moonman". The statue was conceived by [[Manhattan Design]]—also designers of the original MTV logo—based on the 1981 "Top of the Hour" animation created by [[Fred Seibert]], produced by [[Alan Goodman]], and produced by [[Buzz Potamkin]] at [[Buzzco Associates]]. The statue is now made by New York firm, [[Society Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=del Castillo|first1=Michael|title=Downtime: The man behind MTV's moonman|url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2012/09/06/downtime-with-society-award-david-moritz.html?page=all|website=www.upstart.bizjournals.com}}</ref> Since the 2006 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favorite videos in all general categories by visiting MTV's website.<ref>{{cite news|author=Spin Staff|publisher=SpinMedia Group|title=MTV Announces VMA Nominees|url=http://www.spin.com/2006/07/mtv-announces-vma-nominees/|date=July 31, 2006|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref>
 
The annual VMA ceremony occurs before the end of summer and held either in late August or mid-September, and broadcast live on MTV, along with simulcasts on MTV's sister networks to nullify in-house competition. The [[1984 MTV Video Music Awards|first VMA ceremony]] was held in 1984 at [[New York City]]'s [[Radio City Music Hall]]. The ceremonies are normally held in either New York City or [[Los Angeles]]. However, the ceremonies have also been hosted in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] and [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]].

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