MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice

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MTV Video Music Award category fan-voted music video award

The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was a fan-voted category at the MTV Video Music Awards that recognized the most popular music videos as chosen by viewers.

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MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5052663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice
Context triple: [Thriller (song), awarded, MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice]

A. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer
The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is a fan-voted MTV VMA category that honors the most popular and culturally impactful hit song of the summer season.
C. MTV Video Music Award
The MTV Video Music Award is a prominent music video accolade presented annually by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in the medium.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice
Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was a fan-voted category at the MTV Video Music Awards that recognized the most popular music videos as chosen by viewers.

A. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer
The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is a fan-voted MTV VMA category that honors the most popular and culturally impactful hit song of the summer season.
C. MTV Video Music Award
The MTV Video Music Award is a prominent music video accolade presented annually by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in the medium.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MTV Video Music Award category ⓘ fan-voted music video award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Viewer's Choice Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardCategoryType	viewer-voted category ⓘ
awardFor	most popular music video as chosen by viewers ⓘ music videos ⓘ
awardShowSegment	main telecast of the MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	2006 ⓘ
genre	music award ⓘ
hasCriterion	popularity among MTV viewers ⓘ viewer votes via MTV platforms ⓘ
hasFeature	highlighted as a major fan-engagement category ⓘ often promoted through MTV on-air campaigns ⓘ results determined by audience participation ⓘ voting typically conducted before the live ceremony ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSuperlative	one of the most publicized fan-voted categories at the VMAs ⓘ
hasWinner	Aerosmith – "Cryin'" NERFINISHED ⓘ Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way" NERFINISHED ⓘ Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance" NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Charlotte – "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Day – "Basket Case" NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" NERFINISHED ⓘ INXS – "Need You Tonight" NERFINISHED ⓘ Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit" NERFINISHED ⓘ Linkin Park – "In the End" NERFINISHED ⓘ NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye" NERFINISHED ⓘ Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" NERFINISHED ⓘ Simple Plan – "Addicted" NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableNominee	Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ Britney Spears NERFINISHED ⓘ Eminem NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer	MTV Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	MTV Video Music Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedAtEvent	1984 MTV Video Music Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ 2006 MTV Video Music Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist (fan-voted category) NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist (fan-voted format in 2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionProcess	fan voting ⓘ

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Thriller → awarded → MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice ⓘ

subject surface form: Thriller (song)

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