MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video

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MTV Video Music Award category music video award category

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video was a category at the MTV VMAs that honored outstanding music videos performed by female artists.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video canonical	15
Best Female Video	2
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video (nominated)	1
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video nomination	1
VMA for Best Female Video	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6235178 — 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 Best Female Video
Context triple: [Check on It, nominatedFor, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]

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 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.
C. MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video is an annual MTV honor recognizing outstanding rock music videos for their artistic and visual achievements.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding rhythm and blues music videos.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice
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.
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 Best Female Video
Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video was a category at the MTV VMAs that honored outstanding music videos performed by female artists.

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 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.
C. MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video is an annual MTV honor recognizing outstanding rock music videos for their artistic and visual achievements.
D. MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding rhythm and blues music videos.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MTV Video Music Award category ⓘ music video award category ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	VMA for Best Female Video ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
associatedWithEvent	live MTV Video Music Awards ceremony ⓘ
awardedByOrganizationType	television network ⓘ
awardFor	best music video performed by a female artist ⓘ
awardTrophy	MTV Moonman statuette ⓘ linked to: MTV Moonman
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinued	2017 ⓘ
eventFrequency	annual ⓘ
firstAwardedForYear	1983 music videos ⓘ
genderFocus	female ⓘ
genreFocus	popular music ⓘ
hasAudience	music fans ⓘ television viewers ⓘ
hasBroadcast	MTV cable channel ⓘ
hasCategoryType	gender-specific category ⓘ
hasCriterion	artistic quality of the music video ⓘ performance by a female artist ⓘ popularity of the music video ⓘ
hasNomineeType	female lead performer in a music video ⓘ solo female recording artist ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastAwardedForYear	2016 music videos ⓘ
location	various cities in the United States ⓘ
medium	music video ⓘ
notableWinner	Adele ⓘ Beyoncé ⓘ Britney Spears ⓘ Christina Aguilera ⓘ Janet Jackson ⓘ Katy Perry ⓘ Lady Gaga ⓘ Madonna ⓘ Rihanna ⓘ Taylor Swift ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.mtv.com/vma ⓘ
partOf	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
reasonForDiscontinuation	move toward gender-neutral artist categories at MTV VMAs ⓘ
replacedBy	MTV Video Music Award for Best Artist ⓘ
selectionProcess	nominees chosen by MTV ⓘ voting by MTV viewers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Check on It → nominatedFor → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

Since U Been Gone → award → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

Wide Awake → nominatedFor → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

Born This Way → award → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

subject linked to: song Born This Way

You Belong with Me → award → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

Criminal → nominatedFor → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

Anaconda → nominatedFor → MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video ⓘ

2011 MTV Video Music Awards → awardCategory → Best Female Video ⓘ