The MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration is given at the annual MTV Video Music Awards. The category was first introduced at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards under the name Most Earthshattering Collaboration, as the VMAs were revamped and a few new categories were added to the show. When MTV brought the VMAs back to their old format in 2008, this category did not return. It was not until 2010 that the category was reintroduced under the name Best Collaboration.
Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift have received the most wins in this category with three moonmen each. Beyoncé won for "Beautiful Liar" with Shakira (), "Telephone" with Lady Gaga () and "Drunk in Love" with Jay-Z (); Taylor Swift won for "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar (), "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Zayn () and "Fortnight" with Post Malone (); and Lady Gaga won for "Telephone" with Beyoncé (), "Rain on Me" with Ariana Grande (), and "Die with a Smile" with Bruno Mars (). Shakira won in this category 2 times: "Beautiful Liar" with Beyoncé (2007) and "TQG" with Karol G ().
Ariana Grande, Drake and Rihanna are the most nominated artists with six nominations, followed by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Post Malone with five.
Recipients
2000s + Year Winner(s) Video Nominees Beyoncé and Shakira "Beautiful Liar" colspan="4" colspan="4"
2010s + Year Winner(s) Video Nominees Lady Gaga "Telephone" Katy Perry "E.T." colspan="4" Pink "Just Give Me a Reason" Beyoncé "Drunk in Love" Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" Fifth Harmony "Work from Home" ZAYN and Taylor Swift "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" Jennifer Lopez "Dinero" Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello "Señorita"
2020s + Year Winner(s) Video Nominees Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande "Rain on Me" Doja Cat "Kiss Me More" Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow "Industry Baby" Karol G and Shakira "TQG" 2024 Taylor Swift "Fortnight" 2025 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars "Die with a Smile" 2026 Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter "Bring Your Love"
Statistics Artists with multiple wins 3 wins Beyoncé Taylor Swift Lady Gaga
2 wins Shakira
Artists with multiple nominations
6 nominations Rihanna Ariana Grande Drake
5 nominations Beyoncé Lady Gaga Post Malone
4 nominations Justin Bieber The Weeknd Taylor Swift Bruno Mars
3 nominations Calvin Harris Jay-Z Katy Perry Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Pitbull Cardi B Dua Lipa Megan Thee Stallion Kendrick Lamar SZA Selena Gomez Shakira
2 nominations Kesha Ed Sheeran Lil Nas X Future Bebe Rexha Doja Cat Diddy Bryson Tiller Karol G Chris Brown Eminem Justin Timberlake Pharrell Halsey Akon Khalid Charlie Puth Kanye West DJ Khaled
See also MTV Europe Music Award for Best Collaboration
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