MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

, the first and most popular

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in the

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has a long history of hosting live music events in which

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are presented. Along with MTV's related channels around the world, the network produces over 20 award shows annually. This list of MTV award shows links to further information about each of these shows.

MTV award shows in the U.S.

''NOTE: Includes all MTV networks.'' *

CMT Music Awards The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The ceremony launched in 1967 as Music City News Awards; it is the oldest award show currently airing under Paramount Global. The ceremony ...

(1967–present*) **Acquired by MTV Networks in May 2000. Originally known as the ''Music City News Awards'' when founded in 1967. *

MTV Video Music Award The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category) ...

(1984–present) * BET Soul Train Awards (1987–2007, 2009–present) **Acquired by Paramount Global in 2016. *

MTV Movie & TV Awards The MTV Movie & TV Awards is a film and television awards show previously presented annually on MTV. It began as the MTV Movie Awards in 1992, when its first edition was held, and adopted its current name in 2017, beginning with its 26th editio ...

(1992–present) *

MTVU Woodie Awards MTVU (formerly stylized as MtvU and mtvU) is an American digital cable TV channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group, a unit of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. MTVU programming initially served 750 college and uni ...

(2004–present) * MTV Fandom Awards (2014–2017)

MTV award shows around the world

Current shows

MTV Europe Music Award The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an al ...

MTV Millennial Awards The MTV MIAW Awards (formerly known as the MTV Millennial Awards) are annual Latin American music awards presented by the cable network MTV Latin America to honor the best in Latin music and youth internet culture. Winners receive a statuette of ...

MTV Video Music Awards Japan The MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ for short) are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United States, in this event artists are awarded for their songs and videos through online vo ...

Previous awards shows

MTV Video Music Brazil The MTV Video Music Brasil awards (originally Video Music Awards Brasil and more commonly known as VMB), were MTV Brasil's annual award ceremony, established in 1995. MTV viewers picked the winners for most categories since 2001. Unlike in the ...

Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service (transportation), Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a ...

MTV Africa Music Awards The MTV Africa Music Awards (also known as the MAMAs) were established in 2008 by MTV Networks Africa (now Viacom International Media Networks Africa) to celebrate the most popular contemporary music in Africa. The 2008 and 2010 events took plac ...

MTV Asia Awards The MTV Asia Awards was the Asian equivalent of the European MTV EMA. Held from 2002 to 2008, the show gave recognition and awards to Asian and international artists in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music. Just like the EMAs, mo ...

MTV Australia Awards The MTV Australia Awards (previously known as the MTV Australia Video Music Awards or AVMA's) started in 2005 and were Australia's first awards show to celebrate both local and international acts. The last edition took place in 2009. History Th ...

MTV Italian Music Awards The ''MTV Awards'' (known as ''TRL Awards'' from 2006 to 2012) were established in 2006 by MTV Italy, awarded to the most popular artists and music videos in Italy. Originally an annual event for the most requested videos and artists on ''Total Re ...

MTV Immies The MTV Immies are held every year with an aim to award the best talents in the Indian music industry. In 2005 The Immies supported relief for the quake victims of India and Pakistan. Also, proceeds from donor passes were given to the Prime M ...

MTV Millennial Awards Brazil The MTV MIAW Awards Brazil (commonly abbreviated as MTV MIAW BR) were established by MTV Brazil in 2018 to celebrate music, television and internet artists. The first edition happened in May 2018 and was hosted by Whindersson Nunes in São Paulo ...

* MTV Pakistan Music Video Awards * Penghargaan MTV Indonesia *

MTV Pilipinas Music Award MTV Pilipinas Music Awards was the annual music video awards event of MTV Pilipinas. Award categories * Video of the Year * Favorite Male Video * Favorite Female Video * Favorite New Artist in a Video * Favorite Group Video *Favorite Indie Vid ...

* MTV Romania Music Awards *

MTV Russia Music Awards The MTV Russia Music Awards made its debut in 2004 and have celebrated local Russian talent as well as International. The MTV Russia Music Awards (RMA) features local and international acts and music celebrities being honoured by Russian viewers. ...

* MTV Student Voice Awards (Japan) *

TMF Awards The TMF Awards were an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory). The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small a ...

Movies

* MTV Movie Awards Mexico * MTV Asia Movie Awards * MTV Indonesia Movie Awards * MTV Russia Movie Awards

Fashion

* MTV India Style Awards * MTV China Style Awards * MTV Philippines Style Awards * Fashionista MTV (Latin America)

Video games

* MTV Game Awards (Germany) * MTV Game Awards (Mexico)