MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was first given out at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1987.

Winners

Year	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1984	Michael Jackson	"Thriller"	David Bowie – "China Girl" Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" The Police – "Every Breath You Take" Van Halen – "Jump"	^[1]
1985	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	"Easy Lover"	Eurythmics – "Would I Lie to You?" David Lee Roth – "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" Bruce Springsteen – "Dancing in the Dark" USA for Africa – "We Are the World"	^[2]
1986	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	"Dancing in the Street"	Dire Straits – "Money for Nothing" Robert Palmer – "Addicted to Love" Bruce Springsteen – "Glory Days" Sting – "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"	^[3]
1987	Peter Gabriel	"Sledgehammer"	Janet Jackson – "Nasty" Madonna – "Papa Don't Preach" Run-D.M.C. – "Walk This Way" U2 – "With or Without You"	^[4]

References

^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1984-1] "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1985-2] "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1986-3] "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1987-4] "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

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Years	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Awards	Video of the Year Artist of the Year Song of the Year New Artist Group Pop Rock R&B Hip-Hop Alternative Latin K-Pop Afrobeats Collaboration Direction Choreography Visual Effects Art Direction Editing Cinematography Song of Summer Video for Good Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award✯
Defunct	Album of the Year Artist Website Breakthrough Video Concept Video Dance Female Video International Viewer's Choice Awards Latino Artist Longform Video Male Video Metaverse Performance Monster Single of the Year Most Experimental Video MTV2 Award Overall Performance Post-Modern Video Quadruple Threat of the Year Rap Video Ringtone of the Year Show of the Summer Stage Performance Video Game Score Video Game Soundtrack Video from a Film Viewer's Choice Award
Key: ✯ Have special significance and are not necessarily awarded annually

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