2011 MTV Video Music Awards

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award ceremony television special

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards was a major music awards ceremony honoring the year's most popular music videos, notable for high-profile performances and widely discussed pop culture moments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
2011 MTV Video Music Awards canonical	3
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Love On Top performance	1
MTV Video Music Awards 2011	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3121934 — 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: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards
Context triple: [2012 MTV Video Music Awards, previousEvent, 2011 MTV Video Music Awards]

A. 2012 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards was a major annual music awards ceremony hosted by MTV that celebrated the year’s most popular music videos and featured high-profile live performances.
B. 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.
C. 2011 Billboard Music Awards
The 2011 Billboard Music Awards was a major music industry awards ceremony held in Las Vegas, honoring the year's top-charting artists and featuring high-profile live performances.
D. 1984 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1984 MTV Video Music Awards was the inaugural edition of MTV's annual ceremony honoring achievements in music videos, marking the beginning of one of pop culture's most influential award shows.
E. MTV award shows
MTV award shows are a series of pop culture-focused ceremonies produced by MTV that honor achievements in music, film, and television with a youthful, often irreverent style.
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: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards
Target entity description: The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards was a major music awards ceremony honoring the year's most popular music videos, notable for high-profile performances and widely discussed pop culture moments.

A. 2012 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards was a major annual music awards ceremony hosted by MTV that celebrated the year’s most popular music videos and featured high-profile live performances.
B. 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.
C. 2011 Billboard Music Awards
The 2011 Billboard Music Awards was a major music industry awards ceremony held in Las Vegas, honoring the year's top-charting artists and featuring high-profile live performances.
D. 1984 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1984 MTV Video Music Awards was the inaugural edition of MTV's annual ceremony honoring achievements in music videos, marking the beginning of one of pop culture's most influential award shows.
E. MTV award shows
MTV award shows are a series of pop culture-focused ceremonies produced by MTV that honor achievements in music, film, and television with a youthful, often irreverent style.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award ceremony ⓘ television special ⓘ
awardCategory	Best Art Direction ⓘ Best Choreography ⓘ Best Cinematography ⓘ Best Collaboration ⓘ Best Direction ⓘ Best Editing ⓘ Best Female Video ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video Best Hip-Hop Video ⓘ Best Male Video ⓘ Best New Artist ⓘ Best Pop Video ⓘ Best Rock Video ⓘ Video of the Year ⓘ
broadcastOn	MTV ⓘ MTV2 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	2011-08-28 ⓘ
followedBy	2012 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
follows	2010 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
host	no official host ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Los Angeles ⓘ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live ⓘ
mainAward	Video of the Year ⓘ
mainAwardWinner	Katy Perry ⓘ
mainAwardWinningWork	Firework ⓘ
mostAwardsWinner	Adele ⓘ
mostAwardsWinningWorks	Rolling in the Deep ⓘ
notableFor	high ratings ⓘ multiple awards for Adele ⓘ performances by major pop artists ⓘ pop culture moments ⓘ pregnancy announcement by Beyoncé ⓘ tribute to Amy Winehouse ⓘ
partOfSeries	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
performance	Adele performing Someone Like You ⓘ Beyoncé performing Love on Top ⓘ Bruno Mars performing tribute to Amy Winehouse ⓘ Chris Brown performance medley ⓘ Lady Gaga performing You and I ⓘ Lil Wayne performing How to Love and John ⓘ Pitbull and Ne-Yo performing Give Me Everything ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
producer	MTV Productions ⓘ
segment	Britney Spears tribute medley ⓘ
specialAward	Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award ⓘ
specialAwardRecipient	Britney Spears ⓘ
tributeTo	Amy Winehouse ⓘ
year	2011 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

2012 MTV Video Music Awards → previousEvent → 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ

2010 MTV Video Music Awards → followedBy → 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ

Yoü and I → notablePerformance → MTV Video Music Awards 2011 ⓘ

linked to: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Message → firstAwarded → 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ

Beyoncé live performances chronology → hasPart → 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Love On Top performance ⓘ