MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
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The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video canonical | 9 |
| MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video | 3 |
| MTV Video Music Award for Best Breakthrough Video | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3960642 — 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 Breakthrough Video Context triple: [Praise You music video, award, MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video]
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is a VMA category that honors outstanding music video direction, recognizing the creative vision and filmmaking craft behind notable videos.
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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.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
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D.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding achievement in the editing of music videos.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
- 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 Breakthrough Video Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is a VMA category that honors outstanding music video direction, recognizing the creative vision and filmmaking craft behind notable videos.
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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.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
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D.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding achievement in the editing of music videos.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MTV Video Music Award
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music video award category ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Breakthrough Video ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
MTV Video Music Awards ceremony
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linked to:
MTV Video Music Award
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| awardDomain | music television ⓘ |
| awardFor |
boundary-pushing music videos
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experimental music videos ⓘ innovative music videos ⓘ |
| awardLevel | international ⓘ |
| categoryType | creative achievement in music videos ⓘ |
| ceremonyType | annual award ceremony ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genreScope | all music genres ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
creative risk-taking
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distinctive aesthetic style ⓘ innovation in storytelling ⓘ originality of concept ⓘ visual experimentation ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| medium | music video ⓘ |
| organizer | MTV ⓘ |
| partOf |
MTV Video Music Awards
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linked to:
MTV Video Music Award
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| presentedBy | MTV ⓘ |
| recognizes |
artists featured in music videos
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directors of music videos ⓘ innovative production teams ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
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MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
creative vision in music videos
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experimentation in music video production ⓘ innovation in visual style ⓘ pushing boundaries of the music video format ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general television audience
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music industry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video Description of subject: The MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors music videos noted for their innovative, experimental, or boundary-pushing creative vision.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Praise You
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MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
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Herbie Hancock – "Rockit" (multiple technical awards)
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