MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
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The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4246010 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video Context triple: [Dilemma, nominatedFor, MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video]
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos in the hip-hop genre.
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B.
MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction is an annual MTV honor recognizing outstanding visual design, set decoration, and overall artistic direction in a music video.
- 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 Best Male Video Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos in the hip-hop genre.
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B.
MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction is an annual MTV honor recognizing outstanding visual design, set decoration, and overall artistic direction in a music video.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MTV Video Music Award category
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music video award category ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Best Male Video ⓘ |
| associatedWithIndustry |
music industry
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television industry ⓘ |
| awardDecisionMethod | voting process organized by MTV ⓘ |
| awardFor | best music video by a male solo artist ⓘ |
| awardType |
entertainment award
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popular culture award ⓘ |
| broadcaster | MTV cable channel ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalImpact | high visibility for winning artists on MTV and in popular media ⓘ |
| eligibleRecipients | male solo recording artists ⓘ |
| eligibleWorks | officially released music videos ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1984 ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
fans of popular music
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television viewers ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType |
gender-specific award category
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performer-based award ⓘ |
| hasFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
online streaming broadcast
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television broadcast ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | performance categories at the MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
focuses on visual aspects of music rather than audio-only recordings
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recognizes male solo artists rather than groups ⓘ |
| organizer | MTV Networks ⓘ |
| partOf |
MTV Video Music Awards
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linked to:
MTV Video Music Award
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| presentedAtEvent | annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy | MTV ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
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MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
artistic achievement in music videos
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impact and popularity of the music video ⓘ outstanding music videos by male solo artists ⓘ visual creativity in music videos ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| typicalVenue | large entertainment arenas in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video Description of subject: The MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding music videos by male solo artists.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Don’t Matter (Konvicted album single)
subject linked to:
"Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video
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