MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice

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MTV Video Music Award category fan-voted music video award

The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was a fan-voted category at the MTV Video Music Awards that recognized the most popular music videos as chosen by viewers.

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Label	Occurrences
MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice canonical	3
MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice (nomination)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5052663 — 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 Viewer's Choice
Context triple: [Thriller (song), awarded, MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice]

A. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
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.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer
The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is a fan-voted MTV VMA category that honors the most popular and culturally impactful hit song of the summer season.
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.
D. 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.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
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 Viewer's Choice
Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice was a fan-voted category at the MTV Video Music Awards that recognized the most popular music videos as chosen by viewers.

A. MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
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.
B. MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer
The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is a fan-voted MTV VMA category that honors the most popular and culturally impactful hit song of the summer season.
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.
D. 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.
E. MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year is the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, recognizing the most outstanding and influential music video released that year.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MTV Video Music Award category ⓘ fan-voted music video award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Viewer's Choice Award ⓘ
awardCategoryType	viewer-voted category ⓘ
awardFor	most popular music video as chosen by viewers ⓘ music videos ⓘ
awardShowSegment	main telecast of the MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
endTime	2006 ⓘ
genre	music award ⓘ
hasCriterion	popularity among MTV viewers ⓘ viewer votes via MTV platforms ⓘ
hasFeature	highlighted as a major fan-engagement category ⓘ often promoted through MTV on-air campaigns ⓘ results determined by audience participation ⓘ voting typically conducted before the live ceremony ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSuperlative	one of the most publicized fan-voted categories at the VMAs ⓘ
hasWinner	Aerosmith – "Cryin'" ⓘ linked to: “Cryin’” (Aerosmith music video) Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way" ⓘ linked to: I Want It That Way Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance" ⓘ Good Charlotte – "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" ⓘ Green Day – "Basket Case" ⓘ linked to: Green Day – Basket Case Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" ⓘ linked to: Boulevard of Broken Dreams INXS – "Need You Tonight" ⓘ linked to: INXS album Kick Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit" ⓘ Linkin Park – "In the End" ⓘ NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye" ⓘ linked to: NSYNC Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" ⓘ Simple Plan – "Addicted" ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
notableNominee	Beyoncé ⓘ Britney Spears ⓘ Eminem ⓘ linked to: Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) Madonna ⓘ Michael Jackson ⓘ U2 ⓘ
organizer	MTV Networks ⓘ
partOf	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
presentedAtEvent	1984 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ 2006 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
replacedBy	MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist (fan-voted category) ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist (fan-voted format in 2007) ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
selectionProcess	fan voting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Thriller (song) → awarded → MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice ⓘ

subject linked to: Thriller

Living on the Edge → awardReceived → MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice (nomination) ⓘ

linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice

Take On Me → awarded → MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice ⓘ

Dance, Dance → nominatedFor → MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice ⓘ

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