MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer

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Awarded forSummer hits
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First award2013
MTV Video Music Award
for Song of Summer
Awarded forSummer hits
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First award2013
Currently held byTate McRae – "Just Keep Watching" (2025)
Most nominationsJustin Bieber (8)
WebsiteVMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer is an award handed out at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards, first introduced at the 2013 ceremony. It is a social media voted award to crown the song of the summer as determined by fans online. The nominees were usually announced in late August or early September after the main nominees were announced.

The award was briefly retired in 2014, the year after its creation, before returning the following year in 2015. The award has been given each year subsequently.

The first winner of the category was One Direction with "Best Song Ever". As of 2025, no artists have won the award more than once, but Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist with eight in this category.

2010s

Justin Bieber is the most nominated artist of the category with eight.
One Direction were the first recipients of the award with "Best Song Ever" in 2013.
Fifth Harmony was the first girl group and the first female act to win the category with "All in My Head (Flex)" in 2016.
Cardi B received five nominations in the category, becoming the first and only female rapper to win with "I Like It" in 2018.
J Balvin (left) and Bad Bunny (right) were the first Latin artists to win the category with their Cardi B collaboration "I Like It" in 2018.
Blackpink was the first Korean act to win the category with "How You Like That" in 2020.
Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2013 One Direction "Best Song Ever" [1]
2014 N/a
2015 5 Seconds of Summer "She's Kinda Hot" [2]
2016 Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap) "All in My Head (Flex)" [3]
2017 Lil Uzi Vert "XO Tour Llif3" [4]
2018 Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "I Like It" [5]
2019 Ariana Grande and Social House "Boyfriend" [6]

2020s

Recipients
Year[a] Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
2020 Blackpink "How You Like That" [7]
2021 BTS "Butter" [8]
2022 Jack Harlow "First Class" [9]
2023 Jungkook (featuring Latto) "Seven" [10]
2024 Taylor Swift (featuring Post Malone) "Fortnight" [11]
2025 Tate McRae "Just Keep Watching"
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