Grammy Award for Video of the Year

Grammy Award for
Video of the Year
Awarded forQuality music videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1982
Last awarded1983
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Video of the Year was an honor presented to recording artists at the 24th Grammy Awards in 1982 and the 25th Grammy Awards in 1983 for music videos. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

First presented in 1982 to Michael Nesmith for Elephant Parts, the award was reserved for quality "video cassettes or discs in any format created specifically for the home video market".[3] In 1983, Olivia Newton-John was presented the award for Olivia Physical. Beginning with the 1984 Grammy Awards, the Video of the Year award category was replaced with the categories Best Video, Short Form and Best Video Album (now known as Best Music Video and Best Music Film, respectively).

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  3. ^ Arar, Yardena (January 13, 1982). "Jones, Ritchie Get Most Nominations". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio: Block Communications. p. P-2. Retrieved December 21, 2010.