Most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards
- Who
- Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"
- What
- 9 total number
- Where
- United States (Los Angeles,)
- When
- 11 September 1987
Peter Gabriel's (UK) iconic "Sledgehammer" holds the record for the most wins for a single video at the MTV Music Video Awards. In 1987, it won nine awards including Best Special Effects, Best Editing, Best Art Direction and Video of the Year.
"Sledgehammer" won 1987 awards for Video of the Year, Best Art Direction, Best Concept Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Editing, Best Male Video, Best Overall Performance, Best Special Effects and Most Experimental Video.
The next most successful video at the MVAs is Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", which won seven awards in 2010.
Peter Gabriel (who won a total of 13 MVAs in 1987-94; only Madonna (20) and Lady Gaga (13) can match or beat his number of awards) won a 10th award in 1987 - the Video Vanguard Award (also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award) - to set a record for the most MVAs won in a single night. A-ha won eight awards at the 1986 ceremony.