MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration was first introduced to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007 under the name Most Earthshattering Collaboration, as the VMAs were revamped and a few new categories were added to the show. When MTV brought the VMAs back to their old format in 2008, though, this category did not return. In 2010, the category came back with the name Best Collaboration. Beyoncé Knowles has received the most nominations and wins in this category: She has been nominated twice as lead artist and once as a featured artist. Lady Gaga, Kanye West, and Akon follow, both with one nomination as a lead artist and one as a featured artist.

Year	Winner	Other nominees
2007	Beyoncé and Shakira — "Beautiful Liar"	Akon (featuring Eminem) — "Smack That" Gwen Stefani (featuring Akon) — "The Sweet Escape" Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland) — "SexyBack" U2 and Green Day — "The Saints Are Coming"
2008	No award given
2009
2010	Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone"	3OH!3 (featuring Ke$ha) — "My First Kiss" Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (extended remix)" B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes" Jay-Z and Alicia Keys — "Empire State of Mind"
2011	Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T."	Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — "Look at Me Now" Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake) — "Moment 4 Life" Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) — "Give Me Everything" Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — "All of the Lights"