MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video is one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
Inaugural winner Cyndi Lauper pictured in 2008.
Madonna is the most nominated artist and won the award three times: 1987, 1995 and 1998.
In 1999, Lauryn Hill became the first rapper to win the award
Beyoncé won the award for two consecutive years, has won the award three times and is the second most nominated with ten
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. A subject of widespread public interest with a vast fanbase, she has influenced the music industry, popular culture and politics through her songwriting, artistry, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.
Swift opening for Brad Paisley in 2007. To promote her first album, she opened tours for other country musicians in 2007 and 2008.
Swift at the 2009 premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie. She had a cameo appearance in the film and wrote two songs for its soundtrack.
Swift on the Speak Now World Tour in 2011
Swift on the Red Tour in 2013