MTV Video Music Award - International Viewer's Choice

MTV's International Viewer's Choice awards honored the best music videos as voted for by the audiences of MTV's channels around the world. They were given out every year during the VMAs from 1990 to 2003.

History

The first International Viewer's Choice Awards were given out in 1990, with viewers in Australia, Brazil, Europe, Japan, and Latin America choosing their favorite videos for that year. The following year, MTV viewers in Asia also received the chance to vote for their favorite video of 1991. From then on, the International Viewer's Choice awards became a fixture of the MTV Video Music Awards and were handed out every year until 2003, when MTV Australia and MTV Brasil crowned their last winners.

Winners

MTV Asia

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Asia was given out every year from 1991 to 1998, save for 1994. As MTV's influence over Asia increased, different countries broke off from MTV Asia as they got their own MTV channels and thus also received their separate Viewer's Choice categories, most notably China and Taiwan (MTV Mandarin) in 1995, India in 1996, and Korea in 1999. In 1999, this award was replaced by the Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Southeast Asia. Following is a list of winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Asia.

=MTV Canada=

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Canada was only given out once in 2002. Following is a list of the winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Canada.

MTV India

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India was given out every year from 1996 to 2001. Prior to that, viewers in India voted for the international Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Asia, even getting one of their artists, Indus Creed, chosen as the 1993 winner. In the year 2000, this award was divided into two distinct categories due to the popularity of music videos taken straight from Bollywood movies in MTV India: The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India (Hindi Pop) and the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India (Hindi Film). Following is a list of the winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV India.

MTV Korea

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Korea was given out every year from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, Korean viewers voted for the Interntational Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Asia, even getting one of their artists, Seo TaiJi & Boys, chosen as the 1996 winner. Following is a list of the winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Korea.

MTV Russia

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Russia was given out every year from 1999 to 2001. This award was singular in its first year for nominating three Russian artists along with three foreign, English-speaking artists. In 2000 and 2001, though, the number of nominees was reduced to three and only Russian artists were nominated. Following is a list of the winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Russia.

MTV Southeast Asia

The International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Southeast Asia was given out every year from 1999 to 2001. After MTV Korea received its own separate Viewer's Choice Award in 1999, the only countries left in MTV Asia were Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines; and the channel for those countries was thus renamed MTV Southeast Asia. Following is a list of the winners of the International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Southeast Asia.