The music video has won several awards and accolades . It was voted Best Dance Routine in the 2008 Popjustice Readers ' Poll ; and won Video of the Year becoming the first black and white music video since Don Henley 's The Boys of Summer , Best Choreography , and Best Editing at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards . The song also won Best Video at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards , the 2009 MOBO Awards , and the 2009 BET Awards . The video has also received many nominations : Best Video in the 2009 Popjustice Readers Polls ( placed 4th ) ; nine ( including the three that it won ) in the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards ; Best International Artist Video at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards ( losing to Lady Gaga 's " Poker Face " ) ; Outstanding Music Video at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards ; and two at the 2009 MTV Australia Awards for Best Video and Best Moves . The video was ranked at number four on BET 's '' Notarized : Top 100 Videos of 2008 '' countdown , and at number three on VH1 's Top 40 Videos of 2009 . It was voted best music video of the 2000s decade by fans of the music website MUZU TV and fifth-best of the decade by readers of '' Billboard '' magazine . Claire Suddath of '' Time '' magazine included it in her 30 All-Time Best Music Videos , writing that " sometimes the best creations are also the simplest " . In 2013 , John Boone and Jennifer Cady of E! Online placed the video at number one on their list of Beyoncé 's ten best music videos writing , " It has All of the sex appeal . Ever ... Beyoncé does n't need anything but an empty room in this one . It 's all about the dancing . It 's all about the leotard . It 's all about the fierceness . And it 's epic . " The music video was certified platinum by CRIA for shipment of sales 10,000 units
2009 MTV Video Music Awards
2009 MTV Video Music Awards
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