Critics including Althea Legaspi from '' Rolling Stone '' and Minou Clark of '' HuffPost '' complemented Mars ' dancing skills and choreography . Mike Wass , writing for Idolator , and '' Vulture '' s Karen Brill compared the video to Drake 's " Hotline Bling " ( 2015 ) due to its simplicity and " unadulterated feeling-yourself-ness " . Wass and the staff of '' Rap-Up '' called Mars ' footwork " fancy " , while Brill said the visual is " wondrous " but that it should include " the ubiquitous music video cube " . '' Vibe '' J'na Jefferson shared a similar perspective , saying " the magic of this video is in the simplicity " because of Mars ' performance skills , visual effects , and editing . Alex Young of '' Consequence of Sound '' praised the combination of the choreographed dance and the animation . '' Billboard '' Rania Aniftos praised the music video , saying it will make viewers smile and hit " the replay button " . In 2017 , it won Best Male Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan and was nominated for Best International Video at the LOS40 Music Awards 2017 , a category decided by a Jury . The video received the award for Video of the Year at the 2017 American Music Awards . In 2018 , it won the award for Outstanding Music Video at the NAACP Image Awards and earned a nomination for Best Music Video at the iHeartRadio Music Awards . The video effects were available on Facebook for users to try ; it was the first time the platform made a based camera effect around music . As of June 2018 , the music video has reached over one billion views
LOS40 Music Awards 2017
LOS40 Music Awards 2017
That's What I Like (Bruno Mars song)