On August 3 , 2010 , the music video received 10 nominations at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , in the categories of Best Cinematography , Best Editing , Best Art Direction , Best Special Effects , Best Choreography , Best Direction , Best Dance Video , Best Pop Video , Best Female Video and Video of the Year , tying with Peter Gabriel 's song " Sledgehammer " for the record of most nominations for a single video in the history of the MTV Video Music Award . The video went on to win seven of the categories . It also won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video . In 2011 , " Bad Romance " was voted the best video of the 2000s ( decade ) by readers of '' Billboard '' , narrowly beating Britney Spears 's " Toxic " . '' Time '' magazine also included " Bad Romance " on its list of best music videos since the 1980s
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Bad Romance