The video was included on many lists of the best music videos of 2011 . Out of 50 videos , " We Found Love " ranked at number 21 on '' NME '' s Best Music Videos of 2011 . A reviewer for '' NME '' called it , " an artful mini-movie of a promo , an ode to crazy , youthful love . " It ranked at number 12 out of 25 on Slant Magazine 's Top 2011 Music Videos . A reviewer for Slant Magazine praised Matsoukas ' directorial skills , writing , " Melina Matsoukas 's video projects ( literally and figuratively ) the fleeting rush of both young love and drugs — and the often fatal cocktail that 's produced when the two are combined . " The video was included on '' The Guardian '' s 2011 list , entitled " The best pop videos of 2011 " . As of January 2015 , '' Billboard '' named the video as the second best music video of the 2010s ( so far ) . The video received three MTV Video Music Award nominations , including Best Pop Video , and won the award for Video of the Year . The video received the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 55th Grammy Awards which was held on February 10 , 2013 at the Staples Center , Los Angeles
MTV Video Music Award
2012 MTV Video Music Awards
We Found Love (music video)