On July 20 , 2011 , the video received three nominations at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in the categories Best Female Video , Best Choreography , and Best Cinematography . It won the Best Choreography category . The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards . On November 27 , 2011 , the video won Best Dance Performance at the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards . It was nominated for Best Video at the 2011 Virgin Media Music Awards and Favorite Music Video at the 2012 People 's Choice Awards . The writers of Slant Magazine put the music video at number 12 on their list of The 25 Best Music Videos of 2011 . '' The Guardian '' included " Run the World ( Girls ) " on its list of the best pop videos of 2011 , praising its " glorious effect " and the heavy choreography , before concluding that it is " tiring just watching it " . On BET 's '' Notarized : Top 100 Videos of 2011 '' , " Run the World ( Girls ) " was ranked at number two . The video was nominated for Best Pop Video and Best Choreography at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan , and International Artist Video of the Year at the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards . It was nominated for World 's Best Video at the 2012 World Music Awards . In 2013 , John Boone and Jennifer Cady of E! Online placed the video at number seven on their list of Beyoncé 's ten best music videos , comparing her dancing in the sand with Shakira 's
2011 MTV Video Music Awards
2011 MTV Video Music Awards
Run the World (Girls)