The 'Best Collaboration' category was introduced at the VMAs in 2007. It first appeared under the title 'Most Earthshattering Collaboration,' reflecting a major format revamp that year.
Beyoncé and Shakira won the inaugural award for 'Beautiful Liar' at the 2007 ceremony. The category was short-lived in that form: when MTV restored much of its traditional awards structure in 2008, it disappeared.
MTV brought the category back in 2010 under its now-familiar name, Best Collaboration. That gap is the source of a common mix-up: 2010 was the relaunch date for the current title, but 2007 marks the category's original introduction. The award recognizes a music video featuring a collaboration between two or more artists, and its winners have included major pairings such as Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, Rihanna and Drake, and Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar.