The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 12, 2010 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Chelsea Handler hosted the event, the first woman in sixteen years – since the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards – to do so.
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards honored the best music videos from 2009-2010.
The MTV Video Music Awards honor the best music videos from the previous year.  The system couldn't figure out 2009 was the previous year.