MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock | |
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Awarded for | rock music videos |
Country | United States |
Presented by | MTV |
First awarded | 1989 |
Currently held by | Måneskin — "The Loneliest" (2023) |
Most awards | Aerosmith (4) |
Most nominations | Foo Fighters (10) |
Website | VMA website |
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock was first given out in 1989, one of the four original genre categories added to the VMAs that year. In its first year, the award was called Best Heavy Metal Video, and from 1990 to 1995, it was renamed Best Metal/Hard Rock Video. The category underwent a third, brief name change in 1996, when it was renamed Best Hard Rock Video. In 1997, the award acquired its most enduring name, Best Rock Video, which it retained until 2016. The following year, the word "Video" was removed from all genre categories at the VMAs (despite nominations still going to specific videos), giving this award its current name: Best Rock.
Like all other genre categories at the VMAs, this category was retired briefly in 2007, when the VMAs were revamped and most original categories were eliminated. In 2008, though, MTV brought back this award, along with several of the others that had been retired in 2007.
Aerosmith is the most frequent winner of this award, with a total of four wins between 1990 and 1998. The Foo Fighters are the most nominated acts in this category, having received ten nominations. Closely following them are Aerosmith and Linkin Park, with eight nominations. In 1995, White Zombie's bassist Sean Yseult became the first woman to win this award, while in 2014, New Zealand singer Lorde became the first female solo act to win this male-dominated category.
Recipients
![Guns N' Roses performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/AXL_%26_SLASH_%2827434284284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/230px-AXL_%26_SLASH_%2827434284284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Aerosmith performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Aerosmith2007.jpg/230px-Aerosmith2007.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Metallica_London_2008-09-15_Kirk_and_James.jpg/230px-Metallica_London_2008-09-15_Kirk_and_James.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/PJ-Albany.jpg/230px-PJ-Albany.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Soundgarden_Chicago.jpg/230px-Soundgarden_Chicago.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Kornmaa2006.jpg/230px-Kornmaa2006.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Limp_Bizkit.jpg/230px-Limp_Bizkit.jpg)
![Linkin Park performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Linkin_Park_at_the_Novarock_Festival.jpg/230px-Linkin_Park_at_the_Novarock_Festival.jpg)
![Green Day performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Greenday2010.jpg/230px-Greenday2010.jpg)
![Thirty Seconds to Mars during a performance.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Thirty_Seconds_to_Mars%2C_Moscow_%283%29.jpg/230px-Thirty_Seconds_to_Mars%2C_Moscow_%283%29.jpg)
![Coldplay performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Coldplay_Viva_La_Vida_Tour_in_Hannover_August_25th_2009.jpg/230px-Coldplay_Viva_La_Vida_Tour_in_Hannover_August_25th_2009.jpg)
![Lorde performing holding a mic.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lorde_Lollapalooza_2014_%282%29.jpg/230px-Lorde_Lollapalooza_2014_%282%29.jpg)
![Fall Out Boy standing still while posing for a camera.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FallOutBoy.jpg/230px-FallOutBoy.jpg)
![Twenty One Pilots performing.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Twenty_one_pilots_1.jpg/230px-Twenty_one_pilots_1.jpg)
1980s
Year[a] | Winner(s) | Video | Nominees | Ref. |
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1989 | Guns N' Roses | "Sweet Child o' Mine" |
| [1] |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
Notes
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
- ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
References
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- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1990". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1991". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1992". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1993". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1994". MTV. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1995". MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1996". MTV. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1997". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1998". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1999". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2000". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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- ^ "Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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- ^ Grein, Paul (July 26, 2022). "Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & Kendrick Lamar Lead 2022 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
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- ^ "Best Rock - Vote Now – Nominees for 2024 VMAs". vma.votenow.tv. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
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- t
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- "Sweet Child o' Mine" (1989)
- "Janie's Got a Gun" (1990)
- "The Other Side" (1991)
- "Enter Sandman" (1992)
- "Jeremy" (1993)
- "Black Hole Sun" (1994)
- "More Human than Human" (1995)
- "Until It Sleeps" (1996)
- "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (1997)
- "Pink" (1998)
- "Freak on a Leash" (1999)
- "Break Stuff" (2000)
- "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" (2001)
- "In the End" (2002)
- "Somewhere I Belong" (2003)
- "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2004)
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (2005)
- "Miss Murder" (2006)
- "Shadow of the Day" (2008)
- "21 Guns" (2009)
- "Kings and Queens" (2010)
- "Walk" (2011)
- "Paradise" (2012)
- "Up in the Air" (2013)
- "Royals" (2014)
- "Uma Thurman" (2015)
- "Heathens" (2016)
- "Heavydirtysoul" (2017)
- "Whatever It Takes" (2018)
- "High Hopes" (2019)
- "Orphans" (2020)
- "Last Train Home" (2021)
- "Black Summer" (2022)
- "The Loneliest" (2023)