MTV Video Music Award for Best Group

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The MTV Video Music Award for Best Group is given to recording artists at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The award was introduced as the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video at the inaugural ceremony in 1984 by vocalist Ric Ocasek of the Cars. American rock band ZZ Top was the first act to receive the honor for its "Legs" music video. Tim Newman, the video's director, accepted the award on behalf of the band.

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Group
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
Formerly calledBest Group Video, Group of the Year
First award1984
Currently held byBlackpink (2025)
Most winsBTS (4)
Most nominationsU2 (7)
WebsiteVMA website

In 2007, a revamp of the ceremony saw the award renamed from Best Group Video to simply Best Group. In 2008, the VMAs returned to their original format, but the award was not included. It was brought back for the 2019 edition of the show, as one of three social-media voted categories, instead of being determined by industry personnel as in previous years. In 2021, it was renamed to the MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year, though it was changed back to Best Group in 2024.

BTS is the most-awarded artist in this category, having won the award four times, and is the only nominee to win the award in consecutive years, from 2019 to 2022. U2 is the most-nominated act, with seven of its videos receiving nominations in six different years between 1985 and 2005. TLC was the first girl group to win the award, doing so twice with their videos for "Waterfalls" (1995) and "No Scrubs" (1999). Blackpink is the most-nominated girl group, having received six nominations from 2019 to 2025, and was the second girl group after TLC to win the award in 2023.

Recipients

Key
† Marks winners of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
* Marks nominees of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

1980s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref.
1984 ZZ Top – "Legs"
  • Huey Lewis and the News – "The Heart of Rock & Roll"
  • The Police * – "Every Breath You Take" *
  • Van Halen – "Jump"
  • ZZ Top – "Sharp Dressed Man"
1985 USA for Africa * – "We Are the World" *
  • The Cars – "Drive"
  • Eurythmics – "Would I Lie to You?"
  • Huey Lewis and the News – "If This Is It"
  • U2 – "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
1986 Dire Straits † – "Money for Nothing" †
  • a-ha * – "Take On Me" *
  • INXS – "What You Need"
  • The Rolling Stones – "Harlem Shuffle"
  • Talking Heads – "And She Was"
1987 Talking Heads – "Wild Wild Life"
  • The Bangles – "Walk Like an Egyptian"
  • Crowded House – "Don't Dream It's Over"
  • Eurythmics – "Missionary Man"
  • U2 * – "With or Without You" *
1988 INXS † – "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" †
  • Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
  • Eurythmics – "I Need a Man"
  • U2 * – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" *
  • U2 * – "Where the Streets Have No Name" *
1989 Living Colour – "Cult of Personality"
  • Fine Young Cannibals * – "She Drives Me Crazy" *
  • Guns N' Roses – "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  • Traveling Wilburys – "Handle with Care"

1990s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref.
1990 The B-52's – "Love Shack"
  • Aerosmith * – "Janie's Got a Gun" *
  • Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Higher Ground"
  • Tears for Fears – "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
1991 R.E.M. † – "Losing My Religion" †
  • The Black Crowes – "She Talks to Angels"
  • Divinyls * – "I Touch Myself" *
  • Queensrÿche * – "Silent Lucidity" *
1992 U2 – "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
  • En Vogue – "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" *
  • Van Halen † – "Right Now" †
1993 Pearl Jam † – "Jeremy" †
  • Depeche Mode – "I Feel You"
  • En Vogue * – "Free Your Mind" *
  • R.E.M. * – "Man on the Moon" *
1994 Aerosmith † – "Cryin'" †
  • Beastie Boys * – "Sabotage" *
  • Green Day – "Longview"
  • R.E.M. * – "Everybody Hurts" *
1995 TLC † – "Waterfalls" †
  • Green Day * – "Basket Case" *
  • The Rolling Stones – "Love Is Strong"
  • Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song"
1996 Foo Fighters * – "Big Me" *
  • Bone Thugs-n-Harmony * – "Tha Crossroads" *
  • The Fugees – "Killing Me Softly"
  • Hootie & the Blowfish – "Only Wanna Be with You"
1997 No Doubt * – "Don't Speak" *
  • Blur – "Song 2"
  • Counting Crows – "A Long December"
  • Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"
  • The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"
1998 Backstreet Boys – "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
  • Garbage – "Push It"
  • Matchbox 20 – "3 A.M."
  • Radiohead – "Karma Police"
  • The Verve * – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" *
1999 TLC – "No Scrubs"
  • Backstreet Boys * – "I Want It That Way" *
  • Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"
  • *NSYNC – "Tearin' Up My Heart"
  • Sugar Ray – "Every Morning"

2000s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref.
2000 Blink-182 * – "All the Small Things" *
  • Destiny's Child – "Say My Name"
  • Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly"
  • *NSYNC * – "Bye Bye Bye" *
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers * – "Californication" *
2001 *NSYNC – "Pop"
  • Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
  • Incubus – "Drive"
  • Dave Matthews Band – "I Did It"
  • U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)"
2002 No Doubt (featuring Bounty Killer) – "Hey Baby"
  • Blink-182 – "First Date"
  • Linkin Park * – "In the End" *
  • Dave Matthews Band – "Everyday"
  • *NSYNC (featuring Nelly) – "Girlfriend (Remix)"
  • P.O.D. * – "Alive" *
2003 Coldplay – "The Scientist"
  • B2K (featuring P. Diddy) – "Bump, Bump, Bump"
  • The Donnas – "Take It Off"
  • Good Charlotte – "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
  • The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
2004 No Doubt – "It's My Life"
  • D12 * – "My Band" *
  • Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
  • Hoobastank – "The Reason"
  • Maroon 5 – "This Love"
2005 Green Day † – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" †
  • The Black Eyed Peas – "Don't Phunk with My Heart"
  • Destiny's Child (featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne) – "Soldier"
  • The Killers – "Mr. Brightside"
  • U2 – "Vertigo"
2006 The All-American Rejects – "Move Along"
  • Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"
  • Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy"
  • Panic! at the Disco † – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" †
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers * – "Dani California" *
2007 Fall Out Boy
  • Gym Class Heroes
  • Linkin Park
  • Maroon 5
  • The White Stripes
2008 – 2009 N/a

2010s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref.
2010 – 2018 N/a
2019 BTS
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Backstreet Boys
  • Blackpink
  • CNCO
  • Jonas Brothers
  • PrettyMuch
  • Why Don't We

2020s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Nominees Ref.
2020 BTS
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Blackpink
  • Chloe x Halle
  • CNCO
  • Little Mix
  • Monsta X
  • Now United
  • The 1975
  • Twenty One Pilots
2021 BTS
  • Blackpink
  • CNCO
  • Foo Fighters
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Maroon 5
  • Silk Sonic
  • Twenty One Pilots
2022 BTS
  • Blackpink
  • City Girls
  • Foo Fighters
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Måneskin
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Silk Sonic
2023 Blackpink
  • Fifty Fifty
  • Flo
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Måneskin
  • NewJeans
  • Seventeen
  • Tomorrow X Together
2024 Seventeen
  • Coldplay
  • Imagine Dragons
  • NCT Dream
  • NewJeans
  • *NSYNC
  • Tomorrow X Together
  • Twenty One Pilots
2025 Blackpink
  • Aespa
  • All Time Low
  • Backstreet Boys
  • Coldplay
  • Evanescence
  • Fuerza Regida
  • Grupo Frontera
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Katseye
  • My Chemical Romance
  • Seventeen
  • Stray Kids
  • The Marías
  • Twenty One Pilots

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

4 wins
  • BTS
3 wins
  • No Doubt
2 wins
  • Blackpink
  • TLC

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

  • MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group
  • MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Group Video

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