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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Music Video.

40 ceremonies, 1984–2025. 36 different winners. The longest run belongs to Peter Gabriel, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Kendrick Lamar in 2025 for "Not Like Us".
Who has won the most?
Johnny Cash, Kendrick Lamar, Peter Gabriel and The Beatles, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. "Not Like Us"Kendrick Lamar
  2. "I'm Only Sleeping"The Beatles
  3. All Too Well: The Short FilmTaylor Swift
  4. "Freedom"Jon Batiste
  5. "Brown Skin Girl"Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Wizkid
  6. "Old Town Road"Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Years explored
1984–2025
Different winners
36
Category leader
Johnny Cash · 2
About this record

Best Music Video was first awarded in 1984, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was previously known as Best Short Form Music Video.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19842025

01 / The reigns

24 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

  1. 01
    Johnny Cash2 wins
  2. Kendrick Lamar at the 2018 Pulitzer Prize ceremony02
    Kendrick Lamar2 wins
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Korn'00
Foo Fighters'01
Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins'02
Eminem'03
Johnny Cash'04
U2'05
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop'06
OK Go'07
Johnny Cash'08
Weezer'09
Black Eyed Peas'10
Lady Gaga'11
Adele'12
Rihanna and Calvin Harris'13
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z'14
Pharrell Williams'15
Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar'16
Beyoncé'17
Kendrick Lamar'18
Childish Gambino'19
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus'20
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Wizkid'21
Jon Batiste'22
Taylor Swift'23
The Beatles'24
Kendrick Lamar'25

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Coldplay
    3 noms
  2. 02
    Billie Eilish
    2 noms
  3. 03
    Gnarls Barkley
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Harry Styles
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Jay-Z
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Madonna
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

Kendrick Lamar at the 2018 Pulitzer Prize ceremony
02Kendrick Lamar3 losses · 2 wins
  1. 01
    Coldplay
    3L · 0W
  2. 03
    Billie Eilish
    2L · 0W
  3. 04
    Gnarls Barkley
    2L · 0W
  4. 05
    Harry Styles
    2L · 0W
  5. 06
    Jay-Z
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Kendrick Lamar ("Not Like Us")
beat 4 others
  • Charli XCX ("360")
  • Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone ("Fortnight")
  • Eminem ("Houdini")
  • ASAP Rocky ("Tailor Swif")
Not listed
2024The Beatles ("I'm Only Sleeping")
beat 4 others
  • Kendrick Lamar ("Count Me Out")
  • Tyler Childers ("In Your Love")
  • Troye Sivan ("Rush")
  • Billie Eilish ("What Was I Made For?")
Not listed
2023Taylor Swift (All Too Well: The Short Film)
beat 5 others
  • Harry Styles ("As It Was")
  • Adele ("Easy on Me")
  • Kendrick Lamar ("The Heart Part 5")
  • Doja Cat ("Woman")
  • BTS ("Yet to Come")
Not listed
2022Jon Batiste ("Freedom")
beat 6 others
  • Olivia Rodrigo ("Good 4 U")
  • Billie Eilish ("Happier Than Ever")
  • Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga ("I Get a Kick Out of You")
  • Lil Nas X ("Montero (Call Me by Your Name)")
  • Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon ("Peaches")
  • AC/DC ("Shot in the Dark")
Not listed
2021Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Wizkid ("Brown Skin Girl")
beat 4 others
  • Harry Styles ("Adore You")
  • Woodkid ("Goliath")
  • Future featuring Drake ("Life Is Good")
  • Anderson .Paak ("Lockdown")
Not listed
2020Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus ("Old Town Road")
beat 4 others
  • FKA Twigs ("Cellophane")
  • Tove Lo ("Glad He's Gone")
  • Gary Clark Jr. ("This Land")
  • Chemical Brothers ("We've Got to Try")
Not listed
2019Childish Gambino ("This Is America")
beat 4 others
  • The Carters ("Apeshit")
  • Joyner Lucas ("I'm Not Racist")
  • Tierra Whack ("Mumbo Jumbo")
  • Janelle Monáe ("Pynk")
Not listed
2018Kendrick Lamar ("Humble")
beat 4 others
  • Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid ("1-800-273-8255")
  • Jain ("Makeba")
  • Jay-Z ("The Story of O.J.")
  • Beck ("Up All Night")
Not listed
2017Beyoncé ("Formation")
beat 4 others
  • Jamie xx ("Gosh")
  • Leon Bridges ("River")
  • Coldplay ("Up&Up")
  • OK Go ("Upside Down & Inside Out")
Not listed
2016Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar ("Bad Blood")
beat 4 others
  • Kendrick Lamar ("Alright")
  • Pharrell Williams ("Freedom")
  • The Dead Weather ("I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)")
  • A$AP Rocky ("LSD")
Not listed
2015Pharrell Williams ("Happy")
beat 4 others
  • Sia ("Chandelier")
  • Woodkid featuring Max Richter ("The Golden Age")
  • DJ Snake and Lil' Jon ("Turn Down for What")
  • Arcade Fire ("We Exist")
Not listed
2014Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z ("Suit & Tie")
beat 4 others
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton ("Can't Hold Us")
  • Jack White ("I'm Shakin'")
  • Jay-Z ("Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film")
  • Capital Cities ("Safe and Sound")
Not listed
2013Rihanna and Calvin Harris ("We Found Love")
beat 4 others
  • M.I.A. ("Bad Girls")
  • Foster the People ("Houdini")
  • Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream ("No Church in the Wild")
  • Woodkid ("Run Boy Run")
Not listed
2012Adele ("Rolling in the Deep")
beat 5 others
  • OK Go ("All Is Not Lost")
  • Skrillex ("First of the Year (Equinox)")
  • Radiohead ("Lotus Flower")
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic ("Perform This Way")
  • Memory Tapes ("Yes I Know")
Not listed
2011Lady Gaga ("Bad Romance")
beat 4 others
  • Johnny Cash ("Ain't No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project")
  • Cee Lo Green ("Fuck You")
  • Eminem and Rihanna ("Love the Way You Lie")
  • Gorillaz, Mos Def and Bobby Womack ("Stylo")
Not listed
2010Black Eyed Peas ("Boom Boom Pow")
beat 4 others
  • Oren Lavie ("Her Morning Elegance")
  • Coldplay ("Life in Technicolor II")
  • Beast ("Mr. Hurricane")
  • Depeche Mode ("Wrong")
Not listed
2009Weezer ("Pork and Beans")
beat 4 others
  • Jack White and Alicia Keys ("Another Way to Die")
  • Erykah Badu ("Honey")
  • Radiohead ("House of Cards")
  • Gnarls Barkley ("Who's Gonna Save My Soul")
Not listed
2008Johnny Cash ("God's Gonna Cut You Down")
beat 4 others
  • Feist ("1234")
  • Justice ("D.A.N.C.E.")
  • Gnarls Barkley ("Gone Daddy Gone")
  • Mutemath ("Typical")
Not listed
2007OK Go ("Here It Goes Again")
beat 4 others
  • Big & Rich ("8th of November")
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Dani California")
  • The Killers ("When You Were Young")
  • Underoath ("Writing on the Walls")
Not listed
2006Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop ("Lose Control")
beat 4 others
  • Gorillaz ("Feel Good Inc.")
  • Jamiroquai ("Feels Just Like It Should")
  • Martina McBride ("God's Will")
  • Sarah McLachlan ("World on Fire")
Not listed
2005U2 ("Vertigo")
beat 4 others
  • Green Day ("American Idiot")
  • George Michael ("Flawless (Go to the City)")
  • Franz Ferdinand ("Take Me Out")
  • Steriogram ("Walkie Talkie Man")
Not listed
2004Johnny Cash ("Hurt")
beat 4 others
  • Martina McBride ("Concrete Angel")
  • Madonna ("Die Another Day")
  • OutKast ("Hey Ya!")
  • Coldplay ("The Scientist")
Not listed
2003Eminem ("Without Me")
beat 4 others
  • Dirty Vegas ("Days Go By")
  • Knoc-turn'al, Dr. Dre and Missy Elliott ("The Knoc")
  • 1 Giant Leap featuring Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz ("My Culture")
  • Nas ("One Mic")
Not listed
2002Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins ("Weapon of Choice")
beat 4 others
  • Madonna ("Don't Tell Me")
  • Aerosmith ("Fly Away from Here")
  • OutKast ("Ms. Jackson")
  • Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris ("One Minute Man")
Not listed
2001Foo Fighters ("Learn to Fly")
beat 4 others
  • Papa Roach ("Broken Home")
  • Busta Rhymes ("Fire")
  • Reba McEntire ("What Do You Say")
  • Will Smith ("Will 2K")
Not listed
2000Korn ("Freak on a Leash")
beat 4 others
  • Björk ("All Is Full of Love")
  • Brian McKnight ("Back at One")
  • Lauryn Hill ("Everything Is Everything")
  • TLC ("Unpretty")
Not listed