MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year

The MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year (also known as the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video and MTV Video Music Award for Best Group) is given to recording artists at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The award was introduced at the inaugural ceremony in 1984^[1] 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.^[2] Tim Newman, the video's director, accepted the award on behalf of the band.^[3]

MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
Formerly called	Best Group
First awarded	1984
Currently held by	Blackpink
Most awards	BTS (4)
Most nominations	U2 (7)
Website	VMA website

In 2007, a revamp of the ceremony saw the award renamed from Best Group Video to simply Best Group.^[4][5] In 2008, the VMAs returned to their original format, but the award was not included.^[6][7] 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.^[8][9] In 2021, it was renamed from Best Group to Group of the Year.

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.^[10] 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 five nominations from 2019 to 2023, and was the second girl group after TLC to win the award in 2023.

Recipients

 

ZZ Top was the first act to win the award at the inaugural show in 1984.

 

U2 has been nominated seven times, the most of any act, for seven different music videos over the course of ten years.

 

Fall Out Boy was the first artist to win the award under its new name, Best Group, in 2007.

 

BTS is the most-awarded act in the category, having won four times. They are also the only nominee to consecutively win the award, from 2019 to 2022.

 

TLC is the most-awarded girl group in the category, having won twice.

 

Blackpink is the most-nominated girl group with five nominations and won once in 2023.

1980s

Recipients

Year^[a]	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"	^[11]
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)"	^[12] ^[13]
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"	^[14] ^[15]
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"	^[16] ^[17]
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"	^[18] ^[19]
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"	^[20] ^[21]

1990s

Recipients

Year^[b]	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"	^[22] ^[23]
1991	R.E.M. – "Losing My Religion"	The Black Crowes – "She Talks to Angels" Divinyls – "I Touch Myself" Queensrÿche – "Silent Lucidity"	^[24] ^[25]
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"	^[26] ^[27]
1993	Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"	Depeche Mode – "I Feel You" En Vogue – "Free Your Mind" R.E.M. – "Man on the Moon"	^[28] ^[29]
1994	Aerosmith – "Cryin'"	Beastie Boys – "Sabotage" Green Day – "Longview" R.E.M. – "Everybody Hurts"	^[30] ^[31]
1995	TLC – "Waterfalls"	Green Day – "Basket Case" The Rolling Stones – "Love Is Strong" Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song"	^[32]
1996	Foo Fighters – "Big Me"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – "Tha Crossroads" The Fugees – "Killing Me Softly" Hootie & the Blowfish – "Only Wanna Be with You"	^[33] ^[34]
1997	No Doubt – "Don't Speak"	Blur – "Song 2" Counting Crows – "A Long December" Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me" The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"	^[35] ^[36]
1998	Backstreet Boys – "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	Garbage – "Push It" Matchbox 20 – "3 A.M." Radiohead – "Karma Police" The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony"	^[37] ^[38]
1999	TLC – "No Scrubs"	Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way" Limp Bizkit – "Nookie" 'N Sync – "Tearin' Up My Heart" Sugar Ray – "Every Morning"	^[39] ^[40]

2000s

Recipients

Year^[c]	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2000	Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"	Destiny's Child – "Say My Name" Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly" 'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"	^[41] ^[42]
2001	'N Sync – "Pop"	Destiny's Child – "Survivor" Incubus – "Drive" Dave Matthews Band – "I Did It" U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)"	^[43] ^[44]
2002	No Doubt (featuring Bounty Killer) – "Hey Baby"	Blink-182 – "First Date" Linkin Park – "In the End" Dave Matthews Band – "Everyday" 'N Sync (featuring Nelly) – "Girlfriend (Remix)" P.O.D. – "Alive"	^[45] ^[46]
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"	^[47]
2004	No Doubt – "It's My Life"	D12 – "My Band" Good Charlotte – "Hold On" Hoobastank – "The Reason" Maroon 5 – "This Love"	^[48] ^[49]
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"	^[50] ^[51]
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"	^[52]
2007	Fall Out Boy	Gym Class Heroes Linkin Park Maroon 5 The White Stripes	^[53] ^[54]
2008 – 2009	—

2010s

Recipients

Year^[d]	Winner(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2010 – 2018	—
2019	BTS	5 Seconds of Summer Backstreet Boys Blackpink CNCO Jonas Brothers PrettyMuch Why Don't We	^[55]

2020s

Recipients

Year^[e]	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	^[56]
2021	BTS	Blackpink CNCO Foo Fighters Jonas Brothers Maroon 5 Silk Sonic Twenty One Pilots	^[57]
2022	BTS	Blackpink City Girls Foo Fighters Imagine Dragons Måneskin Red Hot Chili Peppers Silk Sonic	^[58]
2023	Blackpink	Fifty Fifty Flo Jonas Brothers Måneskin NewJeans Seventeen Tomorrow X Together	^[59]

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

4 wins

• BTS

3 wins

• No Doubt

2 wins

• TLC

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations U2 5 nominations Red Hot Chili Peppers Blackpink 4 nominations Foo Fighters 'N Sync BTS 3 nominations Eurythmics Aerosmith R.E.M. Green Day No Doubt Dave Matthews Band Backstreet Boys Destiny's Child Maroon 5 CNCO Jonas Brothers

2 nominations ZZ Top Huey Lewis and the News Van Halen INXS The Rolling Stones Talking Heads En Vogue TLC Blink-182 Linkin Park Good Charlotte Fall Out Boy 5 Seconds of Summer Twenty One Pilots Silk Sonic Måneskin

See also

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

Notes

1. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
2. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
3. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
4. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.
5. Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

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