MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video is an award category presented at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The award was first presented in 1994 under the name Best Director, awarded to Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe". This is the only MTV EMA award - excluding special awards - whose winner is chosen by MTV, rather than by the public. "Hey Ya!", "Born This Way" and "Havana" are the only music videos to also win Best Song. The artist with the most wins is Taylor Swift with four wins. Taylor Swift is the artist with the most nominations, with seven. Swift and Kendrick Lamar are the only performers to have won the award for a video they co-directed: Lamar for "Humble" in 2017 and Swift for "Me!" in 2019.^[1]

MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video
Awarded for	Music videos
Country	Europe
Presented by	MTV
First award	1994
Currently held by	Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – "Fortnight" (2024)
Most wins	Taylor Swift (4)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (7)
Website	ema.mtv.tv/

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year–winning video.

‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year–nominated video that same year.

1990s

Year	Artist	Song	Director	Ref
1994
	Whale	"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"	Mark Pellington	[1]
	Beastie Boys	"Sabotage"	Spike Jonze ‡
	Enigma	"Return to Innocence"	Julien Temple
	MC Solaar	"Nouveau Western"	Stephane Sednaoui
	U2	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	Wim Wenders and Mark Neale
1995
	Massive Attack	"Protection"	Michel Gondry	[2]
	Weezer	"Buddy Holly"	Spike Jonze ‡
	Madonna	"Human Nature"	Jean-Baptiste Mondino
	Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	"Scream"	Mark Romanek ‡
	Therapy?	"Loose"	W.I.Z.
1997
	The Prodigy	"Breathe"	Walter Stern	[3]
	Blur	"Song 2"	Sophie Muller
	The Chemical Brothers	"Block Rockin' Beats"	Dom and Nic
	Daft Punk	"Around the World"	Michel Gondry
	Radiohead	"Paranoid Android"	Magnus Carlsson
1998
	Massive Attack	"Teardrop"	Walter Stern	[4]
	Aphex Twin	"Come to Daddy"	Chris Cunningham
	Beastie Boys	"Intergalactic"	Nathaniel Hörnblowér
	Eagle-Eye Cherry	"Save Tonight"	Johan Camitz
	Garbage	"Push It"	Andrea Giacobbe
1999
	Blur	"Coffee & TV"	Hammer and Tongs	[5]
	Aphex Twin	"Windowlicker"	Chris Cunningham
	Björk	"All Is Full of Love"
	Fatboy Slim	"Praise You"	Spike Jonze
	George Michael with Mary J. Blige	"As"	Big TV!

2000s

Year	Artist	Song	Director	Ref
2000
	Moby	"Natural Blues"	David LaChapelle	[6]
	Blink 182	"All the Small Things"	Marcos Siega ‡
	Foo Fighters	"Learn to Fly"	Jesse Peretz
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Californication"	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ‡
	Robbie Williams	"Rock DJ"	Vaughan Arnell
2001
	The Avalanches	"Since I Left You"	Blue Source	[7]
	Fatboy Slim	"Weapon of Choice"	Spike Jonze ‡
	Gorillaz	"Clint Eastwood"	Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland
	Outkast	"Ms. Jackson"	F. Gary Gray
	Robbie Williams	"Supreme"	Vaughan Arnell
2002
	Röyksopp	"Remind Me"	H5	[8]
	Basement Jaxx	"Where's Your Head At?"	Traktor
	Eminem	"Without Me"	Joseph Kahn †
	Primal Scream	"Miss Lucifer"	Dawn Shadforth
	The White Stripes	"Fell in Love with a Girl"	Michel Gondry ‡
2003
	Sigur Rós	"Untitled 1"	Floria Sigismondi	[9]
	Missy Elliott	"Work It"	Dave Meyers †
	Queens of the Stone Age	"Go with the Flow"	Shynola
	U.N.K.L.E.	"Eye for an Eye"	Shynola
	The White Stripes	"Seven Nation Army"	Alex and Martin
2004
	Outkast	"Hey Ya!"	Bryan Barber †	[10]
	The Cure	"The End of the World"	Floria Sigismondi
	Jay Z	"99 Problems"	Mark Romanek ‡
	The Streets	"Fit But You Know It"	Dougal Wilson
	The White Stripes	"The Hardest Button to Button"	Michel Gondry
2005
	The Chemical Brothers	"Believe"	Dom and Nic	[11]
	Beck	"E-Pro"	Shynola
	Gorillaz	"Feel Good Inc."	Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland
	Rammstein	"Keine Lust"	Jörn Heitmann
	Gwen Stefani	"What You Waiting For"	Francis Lawrence
2006
	Justice vs. Simian	"We Are Your Friends"	Rozan and Schmeltz	[12]
	Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"	Robert Hales
	OK Go	"A Million Ways"	Trish Sie and OK Go
	Pink	"Stupid Girls"	Dave Meyers
	Kanye West	"Touch the Sky"	Chris Milk
2007
	Justice	"D.A.N.C.E."	Jonas and François ‡	[13]
	Bat for Lashes	"What's a Girl to Do?"	Dougal Wilson
	The Chemical Brothers	"The Salmon Dance"	Dom and Nic
	Foo Fighters	"The Pretender"	Sam Brown
	Justin Timberlake	"What Goes Around... Comes Around"	Samuel Bayer ‡
	Kanye West	"Stronger"	Hype Williams ‡
2008
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	"A Beautiful Lie"	Angakok Panipaq	[14]
	Madonna (feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland)	"4 Minutes"	Jonas and François
	Santogold	"L.E.S. Artistes"	Nima Nourizadeh
	Snoop Dogg	"Sensual Seduction"	Melina and Steven Johnson
	Weezer	"Pork and Beans"	Mathew Cullen
2009
	Beyoncé	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"	Jake Nava †	[15]
	Eminem	"We Made You"	Joseph Kahn ‡
	Katy Perry	"Waking Up in Vegas"	Joseph Kahn
	Shakira	"She Wolf"	Jake Nava
	Britney Spears	"Circus"	Francis Lawrence

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Director	Ref
2010
	Katy Perry (feat. Snoop Dogg)	"California Gurls"	Mathew Cullen	[16]
	Eminem (feat. Rihanna)	"Love the Way You Lie"	Joseph Kahn
	Lady Gaga (feat. Beyoncé)	"Telephone"	Jonas Åkerlund ‡
	Plan B	"Prayin'"	Daniel Wolfe
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	"Kings and Queens"	Bartholomew Cubbins ‡
2011
	Lady Gaga	"Born This Way"	Nick Knight	[17]
	Adele	"Rolling in the Deep"	Sam Brown ‡
	Beastie Boys	"Make Some Noise"	Spike Jonze ‡
	Beyoncé	"Run the World (Girls)"	Francis Lawrence
	Justice	"Civilization"	Romain Gavras
2012
	Psy	"Gangnam Style"	Cho Soo-hyun	[18]
	Katy Perry	"Wide Awake"	Tony T. Datis ‡
	Lady Gaga	"Marry the Night"	Lady Gaga
	M.I.A.	"Bad Girls"	Romain Gavras ‡
	Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris)	"We Found Love"	Melina Matsoukas †
2013
	Miley Cyrus	"Wrecking Ball"	Terry Richardson †	[19]
	Lady Gaga	"Applause"	Inez & Vinoodh
	Robin Thicke (feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams)	"Blurred Lines"	Diane Martel ‡
	Thirty Seconds to Mars	"Up in the Air"	Bartholomew Cubbins
	Justin Timberlake	"Mirrors"	Floria Sigismondi †
2014
	Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J)	"Dark Horse"	Mathew Cullen	[20]
	Iggy Azalea (feat. Rita Ora)	"Black Widow"	Director X and Iggy Azalea
	Kiesza	"Hideaway"	Blayre Ellestad and Kiesza
	Sia	"Chandelier"	Daniel Askill and Sia ‡
	Pharrell Williams	"Happy"	Yoann Lemoine ‡
2015
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	"Downtown"	Ryan Lewis, Macklemore and Jason Koenig	[21]
	Kendrick Lamar	"Alright"	Colin Tilley and the Little Homies ‡
	Sia	"Elastic Heart"	Sia and Daniel Askill
	Taylor Swift (feat. Kendrick Lamar)	"Bad Blood"	Joseph Kahn †
	Pharrell Williams	"Freedom"	Paul Hunter
2016
	The Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk)	"Starboy"	Grant Singer	[22]
	Beyoncé	"Formation"	Melina Matsoukas †
	Coldplay	"Up&Up"	Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia
	Kanye West	"Famous"	Kanye West ‡
	Tame Impala	"The Less I Know the Better"	Canada
2017
	Kendrick Lamar	"HUMBLE."	Dave Meyers and The Little Homies †	[23]
	Foo Fighters	"Run	Dave Grohl
	Katy Perry (feat. Migos)	"Bon Appétit"	Dent De Cuir
	Kyle (feat. Lil Yachty)	"iSpy"	Colin Tilley
	Taylor Swift	"Look What You Made Me Do"	Joseph Kahn
2018
	Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug)	"Havana"	Dave Meyers †	[24]
	Ariana Grande	"No Tears Left to Cry"	Dave Meyers ‡
	Childish Gambino	"This Is America"	Hiro Murai ‡
	Lil Dicky (feat. Chris Brown)	"Freaky Friday"	Tony Yacenda
	The Carters	"APESHIT"	Ricky Saiz ‡
2019
	Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)	"ME!"	Taylor Swift and Dave Meyers	[25]
	Ariana Grande	"thank u, next"	Hannah Lux Davis ‡
	Billie Eilish	"bad guy"	Dave Meyers ‡
	Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road (Remix)"	Calmatic ‡
	Rosalía and J Balvin (feat. El Guincho)	"Con altura"	Director X

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Director	Ref
2020
	DJ Khaled (feat. Drake)	"Popstar" ‡	Director X	[26]
	Billie Eilish	"Everything I Wanted" ‡	Billie Eilish
	Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)	"WAP" ‡	Colin Tilley
	Karol G (feat. Nicki Minaj)	"Tusa"	Mike Ho
	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande	"Rain on Me" ‡	Robert Rodriguez
	Taylor Swift	"The Man" ‡	Taylor Swift
	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights" †	Anton Tammi †
2021
	Lil Nas X	"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" †	Tanu Muino	[27]
	Doja Cat (feat. SZA)	"Kiss Me More" ‡	Warren Fu
	Ed Sheeran	"Bad Habits" ‡	Dave Meyers
	Justin Bieber (feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon)	"Peaches"	Colin Tilley
	Normani (feat. Cardi B)	"Wild Side"	Tanu Muino
	Taylor Swift	"Willow"	Taylor Swift
2022
	Taylor Swift	All Too Well: The Short Film †	Taylor Swift	[28]
	Blackpink	"Pink Venom"	Seo Hyun-Seung
	Doja Cat	"Woman" ‡	Child
	Harry Styles	"As It Was" ‡	Tanu Muino
	Kendrick Lamar	"The Heart Part 5"	Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar
	Nicki Minaj	"Super Freaky Girl" ‡	Joseph Kahn
2023
	Taylor Swift	"Anti-Hero" †	Taylor Swift	[29]
	Cardi B (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)	"Bongos"	Tanu Muino
	Doja Cat	"Paint the Town Red"	Doja Cat and Nina McNeely
	Little Simz	"Gorilla"	Dave Meyers
	Miley Cyrus	"Flowers" ‡	Jacob Bixenman
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Vampire" ‡	Petra Collins
	SZA	"Kill Bill" ‡	Christian Breslauer
2024
	Taylor Swift (feat. Post Malone)	"Fortnight" †	Taylor Swift	[30]
	Ariana Grande	"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" ‡	Christian Breslauer
	Charli XCX	"360"	Aidan Zamiri
	Eminem	"Houdini" ‡	Rich Lee
	Kendrick Lamar	"Not Like Us"	Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar
	Lisa (feat. Rosalía)	"New Woman"	Dave Meyers

Statistic

As of 2024.

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
44	126