MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video initially awarded to Best Director, but in 1997 the category was renamed to Best Video. The winner of this category is chosen by MTV. Whale became the first winners, the first band to win and also the first European act to win the award. Moby became the first non-European winner and the first American winner. In 2001, The Avalanches became the first Australian winners. In 2012, Psy became the first Asian artist and the first non-American act to win this after of four consecutive years of American winners.

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees
1994	Whale — "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" (directed by Mark Pellington)	U2 — "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (directed by Wim Wenders and Mark Neale)
1995	Massive Attack — "Protection" (directed by Michel Gondry)
1997	The Prodigy — "Breathe" (directed by Walter Stern)	Blur — "Song 2" (directed by Sophie Muller) The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats" (directed by Dom and Nic) Daft Punk — "Around the World" (directed by Michel Gondry) Radiohead — "Paranoid Android" (directed by Magnus Carlsson)
1998	Massive Attack — "Tear Drop" (directed by Walter Stern)	— "Come To Daddy" (directed by Chris Cunningham) Beastie Boys — "Intergalactic" (directed by Nathanial Hornblower) Eagle Eye Cherry — "Save Tonight" (directed by Jhoan Camitz) Garbage — "Push It" (directed by Andrea Giacobbe)
1999	Blur — "Coffee & TV" (directed by Hammer and Tongs)	Björk — "All Is Full Of Love" (directed by Chris Cunningham) George Michael with Mary J. Blige — "As" (directed by Big TV!) Fatboy Slim — "Praise You" (directed by Spike Jonze) Aphex Twin — "Windowlicker" (directed by Chris Cunningham)

2000s

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

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees
2010	Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "California Gurls" (directed by Mathew Cullen)	Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens" (directed by Bartholomew Cubbins) Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "Love the Way You Lie" (directed by Joseph Kahn) Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone" (directed by Jonas Åkerlund) Plan B — "Prayin'" (directed by Daniel Wolfe)
2011	Lady Gaga — "Born This Way" (directed by Nick Knight)	Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (directed by Sam Brown) Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise" (directed by Spike Jonze) Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)" (directed by Francis Lawrence) Justice — "Civilization" (directed by Romain Gavras)
2012	Psy — "Gangnam Style" (directed by Yang Hyun Suk)	Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (directed by Tony T. Datis) Lady Gaga — "Marry the Night" (directed by Lady Gaga) M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (directed by Romain Gavras) Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love" (directed by Melina Matsoukas)
2013	Miley Cyrus — "Wrecking Ball" (directed by Terry Richardson)	Lady Gaga — "Applause" (directed by Inez & Vinoodh) Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines" (directed by Diane Martel) Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Up In The Air" (directed by Bartholomew Cubbins) Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors" (directed by Floria Sigismondi)
2014	Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) — "Dark Horse" (directed by Mathew Cullen)	Iggy Azalea (feat. Rita Ora) — "Black Widow" (directed by Director X and Iggy Azalea) Kiesza — "Hideaway" (directed by Blayre Ellestad and Kiesza) Pharrell Williams — "Happy" (directed by Yoann Lemoine) Sia — "Chandelier" (directed by Daniel Askill and Sia)
2015	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — "Downtown" (directed by Ryan Lewis, Macklemore and Jason Koenig)	Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" (directed by Colin Tilley and the Little Homies) Sia — "Elastic Heart" (directed by Sia and Daniel Askill) Pharrell Williams — "Freedom" (directed by Paul Hunter) Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (directed by Joseph Kahn)

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Statistic

Number of European Nominations	Total Number
38	89

See also

• MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year