MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video

{{Short description|Annual music video award}} {{Infobox award | name = MTV Video Music Award <br>for Best Rock | awarded_for = rock music videos | image = ColdplayWembley120925 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Coldplay is the most recent recipient for All My Love | presenter = MTV | country = United States | year = 1989 | year2 = | holder = Coldplay — "All My Love" (2025) | most_awards = Aerosmith (4) | most_nominations = Foo Fighters & Linkin Park (10) | website = [https://www.mtv.com/vma VMA website] }}

The '''MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock''' was first given out in {{Mtvvma|1989}}, one of the four original genre categories added to the VMAs that year. In its first year, the award was called '''Best Heavy Metal Video''', and from 1990 to 1995, it was renamed '''Best Metal/Hard Rock Video'''. The category underwent a third, brief name change in 1996, when it was renamed '''Best Hard Rock Video'''. In 1997, the award acquired its most enduring name, '''Best Rock Video''', which it retained until 2016. The following year, the word "Video" was removed from all genre categories at the VMAs (despite nominations still going to specific videos), giving this award its current name: '''Best Rock'''.

Like all other genre categories at the VMAs, this category was retired briefly in {{mtvvma|2007}}, when the VMAs were revamped and most original categories were eliminated. In 2008, though, MTV brought back this award, along with several of the others that had been retired in 2007.

Aerosmith is the most frequent winner of this award, with a total of four wins between 1990 and 1998. The Foo Fighters and Linkin Park are the most nominated acts in this category, having received ten nominations each. Closely following them is Fall Out Boy, with nine nominations. In 1995, White Zombie's bassist Sean Yseult became the first woman to win this award, while in 2014, New Zealand singer Lorde became the first female solo act to win this male-dominated category.

===1980s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|name=year|Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1989}} | Guns N' Roses | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | {{smalldiv| * Aerosmith — "Rag Doll" * Def Leppard — "Pour Some Sugar on Me" * Metallica — "One" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1989">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1989/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828184238/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1989/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1989|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |}

===1990s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|name=year}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1990}} | Aerosmith | "Janie's Got a Gun" | {{smalldiv| * Faith No More — "Epic" * Mötley Crüe — "Kickstart My Heart" * Slaughter — "Up All Night" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1990">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1990/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828184243/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1990/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1990|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1991}} | Aerosmith | "The Other Side" | {{smalldiv| * AC/DC — "Thunderstruck" * Alice in Chains — "Man in the Box" * The Black Crowes — "She Talks to Angels" * Faith No More — "Falling to Pieces" * Guns N' Roses — "You Could Be Mine" * Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity" * Warrant — "Uncle Tom's Cabin" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1991">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021804/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1991|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1992}} | Metallica | "Enter Sandman" | {{smalldiv| * Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked" * Ugly Kid Joe — "Everything About You" * Van Halen — "Right Now" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1992">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1992/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021809/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1992/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1992|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1993}} | Pearl Jam | "Jeremy" | {{smalldiv| * Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge" * Helmet — "Unsung" * Nine Inch Nails — "Wish" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202646/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1993/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1993|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1994}} | Soundgarden | "Black Hole Sun" | {{smalldiv| * Aerosmith — "Cryin'" * Anthrax — "Black Lodge" * Rollins Band — "Liar" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1994">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1994/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901022244/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1994/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1994|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1995}} | White Zombie | "More Human than Human" | {{smalldiv| * Green Day — "Basket Case" * Meat Puppets — "We Don't Exist" * Stone Temple Pilots — "Interstate Love Song" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/ |title=MTV Video Music Awards 1995 |publisher=MTV |access-date=July 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510091655/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/ |archive-date=May 10, 2016 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1996}} | Metallica | "Until It Sleeps" | {{smalldiv| * Alice in Chains — "Again" * Marilyn Manson — "Sweet Dreams" * Rage Against the Machine — "Bulls on Parade" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1996">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829224311/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1996/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1996|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1997}} | Aerosmith | "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" | {{smalldiv| * Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench" * Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" * Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me" * Rage Against the Machine — "People of the Sun" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021815/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1997|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1998}} | Aerosmith | "Pink" | {{smalldiv| * Foo Fighters — "Everlong" * Dave Matthews Band — "Don't Drink the Water" * Metallica — "The Unforgiven II" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1998/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828154709/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1998/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1998|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|1999}} | Korn | "Freak on a Leash" | {{smalldiv| * Kid Rock — "Bawitdaba" * Lenny Kravitz — "Fly Away" * Limp Bizkit — "Nookie" * The Offspring — "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041546/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1999/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 1999|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |}

===2000s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|name=year}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2000}} | Limp Bizkit | "Break Stuff" | {{smalldiv| * Creed — "Higher" * Kid Rock — "Cowboy" * Korn — "Falling Away from Me" * Metallica — "I Disappear" * Rage Against the Machine — "Sleep Now in the Fire" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092653/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2000|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2001}} | Limp Bizkit | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | {{smalldiv| * Aerosmith — "Jaded" * Linkin Park — "Crawling" * Staind — "It's Been Awhile" * Weezer — "Hash Pipe" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041551/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2001/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2002}} | Linkin Park | "In the End" | {{smalldiv| * Creed — "My Sacrifice" * Jimmy Eat World — "The Middle" * Korn — "Here to Stay" * P.O.D. — "Youth of the Nation" * System of a Down — "Chop Suey!" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092656/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2002/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2002|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2003}} | Linkin Park | "Somewhere I Belong" | {{smalldiv| * Evanescence (featuring Paul McCoy) — "Bring Me to Life" * Good Charlotte — "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" * Metallica — "St. Anger" * The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092702/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2003|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2004}} | Jet | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | {{smalldiv| * The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" * Evanescence — "My Immortal" * Hoobastank — "The Reason" * Linkin Park — "Breaking the Habit" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908111554/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2004/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2004|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2005}} | Green Day | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | {{smalldiv| * Foo Fighters — "Best of You" * The Killers — "Mr. Brightside" * My Chemical Romance — "Helena" * Weezer — "Beverly Hills" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828073144/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2005/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2005|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2006}} | AFI | "Miss Murder" | {{smalldiv| * Green Day — "Wake Me Up When September Ends" * Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" * Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" * Thirty Seconds to Mars — "The Kill" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706040602/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2006/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2006|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2006|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2007}} | colspan="4" {{n/a}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2008}} | Linkin Park | "Shadow of the Day" | {{smalldiv| * Fall Out Boy (featuring John Mayer) — "Beat It" * Foo Fighters — "The Pretender" * Paramore — "Crushcrushcrush" * Slipknot — "Psychosocial" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828041555/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2009}} | Green Day | "21 Guns" | {{smalldiv| * Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" * Fall Out Boy — "I Don't Care" * Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody" * Paramore — "Decode" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716032752/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2009|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |} [[File:Untold 2024 - Lenny Kravitz 35.jpg|thumb|2024 winner Lenny Kravitz]]

===2010s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|name=year}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:280px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2010}} | Thirty Seconds to Mars | "Kings and Queens" | {{smalldiv| * Florence + the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" * MGMT — "Flash Delirium" * Muse — "Uprising" * Paramore — "Ignorance" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721234616/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2010|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2010|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2011}} | Foo Fighters | "Walk" | {{smalldiv| * The Black Keys — "Howlin' for You" * Cage the Elephant — "Shake Me Down" * Foster the People — "Pumped Up Kicks" * Mumford & Sons — "The Cave" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713111210/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2011|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2011|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2012}} | Coldplay | "Paradise" | {{smalldiv| * The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy" * Imagine Dragons — "It's Time" * Linkin Park — "Burn It Down" * Jack White — "Sixteen Saltines" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720035907/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2012/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2012|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2013}} | Thirty Seconds to Mars | "Up in the Air" | {{smalldiv| * Fall Out Boy — "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" * Imagine Dragons — "Radioactive" * Mumford & Sons — "I Will Wait" * Vampire Weekend — "Diane Young" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620215150/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2014|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2013|publisher=MTV|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2014}} | Lorde | "Royals" | {{smalldiv| * Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?" * The Black Keys — "Fever" * Imagine Dragons — "Demons" * Linkin Park — "Until It's Gone" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312163248/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2014/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2015|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2014|publisher=MTV|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2015}} | Fall Out Boy | "Uma Thurman" | {{smalldiv| * Arctic Monkeys — "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" * Florence + the Machine — "Ship to Wreck" * Hozier — "Take Me to Church" * Walk the Moon — "Shut Up and Dance" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120001444/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2015|title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2016}} | Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" | {{smalldiv| * All Time Low — "Missing You" * Coldplay — "Adventure of a Lifetime" * Fall Out Boy (featuring Demi Lovato) — "Irresistible" * Panic! at the Disco — "Victorious" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727125413/http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2016|title=2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2017}} | Twenty One Pilots | "Heavydirtysoul" | {{smalldiv| * Coldplay — "A Head Full of Dreams" * Fall Out Boy — "Young and Menace" * Foo Fighters — "Run" * Green Day — "Bang Bang" }} | align="center"| <ref name="VMA2017">{{cite news|title=2016 VMA Nominations: See the Full List Now|publisher=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727125413/http://www.mtv.com/news/2910443/2016-vma-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2016|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2018}} | Imagine Dragons | "Whatever It Takes" | {{smalldiv| * Fall Out Boy — "Champion" * Foo Fighters — "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" * Linkin Park — "One More Light" * Panic! at the Disco — "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" * Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Walk on Water" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|date=August 20, 2018|title=VMAs: Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-vmas-winners-see-complete-list-1135082|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2019}} | Panic! at the Disco | "High Hopes" | {{smalldiv| * The 1975 — "Love It If We Made It" * Fall Out Boy — "Bishops Knife Trick" * Imagine Dragons — "Natural" * Lenny Kravitz — "Low" * Twenty One Pilots — "My Blood" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528388/2019-mtv-vmas-winners-list|title=Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 MTV VMAs|date=August 26, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref> |}

===2020s=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{sronly|Recipients}} ! scope="col"| Year{{efn|name=year}} ! scope="col" style="width:162px;"| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:188px;"| Video ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2020}} | Coldplay | "Orphans" | {{smalldiv| * blink-182 — "Happy Days" * Evanescence — "Wasted on You" * Fall Out Boy (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)" * Green Day — "Oh Yeah!" * The Killers — "Caution" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9427019/2020-mtv-vma-nominations-full-list|title=Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations: See Full List|date=July 30, 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2021}} | John Mayer | "Last Train Home" | {{smalldiv| * Evanescence — "Use My Voice" * Foo Fighters — "Shame Shame" * The Killers — "My Own Soul's Warning" * Kings of Leon — "The Bandit" * Lenny Kravitz — "Raise Vibration" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Serrano|first=Athena|date=August 11, 2021|title=The 2021 VMA Nominations Are Here: Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, and More|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3179856/vma-nominees-2021-justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811160224/http://www.mtv.com/news/3179856/vma-nominees-2021-justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 11, 2021|publisher=MTV News. MTV}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2022}} | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Black Summer" | {{smalldiv| * Foo Fighters — "Love Dies Young" * Muse — "Won't Stand Down" * Shinedown — "Planet Zero" * Three Days Grace — "So Called Life" * Jack White — "Taking Me Back" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & Kendrick Lamar Lead 2022 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-mtv-vma-nominations-list-1235117890/|access-date=July 26, 2022 |magazine=Billboard|date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{Mtvvma|2023}} | Måneskin | "The Loneliest" | {{smalldiv| * Foo Fighters – "The Teacher" * Linkin Park – "Lost" * Metallica – "Lux Æterna" * Muse – "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" * Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Tippa My Tongue" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|last=Tinoco|first=Armando|title=MTV VMA Nominations: Taylor Swift Leads Pack With Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Smith & More Close By|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/2023-mtv-vma-nominations-taylor-swift-miley-cyrus-nicki-minaj-olivia-rodrigo-sam-smith-1235456981/|access-date=8 August 2023|work=Deadline|date=8 August 2023}}</ref> |- !2024 | Lenny Kravitz | "Human" |{{smalldiv| * Bon Jovi – "Legendary" * Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" * Green Day – "Dilemma" * Kings of Leon – "Mustang" * U2 – "Atomic City" }} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Kaite |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Here's a Full List of 2024 MTV VMAs Winners (Updating Live) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-vmas-winners-list-1235772883/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US }}</ref> |- !2025 | Coldplay | "All My Love" |{{smalldiv| * Evanescence – "Afterlife" (From the Netflix Series ''Devil May Cry'')" * Green Day – "One Eyed Bastard" * Lenny Kravitz – "Honey" * Linkin Park – "The Emptiness Machine" * Twenty One Pilots – "The Contract" }} | align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |last=Green |first=Walden |title=MTV VMAs 2025 Winners: See the Full List Here |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2025-winners-see-the-full-list-here/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=September 7, 2025 |date=September 7, 2025}}</ref> |- |}

==Statistics== ===Multiple wins=== ;4 wins * Aerosmith

;3 wins * Coldplay * Linkin Park

;2 wins * Metallica * Green Day * Limp Bizkit * Thirty Seconds to Mars * Twenty One Pilots

===Multiple nominations=== ;10 nominations * Foo Fighters * Linkin Park

;9 nominations * Fall Out Boy

;8 nominations * Aerosmith * Green Day

;7 nominations * Coldplay * Metallica

;5 nominations * Evanescence * Lenny Kravitz

;4 nominations * Panic! at the Disco * Thirty Seconds to Mars * Twenty One Pilots

;3 nominations * Rage Against the Machine * Limp Bizkit * Korn * Paramore * Muse * Red Hot Chili Peppers * Kings of Leon * The Black Keys * The Killers

;2 nominations * Guns N' Roses * Def Leppard * Faith No More * Alice in Chains * Marilyn Manson * Creed * Kid Rock * Weezer * Mumford & Sons * Arctic Monkeys * Florence + the Machine * Jack White * John Mayer{{efn|1 as a featured artist.}}

==Notes== {{NoteFoot}} {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist|2}} {{MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video}} {{MTV Video Music Awards}}

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