Grammy Award for Best Music Film

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The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an annual accolade for performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. It is presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 when it was called the Gramophone Awards.<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref>

Criteria

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In order to qualify for this category, concert/performance films or music documentaries must be released theatrically or for sale to the public for the first time or first appearing on television or online during the current eligibility year. Dramatic feature films and biopics are not eligible.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Prior to 2024, films were only considered eligible for this category if they featured a minimum of 51% performance-based material. As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, this requirement has been removed entirely.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Background

The category was preceded by the Grammy Award for Video of the Year, which was presented in 1982 and 1983, awarding long form videos (or video albums as they were known back then) in the budding music video market. Along with the similar honor Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, this award was first presented in 1984. From 1984 to 1985, the accolade was known as Best Video Album, but in 1986, it was renamed to Best Music Video, Long Form. From 1998 to 2012, it was named Best Long Form Music Video,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before changing to Best Music Film since 2013.

In 1988 and 1989, the award criteria were changed and the video accolades were presented under the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video. The awards were returned to the original format in 1990. Except in 1988 and 1989, the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video recipients included the artists, directors, and producers associated with the winning videos. The Best Music Film category is one of two categories in the Best Music Video/Film Field. The other one is Best Music Video, which recognizes stand-alone videos of one song or performance. In 2024, the Field was abolished and both categories were moved to a Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film Field.

Multiple wins and nominations

Singers Madonna and Sting hold the record for the most wins as a performer in this category, with two each, while there have been three films about the Beatles among the winners. However, in two instances, the Beatles were not recognized as individual winners. To date, three directors won the award twice: David Mallet, Jonas Akerlund and Bob Smeaton. Beyoncé holds the record for the most nominations with five. The British pop rock group Eurythmics and Coldplay hold the record for the most nominations as a performer without a win, with three each. Although Beyoncé also held four losing nominations, she won with her fourth nomination with Homecoming in 2020.

Recipients

In 1984 and 1985, only the artists were presented with an award. In 1986 the award went to the artist(s) and the video director(s). From 1987 onwards, the award has been presented to the artist(s) (when applicable), video director(s) and video producer(s). (Nominations from 1984 to 1986 listed performing artists only).

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Members of the English new wave group Duran Duran, among recipients of the 1984 accolade for Duran Duran, performing in 2005.
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1985 winner for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, Michael Jackson
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Sting has earned two accolades from this category for Bring On the Night and Ten Summoner's Tales.
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Janet Jackson won the award in 1990 for Rhythm Nation 1814.
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1991 recipient rapper MC Hammer won for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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Two-time award winner Madonna. She won in 1992 for Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 and again in 2008 for The Confessions Tour: Live from London.
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1993 winner, Annie Lennox.
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Alanis Morissette won the award in 1998 for Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live
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Mel Brooks won the award for Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks.
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Director Don Letts received the award for the documentary Westway to the World about the band The Clash.
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2006 award winner for directing the documentary No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese
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Bruce Springsteen won the accolade in 2007 for Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run
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In 2009, Peter Bogdanovich earned the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for directing Runnin' Down a Dream
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2011 award winners included director Tom DiCillo for When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors.
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Director James Moll won Foo Fighters's Back and Forth.
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Amy Winehouse was the subject of 2016 winner Amy that depicted her life and death. The award went to the director Asif Kapadia who also won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the same film as well.
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Oscar-winning director Ron Howard won for the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week.
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Rashida Jones won the award as co-director of Quincy, a film about her father, Quincy Jones.
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Beyoncé hold the record for the most nominations as of 2022 with five. She won the award in 2020 for directing and performing on Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.
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1986 Template:Sort Huey Lewis and the News Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news Note: This source lists the directors associated with the nominated videos, but the "Nominees" column of the table contains the performing artists associated with the nominated videos.</ref>
1987 Template:Sort Sting Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1988 Template:N/a{{#if:[III]|[III]|[3]}} Template:N/a Template:N/a Template:N/a <ref name=Grammy1988>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1989 Template:N/a{{#if:[III]|[III]|[4]}} Template:N/a Template:N/a Template:N/a <ref>Template:Cite news Note: This source verifies the existence of the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video in 1989.</ref>
1990 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992 Template:Sort Madonna
  • David Mallet & Mark "Aldo" Miceli, directors
  • Anthony Eaton, producer
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1993 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994 Template:Sort Sting Template:Smalldiv <ref name="grammy.com"/>
1995 Template:Sort U2
  • David Mallet, director
  • Ned O'Hanlon and Rocky Oldham, producer
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1996 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997 Template:Sort Template:Sortname
  • Bob Smeaton and Geoff Wonfor, directors
  • Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producers
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1998 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000 Template:Sort Template:Sortname{{#if:IV|IV|[5]}}
  • Bob Smeaton, director
  • Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producer
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2001 Template:Sort Template:Sortname{{#if:IV|IV|[6]}} Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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2008 Template:Sort Madonna Template:Smalldiv <ref name="grammy.com"/>
2009 Template:Sort Template:Sortname
  • Peter Bogdanovich, director
  • Skot Bright, Tony Dimitriades & George Drakoulias, producers
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2010 Template:Sort The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil{{#if:IV|IV|[10]}}
  • Adrian Wills, director
  • Jonathan Clyde and Martin Bolduc, producers
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2011 Template:Sort Template:Sortname{{#if:IV|IV|[11]}} Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 Back and Forth Foo Fighters Template:Smalldiv
2013 Big Easy Express Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Emmett Malloy, director
  • Bryan Ling, Mike Luba, and Tim Lynch, producers
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2014 Live Kisses Paul McCartney
  • Jonas Åkerlund, director
  • Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, producers
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2015 20 Feet from Stardom ≈ Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill Template:Smalldiv
2016 Amy ≈ Amy Winehouse{{#if:IV|IV|[12]}} Template:Smalldiv
2017 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years The Beatles{{#if:IV|IV|[13]}} Template:Smalldiv
2018 The Defiant Ones IV|[14]}}
  • Allen Hughes, director
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2019 Quincy Quincy Jones
  • Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, directors
  • Paula DuPré Pesmen, producer
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2020 Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé
  • Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, directors
  • Steve Pamon & Erinn Williams, producers
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2021 The Sound of My Voice Linda Ronstadt Template:Smalldiv <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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  • Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern, video directors
  • Frank Marshal, Sean Stuart & Ryan Suffern, video producers
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2024 Moonage Daydream David Bowie{{#if:IV|IV|[17]}} Brett Morgen, video director and video producer Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Artists, directors, and producers with multiple wins

2 wins

Artists, directors, and producers with multiple nominations

6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Notes

See also

References

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