MTV Video Music Award for Best Group

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The MTV Video Music Award for Best Group is given to recording artists at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The award was introduced as the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video at the inaugural ceremony in 1984<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tim Newman, the video's director, accepted the award on behalf of the band.<ref name="paley center">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2007, a revamp of the ceremony saw the award renamed from Best Group Video to simply Best Group.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2008, the VMAs returned to their original format, but the award was not included.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=UPROXX>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2021, it was renamed to the MTV Video Music Award for Group of the Year, though it was changed back to Best Group in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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 six nominations from 2019 to 2025, and was the second girl group after TLC to win the award in 2023.

Recipients

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Blackpink is the most-nominated girl group with six nominations and ties for the most-awarded girl group in the category with 2 wins.

Key

Template:Dagger	Marks winners of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
Template:Asterisk	Marks nominees of the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

1980s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	ZZ Top – "Legs"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	USA for Africa Template:Asterisk – "We Are the World" Template:Asterisk	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Dire Straits Template:Dagger – "Money for Nothing" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Talking Heads – "Wild Wild Life"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	INXS Template:Dagger – "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Living Colour – "Cult of Personality"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1990s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	The B-52's – "Love Shack"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	R.E.M. Template:Dagger – "Losing My Religion" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	U2 – "Even Better Than the Real Thing"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Pearl Jam Template:Dagger – "Jeremy" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Aerosmith Template:Dagger – "Cryin'" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	TLC Template:Dagger – "Waterfalls" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Foo Fighters Template:Asterisk – "Big Me" Template:Asterisk	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	No Doubt Template:Asterisk – "Don't Speak" Template:Asterisk	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Backstreet Boys – "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	TLC – "No Scrubs"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2000s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	Blink-182 Template:Asterisk – "All the Small Things" Template:Asterisk	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	*NSYNC – "Pop"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	No Doubt Template:Small – "Hey Baby"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Coldplay – "The Scientist"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	No Doubt – "It's My Life"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Green Day Template:Dagger – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Template:Dagger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	The All-American Rejects – "Move Along"	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Fall Out Boy	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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2010s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Nominees	Template:Abbr
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Template:Mtvvma	BTS	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2020s

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YearTemplate:Efn	Winner(s)	Nominees	Template:Abbr
Template:Mtvvma	BTS	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	BTS	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	BTS	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Blackpink	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Seventeen	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Mtvvma	Blackpink	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Statistics

Artists with multiple wins

4 wins

• BTS

3 wins

• No Doubt

2 wins

• Blackpink
• TLC

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations

• U2

6 nominations

• Blackpink

5 nominations

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• *NSYNC

4 nominations

• Foo Fighters
• BTS
• Backstreet Boys
• Jonas Brothers
• Twenty One Pilots

3 nominations

• Eurythmics
• Aerosmith
• R.E.M.
• Green Day
• No Doubt
• Dave Matthews Band
• Destiny's Child
• Maroon 5
• CNCO
• Coldplay
• Imagine Dragons
• Seventeen

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
• Silk Sonic
• Måneskin
• NewJeans
• Tomorrow X Together

See also

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