The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos . 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".
24-505: Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Video, Short Form , the award was first presented in 1984, as was a similar award for Best Long Form Music Video . From 1986 to 1997, the category name was changed to Best Music Video, Short Form . However, in 1988 and 1989, the award criteria were changed and the video awards were presented under the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video . The awards were returned to
48-419: A collection of 1950s R&B and pop music songs performed in the styles of Beethoven , Debussy , Mozart , and other composers. "When We Was Fab", a song from the album Cloud Nine , is constructed from quotations written when The Beatles were at the height of their fame and features Harrison playing a sitar . The music video shows Elton John dressed as a walrus, a reference to the 1967 song " I Am
72-599: A man urinating on Ronald Reagan 's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, which was edited out for television broadcast. Bush's "imaginative" video sampler accompanies her greatest hits album of the same name and includes music videos for songs throughout her career to that point. The music video for "Land of Confusion", a song included on the band's 1986 album Invisible Touch , contained Spitting Image puppets of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and other notable individuals. David Lee Roth's self-titled video consisted of promotional clips created for his debut solo EP Crazy from
96-446: Is also presented for Video of the Year . For the 26th Grammy Awards the academy replaced the category with awards for Best Video, Short Form, and Best Video Album. For the awards held in 1988 and 1989 , the criteria changed and awards for the categories Best Concept Music Video, and Best Performance Music Video were presented. The academy returned to the previous format in 1990 , though
120-598: Is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Director(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award. Award was not presented. Music video categories presented that year included Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video . Award not presented to the performing artist (only to video director(s) and video producer(s)) Director unknown; award presented to video producers only Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video The Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
144-449: 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
168-760: The Grammy Awards , a ceremony established in 1958 when it was called the Gramophone Awards. 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". In order to qualify for this category, concert/performance films or music documentaries must be released theatrically or for sale to
192-689: The Best Concept Music Video award being presented alongside the award for Best Performance Music Video . Best Concept Music Video award recipients were the English rock band Genesis for " Land of Confusion " and the American singer "Weird Al" Yankovic for " Fat ". The academy returned to the previous format in 1990, though the categories are now known as Best Short Form Music Video and Best Long Form Music Video . The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences began to honor quality music videos with
216-592: The Grammy Award for Video of the Year category in 1982 . The first two award recipients were former member of The Monkees Michael Nesmith for the hour-long video Elephant Parts (also known as Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts ) and Olivia Newton-John for Olivia Physical . The Video of the Year category was discontinued in 1984 when MTV established the MTV Video Music Awards whose top award
240-452: The Heat and album Eat 'Em and Smile . Jackson's video collection, which was certified gold in the United States, contained six promotional videos recorded for singles from her album Control . Awards were presented to members of Genesis ( Tony Banks , Phil Collins , and Mike Rutherford ) as the performing artists, Jim Yukich and John Lloyd as the video directors , and Jon Blair as
264-496: The Walrus ". Storytelling Giants is a collection of Talking Heads' music videos and additional material linking them together. Two of the nominated music videos had connections to Michael Jackson ; "Fat" is a parody of Jackson's song " Bad ", and the video for "This Note's for You" depicts a Jackson look-alike's hair catching fire; a parody of an incident that occurred during a shoot for a Pepsi television advertisement in 1984. In
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#1732858636072288-592: 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. Singers Madonna and Sting hold
312-407: The band only, not to the director(s) and/or producer(s). Peter Gabriel , Michael Jackson , Janet Jackson , Johnny Cash , Kendrick Lamar , Beyoncé , Taylor Swift , and The Beatles hold the record for the most wins as a performer in this category, with two each. Mark Romanek holds the record for the most wins as a director, with a total of three. Icelandic singer Björk holds the record for
336-629: The categories were renamed Best Music Video, Short Form, and Best Music Video, Long Form. In 1998 , the categories were retitled Best Short Form Music Video, and Best Long Form Music Video, respectively. For the 30th Grammy Awards (1988), Best Concept Music Video nominees included David Bowie for " Day-In Day-Out ", Kate Bush for The Whole Story , the English rock band Genesis for " Land Of Confusion ", David Lee Roth for David Lee Roth , and Janet Jackson for Control – The Videos Part II . The music video for Bowie's "Day-In Day-Out", directed by Julien Temple , included "offending" scenes such as
360-399: The most nominations as a performer without a win, with four. Taylor Swift became the first artist to win the category with a sole directing credit for their own music video when she won in 2023 for All Too Well: The Short Film . Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Director(s) are only indicated if they were presented with a Grammy Award. Award
384-599: The original format in 1990. The category was called Best Short Form Music Video until 2012, from 2013 it was shortened to Best Music Video . Award recipients include the performers, directors, and producers associated with the winning videos, except for its first two years when the Grammy went to the performing artist only. For unknown reasons, the award for the Best Music Video in 1987 - Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits - went to
408-411: 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. 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. The category was preceded by
432-519: 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. 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), video director(s) and video producer(s). (Nominations from 1984 to 1986 listed performing artists only). Each year
456-502: 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
480-520: The recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". Beginning in 1982, the academy began to honor quality music videos with the Video of the Year category, which was discontinued with the establishment of the MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 and was replaced with two awards; Best Video, Short Form and Best Video Album. Criteria changes for the 1988 and 1989 ceremonies resulted in
504-602: The video producer. Nominees for the 31st Grammy Awards were the Hampton String Quartet for " Get a Job ", George Harrison for " When We Was Fab ", the American rock band Talking Heads for Storytelling Giant , "Weird Al" Yankovic for "Fat", and Neil Young for " This Note's for You ". "Get a Job", a song recorded originally by the American group The Silhouettes , appears on the Hampton String Quartet's album What If Mozart Wrote "Roll Over Beethoven" ,
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#1732858636072528-474: Was an award that was presented to recording artists at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988, and the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989, for quality, concept music videos . The Grammy Awards (Grammys) is an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and was originally called the Gramophone Awards; awards are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in
552-412: Was named Best Long Form Music Video, 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
576-406: Was not presented. Music video categories presented this year included Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video . Award was not presented to the performing artist. Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video 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
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