MTV Video Music Award al miglior video rock

L'MTV Video Music Award al miglior rock (MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock) è un premio assegnato annualmente a partire dal 1989 nell'ambito degli MTV Video Music Awards.

Nella prima edizione il premio era chiamato Best Heavy Metal Video e dal 1990 al 1995 venne rinominato Best Metal/Hard Rock Video. Nel 1996 fu cambiato in Best Hard Rock Video e dal 1997 ha assunto la denominazione Best Rock Video ed è stato presentato come tale fino al 2016.

Come tutte le altre categorie di genere ai VMA, questa categoria è stata ritirata brevemente nel 2007, quando i VMA furono rinnovati e la maggior parte delle categorie originali furono eliminate. Nel 2008, però, MTV ha ripristinato questo premio, insieme a molti altri che erano stati ritirati nel 2007.

Nel 2017, la parola "Video" è stata rimossa dal nome di tutte le categorie di genere, lasciando a questo premio il nome attuale: Best Rock.

Vincitori e candidati

Anni 1980

Anno	Vincitore	Nominati	Note
1989	Guns N' Roses — Sweet Child o' Mine	Aerosmith — Rag Doll Def Leppard — Pour Some Sugar on Me Metallica — One

Anni 1990

Anno	Vincitore	Nominati	Note
1990	Aerosmith — Janie's Got a Gun	Faith No More — Epic Mötley Crüe — Kickstart My Heart Slaughter — Up All Night
1991	Aerosmith — The Other Side	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
1992	Metallica — Enter Sandman	Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked Ugly Kid Joe — Everything About You Van Halen — Right Now
1993	Pearl Jam — Jeremy	Aerosmith — Livin' on the Edge Helmet — Unsung Nine Inch Nails — Wish
1994	Soundgarden — Black Hole Sun	Aerosmith — Cryin' Anthrax — Black Lodge Rollins Band — Liar
1995	White Zombie — More Human than Human	Green Day — Basket Case Meat Puppets — We Don't Exist Stone Temple Pilots — Interstate Love Song
1996	Metallica — Until It Sleeps	Alice in Chains — Again Marilyn Manson — Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Rage Against the Machine — Bulls on Parade
1997	Aerosmith — Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)	Foo Fighters — Monkey Wrench Marilyn Manson — The Beautiful People Dave Matthews Band — Crash into Me Rage Against the Machine — People of the Sun
1998	Aerosmith — Pink	Foo Fighters — Everlong Dave Matthews Band — Don't Drink the Water Metallica — The Unforgiven II
1999	Korn — Freak on a Leash	Kid Rock — Bawitdaba Lenny Kravitz — Fly Away Limp Bizkit — Nookie The Offspring — Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

Anni 2000

Anno	Vincitore	Nominati	Note
2000	Limp Bizkit — Break Stuff	Creed — Higher Kid Rock — Cowboy Korn — Falling Away from Me Metallica — I Disappear Rage Against the Machine — Sleep Now in the Fire
2001	Limp Bizkit — Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)	Aerosmith — Jaded Linkin Park — Crawling Staind — It's Been Awhile Weezer — Hash Pipe
2002	Linkin Park — In the End	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!
2003	Linkin Park — Somewhere I Belong	Evanescence feat. Paul McCoy — Bring Me to Life Good Charlotte — Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Metallica — St. Anger The White Stripes — Seven Nation Army
2004	Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl	The Darkness — I Believe in a Thing Called Love Evanescence — My Immortal Hoobastank — The Reason Linkin Park — Breaking the Habit
2005	Green Day — Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Foo Fighters — Best of You The Killers — Mr. Brightside My Chemical Romance — Helena Weezer — Beverly Hills
2006	AFI — Miss Murder	Thirty Seconds to Mars — The Kill Green Day — Wake Me Up When September Ends Panic! at the Disco — I Write Sins Not Tragedies Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California
2007	Non assegnato
2008	Linkin Park — Shadow of the Day	Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer — Beat It Foo Fighters — The Pretender Paramore — Crushcrushcrush Slipknot — Psychosocial
2009	Green Day — 21 Guns	Coldplay — Viva la vida Fall Out Boy — I Don't Care Kings of Leon — Use Somebody Paramore — Decode

Anni 2010

Anno	Vincitore	Nominati	Note
2010	Thirty Seconds to Mars — Kings and Queens	Florence + the Machine — Dog Days Are Over MGMT — Flash Delirium Muse — Uprising Paramore — Ignorance
2011	Foo Fighters — Walk	The Black Keys — Howlin' for You Cage the Elephant — Shake Me Down Foster the People — Pumped Up Kicks Mumford & Sons — The Cave
2012	Coldplay — Paradise	The Black Keys — Lonely Boy Imagine Dragons — It's Time Linkin Park — Burn It Down Jack White — Sixteen Saltines
2013	Thirty Seconds to Mars — Up in the Air	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
2014	Lorde — Royals	Arctic Monkeys — Do I Wanna Know? The Black Keys — Fever Imagine Dragons — Demons Linkin Park — Until It's Gone
2015	Fall Out Boy — Uma Thurman	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
2016	Twenty One Pilots — Heathens	All Time Low — Missing You Coldplay — Adventure of a Lifetime Fall Out Boy feat. Demi Lovato — Irresistible Panic! at the Disco — Victorious
2017	Twenty One Pilots — Heavydirtysoul	Coldplay — A Head Full of Dreams Fall Out Boy — Young and Menace Foo Fighters — Run Green Day — Bang Bang
2018	Imagine Dragons — Whatever It Takes	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
2019	Panic! at the Disco — High Hopes	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

Anni 2020

Anno	Vincitore	Nominati	Note
2020	Coldplay – Orphans	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
2021	John Mayer – Last Train Home	Evanescence – Use My Voice Foo Fighters – Shame Shame Kings of Leon – The Bandit Lenny Kravitz – Raise Vibration The Killers – My Own Soul's Warning
2022	Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer	Foo Fighters – Love Dies Young Jack White – Taking Me Back Muse – Won't Stand Down Shinedown – Planet Zero Three Days Grace – So Called Life
2023	Måneskin – The Loneliest	Foo Fighters – The Teacher Linkin Park – Lost Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tippa My Tongue Metallica – Lux æterna Muse – You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween

Statistiche e record

La band che ha vinto di più in questa categoria è quella degli Aerosmith con 4 vittorie, seguita dalle 3 vittorie dei Linkin Park e dalle 2 vittorie di Green Day, Limp Bizkit, Metallica e Thirty Seconds to Mars. Gli Aerosmith detengono anche il primato per il maggior numero di nomination, 8, a fronte delle 7 dei Linkin Park, le 6 dei Metallica e le 5 di Fall Out Boy e Foo Fighters.

Voci correlate

• MTV Europe Music Award al miglior artista rock

Collegamenti esterni

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