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Wikipedia / Grammy Award for Best Music Film

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.

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". 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.

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.

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, 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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1990s

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2010s

2020s

Each year 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 or nomination not presented to the performing artist (only to video director(s) and video producer(s)) Award presented to video producers only

Artists, directors, and producers with multiple wins

  1. 2 wins

  2. Jonas Akerlund

  3. Neil Aspinall

  4. Chips Chipperfield

  5. Brian Grazer

  6. Ron Howard

  7. Susan Lacy

  8. Madonna

  9. David Mallet

  10. Frank Marshall

  11. Nigel Sinclair

  12. Bob Smeaton

  13. Sting

Artists, directors, and producers with multiple nominations

  1. 7 nominations

  2. Morgan Neville

  3. 6 nominations

  4. David Mallet

  5. 5 nominations

  6. Beyoncé

  7. Sophie Muller

  8. 4 nominations

  9. Jonas Akerlund

  10. Ed Burke

  11. Paul Dugdale

  12. Niv Fichman

  13. Madonna

  14. Nigel Sinclair

  15. 3 nominations

  16. Michelle An

  17. Danny Clinch

  18. Coldplay

  19. Stefan Demetriou

  20. Eurythmics

  21. Michele Farinola

  22. Robert Gordon

  23. Susan Lacy

  24. Caitrin Rogers

  25. Bruce Springsteen

  26. Sting

  27. U2

  28. Erinn Williams

  29. 2 nominations

  30. Neil Aspinall

  31. Jim Beach

  32. Karen Bernstein

  33. Margaret Bodde

  34. Michael Boydstun

  35. Chips Chipperfield

  36. Cirque du Soleil

  37. Lol Creme

  38. Roger Davies

  39. Chelsea Dodson

  40. Rudi Dolezal

  41. Charles Dutoit

  42. Billie Eilish

  43. Foo Fighters

  44. Grant Gee

  45. Alex Gibney

  46. Kevin Godley

  47. Gorillaz

  48. Brian Grazer

  49. Tamar Hacker

  50. MC Hammer

  51. Janie L. Hendrix

  52. Ron Howard

  53. Allen Hughes

  54. Michael Jackson

  55. Quincy Jones

  56. Lee Lodge

  57. Yo-Yo Ma

  58. Emmett Malloy

  59. Frank Marshall

  60. John McDermott

  61. Scott McFadyen

  62. Montreal Symphony Orchestra

  63. Mumford & Sons

  64. Doug Nichol

  65. Ned O'Hanlon

  66. Steve Pamon

  67. Jim Parsons

  68. Hart Perry

  69. Sam Pollard

  70. Bill Poveda

  71. Hannes Rossacher

  72. Martin Scorsese

  73. Bob Smeaton

  74. John Stewart

  75. Barbara Willis Sweete

  76. Russell Thomas

  77. Tina Turner

  78. Rupert Wainwright

  79. The Who

  80. Justin Wilkes

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