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- The 2023 Grammy Awards are on Feb. 5, 2023.
- Numerous artists had been nominated for Best Music Video.
- Taylor Swift‘s All To Well: The Short Film received Best Music Video for 2023.
Video killed the radio star, and to the winner goes the spoils. Since 1984, the Recording Academy has celebrated the music video format with the Best Music Video Grammy Award. In the next a long time, a number of the largest stars have taken dwelling the gold for the movies which have grow to be the bedrock for the artwork type. This yr might be no completely different, as a few of your favourite musical acts are up for the Grammy.
Initially, the award was known as the “Best Video, Short Form.” The academy additionally debuted the Best Music Film Grammy in 1984, an accolade for longer visible initiatives and live performance movies. Duran Duran received the primary Grammy for Best Music Video on the 26th Annual Grammy Awards. Their “Girls On Film/ Hungry Like The Wolf” claimed the prize, with their eponymous Duran Duran profitable Best Music Film later that evening.
In 1988, the Grammys modified the factors for the award, switching it as much as “Best Concept Music Video” and “Best Performance Music Video.” This hyper-specific, pedantic division didn’t final lengthy. After Genesis (“Land of Confusion”) and “Weird Al” Yankovic (“Fat”) received the Concept Music Videos in 1988 and ’89 – with The Prince’s Trust All-Star Rock Concert and U2’s “Where The Streets Have No Name” profitable Best Performance Music Video – the class reverted to its authentic standards in 1990. It additionally modified its identify to Best Short Form Music Video till 2012, when it was then simply known as Best Music Video.
David Bowie (“Jazzin’ For Blue Jean”), R.E.M (“Losing My Religion”), The Beatles (“Free As A Bird”), and Madonna (“Ray of Light”) have all received the award. Michael Jackson received the award twice (“Leave Me Alone,” “Scream”), as did his sister, Janet Jackson (“Got ’til It’s Gone,” “Scream”). U2 additionally received twice, taking the award for “Vertigo” in 2005. Beyoncé has a pair of Music Video Grammys (“Formation,” “Brown Skin Girl”). So does Kendrick Lamar (“Humble,” “Bad Blood”). Director Mark Romanek has the file for many wins – Johnny Cash’s “Hurt,” Janet’s “Got ’til It’s Gone,” and “Scream” – as a director.
2023’s Nominees
The 2023 discipline for Best Music Video options one of many extra dynamic movies in latest reminiscence, together with one which had each Swifties’ coronary heart a’flutter.
Adele returned with “Easy On Me,” a video that has racked up 327 million views since its Oct. 2021 premiere. BTS dropped the video for “Yet To Come” in June 2021, and it’s amassed 176 million views. Doja Cat‘s sensual and scorching “Woman” video arrived in Dec. 2021 and has put up 160 million views.
Ahead of Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers album, he launched “The Heart Part Five,” a surprising video that noticed his face change to that of Kanye West, Jussie Smollett, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey Hussle. The deepfake marvel has amassed 41 million views since arriving in May 2022. Two months earlier than “The Heart Part Five,” Harry Styles shared the video for “As It Was,” the lead single off of Harry’s House. In lower than a yr, it has obtained 425 million views.
Taylor Swift continued her profession as a director with All Too Well: The Short Film, the visible accompanying the ten-minute model of her track, “All Too Well.” Since releasing the video on-line in Nov. 2021, it has been considered over 82 million occasions.
- Adele, “Easy On Me” (Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan & Nancy Grant, video producers)
- BTS, “Yet To Come” (Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer)
- Doja Cat, “Woman” (Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin & Isaac Rice, video producers)
- Kendrick Lamar, “The Heart Part 5” (Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video administrators; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers)
- Harry Styles, “As It Was” (Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter & Alexa Haywood, video producers)
- Taylor Swift, All Too Well: The Short Film (Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer)
Winners Of The Best Music Video Grammy Since 2000
2023: Taylor Swift, All Too Well: The Short Film.
- Adele, “Easy On Me” (Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan & Nancy Grant, video producers)
- BTS, “Yet To Come” (Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer)
- Doja Cat, “Woman” (Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin & Isaac Rice, video producers)
- Kendrick Lamar, “The Heart Part 5” (Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video administrators; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers)
- Harry Styles, “As It Was” (Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter & Alexa Haywood, video producers)
2022: Jon Batiste, ‘Freedom’
Other Nominees:
- AC/DC, “Shot in the Dark” – AC/DC
- Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, “I Get a Kick Out of You”
- Justin Bieber that includes Daniel Caesar and Giveon, “Peaches”
- Billie Eilish, “Happier Than Ever” –
- Lil Nas X, “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
- Olivia Rodrigo, “Good 4 U”
2021: Beyoncé & Wizkid Ft. Blue Ivy, “Brown Skin Girl”
Other nominees:
- Future that includes Drake, “Life Is Good”
- Anderson .Paak, “Lockdown”
- Harry Styles, “Adore You”
- Woodkid, “Goliath”
2020: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Other nominees:
- Chemical Brothers, “We’ve Got to Try” (Ninian Doff, video director; Ellie Fry, video producer)
- Gary Clark Jr., “This Land”
- FKA Twigs, “Cellophane”
- Tove Lo, “Glad He’s Gone”
2019: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
Other nominees:
- The Carters, “Apeshit”
- Joyner Lucas, “I’m Not Racist”
- Janelle Monáe, “Pynk”
- Tierra Whack, “Mumbo Jumbo”
2018: Kendrick Lamar, “Humble”
Other nominees:
- Beck, “Up All Night”
- Jain, “Makeba”
- Jay Z, “The Story of O.J.”
- Logic that includes Alessia Cara & Khalid, “1-800-273-8255”
2017: Beyoncé, “Formation”
Other nominees:
- Leon Bridges, “River”
- Coldplay, “Up & Up”
- Jamie xx, “Gosh”
- OK Go, “Upside Down & Inside Out”
2016: Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Other nominees:
- A$AP Rocky, “LSD”
- The Dead Weather, “I Feel Love
- Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
- Pharrell Williams, “Freedom”
2015: Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Other nominees:
- Arcade Fire, “We Exist
- DJ Snake and Lil’ Jon, “Turn Down for What”
- Sia, “Chandelier”
- Woodkid that includes Max Richter, “The Golden Age”
2014: Justin Timberlake Ft. Jay-Z, “Suit & Tie”
Other nominees:
- Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”
- Jay Z, “Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film”
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis that includes Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us
- Jack White, “I’m Shakin’”
2013: Rihanna & Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
Other nominees:
- Foster the People, “Houdini”
- Jay Z and Kanye West that includes Frank Ocean and The-Dream – “No Church within the Wild
- M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
- Woodkid, “Run Boy Run”
2012: Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Other nominees:
- Memory Tapes, “Yes I Know”
- OK Go, “All Is Not Lost
- Radiohead, “Lotus Flower”
- Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”
- “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Perform This Way”
2011: Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Other nominees:
- Johnny Cash, “Ain’t No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project”
- Eminem and Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”
- Gorillaz, Mos Def and Bobby Womack, “Stylo”
- Cee Lo Green, “Fuck You”
2010: The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”
Other nominees:
- Beast, “Mr. Hurricane”
- Coldplay, “Life in Technicolor II”
- Depeche Mode, “Wrong”
- Oren Lavie, “Her Morning Elegance”
2009: Weezer, “Pork and Beans:
Other nominees:
- Erykah Badu, “Honey”
- Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
- Radiohead, “House of Cards”
- Jack White and Alicia Keys, “Another Way to Die”
2008: Johnny Cash, “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”
Other nominees:
- Feist, “1234”
- Gnarls Barkley, “Gone Daddy Gone”
- Justice, “D.A.N.C.E.”
- Mutemath, “Typical”
2007: OK Go, “Here It Goes Again”
Other nominees:
- Big & Rich, “8th of November”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dani California”
- The Killers, “When You Were Young”
- Underoath, “Writing on the Walls”
2006: Missy Elliott ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop, “Lose Control”
Other nominees:
- Gorillaz, “Feel Good Inc.”
- Jamiroquai, “Feels Just Like It Should”
- Martina McBride, “God’s Will”
- Sarah McLachlan, “World on Fire”
2005: U2, “Vertigo”
Other nominees:
- Franz Ferdinand, “Take Me Out”
- Green Day, “American Idiot”
- George Michael, “Flawless (Go to the City)”
- Steriogram, “Walkie Talkie Man”
2004: Johnny Cash, “Hurt”
Other nominees:
- Coldplay, “The Scientist”
- Madonna, “Die Another Day”
- Martina McBride, “Concrete Angel”
- OutKast, “Hey Ya!”
2003: Eminem, “Without Me”
Other nominees:
- 1 Giant Leap that includes Robbie Williams and Maxi Jazz – “My Culture”
- Dirty Vegas, “Days Go By”
- Knoc-turn’al, Dr. Dre and Missy Elliott, “The Knoc”
- Nas, “One Mic”
2002: Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins, “Weapon Of Choice”
Other nominees:
- Aerosmith, “Fly Away from Here”
- Missy Elliott that includes Ludacris, “One Minute Man”
- Madonna, “Don’t Tell Me”
- OutKast, “Ms. Jackson”
2001: Foo Fighters, “Learn To Fly”
Other nominees:
- Busta Rhymes, “Fire”
- Reba McEntire, “What Do You Say”
- Papa Roach, “Broken Home”
- Will Smith, “Will 2K”
2000: Korn, “Freak On A Leash”
Other nominees:
- Björk, “All Is Full of Love”
- Lauryn Hill, “Everything Is Everything”
- Brian McKnight, “Back at One”
- TLC, “Unpretty”