# MTV Europe Music Award for Best German Act

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best German Act.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 1990s

| Year | Artist |
| 1994 | H-Blockx |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Thomas D and Franka Potente |
| 1998 | Die Ärzte |
| 1998 | Guano Apes |
| 1998 | Liquido |
| 1998 | Oli.P |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Xavier Naidoo |
| 1999 | Absolute Beginner |
| 1999 | Freundeskreis |
| 1999 | Guano Apes |
| 1999 | Sasha |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Guano Apes |
| 2000 | Die Ärzte |
| 2000 | Die Toten Hosen |
| 2000 | Echt |
| 2000 | Fuenf Sterne Deluxe |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Samy Deluxe |
| 2001 | Die Ärzte |
| 2001 | Echt |
| 2001 | No Angels |
| 2001 | Rammstein |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Xavier Naidoo |
| 2002 | Die Toten Hosen |
| 2002 | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 2002 | No Angels |
| 2002 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Die Ärzte |
| 2003 | Guano Apes |
| 2003 | Xavier Naidoo |
| 2003 | Seeed |
| 2003 | Wir sind Helden |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Beatsteaks |
| 2004 | Die Ärzte |
| 2004 | Die Toten Hosen |
| 2004 | Rammstein |
| 2004 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Rammstein |
| 2005 | Beatsteaks |
| 2005 | Fettes Brot |
| 2005 | Silbermond |
| 2005 | Wir sind Helden |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Bushido |
| 2006 | Die Toten Hosen |
| 2006 | Rammstein |
| 2006 | Silbermond |
| 2006 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Bushido |
| 2007 | Beatsteaks |
| 2007 | Juli |
| 2007 | Sido |
| 2007 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Fettes Brot |
| 2008 | Die Ärzte |
| 2008 | MIA. |
| 2008 | Sido |
| 2008 | Söhne Mannheims |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Silbermond |
| 2009 | Jan Delay |
| 2009 | Peter Fox |
| 2009 | Söhne Mannheims |
| 2009 | Sportfreunde Stiller |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Sido |
| 2010 | Gentleman |
| 2010 | Jan Delay |
| 2010 | Unheilig |
| 2010 | Xavier Naidoo |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Lena |
| 2011 | Beatsteaks |
| 2011 | Clueso |
| 2011 | Culcha Candela |
| 2011 | Frida Gold |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Tim Bendzko |
| 2012 | Cro |
| 2012 | Kraftklub |
| 2012 | Seeed |
| 2012 | Udo Lindenberg |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Lena |
| 2013 | Cro |
| 2013 | Frida Gold |
| 2013 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 2013 | Tim Bendzko |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Revolverheld |
| 2014 | Marteria |
| 2014 | Sido |
| 2014 | Max Herre |
| 2014 | Milky Chance |
| 2014 | Cro |
| 2014 | Pre-nominations: Adel Tawil Kollegah Zedd Andreas Bourani Casper |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Lena |
| 2015 | Andreas Bourani |
| 2015 | Cro |
| 2015 | Revolverheld |
| 2015 | Robin Schulz |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Max Giesinger |
| 2016 | Beginner |
| 2016 | Robin Schulz |
| 2016 | Mark Forster |
| 2016 | Topic |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Wincent Weiss |
| 2017 | Alle Farben |
| 2017 | Cro |
| 2017 | Mark Forster |
| 2017 | Marteria |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Mike Singer |
| 2018 | Bausa |
| 2018 | Feine Sahne Fischfilet |
| 2018 | Namika |
| 2018 | Samy Deluxe |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Juju |
| 2019 | AnnenMayKantereit |
| 2019 | Luciano |
| 2019 | Marteria and Casper |
| 2019 | Rammstein |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Fynn Kliemann |
| 2020 | Apache 207 |
| 2020 | Lea |
| 2020 | Nico Santos |
| 2020 | Shirin David |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | badmómzjay |
| 2021 | Álvaro Soler |
| 2021 | Provinz |
| 2021 | Tokio Hotel |
| 2021 | Zoe Wees |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | badmómzjay |
| 2022 | Giant Rooks |
| 2022 | Nina Chuba |
| 2022 | Leony |
| 2022 | Kontra K |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Kontra K |
| 2023 | Apache 207 |
| 2023 | Ayliva |
| 2023 | Luciano |
| 2023 | Nina Chuba |
| 2023 | Ski Aggu |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Ayliva |
| 2024 | K.I.Z |
| 2024 | Luciano |
| 2024 | Pashanim |
| 2024 | Shirin David |
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## Multiple awards and nominations

| Wins | Artist | Nominations |
| 3 | Lena | 3 |
| 2 | Xavier Naidoo | 4 |
| 2 | badmómzjay | 2 |
| 2 | Bushido | 2 |
| Nominations | Artist |
| 6 | Die Ärzte |
| 6 | Sportfreunde Stiller |
| 5 | Cro |
| 5 | Rammstein |
| 4 | Beatsteaks |
| 4 | Die Toten Hosen |
| 4 | Guano Apes |
| 4 | Sido |
| 4 | Xavier Naidoo |
| 3 | Lena |
| 3 | Marteria |
| 3 | Silbermond |
| 2 | badmómzjay |
| 2 | Bushido |
| 2 | Echt |
| 2 | Fettes Brot |
| 2 | Frida Gold |
| 2 | Jan Delay |
| 2 | Mark Forster |
| 2 | No Angels |
| 2 | Revolverheld |
| 2 | Robin Schulz |
| 2 | Samy Deluxe |
| 2 | Seeed |
| 2 | Söhne Mannheims |
| 2 | Tim Bendzko |
| 2 | Wir sind Helden |
    One nomination partnered with Casper.