# 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), video director(s) and video producer(s). (Nominations from 1984 to 1986 listed performing artists only).
| Year | Work(s) | Performing artist(s) | Director(s) and Producer(s) | Nominees |
| 1984 | Duran Duran | Duran Duran | — | Alice Cooper – Alice Cooper: The Nightmare Grace Jones – A One Man Show Olivia Newton-John – Olivia in Concert The Rolling Stones – Let's Spend the Night Together Toni Basil – Word of Mouth |
| 1985 | Making Michael Jackson's Thriller | Michael Jackson | — | David Bowie – Serious Moonlight Devo – We're All Devo Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Billy Joel – Billy Joel Live from Long Island The Cars – Heartbeat City |
| 1986 | Huey Lewis & The News: The Heart of Rock 'n Roll | Huey Lewis and the News | Bruce Gowers, director | Prince and the Revolution – Prince and the Revolution Live (Paul Becher, video director) The Police – The Police Synchronicity Concert (Lol Creme & Kevin Godley, video directors) Tina Turner – Tina Live (David Mallet, video director) Wham! – Wham! The Video |
| 1987 | Bring On the Night | Sting | Michael Apted, director Sting, video producer | Artists United Against Apartheid – Sun City (Lol Creme, Jonathan Demme, Kevin Godley & Hart Perry, video directors; Arthur Baker & Little Steven, video producers) Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album (Emil G. Davidson & Gary Weis, video directors) Pete Townsend – Pete Townsend: White City – The Music Movie (Richard Lowenstein, video director) Yes – 9012Live (Steven Soderbergh, video director) |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | Rhythm Nation 1814 | Janet Jackson | Dominic Sena, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris, directors Aris McGarry, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris, producers | Eurythmics – Savage (Sophie Muller, video director; Billy Poveda & John Stewart, video producers) Michael Jackson – Moonwalker (Colin Chilvers & Jerry Kramer, video directors; Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson, Dennis Jones & Jerry Kramer, video producers) New Kids on the Block – Hangin' Tough (Doug Nichol, video director; Bryan Johnson, video producer) Pink Floyd – In Concert: Delicate Sound of Thunder (Wayne Isham, video director; Curt Marvis, video producer) |
| 1991 | Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie | MC Hammer | Rupert Wainwright, director John Oetjen, producer | Leonard Bernstein – Bernstein in Berlin Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Humphrey Burton, video director) Phil Collins – The Singles Collection (Jim Yukich, video director; Paul Flattery, video producer) Eurythmics – We Too Are One (Sophie Muller, video director; Billy Poveda & John Stewart, video producers) The Who – Live: Featuring the Rock Opera "Tommy" (Larry Jordan, video director; Michael Pillot, video producer) |
| 1992 | Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 | Madonna | David Mallet & Mark "Aldo" Miceli, directors Anthony Eaton, producer | Peter Gabriel – P.O.V. (Michael Chapman & Hart Perry, video directors; Dana Heinz & Sandy Lieberson, video producers) Billy Joel – Live at Yankee Stadium (Jon Small, video director; Jon Small, video producer) Lifers Group – World Tour Rahway Prison, That's It (Penelope Spheeris, video director; Jessica Cooper, video producer) Sinéad O'Connor – Year of the Horse (Sophie Muller, video director; Steve Fargnoli & James Todd, video producers) |
| 1993 | Diva | Annie Lennox | Sophie Muller, director Rob Small, producer | Gwar – Phallus in Wonderland (Judas Bullhorn & Distortion Wells, video directors; Dean English, video producer) MC Hammer – Hammerin' Home (Rupert Wainwright, video director; Oliver Fuselier, Guy J. Louthan & Terance Power, video producers) Public Enemy – The Enemy Strikes Live (Larry Holland, video director; J. Kevin Swain, video producer) Swiss Radio Symphony; Matthias Bamert, conductor – Classic Visions 5: Gershwin, D'Albert, Strauss, Honegger (Adrian Marthaler, video director; Armin Brunner, video producer) |
| 1994 | Ten Summoner's Tales | Sting | Doug Nichol, director Julie Fong, producer | Canadian Brass – Canadian Brass: Home Movies (Niv Fichman, video director and producer) Miles Davis and Quincy Jones – Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux (Rudi Dolezal, Hannes Rossacher & Gavin Taylor, video directors; Jim Beach & Louise Velazquez, video producers) Daniel Lanois – Rocky World (Phil King, video director; Phil King, video producer) Tangerine Dream – Three Phase (Michael Boydstun, video director) Travis Tritt – A Celebration: A Musical Tribute to the Spirit of the Disable American Veteran (Jack Cole, video director; Len Epand & Ken Kragen, video producers) |
| 1995 | Zoo TV: Live from Sydney | U2 | David Mallet, director Ned O'Hanlon and Rocky Oldham, producer | Claudio Abbado and Sting – A Prokofiev Fantasy with Peter and the Wolf (Steve Bendelack, Roger Law & Christopher Swann, video directors; Joanna Beresford & Frances Peters, video producers) Depeche Mode – Devotional (Anton Corbijn, video director; Richard Bell, video producer) Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor – Ravel: Bolero; Mussogsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Bernar Hebert, Adrian Marthaler & Barbara Willis Sweete, video directors; Niv Fichman, video producer) Madonna – The Girlie Show – Live Down Under (Marty Callner & Mark "Aldo" Miceli, video directors) |
| 1996 | Secret World Live | Peter Gabriel | François Girard, director Robert Warr, producer | Kate Bush – The Line, the Cross & the Curve (Kate Bush, video director; Margarita Doyle, video producer) Cirque Du Soleil – Saltimbanco (Jacques Payette, video director; Helene Dufresne, video producer) Charles Dutoit and The Montreal Symphony Orchestra – The Planets (Barbara Willis Sweete, video director; Niv Fichman, video producer) Green Jellÿ – 333 (Green Jelly (Mike Bloomquist, David Cannizzaro, Joe Cannizzaro, Mike Davis, Anthony Gotta, Gary Hellsinger, Eugene Kelly, Bill Manspeaker, Rose Mattrey & Kim O'Donnell), video directors) James McMurtry – Where'd You Hide the Body (K.C. Amos, Bill Brown, Ingrid Calame, Sande Chen, Gregory E. Connor, Linda Feferman, Johannes Gamble, Nathan Hope, Pip Johnson, Brenda McIntyre, Luis Ruiz & Deborah Stratman, video directors) |
| 1997 | The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles | Bob Smeaton and Geoff Wonfor, directors Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producers | Reinbert de Leeuw – Satie & Suzanne (Tim Southam, video director; Daniel Iron & Jennifer Jonas, video producers) Bon Jovi – Live from London (David Mallet, video director; Andy Picheta, video producer) Oingo Boingo – Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre (Scott Palazzo, video director; Laura Engel, video producer) Bruce Springsteen – Blood Brothers (Ernie Fritz, video director; Ernie Fritz, Jack Gulick & Lee Rolontz, video producers) |
| 1998 | Jagged Little Pill, Live | Alanis Morissette | Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, directors Alanis Morissette, David May, Glen Ballard and Steve Purcell, producers | Blind Melon – Letters from a Porcupine (Steve MacCorkle, video director and producer) Orquestra Was – Forever's a Long, Long Time (Don Was, video director; Larry Shapiro, video producer) Tina Turner – Live in Amsterdam: Wildest Dreams Tour (David Mallet, video director; Monique Ten Berge, Harry De Winter & Patrick Roubroeks, video producers) Various artists – Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz (Julian Benedikt, video director; Ulli Pfau, video producer) |
| 1999 | American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart | Lou Reed | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director Karen Bernstein, Susan Lacy, Tamar Hacker, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, producers | Fastball – They Wanted the Highway (Ondi Timoner, video director; Mark Didia, David Timoner & Ondi Timoner, video producers) Yo-Yo Ma – Inspired by Bach: Six Gestures – No. 6 (Patricia Rozema, video director; Niv Fichman, video producer) Scott Rockenfield and Paul Speer featuring Sir Mix-A-Lott – TeleVoid (Michael Boydstun, video director and producer) Various artists – Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing (Robert Altman, video director; Robert Altman, Brent Carpenter, James McLindon & Matthew Seig, video producers) |
| 2000 | Band of Gypsys: Live at Fillmore East | Jimi Hendrix | Bob Smeaton, director Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall, producer | Asleep at the Wheel – The Making of 'Ride With Bob' (Dan Karlok, video director; Dan Karlok, video producer) Gloria Estefan – Don't Stop (Mo Fitzgibbon, video director; Mo Fitzgibbon & Robert Walker, video producers) Radiohead – Meeting People Is Easy (Grant Gee, video director; Dilly Gent, video producer) U2 – PopMart: Live from Mexico City (David Mallet, video director; Ned O'Hanlon, video producer) |
| 2001 | Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album | John Lennon | Andrew Solt, director Andrew Solt, Greg Vines, Leslie Tong, and Yoko Ono, producer | Ella Fitzgerald – American Masters: Ella Fitzgerald – Something to Live For (Charlotte Zwerin, video director; Karen Bernstein, Tamar Hacker & Susan Lacy, video producers) Willie Nelson – Teatro (Wim Wenders, video director; Deepak Nayar, video producer) The Beach Boys – Endless Harmony (Alan Boyd, video director; Stephanie Bennett, video producer) Various artists – The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century (Donald Sturrock, video director; Pierre-Olivier Bardet & Stephen Wright, video producers) |
| 2002 | Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks | Susan Froemke, director Peter Gelb and Susan Froemke, producer | Bob Marley – Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story (Jeremy Marre, video director; Jeremy Marre, video producer) Freddie Mercury – Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story (Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher, video directors; Jim Beach & Rudi Dolezal, video producers) Moby – Play: The DVD (Moby, video director; Moby & Jeff Rogers, video producers) |
| 2003 | Westway to the World | The Clash | Don Letts, director | Nappy Roots – The World According to Nappy (Gloria Gabriel, video director; David Anthony, Gloria Gabriel & James Lopez, video producers) 1 Giant Leap – 1 Giant Leap (Duncan Bridgeman & Jamie Catto, video directors and producers) Various artists – Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly (Beth Harrington, video director and producer) Robbie Williams – Live at the Albert (Hamish Hamilton, video director; Lee Lodge, video producer) |
| 2004 | Legend | Sam Cooke | Mary Wharton, Mick Gochanour, and Robin Klein, producers | Gorillaz – Phase One: Celebrity Take Down (Jamie Hewlett, video director; Tom Girling, video producer) Various artists – Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti (Tom Cairns, video director; Fiona Morris, video producer) Various artists – The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Volume 1 (Janie L. Hendrix, Jon Kanis, John McDermott & David Peck, video producers) Muddy Waters – American Masters: Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied (Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors and producers) |
| 2005 | Concert for George | Various artists | David Leland, director Jon Kamen, Olivia Harrison, and Ray Cooper, producers | John Adams and London Symphony Orchestra – John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer (Penny Woolcock, video director; Madonna Baptiste, video producer) Coldplay – Live 2003 (John Durrant & Russell Thomas, video directors; Sarah Layish-Melamed, Lee Lodge & Melanie Vaughton, video producers) Various artists – Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues – A Music Journey (Margaret Bodde, Michael Borofsky, Alex Gibney, Richard Hutton, Jeffrey Peisch & Martin Scorsese, video producers) Various artists – Tom Dowd & The Language of Music (Mark Moormann, video director; Scott L. Gordon, Mark Hunt & Mark Moormann, video producers) |
| 2006 | No Direction Home | Bob Dylan | Martin Scorsese, director Anthony Wall, Jeff Rosen, Margaret Bodde, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair, and Susan Lacy, producer | R. Kelly – Trapped in the Closet Chapters 1–5 (R. Kelly & Jim Swaffield, video directors; Ann Carli, video producer) Ramones – End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (Jim Fields & Michael Gramaglia, video directors; Jim Fields & Michael Gramaglia, video producers) Bruce Springsteen – Devils & Dust (Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer) Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson Presents Smile (John Anderson & David Leaf, video directors; Dave Goetz, David Leaf, Steve Ligerman, Maggie Magee, John Scheinfeld, Casey Sipes, Richard Waltzer & Brian Wilson, video producers) |
| 2007 | Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | Thom Zimny, director and producer | Terence Blanchard – Flow: Living in the Stream of Music (Jim Gabour, video director; Robin Burgess & Jim Gabour, video producers) Death Cab for Cutie – Directions (Noah Gelb, Nicholas Harmer, Jill Kaplan & Aaron Stewart-Ahn, video producers) Gorillaz – Demon Days: Live in Manchester (Damon Albarn, David Barnard, Grant Gee & Jamie Hewlett, video directors; Kersti Bergstrom, Stefan Demetriou, Simon Jones & Claire Oxley, video producers) Madonna – I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (Jonas Akerlund, video director; Susan Applegate, Angela Becker, Keeley Gould, Shelli Jury & David May, video producers) |
| 2008 | The Confessions Tour | Madonna | Jonas Åkerlund, director David May and Sara Martin, producer | Dierks Bentley – Live & Loud at the Fillmore (Russell Thomas, video director; James Whetherly, video producer) R. Kelly – Trapped in the Closet Chapters 13–22 (R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti & Jim Swaffield, video directors; Ann Carli, video producer) Kenny Wayne Shepherd – 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (Noble Jones, video director; Phillipa Davis, Kelly Norris Sarno & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, video producers) Various artists – Liberacion: The Songs of the New Cuban Underground (Reuben Fields, video director; Dean Bates & CM Murphy, video producers) |
| 2009 | Runnin' Down a Dream | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Peter Bogdanovich, director Skot Bright, Tony Dimitriades & George Drakoulias, producers | John Mayer – Where The Light Is: Live in Los Angeles (Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer) Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad Live (Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers) Various artists – Great Performances: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers) The Who – Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers) |
| 2010 | The Beatles Love – All Together Now | The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil | Adrian Wills, director Jonathan Clyde and Martin Bolduc, producers | Chris Botti – In Boston (Jim Gable, video director; Bobby Colomby, video producer) Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash's America (Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers) Anita O'Day – Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden, video directors; Robbie Cavolina, Melissa Davis & Ian McCrudden, video producers) Keith Urban – Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live (Chris Hicky, video director; Blake Morrison, video producer) |
| 2011 | When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors | The Doors | Tom DiCillo, director Dick Wolf, Jeff Jampol, John Beug, and Peter Jankowski, producers | Blur – No Distance Left to Run (Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern & Giorgio Testi, video directors; Thomas Benski, Laura Collins, Stefan Demetriou, Terry Felgate, Steve Heaver, Chris Morris & Lucas Ochoa, video producers) Arif Mardin – The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (Douglas Biro & Joe Mardin, video directors; Douglas Biro & Joe Mardin, video producers) Rush – Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen, video directors and producers) The White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (Emmett Malloy, video director; Ian Montone & Mike Sarkissian, video producers) |
| 2012 | Back and Forth | Foo Fighters | James Moll, director James Moll and Nigel Sinclair, producer | Beyoncé – I Am... World Tour (Ed Burke, Frank Gatson Jr. & Beyoncé Knowles, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles & Camille Yorrick, video producers) Kings of Leon – Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon (Stephen C. Mitchell, video director; Casey McGrath, video producer) A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Michael Rapaport, video director; Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor & Jarobi White, Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler, Eric Matthies, Frank Mele & Edward Parks, video producers) TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light (Tunde Adebimpe, video director; Michelle An & Caren Braj, video producers) |
| 2013 | Big Easy Express | Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show | Emmett Malloy, director Bryan Ling, Mike Luba, and Tim Lynch, producers | Sade – Bring Me Home – Live 2011 (Sophie Muller, video director; Roger Davies, Grant Jue & Sophie Muller, video producers) Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society (Pilar Sanz, video director; Esperanza Spalding, video producer) Tegan & Sara – Get Along (Danny O'Malley, Salazar (Nathan Drilliot, Jeff Petry, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin & Jesse Savath) & Elinor Svoboda, video directors; Nick Blasko, Piers Henwood, Sara Quin & Tegan Quin, video producers) U2 – From the Sky Down (Davis Guggenheim, video director; Belisa Balaban, Brian Celler, Davis Guggenheim & Ted Skillman, video producers) |
| 2014 | Live Kisses | Paul McCartney | Jonas Åkerlund, director Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, producers | Coldplay – Live 2012 (Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer) Green Day – ¡Cuatro! (Tim Wheeler, video director; Tim Lynch, video producer) Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite – I'm In I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up! (Danny Clinch, video director; Ben Harper, video producer) Mumford & Sons – The Road to Red Rocks (Nicolas Jack Davies & Frederick Scott, video directors; Dan Bowen, video producer) |
| 2015 | 20 Feet from Stardom ≈ | Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill | Morgan Neville, director Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers, producers | Beyoncé and Jay Z – On the Run Tour (Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Ed Burke, Svana Gisla & Dan Parise, video producers) Coldplay – Ghost Stories Live 2014 (Paul Dugdale, video director; Jim Parsons, video producer) Metallica – Metallica: Through the Never (Nimród Antal, video director; Adam Ellison & Charlotte Huggins, video producers) Pink – The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne (Larn Poland, video director; Roger Davies, video producer) |
| 2016 | Amy ≈ | Amy Winehouse | Asif Kapadia, director James Gay-Rees, producer | James Brown – Mr Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (Alex Gibney, video director; Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman, video producers) Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways (Dave Grohl, video director; John Cutcliffe, Dave Grohl, John Ramsay, James A. Rota, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh, video producers) Nina Simone – What Happened, Miss Simone?± (Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers) Roger Waters – The Wall (Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers) |
| 2017 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | The Beatles | Ron Howard, director Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci, Nigel Sinclair, producers | Steve Aoki – I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Justin Krook, video director; Brent Almond, Matt Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Michael Theanne, Happy Walters & Matthew Weaver, video producers) Beyoncé – Lemonade (Beyoncé Knowles Carter & Kahlil Joseph, video directors; Ed Burke, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Steve Pamon, Todd Tourso, Dora Melissa Vargas & Erinn Williams, video producers) Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble – The Music of Strangers (Morgan Neville, video director; Caitrin Rogers, video producer) Various Artists – American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Ole Opry (George J. Flanigen IV, video director; Steve Buchanan, John Burke, Lindsey Clark, Robert Deaton, Pete Fisher & George J. Flanigen IV, video producers) |
| 2018 | The Defiant Ones | Various artists | Allen Hughes, director Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray & Steven Williams, producers | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – One More Time with Feeling (Andrew Dominik, video director; Dulcie Kellett & James Wilson, video producers) Grateful Dead – Long Strange Trip (Amir Bar-Lev, video director; Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff & Justin Kreutzmann, video producers) Various Artists – Soundbreaking (Maro Chermayeff & Jeff Dupre, video directors; Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel & Warren Zanes, video producers) Various Artists – Two Trains Runnin (Sam Pollard, video director; Benjamin Hedin, video producer) |
| 2019 | Quincy | Quincy Jones | Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, directors Paula DuPré Pesmen, producer | Eric Clapton – Life in 12 Bars (Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers) Whitney Houston – Whitney (Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers) Itzhak Perlman – Itzhak (Alison Chernick, video director and producer) Elvis Presley – The King (Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers) |
| 2020 | Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé | Beyoncé | Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, directors Steve Pamon & Erinn Williams, producers | David Crosby – Remember My Name (A.J. Eaton, video director; Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola & Greg Mariotti, video producers) Miles Davis – Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Stanley Nelson, video director; Nicole London, video producer) Various Artists – Shangri-La (Jeff Malmberg & Morgan Neville, video directors; Danny Breen, video producer) Thom Yorke – Anima (Paul Thomas Anderson, video director; Paul Thomas Anderson, Erica Frauman & Sara Murphy, video producers) |
| 2021 | The Sound of My Voice | Linda Ronstadt | Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, directors Michele Farinola & James Keach, producers | Beastie Boys – Beastie Boys Story (Spike Jonze, video director; Amanda Adelson, Jason Baurn & Spike Jonze, video producers) Beyoncé – Black is King (Emmanuel Adjei, Blitz Bazawule, Beyonce & Kwasi Fordjour, video directors; Lauren Baker, Akin Omotoso, Nathan Scherrer, Jeremy Sullivan & Erinn Williams, video producers) Freestyle Love Supreme – We Are Freestyle Love Supreme (Andrew Fried, video director; Andrew Fried, Jill Furman, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarina Roma, Jenny Steingart & Jon Steingart, video producers) ZZ Top – That Little Ol' Band From Texas (Sam Dunn, video director; Scot McFadyen, video producer) |
| 2022 | Summer of Soul ≈ | Various Artists | Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, video director David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers | Bo Burnham – Inside (Bo Burnham, video director; Josh Senior, video producer) David Byrne – David Byrne's American Utopia (Spike Lee, video director; David Byrne & Spike Lee, video producers) Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles (Patrick Osborne & Robert Rodriguez, video directors; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson, Justin Lubliner & Juliet Tierney, video producers) Jimi Hendrix – Music, Money, Madness...Jimi Hendrix in Maui (John McDermott, video director; Janie Hendrix, John McDermott & George Scott, video producers) |
| 2023 | Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story | Various Artists | Frank Marshall & Ryan Suffern, video directors Frank Marshal, Sean Stuart & Ryan Suffern, video producers | Adele – Adele One Night Only (Paul Dugdale, video director) Justin Bieber – Our World (Michael D. Ratner, video director; Michael D. Ratner, Kfir Goldberg, Andy Mininger & Scott Ratner, video producers) Billie Eilish – Billie Eilish Live at the O2 (Sam Wrench, video director; Michelle An, Tom Colbourne, Chelsea Dodson & Billie Eilish, video producers) Rosalía – Motomami (Rosalía Tiktok Live Performance) (Ferrán Echegaray, Rosalía Vila Tobella & Stillz, video directors); Karen Saurí Marchán & Christy Alcaraz Moyer (video producers) Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn (Daryl Hannah, video director; Gary Ward, video producer) |
| 2024 | Moonage Daydream | David Bowie | Brett Morgen, video director and video producer | Lewis Capaldi – How I'm Feeling Now (Joe Pearlman, video director; Sam Bridger, Isabel Davis & Alice Rhodes, video producers) Kendrick Lamar – Live From Paris: The Big Steppers Tour (Mike Carson, Dave Free & Mark Ritchie, video directors; Cornell Brown, Debra Davis, Jared Heinke & Jamie Rabineau, video producers) Little Richard – I Am Everything (Lisa Cortés, video director; Caryn Capotosto, Lisa Cortés, Robert Friedman & Liz Yale Marsh, video producers) Tupac Shakur – Dear Mama (Allen Hughes, video director; Joshua Garcia, Loren Gomez, James Jenkins & Stef Smith, video producers) |
| 2025 | American Symphony | Jon Batiste | Matthew Heineman, video director; Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino & Jordan Okun, video producers | June Carter Cash – June (Kristen Vaurio, video director; Josh Matas, Sarah Olson, Jason Owen, Mary Robertson & Kristen Vaurio, video producers) Run DMC – Kings from Queens (Kirk Fraser, video director; William H. Masterson III, video producer) Steven van Zandt – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (Bill Teck, video director; Robert Cotto, David Fisher & Bill Teck, video producers) (Various Artists) – The Greatest Night in Pop (Bao Nguyen, video director); Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham & Lionel Richie, video producers) |
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 not presented to the performing artist (only to video director(s) and video producer(s)) Director unknown; award presented to video producers only