MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video

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The MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video (also known as Best Alternative Music Video) was first given out at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. Prior to being called Best Alternative Video, it was known as Best Post-Modern Video in 1989 and 1990. After the 1998 ceremony, this award was eliminated, and it was not presented until over two decades later, when it was brought back for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, under the name Best Alternative. During its discontinuation, artists and videos who would have normally been eligible for this award became eligible for other genre categories, including Best Rock Video.

Nirvana is the biggest winner of this award, winning all three of their consecutive bids for the Moonman from 1992 to 1994. In terms of nominations, though, Green Day ties with Nirvana as biggest nominee, receiving three nominations in 1994, 1995, and 1998.

Recipients[]

Year Winner Other nominees Ref.
1991 Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing" [1]
1992 Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" [2]
1993 Nirvana – "In Bloom" [3]
1994 Nirvana – "Heart-Shaped Box" [4]
1995 Weezer – "Buddy Holly" [5]
1996 The Smashing Pumpkins – "1979" [6]
1997 Sublime – "What I Got" [7]
1998 Green Day – "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" [8]
No award given between 1999 and 2019
2020 Machine Gun Kelly – "Bloody Valentine" [9]
2021 Machine Gun Kelly (featuring Blackbear) – "My Ex's Best Friend" [10]

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References[]

  1. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1991". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1992". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1993". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1994". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1995". MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1996". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1997". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1998". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 2020". MTV. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Serrano, Athena (August 11, 2021). "The 2021 VMA Nominations Are Here: Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, and More". MTV News. MTV. Retrieved August 11, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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