The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group is one of the original general awards that has been handed at the MTV Europe Music Awards. It was awarded every year from 1994 to 2009 and from 2018 to 2021. The award was revived once again in 2023, but ultimately it was one of the three categories for which no winner was announced, along with the awards for the Biggest Fans and Best Israeli Act.
The Spice Girls, the Backstreet Boys and Linkin Park have all won the award twice. The world-famous South Korean group BTS won the award four times in a row, winning in every year they were nominated.
U2 is the group that was nominated more times, having been nominated five times between 1995 and 2005.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video–winning artist. ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video–nominated artist that same year.
1990s Year Artist Ref 1994 Take That Aerosmith †Beastie Boys ‡Crowded HouseRage Against the Machine 1995 U2 BlurBon JoviGreen DayR.E.M. 1996 Oasis The Fugees ‡GarbagePulpThe Smashing Pumpkins 1997 Spice Girls OasisThe ProdigyRadioheadU2 1998 Spice Girls All SaintsBackstreet Boys †Beastie BoysGarbage ‡ 1999 Backstreet Boys ‡ The CardigansJamiroquaiThe OffspringTLC †
2000s Year Artist Ref 2000 Backstreet Boys Blink 182 †Bon JoviRed Hot Chili Peppers ‡Travis 2001 Limp Bizkit Destiny's Child ‡GorillazR.E.M.U2 ‡ 2002 Linkin Park ‡ ColdplayNo Doubt †Red Hot Chili PeppersU2 2003 Coldplay † EvanescenceMetallicaRadioheadThe White Stripes ‡ 2004 Outkast Beastie BoysThe Black Eyed PeasD12 ‡Maroon 5 ‡ 2005 Gorillaz The Black Eyed Peas ‡ColdplayGreen Day †U2 ‡ 2006 Depeche Mode The Black Eyed PeasKeaneThe Pussycat DollsRed Hot Chili Peppers ‡ 2007 Linkin Park Fall Out Boy †Good CharlotteMy Chemical RomanceTokio Hotel 2009 Tokio Hotel The Black Eyed PeasGreen DayJonas BrothersKings of Leon
2010s Year Artist Ref 2018 BTS 5 Seconds of SummerChloe x HalleMaroon 5MigosPrettyMuch 2019BTS † Blackpink ‡CNCO ‡Little MixMonsta X5 Seconds of Summer ‡Jonas Brothers ‡The 1975
2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 BTS † 5 Seconds of Summer ‡Blackpink ‡Chloe x Halle ‡CNCO ‡Little Mix ‡ 2021 BTS † Imagine DragonsJonas Brothers ‡Little MixMåneskinSilk Sonic ‡ 2022 colspan="3" 2023 Aespa Flo ‡Jonas Brothers ‡Måneskin ‡NewJeansOneRepublicSeventeen ‡Tomorrow X Together ‡
See also MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video
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