The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative has been awarded since 1997.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video–winning artist. ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video–nominated artist that same year.
Hayley Williams of Paramore and Lana Del Rey are the only female artists that have won more than once.
1990s Year Artist Ref 1997 The Prodigy Beck ‡ Blur ‡ Radiohead The Verve
2000s Year Artist Ref 2004 Muse Björk Franz Ferdinand The Hives The Prodigy 2005 System of a Down Beck Bloc Party Goldfrapp The White Stripes 2006 Muse Arctic Monkeys Korn The Raconteurs System of a Down 2009 Placebo Muse Paramore The Killers The Prodigy
2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Paramore Arcade Fire The Black Keys Gorillaz Vampire Weekend 2011 Thirty Seconds to Mars Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys My Chemical Romance The Strokes 2012 Lana Del Rey The Black Keys Florence + The Machine Foster The People Jack White 2013 Thirty Seconds to Mars Arctic Monkeys Fall Out Boy Franz Ferdinand Paramore 2014 Thirty Seconds to Mars Arcade Fire Lana Del Rey Lorde Paramore 2015 Lana Del Rey Björk Fall Out Boy Florence and the Machine Twenty One Pilots 2016 Twenty One Pilots Kings of Leon Radiohead Tame Impala The 1975 2017 Thirty Seconds to Mars Imagine Dragons Lana Del Rey Lorde The xx 2018 Panic! at the DiscoFall Out BoyThe 1975Thirty Seconds to MarsTwenty One Pilots 2019 FKA Twigs Lana Del Rey SolangeTwenty One Pilots Vampire Weekend
2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 Hayley Williams BlackbearFKA TwigsMachine Gun Kelly †Twenty One Pilots ‡The 1975 ‡ 2021 Yungblud HalseyLordeMachine Gun Kelly †Twenty One Pilots ‡Willow ‡ 2022Gorillaz Imagine Dragons ‡Panic! At The Disco ‡Tame ImpalaTwenty One Pilots ‡Yungblud 2023Lana Del Rey †BlurFall Out Boy ‡Paramore ‡Thirty Seconds to Mars ‡ Yungblud 2024 Imagine Dragons ‡ Hozier ‡Fontaines D.C.Lana Del Rey Twenty One Pilots Yungblud
See also MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video
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