The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock has been awarded since 1994. During the 2002 ceremony the category was separated, creating an additional award entitled Best Hard Rock Act. The category was briefly retitled to this during the 2007 and 2008 ceremonies, before reverting to its original name during the following year. Linkin Park holds the most wins, with five, followed by Coldplay and Green Day, both with four.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video–winning artist. ‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video–nominated artist that same year.
1990s Year Artist Ref 1994 Aerosmith ‡ Metallica Rage Against the Machine Soundgarden † Therapy? 1995 Bon Jovi Green Day ‡ Oasis The Offspring Therapy? 1996 The Smashing Pumpkins Bon Jovi Die Toten Hosen Metallica † Oasis 1997 Oasis Aerosmith † Jon Bon Jovi Bush Skunk Anansie 1998 Aerosmith † Garbage Marilyn Manson Rammstein The Smashing Pumpkins 1999 The Offspring ‡ The Cardigans Lenny Kravitz ‡ Marilyn Manson Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000s Year Artist Ref 2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers Bon Jovi Foo Fighters Korn ‡ Limp Bizkit † 2001 Blink 182 Crazy Town Limp Bizkit † Linkin Park ‡ U2 2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers Bon Jovi Coldplay Nickelback U2Best Hard Rock Act Linkin Park † Korn ‡ P.O.D. ‡ Puddle of Mudd System of a Down ‡ 2003 The White Stripes Good Charlotte ‡ Linkin Park † Metallica ‡ Red Hot Chili Peppers 2004 Linkin Park ‡ The Darkness ‡ Good Charlotte Green Day Red Hot Chili Peppers 2005 Green Day † Coldplay Foo Fighters ‡ Franz Ferdinand U2 2006 The Killers Evanescence Keane Red Hot Chili Peppers ‡ The Strokes 2007 Thirty Seconds to Mars Evanescence Fall Out Boy Linkin Park My Chemical Romance 2008 Thirty Seconds to Mars Linkin Park † Metallica Paramore ‡ Slipknot ‡ 2009 Green Day † Foo Fighters Kings of Leon ‡ Linkin Park U2
2010s Year Artist Ref 2010 Thirty Seconds to Mars † Kings of Leon Linkin Park Muse ‡ Ozzy Osbourne 2011 Linkin Park Coldplay Foo Fighters † Kings of Leon Red Hot Chili Peppers 2012 Linkin Park ‡ Coldplay † Green Day The Killers Muse 2013 Green Day Black Sabbath The Killers Kings of Leon Queens of the Stone Age 2014 Linkin Park ‡ Arctic Monkeys ‡ The Black Keys ‡ Coldplay Imagine Dragons ‡ 2015 Coldplay Foo Fighters Muse Royal Blood AC/DC 2016 Coldplay ‡ Green Day Metallica Muse Red Hot Chili Peppers 2017 Coldplay ‡ Foo Fighters ‡ Royal Blood The Killers U2 2018 5 Seconds of Summer Foo Fighters ‡Imagine Dragons †MuseU2 2019 Green Day Imagine Dragons ‡Liam GallagherPanic! at the Disco †The 1975 ‡
2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 Coldplay † Green Day ‡Liam GallagherPearl JamTame ImpalaThe Killers ‡ 2021 Måneskin ColdplayFoo Fighters ‡Imagine DragonsKings of Leon ‡The Killers ‡ 2022 Muse ‡ Foo Fighters ‡MåneskinRed Hot Chili Peppers †Liam GallagherThe Killers2023Måneskin †Arctic MonkeysFoo Fighters ‡Metallica ‡Red Hot Chili Peppers ‡The Killers2024Liam Gallagher Coldplay ‡Green Day ‡Kings of Leon ‡Lenny Kravitz †Bon Jovi ‡The Killers
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins Artist 5 Linkin Park4 Coldplay Green Day 3 Thirty Seconds to Mars2 Aerosmith Måneskin Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nominations Artist 11 Coldplay Linkin Park 10 Green Day 9 Foo Fighters Red Hot Chili Peppers 8 The Killers 6 Kings of Leon Muse U2
See also MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
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