Best Music Video

The Grammy Award for Best Music Video recognizes excellence in music videos. Eligible videos are synchronous or predominantly synchronous to a commercially released recording and must be recognized by the artist and/or record label as the official video for an individual track.

61st Annual Grammy Awards • 2019

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2017 and Aug 30, 2018

Childish Gambino won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Music Video with "This Is America"

Winners & Nominees 2019

Winner
Nominees

  • This Is America

    Childish Gambino

  • Apes***

    The Carters

  • I'm Not Racist

    Joyner Lucas

  • Janelle Monae

    PYNK

    Janelle Monae

  • Tierra Whack

    MUMBO JUMBO

    Tierra Whack

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Doechii Anxiety All Nominees
2025 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us All Nominees
2024 Em Cooper, Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin, Laura Thomas I'm Only Sleeping All Nominees
2023 Taylor Swift All Too Well: The Short Film All Nominees
2022 Jon Batiste Freedom All Nominees
2021 Beyoncé Knowles, Blue Ivy Carter, Wizkid Brown Skin Girl All Nominees
2020 Montero Lamar Hill, Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Official Movie) All Nominees
2019 Childish Gambino This Is America All Nominees
2018 Kendrick Lamar HUMBLE. All Nominees
2017 Beyoncé Knowles Formation All Nominees
2016 Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar Bad Blood All Nominees
2015 Pharrell Williams Happy All Nominees
2014 Justin Timberlake, Jay Z Suit & Tie All Nominees
2013 Rihanna, Calvin Harris We Found Love All Nominees
2012 Adele Rolling In The Deep All Nominees
2011 Lady Gaga Bad Romance All Nominees
2010 Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow All Nominees
2009 Weezer Pork And Beans All Nominees
2008 Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down All Nominees
2007 OK Go Here It Goes Again All Nominees
2006 Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Fat Man Scoop Lose Control All Nominees
2005 U2 Vertigo All Nominees
2004 Johnny Cash Hurt All Nominees
2003 Eminem Without Me All Nominees
2002 Fatboy Slim, Bootsy Collins Weapon Of Choice All Nominees
2001 Foo Fighters Learn To Fly All Nominees
2000 Korn Freak On A Leash All Nominees
1999 Madonna Ray Of Light All Nominees
1998 Janet Jackson Got 'Till It's Gone All Nominees
1997 The Beatles Free As A Bird All Nominees
1996 Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson Scream All Nominees
1995 Rolling Stones Love Is Strong All Nominees
1994 Peter Gabriel Steam All Nominees
1993 Peter Gabriel Digging In The Dirt All Nominees
1992 R.E.M. Losing My Religion All Nominees
1991 Paula Abdul Opposites Attract All Nominees
1990 Michael Jackson Leave Me Alone All Nominees
1987 Dire Straits Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms All Nominees
1986 Tom Trbovich, Quincy Jones We Are The World - The Video Event All Nominees
1985 David Bowie David Bowie All Nominees
1984 Duran Duran Girls On Film/Hungry Like The Wolf All Nominees
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