Grammy Award for Best Music Film

The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards,[1] to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2] In order to qualify for this category, concert/performance films or music documentaries must be released theatrically or for sale to the public for the first time or first appearing on television or online during the current eligibility year. Dramatic feature films and biopics are not eligible.[3]

Not to be confused with Grammy Award for Best Music Video.
Grammy Award for Best Music Film
Awarded forQuality long form music videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1984
Last awarded2020
Currently held byHomecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2020)
Websitegrammy.com

The category was preceded by the Grammy Award for Video of the Year, which was presented in 1982 and 1983, awarding long form videos (or video albums as they were known back then) in the budding music video market. Along with the similar honor Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, this award was first presented in 1984. From 1984 to 1985, the accolade was known as Best Video Album, but in 1986, it was renamed to Best Music Video, Long Form. From 1998 to 2012, it was named Best Long Form Music Video,[4][5][6] before changing to Best Music Film since 2013.

In 1988 and 1989, the award criteria were changed and the video accolades were presented under the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video. The awards were returned to the original format in 1990. Except in 1988 and 1989, the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video recipients included the artists, directors, and producers associated with the winning videos. The Best Music Film category is one of two categories in the Best Music Video/Film Field. The other one is Best Music Video, which recognises stand-alone videos of one song or performance.

Singers Madonna and Sting hold the record for the most wins as a performer in this category, with two each, while there have been three films about The Beatles among the winners. However, in two instances, The Beatles were not recognized as individual winners. To date, three directors won the award twice: David Mallet, Jonas Akerlund and Bob Smeaton. Beyoncé holds the record for the most nominations with five. The British pop rock group Eurythmics and Coldplay hold the record for the most nominations as a performer without a win, with three each. Although Beyoncé also holds three losing nominations, she won with her fourth nomination with Homecoming in 2020.

Recipients

In 1984 and 1985, only the artists were presented with an award. In 1986 the award went to the artist(s) and the video director(s). From 1987 onwards, the award has been presented to the artist(s), video director(s) and video producer(s). (Nominations list performing artists only).

Members of the English new wave group Duran Duran, among recipients of the 1984 accolade for Duran Duran, performing in 2005.
1985 winner for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, Michael Jackson
English musician Sting has earned two accolades from this category for Bring on the Night and Ten Summoner's Tales.
In 1990, Janet Jackson won the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for the video entitled Rhythm Nation.
1991 recipient rapper MC Hammer won for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
Alanis Morissette won the award in 1998 for Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live
2006 award winner for directing the documentary No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese
Bruce Springsteen won the accolade in 2007 for Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run
Two-time award winner Madonna. She won in 1992 for Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 and again in 2008 for The Confessions Tour: Live from London.
In 2009, Peter Bogdanovich earned the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for directing Runnin' Down a Dream
2011 award winners for When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors, The Doors performing in 1968
Amy Winehouse is the subject of 2016 winner Amy, that depicts her life and death. The award goes to the director and producer.
Year[I] Work Performing artist(s) Director(s)[II] Producers Nominees Ref.
1984 Duran Duran Duran Duran N/A N/A [7]
1985 Making Michael Jackson's Thriller Michael Jackson N/A N/A [8]
1986 Huey Lewis & The News: The Heart of Rock 'n Roll Huey Lewis and the News Bruce Gowers N/A [9]
1987 Bring on the Night Sting Michael Apted Sting
[10]
1988[III] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A [11]
1989[III] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A [12]
1990 Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson Dominic Sena, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris Aris McGarry, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris [13]
1991 Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie MC Hammer Rupert Wainwright John Oetjen
[14]
1992 Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 Madonna David Mallet
Mark "Aldo" Miceli		 Anthony Eaton
[15]
1993 Diva Annie Lennox Sophie Muller Rob Small
[16]
1994 Ten Summoner's Tales Sting Doug Nichol Julie Fong
[17]
1995 Zoo TV: Live from Sydney U2 David Mallet Ned O'Hanlon and Rocky Oldham
[17]
1996 Secret World Live Peter Gabriel François Girard Robert Warr
[18]
1997 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Bob Smeaton
Geoff Wonfor		 Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall
[19]
1998 Jagged Little Pill, Live Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette
Steve Purcell		 Alanis Morissette, David May, Glen Ballard, and Steve Purcell
[20]
1999 American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart Lou Reed Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Karen Bernstein, Susan Lacy, Tamar Hacker, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
[21]
2000 Band of Gypsys: Live at Fillmore East Jimi HendrixIV Bob Smeaton Chips Chipperfield and Neil Aspinall [22]
2001 Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album John LennonIV Andrew Solt Andrew Solt, Greg Vines, Leslie Tong, and Yoko Ono
[23]
2002 Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks Mel Brooks Susan Froemke Peter Gelb and Susan Froemke
[24]
2003 Westway to the World The Clash Don Letts N/A
[25]
2004 Legend Sam CookeIV N/A[V] Mary Wharton, Mick Gochanour, and Robin Klein
[26]
2005 Concert for George Various artistsIV David Leland Jon Kamen, Olivia Harrison, and Ray Cooper
[27]
2006 No Direction Home Bob DylanIV Martin Scorsese Anthony Wall, Jeff Rosen, Margaret Bodde, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair, and Susan Lacy [28]
2007 Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Thom Zimny Thom Zimny [17]
2008 The Confessions Tour Madonna Jonas Åkerlund David May and Sara Martin
[17]
2009 Runnin' Down a Dream Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Peter Bogdanovich George Drakoulias and Skot Bright [17]
2010 The Beatles Love – All Together Now The Beatles and Cirque du SoleilIV Adrian Wills Jonathan Clyde and Martin Bolduc
[17]
2011 When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors The DoorsIV Tom DiCillo Dick Wolf, Jeff Jampol, John Beug, and Peter Jankowski [29]
2012 Back and Forth Foo Fighters James Moll James Moll and Nigel Sinclair
2013 Big Easy Express Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show Emmett Malloy Bryan Ling, Mike Luba, and Tim Lynch
2014 Live Kisses Paul McCartney Jonas Akerlund
2015 20 Feet from Stardom Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill Morgan Neville Gil Friesen and Caitlin Rogers
2016 Amy Amy WinehouseIV Asif Kapadia James Gay-Rees
2017 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years The BeatlesIV Ron Howard Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci, Nigel Sinclair
2018 The Defiant Ones Various artistsIV Allen Hughes Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray & Steven Williams
2019 Quincy Quincy Jones Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones Paula DuPré Pesmen
2020 Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke Steve Pamon & Erinn Williams
2021 Winner TBA on 31 January 2021
[30]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^[II] Director(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award.
^[III] Award was not presented. Music video categories presented that year included Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video.
^[IV] Award not presented to the performing artist (only to video director(s) and video producer(s))
^[V] Director unknown; award presented to video producers only

See also

References
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  30. 2021 Nominations List

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