MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock

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 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

YearArtistRef
1994
Aerosmith[1]
Metallica
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
Therapy?
1995
Bon Jovi[2]
Green Day
Oasis
The Offspring
Therapy?
1996
The Smashing Pumpkins[3]
Bon Jovi
Die Toten Hosen
Metallica
Oasis
1997
Oasis[4]
Aerosmith
Jon Bon Jovi
Bush
Skunk Anansie
1998
Aerosmith[5]
Garbage
Marilyn Manson
Rammstein
The Smashing Pumpkins
1999
The Offspring[6]
The Cardigans
Lenny Kravitz
Marilyn Manson
Red Hot Chili Peppers

2000s

YearArtistRef
2000
Red Hot Chili Peppers[7]
Bon Jovi
Foo Fighters
Korn
Limp Bizkit
2001
Blink 182[8]
Crazy Town
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
U2
2002
Red Hot Chili Peppers[9]
Bon Jovi
Coldplay
Nickelback
U2
Best Hard Rock Act
Linkin Park
Korn
P.O.D.
Puddle of Mudd
System of a Down
2003
The White Stripes[10]
Good Charlotte
Linkin Park
Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2004
Linkin Park[11]
The Darkness
Good Charlotte
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2005
Green Day[12]
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
U2
2006
The Killers[13]
Evanescence
Keane
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Strokes
2007
Thirty Seconds to Mars[14]
Evanescence
Fall Out Boy
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
2008
Thirty Seconds to Mars[15]
Linkin Park
Metallica
Paramore
Slipknot
2009
Green Day[16]
Foo Fighters
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
U2

2010s

YearArtistRef
2010
Thirty Seconds to Mars[17]
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Muse
Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Linkin Park[18]
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Kings of Leon
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2012
Linkin Park[19]
Coldplay
Green Day
The Killers
Muse
2013
Green Day[20]
Black Sabbath
The Killers
Kings of Leon
Queens of the Stone Age
2014
Linkin Park[21]
Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
2015
Coldplay[22]
Foo Fighters
Muse
Royal Blood
AC/DC
2016
Coldplay[23]
Green Day
Metallica
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2017
Coldplay[24]
Foo Fighters
Royal Blood
The Killers
U2
2018
5 Seconds of Summer[25]
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Muse
U2
2019
Green Day[26]
Imagine Dragons
Liam Gallagher
Panic! at the Disco
The 1975

2020s

YearArtistRef
2020
Coldplay[27]
Green Day
Liam Gallagher
Pearl Jam
Tame Impala
The Killers
2021
Måneskin[28]
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Kings of Leon
The Killers
2022
Muse[29]
Foo Fighters
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Liam Gallagher
The Killers
2023
Måneskin[30]
Arctic Monkeys
Foo Fighters
Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Killers

Multiple wins and nominations

WinsArtist
5Linkin Park
4Coldplay
Green Day
3Thirty Seconds to Mars
2Aerosmith
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1Blink 182
Bon Jovi
Oasis
The Killers
The Offspring
The Smashing Pumpkins
The White Stripes
5 Seconds of Summer


NominationsArtist
11Linkin Park
10Coldplay
9Foo Fighters
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
7The Killers
6Muse
U2

See also

References