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The MTV Video Music Award for Best Group (also known as the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video) is given to
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at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The award was introduced at the inaugural ceremony in
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by vocalist Ric Ocasek of
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was the first act to receive the honor for its "
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" music video. Tim Newman, the video's director, accepted the award on behalf of the band. In
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, a revamp of the ceremony saw the award renamed from Best Group Video to simply Best Group. In
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, the VMAs returned to their original format, but the award was not included. It was brought back for the 2019 edition of the show, as one of three social-media voted categories, instead of being determined by industry personnel as in previous years. In 2021, it was presented as Group of the Year. BTS is the most-awarded artist in this category, having won the award four times, and is the only nominee to win the award in consecutive years, from 2019–2022. U2 is the most-nominated act, with seven of its videos receiving nominations in six different years between 1985 to 2005. TLC is the only girl group to win the award, doing so twice, with their videos for " Waterfalls" (1995) and "
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MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group is one of the original general awards that has been handed out every year since the first annual MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994. Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Linkin Park and most recently, BTS have all won ...
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MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Group Video Best Group Video (最優秀グループビデオ賞) Results The following table displays the nominees and the winners in bold print with a yellow background. 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video The ...


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