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Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
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Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
Descriptionquality long form music videos
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1984
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video 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, a video or musical program must be at least twenty minutes in length.[3]

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. Since 1998 it has been known as Best Long Form Music Video. 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.

Singers Madonna and Sting hold the record for the most wins as a performer in this category, with two each. To date, David Mallet is the only director to receive more than one Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. He won his first award in 1992 and a second at the 1995 ceremony. The British pop rock group Eurythmics holds the record for the most nominations as a performer without a win, with three from 1985 to 1991.

Recipients

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Members of the English new wave group Duran Duran, among recipients of the 1984 accolade for Duran Duran, performing in 2005.
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1985 winner for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, Michael Jackson
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English musician Sting has earned two accolades from this category for Bring on the Night and Ten Summoner's Tales.
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In 1990, Janet Jackson won the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for the video entitled Rhythm Nation.
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1991 recipient rapper MC Hammer won for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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Alanis Morissette won the award in 1998 for Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live
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2006 award winner for directing the video No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese
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Bruce Springsteen won the accolade in 2007 for Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run
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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.
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In 2009, Peter Bogdanovich earned the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for directing Runnin' Down a Dream
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2011 award winners for When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors, The Doors performing in 1968
Year[I] Work Performing artist(s) Director(s)[II] Nominees Ref.
1984 Duran Duran Duran Duran — [4]
1985 Making Michael Jackson's Thriller Michael Jackson — [5]
1986 Huey Lewis & The News: The Heart of Rock 'n Roll Huey Lewis and the News Bruce Gowers [6]
1987 Bring on the Night Sting Michael Apted [7]
1988[III] — — — — [8]
1989[III] — — — — [9]
1990 Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris 		[10]
1991 Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em MC Hammer Rupert Wainwright [11]
1992 Madonna: Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 Madonna David Mallet
Mark "Aldo" Miceli 		[12]
1993 Diva Annie Lennox Sophie Muller [13]
1994 Ten Summoner's Tales Sting Doug Nichol [14]
1995 Zoo TV: Live from Sydney U2 David Mallet [14]
1996 Secret World Live Peter Gabriel François Girard

[15]
1997 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Bob Smeaton
Geoff Wonfor 		[16]
1998 Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette
Steve Purcell

[17]
1999 American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart Lou Reed Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

[18]
2000 Band of Gypsys: Live at Fillmore East Jimi Hendrix Bob Smeaton [19]
2001 Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album John Lennon Andrew Solt [20]
2002 Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks Mel Brooks Susan Froemke [21]
2003 Westway to the World The Clash Don Letts [22]
2004 Legend Sam Cooke —[IIII]

[23]
2005 Concert for George Various artists David Leland

[24]
2006 No Direction Home Bob Dylan Martin Scorsese [25]
2007 Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Thom Zimny [14]
2008 The Confessions Tour: Live from London Madonna Jonas Åkerlund [14]
2009 Runnin' Down a Dream Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Peter Bogdanovich

[14]
2010 The Beatles Love – All Together Now Various artists Adrian Wills

[14]
2011 When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors The Doors Tom DiCillo [26]

^[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.
^[IIII] The director is unknown.

See also

References

General
  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "53rd Oep Category Description Guide" (PDF). RIAA. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Complete List of the Nominees for 26th Annual Grammy Music Awards". Schenectady Gazette. Schenectady, New York. January 9, 1984. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "27th Annual Grammy Awards Final Nominations". Billboard. 97 (4). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 78. January 26, 1985. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Hunt, Dennis (January 10, 1986). "'We Are The World' Scores In Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. p. 6. Retrieved May 13, 2011. Note: This source lists the directors associated with the nominated videos, but the "Nominees" column of the table contains the performing artists associated with the nominated videos.
  7. ^ Hunt, Dennis (January 9, 1987). "Grammy Nominations: Highs And Lows". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. p. 5. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  8. ^ "List of Grammy Award winners". Times-News. The New York Times Company. March 3, 1988. Retrieved May 13, 2011. Note: This source verifies the existence of the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video in 1988.
  9. ^ "McFerrin and Chapman Top Grammys". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. February 24, 1989. p. 2. Retrieved May 13, 2011. Note: This source verifies the existence of the categories Best Concept Music Video and Best Performance Music Video in 1989.
  10. ^ "Here's a list of Grammy nominees". St. Petersburg Times. Times Publishing Company. January 13, 1990. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ Bargreen, Melinda (January 11, 1991). "Symphony Nominated For 4 Grammys". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  12. ^ "The Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 9, 1992. p. 5. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  13. ^ Macdonald, Patrick (January 8, 1993). "Grammys Show Influence Of Seattle Music". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  15. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". Time Warner Inc. CNN. January 4, 1996. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  16. ^ Kot, Greg (January 8, 1997). "Pumpkins A Smash With 7 Grammy Nominations". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  17. ^ "Complete List of Academy Voter Picks". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 8, 1998. p. 15. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  18. ^ Kot, Greg (January 6, 1999). "10 Nominations Put Lauryn Hill Atop Grammy Heap". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  19. ^ "Santana Tops List With 10 Grammy Nominations". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. January 5, 2000. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  20. ^ "43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. Time Warner Inc. February 21, 2001. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  21. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS News. CBS Broadcasting Inc. January 4, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  22. ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. January 8, 2003. p. 7. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  23. ^ "Nominee list for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. December 4, 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  24. ^ "Nominee list for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. December 7, 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  25. ^ "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. December 8, 2005. p. 8. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  26. ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
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