MuchMusic Video Award for Best Video explained

The following is a list of the MuchMusic Video Awards winners and nominees for Best Video.

1990s

Year Artist Video Ref
1990 Cowboy Junkies "Sun Comes Up (It's Tuesday Morning)" [1]
1991 Crash Test Dummies "Superman's Song" [2]
1992 54-40 "She La" [3]
"Life Is a Highway" [4]
"No Regrets"
"Love Vibe"
1993 The Tragically Hip "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" [5]
"I Would Die for You" [6]
"Livin' in the 90s"
"Closing Time"
"Fare Thee Well Love"
1994 Blue Rodeo "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" [7]
"Blame Your Parents" [8]
"Push"
"Stick It Out"
"And if Venice Is Sinking"
1995 Jann Arden "Insensitive" [9]
"Eat My Brain" [10]
"Hope"
"The Bazaar"
"Nautical Disaster"
1996 The Tragically Hip "Ahead by a Century" [11]
"One More Astronaut" [12]
"Brenda Stubbert"
"Misogyny"
"Sister Awake"
1997 Moist "Tangerine" [13]
"Rational" [14]
"Superman's Dead"
"Temptation"
"Gift Shop"
1998 Love Inc. "Broken Bones" [15]
"Peppyrock" [16]
"Apparitions"
"Sweet Surrender"
"Release"
1999 Len "Steal My Sunshine" [17]
"Hang Ten" [18]
"Take a Look"
"Sucks to Be You"
"Love Song"

2000s

Year Artist Video Ref
2000 Matthew Good Band "Load Me Up" [19]
"Let's Ride" [20]
"Alive"
"Before You"
"Strange Days"
2001 Our Lady Peace "In Repair"
"Love 'Em All" [21]
"Money Jane"
"Astounded"
"The Plumb Song"
2002 Nickelback "Too Bad" [22]
"Hero"
"How You Remind Me"
"It's What We're All About"
"Fuel Injected"
Our Lady Peace "Innocent"
"Get Ready"
"In a World Called Catastrophe"
"Hundred Million"
Finger Eleven "One Thing"
"Try Honesty"
"Powerless (Say What You Want)"
"Into Your Hideout"
"Hard Road"
Billy Talent "River Below"
"Nothing to Lose"
"Crabbuckit"
"Man I Used to Be"
"Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)"
Kardinal Offishall feat. Ray Robinson "Everyday (Rudebwoy)" [23]
"Devil in a Midnight Mass" [24]
"Devil's Eyes"
"Photograph"
"So She's Leaving"
Billy Talent "Fallen Leaves"
"Pressure"
"Paralyzer"
"If Everyone Cared"
"Never Too Late"
Hedley "For the Nights I Can't Remember"
"Ridin'"
"1234"
"Nothing Special"
"When I'm Gone"
Nickelback "Gotta Be Somebody"
"Private Dancer"
"4, 3, 2, 1 "
"Cross My Heart"
"Being Here"

2010s

Year Artist Video Ref
Hedley "Perfect"
"Devil on My Shoulder"
"Addicted"
"I'd Come For You"
"Summer Girl"
Shawn Desman "Electric/Night Like This"
"Ghost"
"Whoa Is Me"
"Automatic"
"Relax"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
"Boyfriend"
"Headlines"
"Invincible"
"Fallout"
Classified feat. David Myles "Inner Ninja"
"Started from the Bottom"
"Desperate Measures"
"Stompa"
"Wicked Games"
Hedley "Anything"
"Afterlife"
"Worst Behavior"
"Everywhere We Go"
"Live For"
The Weeknd "Often"
"We Exist"
Grimes f. Blood Diamonds "Go"
"Her"
"Giant in My Heart"
Drake "Hotline Bling"
"Here"
"Might Not"
"Flesh without Blood"
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
A Tribe Called Red feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy and Black Bear "R.E.D." [25]
"Fireproof" [26]
"Glowed Up"
"Mercy"
"Sleep in the Heat"
Logic feat. Alessia Cara and Khalid "1-800-273-8255"
"In My Blood"
"Bad at Love"
"God's Plan"
"This Is America"
"No Tears Left To Cry"

Notes and References

  1. Chris Dafoe, "Fresh Wes video tops awards". Toronto Star, June 26, 1990.
  2. "Dummies top MuchMusic awards". Montreal Gazette, September 30, 1991.
  3. Third annual video awards presented by MuchMusic. RPM.
  4. Nick Krewen, "Video awards air Saturday". Hamilton Spectator, September 24, 1992.
  5. Tragically Hip snags three awards at Much video gala. RPM. February 1, 2024.
  6. "Video in running for award". Calgary Herald, August 26, 1993.
  7. "Video victories; Canada's music video channel colors it Blue". Edmonton Journal, September 30, 1994.
  8. Best Music Video. RPM.
  9. Andrew Flynn, "Arden dominates video awards; Mitsou wins with Comme J'ai Toujours Envie d'Aimer". Montreal Gazette, September 29, 1995.
  10. "Nominees announced for '95 MuchMusic Video Awards". RPM, September 11, 1995.
  11. "MacIsaac wins three video awards". Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1996.
  12. Hip and MacIsaac lead MuchMusic Video nominees. RPM. August 26, 1996.
  13. Andrew Flynn, "MuchMusic forecast calls for Moist in '97". Hamilton Spectator, September 20, 1997.
  14. "MuchMusic nabs Bush, Blur for video awards show". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 25, 1997.
  15. "Much loves Love Inc.: DJ Chris Sheppard's group wins best video award". St. Catharines Standard, September 25, 1998.
  16. "McLachlan, Tea Party get top nominations". Kingston Whig-Standard, September 4, 1998.
  17. Andrew Flynn, "Len, Infinite steal sunshine at MuchMusic bash". Welland Tribune, September 24, 1999.
  18. "Nominees announced for '99 MuchMusic Video Awards". RPM, September 20, 1999.
  19. "Matthew Good Band picks up two MuchMusic video awards". Guelph Mercury, September 23, 2000.
  20. Andrew Flynn, "Matthew Good Band heads video award nominations". Hamilton Spectator, August 16, 2000.
  21. "Our Lady Peace is tops in nominations for video awards". Brantford Expositor, September 1, 2001.
  22. "Swollen Members lead winners at MuchMusic Video Awards". Cape Breton Post, June 18, 2002.
  23. "Winners of the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards". Winnipeg Free Press, June 19, 2006.
  24. Heather Adler, "Straight Dope from the directors". Windsor Star, June 17, 2006.
  25. David Friend, "Acceptance, diversity take MMVAs party stage". Times & Transcript, June 20, 2017.
  26. Ellen Brait, "Big names, small worries leading up to the MMVAs". Toronto Star, June 17, 2017.