Grammy Award for Best Music Film

[1] 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.

[3] Prior to 2024, films were only considered eligible for this category if they featured a minimum of 51% performance-based material.

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.

To date, three directors won the award twice: David Mallet, Jonas Akerlund and Bob Smeaton.

The British pop rock group Eurythmics and Coldplay hold the record for the most nominations as a performer without a win, with three each.

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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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Sting has earned two accolades from this category for Bring On the Night and Ten Summoner's Tales .
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Janet Jackson won the award in 1990 for Rhythm Nation 1814 .
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1991 recipient rapper MC Hammer won for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
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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 .
1993 winner, Annie Lennox .
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Alanis Morissette won the award in 1998 for Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live
Mel Brooks won the award for Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks .
Director Don Letts received the award for the documentary Westway to the World about the band The Clash .
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2006 award winner for directing the documentary 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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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 included director Tom DiCillo for When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors .
Director James Moll won Foo Fighters 's Back and Forth .
Amy Winehouse was the subject of 2016 winner Amy that depicted her life and death. The award went to the director Asif Kapadia who also won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the same film as well.
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard won for the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week .
Rashida Jones won the award as co-director of Quincy , a film about her father, Quincy Jones .
Beyoncé hold the record for the most nominations as of 2022 with five. She won the award in 2020 for directing and performing on Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé .