MTV2 Award

The MTV2 Award was first presented at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001. ^[1] The category recognized the best videos to have premiered and/or got their start on MTV's sister channel, MTV2. Much like the Viewer's Choice award, the MTV2 Award was also fan-voted. ^[2] Until 2005, the award was considered to be one of the main awards of the night, even being presented on the main show; in 2006, though, the MTV2 Award was relegated to being handed out during a commercial break of the MTV2 simulcast of the VMAs. The following year, as the VMAs were revamped, the MTV2 Award was eliminated and subsequently never brought back. ^[2]

Recipients

Year	Winner	Other nominees
2001	Mudvayne – "Dig" [3]	Craig David – "Fill Me In" Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood" India.Arie – "Video" Jurassic 5 – "Quality Control" Alicia Keys – "Fallin'" [1]
2002	Dashboard Confessional – "Screaming Infidelities" [4]	The Hives – "Hate to Say I Told You So" Norah Jones – "Don't Know Why" Musiq – "Halfcrazy" Nappy Roots (featuring Jazze Pha) – "Awnaw" The Strokes – "Last Nite"
2003	AFI – "Girl's Not Grey" [5]	Common (featuring Mary J. Blige) – "Come Close" Interpol – "PDA" Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" The Roots (featuring Cody Chesnutt) – "The Seed (2.0)"
2004	Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue" [6]	Elephant Man – "Pon Di River" Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out" Modest Mouse – "Float On" Twista (featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx) – "Slow Jamz" Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"
2005	Fall Out Boy – "Sugar, We're Goin Down" [7]	Akon (featuring Styles P) – "Locked Up" The Bravery – "An Honest Mistake" Daddy Yankee – "Gasolina" Mike Jones (featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall) – "Still Tippin'" My Chemical Romance – "Helena"
2006	Thirty Seconds to Mars – "The Kill" [8]	Lil Wayne – "Fireman" Taking Back Sunday – "MakeDamnSure" Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8Ball and MJG) – "Stay Fly" Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) – "It's Goin' Down"

References

1. "Keys, David, Gorillaz Up For MTV2 Award". Billboard. 27 July 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
2. Hosken, Patrick (25 August 2016). "How The Hell Did Mudvayne Ever Win A VMA?". Stereo Gum. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
3. Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (7 September 2001). "Fatboy Slim wins five MTV awards during VMA ceremony; Aaliyah remembered during tribute". New Bedford Standard-Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
4. McDermott, Patrick D. (27 February 2020). ""Screaming Infidelities" At 20: Dashboard Confessional Reflects On Emo's Breakthrough Anthem". Stereo Gum. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
5. Britt, Bruce (15 October 2006). "AFI". MusicWorld. BMI . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
6. Moody, Nekesa Mumbi (29 August 2004). "The MTV Awards Mostly Abstain by the Biscayne". Washington Post . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
7. Mylrea, Hannah (12 May 2020). ""These songs feel bigger than our band": how Fall Out Boy's 'From Under the Cork Tree' inspired a generation". NME . Retrieved 12 January 2026.
8. "30 Seconds To Mars Visits China For New Video". Billboard. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2026.