MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best French Act.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1994
	Alain Bashung [a]	[1]

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Modjo	[2]
	Laurent Garnier
	Phoenix
	Saian Supa Crew
	Bob Sinclar
2001
	Manu Chao	[3]
	Daft Punk
	Demon
	St. Germain
	Supermen Lovers
2002
	Indochine	[4]
	David Guetta
	MC Solaar
	Pleymo
	Saian Supa Crew
2003
	Kyo
	Berenice
	Jenifer
	One-T
	Bob Sinclar
2004
	Jenifer	[5]
	Calogero
	Corneille
	IAM
	Luke
2005
	Superbus	[6]
	Amel Bent
	Kyo
	Raphael
	Sinik
2006
	Diam's
	113
	Rohff
	Olivia Ruiz
	Bob Sinclar
2007
	Justice
	Booba
	Fatal Bazooka
	Bob Sinclar
	Soprano
2008
	Zaho	[7]
	BB Brunes
	Feist
	David Guetta
	Sefyu
2009
	Orelsan	[8]
	David Guetta
	Rohff
	Olivia Ruiz
	Sliimy

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Pony Pony Run Run	[9]
	Ben l'Oncle Soul
	David Guetta
	Phoenix
	Sexion D'Assaut
2011
	La Fouine	[10]
	Ben l'Oncle Soul
	David Guetta
	Martin Solveig
	Soprano
2012
	Shaka Ponk	[11]
	Irma
	Orelsan
	Sexion D'Assaut
	Tal
2013
	Shaka Ponk	[12]
	C2C
	Daft Punk
	Maitre Gims
	Tal
2014
	Indila	[13]
	Casseurs Flowters
	Christine and the Queens
	Indila
	Julien Doré
	Pre-nominations: Tal Black M Fauve TEAM BS Maître Gims
2015
	Black M	[14]
	The Avener
	Christine and the Queens
	The Dø
	Fréro Delavega
2016
	Amir	[15]
	Fréro Delavega
	Jain
	Maître Gims
	Nekfeu
2017
	Amir	[16]
	Feder
	MHD
	Petit Biscuit
	Soprano
2018
	Bigflo & Oli	[17]
	Louane
	Dadju
	Vianney
	OrelSan
2019
	Kendji Girac	[18]
	Aya Nakamura
	Dadju
	DJ Snake
	Soprano

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Matt Pokora	[19]
	Soprano
	Slimane et Vitaa
	GIMS
	Aya Nakamura
2021
	Amel Bent
	Dadju
	Jérémy Frérot
	Tayc
	Vianney
2022
	Amir
	Aya Nakamura
	Orelsan
	Soolking
	Tayc
2023
	Bigflo & Oli
	Aime Simone
	Aya Nakamura
	Louane
	Ninho
	Slimane
2024
	Pierre Garnier
	Aya Nakamura
	Dadju & Tayc
	Gims
	Slimane
	Vitaa

^{^[a]} Local Hero Award — France

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