MTV Have Scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ Category at Their Video Music Awards After 37 Years
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MTV have scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ category at their Video Music Awards after 37 years
MTV have decided that they will no longer celebrate the 'Best Rock' video of the year at their annual Video Music Awards.When the full list of nominations for the 2026 MTV VMAs were announced earlier this week, the 'Best Rock' category was notable by its absence, as NME reports.While the music channel will honour genres including Pop, Dance, Hip-Hop, R&B, Latin, K-Pop and Country, there is no longer a standalone Rock category: instead viewers wi…
With the announcement of the nominations for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, the music scene was rocked by the news of the cancellation of the Best Rock Video category.
The MTV awards given to the best music videos will ignore rock as early as this year. The works of the genre become part of the Alternative category
MTV VMAs 2026 have scrapped the 'Best Rock' category after 37 years
It comes only one year after the awards show honoured Ozzy Osbourne with a tribute by Yungblud and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry The post MTV VMAs 2026 have scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ category after 37 years appeared first on NME.
Rock has always marked the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) with historic performances and memorable tributes.
The music world is in no state of shock. The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) of 2026 have made a decision that will mark a before and after in the history of the award: the category of "Best Rock" (Best Rock) has been completely eliminated. This drastic measure puts an end to almost four decades of uninterrupted history of this genre in the gala, unleashing a wave of outrage among fans and artists of the industry.A historic farewell: from metal ic…
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