The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best German Act.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | H-Blockx [a] | [1] |
| 1998 | ||
| Thomas D and Franka Potente [b] | [2] | |
| Die Ärzte | ||
| Guano Apes | ||
| Liquido | ||
| Oli.P | ||
| 1999 | ||
| Xavier Naidoo | [3] | |
| Absolute Beginner | ||
| Freundeskreis | ||
| Guano Apes | ||
| Sasha |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Sido | [13] | |
| Gentleman | ||
| Jan Delay | ||
| Unheilig | ||
| Xavier Naidoo | ||
| 2011 | ||
| Lena | [14] | |
| Beatsteaks | ||
| Clueso | ||
| Culcha Candela | ||
| Frida Gold | ||
| 2012 | ||
| Tim Bendzko | [15] | |
| Cro | ||
| Kraftklub | ||
| Seeed | ||
| Udo Lindenberg | ||
| 2013 | ||
| Lena | [16] | |
| Cro | ||
| Frida Gold | ||
| Sportfreunde Stiller | ||
| Tim Bendzko | ||
| 2014 | ||
| Revolverheld | [17] | |
| Marteria | ||
| Sido | ||
| Max Herre | ||
| Milky Chance | ||
| Cro | ||
| Pre-nominations: | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Lena | [18] | |
| Andreas Bourani | ||
| Cro | ||
| Revolverheld | ||
| Robin Schulz | ||
| 2016 | ||
| Max Giesinger | [19] | |
| Beginner | ||
| Robin Schulz | ||
| Mark Forster | ||
| Topic | ||
| 2017 | ||
| Wincent Weiss | [20] | |
| Alle Farben | ||
| Cro | ||
| Mark Forster | ||
| Marteria | ||
| 2018 | ||
| Mike Singer | [21] | |
| Bausa | ||
| Feine Sahne Fischfilet | ||
| Namika | ||
| Samy Deluxe | ||
| 2019 | ||
| Juju | [22] | |
| AnnenMayKantereit | ||
| Luciano | ||
| Marteria and Casper | ||
| Rammstein |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Fynn Kliemann | [23] | |
| Apache 207 | ||
| Lea | ||
| Nico Santos | ||
| Shirin David | ||
| 2021 | ||
| badmómzjay | ||
| Álvaro Soler | ||
| Provinz | ||
| Tokio Hotel | ||
| Zoe Wees | ||
| 2022 | ||
| badmómzjay | ||
| Giant Rooks | ||
| Nina Chuba | ||
| Leony | ||
| Kontra K |
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The following artists received two or more awards:
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The following artists received two or more nominations:
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