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1991 MTV Video Music Awards Winners List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:10 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1991 Winners List (1989 VMA Winners)

Video of the Year: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion”

Best Male Video: Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game”

Best Female Video: Janet Jackson — “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”

Best Group Video: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion”

Best New Artist in a Video: Jesus Jones — “Right Here, Right Now”

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video: Aerosmith — “The Other Side”

Best Rap Video: LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out”

Best Dance Video: C+C Music Factory — “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”

Best Alternative Video: Jane’s Addiction — “Been Caught Stealing”

Best Video from a Film: Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game” (from Wild at Heart)

Best Long Form Video: Madonna — The Immaculate Collection

Breakthrough Video: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion”

Best Direction in a Video: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion” (Director: Tarsem)

Best Choreography in a Video: Faith No More — “Falling to Pieces” (Special Effects: David Faithful and Ralph Ziman)

Best Art Direction in a Video: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion”

Best Editing in a Video: R.E.M. — “Losing My Religion” (Editor: Robert Duffy)

Best Cinematography in a Video: Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game” (Director of Photography: Rolf Kesterman)

Viewer’s Choice: Queensrÿche — “Silent Lucidity”

Video Vanguard Award

Bon Jovi
Wayne Isham

VMA Performances

Van Halen — “Poundcake”
C+C Music Factory — “Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…”/”Here We Go”/”Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
Poison — “Talk Dirty to Me”
Mariah Carey — “Emotions”
EMF — “Unbelievable”
Paula Abdul — “Vibeology”
Queensrÿche — “Silent Lucidity”
LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out”
Metallica — “Enter Sandman”
Don Henley — “The Heart of the Matter”
Guns N’ Roses — “Live and Let Die”
Prince and The New Power Generation — “Gett Off”

1991 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1991. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

1990 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:57 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1990 Nominations List (1989 VMA Nominations)

Video of the Year

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”
Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence”
Madonna — “Vogue”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Best Male Video

Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence”
Billy Idol — “Cradle of Love”
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”
Michael Penn — “No Myth”

Best Female Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract”
Madonna — “Vogue”
Alannah Myles — “Black Velvet”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Michelle Shocked — “On the Greener Side”

Best Group Video

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”
The B-52′s — “Love Shack”
Midnight Oil — “Blue Sky Mine”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Higher Ground”
Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love”

Best New Artist in a Video

Bell Biv DeVoe — “Poison”
The Black Crowes — “Jealous Again”
Jane Child — “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love”
Lenny Kravitz — “Let Love Rule”
Alannah Myles — “Black Velvet”
Michael Penn — “No Myth”
Lisa Stansfield — “All Around the World”

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”
Faith No More — “Epic”
Mötley Crüe — “Kickstart My Heart”
Slaughter — “Up All Night”

Best Rap Video

Digital Underground — “The Humpty Dance”
Biz Markie — “Just a Friend”
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”
Young MC — “Principal’s Office”

Best Dance Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract”
Janet Jackson — “Rhythm Nation”
Madonna — “Vogue”
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”

Best Post-Modern Video

Depeche Mode — “Personal Jesus”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Higher Ground”
Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love”

Best Video from a Film

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (from Born on the Fourth of July)
Billy Idol — “Cradle of Love” (from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)
Prince — “Batdance” (from Batman)
ZZ Top — “Doubleback” (from Back to the Future Part III)

Breakthrough Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Higher Ground”
Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love”

Best Direction in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract” (Directors: Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger)
Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun” (Director: David Fincher)
Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence” (Director: David Fincher)
Madonna — “Vogue” (Director: David Fincher)

Best Choreography in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract” (Choreographer: Paula Abdul)
Janet Jackson — “Rhythm Nation” (Choreographers: Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas)
Madonna — “Vogue” (Choreographers: Luis Camacho and Jose Gutierrez)
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This” (Choreographers: MC Hammer and Ho Frat Hooo!)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Opposites Attract” (Special Effects: Michael Patterson)
Billy Idol — “Cradle of Love” (Special Effects: Peter Moyer)
Billy Joel — “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Special Effects: Chris Blum)
Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love” (Special Effects: Jim Blashfield)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun” (Art Director: Alex McDowell)
The B-52′s — “Love Shack” (Art Director: Martin Lasowitz)
Billy Joel — “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Art Director: Sterling Storm)
Madonna — “Vogue” (Art Director: Lauryn LeClere)

Best Editing in a Video

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun” (Editor: Jim Haygood)
Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence” (Editor: Jim Haygood)
Madonna — “Vogue” (Editor: Jim Haygood)
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This” (Editor: Jonathan Siegel)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun” (Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski)
Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence” (Director of Photography: David Bridges)
Billy Joel — “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Director of Photography: Sven Kirsten)
Madonna — “Vogue” (Director of Photography: Pascal Lebegue)

Viewer’s Choice

Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”
Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence”
Madonna — “Vogue”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

International Viewer’s Choice Awards

MTV Australia

Boom Crash Opera — “Onion Skin”
Max Q — “Sometimes”
Midnight Oil — “Blue Sky Mine”
Kylie Minogue — “Better the Devil You Know”

MTV Brasil

Djavan — “Oceano”
Engenheiros do Hawaii — “Alívio Imediato”
Os Paralamas do Sucesso — “Perplexo”
Titãs — “Flores”
Caetano Veloso — “Estrangeiro”

MTV Europe

The Creeps — “Ooh I Like It”
Laid Back — “Bakerman”
Gary Moore — “Still Got the Blues (for You)”
Sinéad O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

MTV Internacional

Franco De Vita — “Louis”
Gloria Estefan — “Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)”
Los Prisioneros — “Tren al Sur”
Soda Stereo — “En la Ciudad de la Furia”

MTV Japan

Kome Kome Club — “Funk Fujiyama”
Yasuyuki Okamura — “Vegetable”
Jun Togawa — “Virgin Blues”
Mami Yamase — “Go!”.

1990 MTV Video Music Awards Winners List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:45 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1990 Winners List (1989 VMA Winners)

Video of the Year: Sinead O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Best Male Video: Don Henley — “The End of the Innocence”

Best Female Video: Sinead O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Best Group Video: The B-52′s — “Love Shack”

Best New Artist in a Video: Michael Penn — “No Myth”

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video: Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”

Best Rap Video: MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”

Best Dance Video: MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”

Best Post-Modern Video: Sinead O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Best Video from a Film: Billy Idol — “Cradle of Love” (from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)

Breakthrough Video: Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love”

Best Direction in a Video: Madonna — “Vogue” (Director: David Fincher)

Best Choreography in a Video: Janet Jackson — “Rhythm Nation” (Choreographers: Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas)

Best Special Effects in a Video: Tears for Fears — “Sowing the Seeds of Love” (Special Effects: Jim Blashfield)

Best Art Direction in a Video: The B-52′s — “Love Shack” (Art Director: Martin Lasowitz)

Best Editing in a Video: Madonna — “Vogue” (Editor: Jim Haygood)

Best Cinematography in a Video: Madonna — “Vogue” (Director of Photography: Pascal Lebegue)

Viewer’s Choice: Aerosmith — “Janie’s Got a Gun”

International Viewer’s Choice Awards

MTV Australia

Midnight Oil — “Blue Sky Mine”

MTV Brasil

Titãs — “Flores”

MTV Europe

The Creeps — “Ooh I Like It”

MTV Internacional

Gloria Estefan — “Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)”

MTV Japan – Kome Kome Club — “Funk Fujiyama”

Video Vanguard Award

Janet Jackson

VMA Performances

Janet Jackson — “Black Cat”
Mötley Crüe — “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”
MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”
INXS — “Suicide Blonde”
Sinead O’Connor — “Nothing Compares 2 U”
New Edition (featuring Bobby Brown) — “Poison”/”Tap Into My Heart”/”Rub You the Right Way”/”Sensitivity”/”If It Isn’t

Love”/”Mr. Telephone Man”/”Can You Stand the Rain”
Faith No More — “Epic”
Phil Collins — “Sussudio”
2 Live Crew — “Banned in the U.S.A.”
World Party — “Put the Message in the Box”
Aerosmith — “Love in an Elevator”
Madonna — “Vogue”

1990 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1990. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

1989 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:34 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1989 Nominations List (1989 VMA Nominations)

Video of the Year

Fine Young Cannibals — “She Drives Me Crazy”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Madonna — “Like a Prayer”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”
Neil Young — “This Note’s for You”

Best Male Video

Bobby Brown — “Every Little Step”
Elvis Costello — “Veronica”
Lou Reed — “Dirty Blvd.”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”

Best Female Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Tracy Chapman — “Fast Car”
Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Tanita Tikaram — “Twist in My Sobriety”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”

Best Group Video

Fine Young Cannibals — “She Drives Me Crazy”
Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child o’ Mine”
Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”
Traveling Wilburys — “Handle with Care”

Best New Artist in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — “What I Am”
Neneh Cherry — “Buffalo Stance”
Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”

Best Heavy Metal Video

Aerosmith — “Rag Doll”
Def Leppard — “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child o’ Mine”
Metallica — “One”

Best Rap Video

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
Ice-T — “Colors”
Kool Moe Dee — “How Ya Like Me Now”
MC Hammer — “Turn This Mutha Out”
Tone Loc — “Wild Thing”

Best Dance Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Bobby Brown — “Every Little Step”
Michael Jackson — “Smooth Criminal”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”

Best Post-Modern Video

The Cure — “Fascination Street”
The Escape Club — “Wild, Wild West”
Love and Rockets — “So Alive”
R.E.M. — “Orange Crush”
Siouxsie and the Banshees — “Peek-a-Boo”

Best Video from a Film

The Belle Stars — “Iko Iko” (from Rain Man)
Ice-T — “Colors” (from Colors)
Annie Lennox and Al Green — “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” (from Scrooged)
U2 with B. B. King — “When Love Comes to Town” (from Rattle and Hum)

Breakthrough Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Art of Noise (featuring Tom Jones) — “Kiss”
Elvis Costello — “Veronica”
The Escape Club — “Wild, Wild West”
Fine Young Cannibals — “She Drives Me Crazy”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”

Best Stage Performance in a Video

Bobby Brown — “My Prerogative”
Def Leppard — “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
Guns N’ Roses — “Paradise City”
Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”

Best Direction in a Video

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Van Halen — “Finish What Ya Started”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”

Best Choreography in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Bobby Brown — “Every Little Step”
Michael Jackson — “Smooth Criminal”
New Kids on the Block — “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”

Best Special Effects in a Video

Adrian Belew — “Oh Daddy”
The Escape Club — “Wild, Wild West”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Prince — “I Wish U Heaven”

Best Art Direction in a Video

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
Debbie Gibson — “Electric Youth”
INXS — “New Sensation”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”

Best Editing in a Video

Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Jody Watley — “Real Love”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”

Best Cinematography in a Video

Michael Jackson — “Smooth Criminal”
Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Tanita Tikaram — “Twist in My Sobriety”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”

Viewer’s Choice

Fine Young Cannibals — “She Drives Me Crazy”
Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”
Madonna — “Like a Prayer”
Steve Winwood — “Roll with It”
Neil Young — “This Note’s for You”

International Viewer’s Choice Awards

MTV Europe: Roxette — “The Look”
MTV Internacional: Chayanne — “Este Ritmo Se Baila Asi”
MTV Japan: Kome Kome Club — “Kome Kome War”.

1989 MTV Video Music Awards Winners List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:26 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1989 Winners List (1989 VMA Winners)

Video of the Year: Neil Young — “This Note’s for You”

Best Male Video: Elvis Costello — “Veronica”

Best Female Video: Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”

Best Group Video: Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”

Best New Artist in a Video: Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”

Best Heavy Metal Video: Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child o’ Mine”

Best Rap Video: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — “Parents Just Don’t Understand”

Best Dance Video: Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”

Best Post-Modern Video: R.E.M. — “Orange Crush”

Best Video from a Film: U2 with B. B. King — “When Love Comes to Town” (from Rattle and Hum)

Breakthrough Video: Art of Noise (featuring Tom Jones) — “Kiss”

Best Stage Performance in a Video: Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”

Best Direction in a Video: Madonna — “Express Yourself”

Best Choreography in a Video: Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”

Best Special Effects in a Video: Michael Jackson — “Leave Me Alone”

Best Art Direction in a Video: Madonna — “Express Yourself”

Best Editing in a Video: Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”

Best Cinematography in a Video: Madonna — “Express Yourself”

Viewer’s Choice: Madonna — “Like a Prayer”

Best Rap Video: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”

Best Stage Performance: Living Colour – “Cult of Personality”

VMA Performances

Madonna — “Express Yourself”
Bobby Brown — “On Our Own”
Def Leppard — “Tear It Down”
Tone-Loc — “Wild Thing”
The Cult — “Fire Woman”
Paula Abdul — “Straight Up”/”Cold Hearted”/”Forever Your Girl”
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora — “Livin’ on a Prayer”/”Wanted Dead or Alive”
The Cure — “Just Like Heaven”
Cher — “If I Could Turn Back Time”
The Rolling Stones — “Mixed Emotions”
Axl Rose and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — “Free Fallin’”/”Heartbreak Hotel”

1989 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1989. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

1988 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:10 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1988 Nominations List

Video of the Year

George Harrison — “When We Was Fab”
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”
Bruce Springsteen — “Tunnel of Love”
U2 — “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
U2 — “Where the Streets Have No Name”

Best Male Video

Terence Trent D’Arby — “Wishing Well”
George Harrison — “Got My Mind Set on You”
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look”
Bruce Springsteen — “Tunnel of Love”
Steve Winwood — “Back in the High Life Again”

Best Female Video

Cher — “I Found Someone”
Lita Ford — “Kiss Me Deadly”
Janet Jackson — “The Pleasure Principle”
Suzanne Vega — “Luka”
Jody Watley — “Some Kind of Lover”

Best Group Video

Aerosmith — “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
Eurythmics — “I Need a Man”
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”
U2 — “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
U2 — “Where the Streets Have No Name”

Best New Artist in a Video

The Godfathers — “Birth, School, Work, Death”
Guns N’ Roses — “Welcome to the Jungle”
Buster Poindexter — “Hot, Hot, Hot”
Swing Out Sister — “Breakout”
Jody Watley — “Some Kind of Lover”

Best Concept Video

George Harrison — “When We Was Fab”
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”
Pink Floyd — “Learning to Fly”
U2 — “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
XTC — “Dear God”

Best Video from a Film

The Bangles — “Hazy Shade of Winter” (from Less Than Zero)
Bryan Ferry — “Kiss and Tell” (from Bright Lights, Big City)
Peter Gabriel — “Biko” (from Cry Freedom)
Los Lobos — “La Bamba” (from La Bamba)
Bob Seger — “Shakedown” (from Beverly Hills Cop II)

Breakthrough Video

George Harrison — “When We Was Fab”
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”
Squeeze — “Hourglass”
Suzanne Vega — “Luka”
XTC — “Dear God”

Best Stage Performance in a Video

Aerosmith — “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
Grateful Dead — “Touch of Grey”
Elton John — “Candle in the Wind (live)”
Roy Orbison — “Oh, Pretty Woman (live)”
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look”
U2 — “Where the Streets Have No Name”

Best Direction in a Video

Eurythmics — “You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart” (Director: Sophie Muller)
George Michael — “Father Figure” (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael)
Pink Floyd — “Learning to Fly” (Director: Storm Thorgerson)
R.E.M. — “The One I Love” (Director: Robert Longo)
XTC — “Dear God” (Director: Nicholas Brandt)

Best Choreography in a Video

Janet Jackson — “The Pleasure Principle” (Choreographer: Barry Lather)
Michael Jackson — “Bad” (Choreographers: Michael Jackson, Greg Burg and Jeffrey Daniel)
Michael Jackson — “The Way You Make Me Feel” (Choreographers: Michael Jackson and Vincent Patterson)
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look” (Choreographer: Cat Glover)
Sting — “We’ll Be Together” (Choreographer: Barry Lather)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Grateful Dead — “Touch of Grey” (Special Effects: Gary Gutierrez)
George Harrison — “Got My Mind Set on You” (Special Effects: John McCallum)
George Harrison — “When We Was Fab” (Special Effects: Chris Lyons)
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate” (Special Effects: Lynn Maree Milburn)
Squeeze — “Hourglass” (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton)

Best Art Direction in a Video

George Harrison — “When We Was Fab” (Art Director: Sid Bartholomew)
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate” (Art Director: Lynn Maree Milburn)
George Michael — “Faith” (Art Director: Bryan Jones)
Bruce Springsteen — “Tunnel of Love” (Art Directors: Howard Cummings and Beth Rubino)
Squeeze — “Hourglass” (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards)

Best Editing in a Video

INXS — “Devil Inside” (Editor: Steve Purcell)
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate” (Editor: Richard Lowenstein)
Loverboy — “Notorious” (Editor: Jim Haygood)
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look” (Editor: Charley Randazzo and Steve Purcell)
Bruce Springsteen — “Tunnel of Love” (Editor: Greg Dougherty)

Best Cinematography in a Video

George Michael — “Father Figure” (Director of Photography: Peter Mackay)
Pink Floyd — “Learning to Fly” (Director of Photography: Gordon Minard)
Robert Plant — “Heaven Knows” (Director of Photography: Steve Tickner)
Sting — “We’ll Be Together” (Director of Photography: Bill Pope)
Suzanne Vega — “Luka” (Director of Photography: Derek Wolski)

Viewer’s Choice

George Harrison — “When We Was Fab”
INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”
Bruce Springsteen — “Tunnel of Love”
U2 — “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
U2 — “Where the Streets Have No Name”.

1988 MTV Video Music Awards Winners List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:03 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1988 Winners List

Video of the Year: INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”

Best Male Video: Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look”

Best Female Video: Suzanne Vega — “Luka”

Best Group Video: INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”

Best New Artist in a Video: Guns N’ Roses — “Welcome to the Jungle”

Best Concept Video: Pink Floyd — “Learning to Fly”

Best Video from a Film: Los Lobos — “La Bamba” (from La Bamba)

Breakthrough Video: INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”

Best Stage Performance in a Video: Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — “U Got the Look”

Best Direction in a Video: George Michael — “Father Figure” (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael)

Best Choreography in a Video: Janet Jackson — “The Pleasure Principle” (Choreographer: Barry Lather)

Best Special Effects in a Video: Squeeze — “Hourglass” (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton)

Best Art Direction in a Video: Squeeze — “Hourglass” (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards)

Best Editing in a Video: INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate” (Editor: Richard Lowenstein)

Best Cinematography in a Video: Sting — “We’ll Be Together” (Director of Photography: Bill Pope)

Viewer’s Choice: INXS — “Need You Tonight/Mediate”

Video Vanguard Award

Michael Jackson

VMA Performances

Rod Stewart — “Forever Young”
Jody Watley — “Some Kind of Lover”
Aerosmith — “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
Elton John — “I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That”
Depeche Mode — “Strangelove”
Crowded House — “Better Be Home Soon”
Michael Jackson — “Bad”
Cher — “Main Man”
The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker) — “Louie Louie”/”The Twist”
Guns N’ Roses — “Welcome to the Jungle”
INXS — “New Sensation”

1988 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 1988. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

1987 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations List

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 03:37 AM PDT

MTV Video Music Awards 1987 Nominations List

Video of the Year

Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Paul Simon — “The Boy in the Bubble”
U2 — “With or Without You”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Best Male Video

David Bowie — “Day-In Day-Out”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Robert Palmer — “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”
Paul Simon — “You Can Call Me Al”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Best Female Video

Kate Bush — “The Big Sky”
Janet Jackson — “Nasty”
Cyndi Lauper — “True Colors”
Madonna — “Open Your Heart”
Madonna — “Papa Don’t Preach”

Best Group Video

The Bangles — “Walk Like an Egyptian”
Crowded House — “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
Eurythmics — “Missionary Man”
Talking Heads — “Wild Wild Life”
U2 — “With or Without You”

Best New Artist in a Video

Robert Cray — “Smoking Gun”
Crowded House — “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
The Georgia Satellites — “Keep Your Hands to Yourself”
Bruce Hornsby and the Range — “The Way It Is”
Timbuk3 — “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”

Best Concept Video

Eurythmics — “Missionary Man”
Peter Gabriel — “Big Time”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Talking Heads — “Wild Wild Life”

Best Video from a Film

Eric Clapton — “It’s in the Way That You Use It” (from The Color of Money)
Rodney Dangerfield — “Twist and Shout” (from Back to School)
Aretha Franklin — “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (from Jumpin’ Jack Flash)
Ben E. King — “Stand by Me” (from Stand by Me)
Talking Heads — “Wild Wild Life” (from True Stories)

Most Experimental Video

Eurythmics — “Missionary Man”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Huey Lewis & The News — “Hip to Be Square”
Paul Simon — “The Boy in the Bubble”

Best Stage Performance in a Video

Bon Jovi — “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Bon Jovi — “You Give Love a Bad Name”
Run-D.M.C. (featuring Aerosmith) — “Walk This Way”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band — “Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band — “War”

Best Overall Performance in a Video

Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Janet Jackson — “Nasty”
Madonna — “Papa Don’t Preach”
Run-D.M.C. (featuring Aerosmith) — “Walk This Way”
U2 — “With or Without You”

Best Direction in a Video

Crowded House — “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
U2 — “With or Without You”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Best Choreography in a Video

The Bangles — “Walk Like an Egyptian”
Janet Jackson — “Nasty”
Janet Jackson — “When I Think of You”
Madonna — “Open Your Heart”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Best Special Effects in a Video

Eurythmics — “Missionary Man”
Peter Gabriel — “Big Time”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Paul Simon — “The Boy in the Bubble”

Best Art Direction in a Video

Breakfast Club — “Right on Track”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Madonna — “Open Your Heart”
Paul Simon — “The Boy in the Bubble”

Best Editing in a Video

Bon Jovi — “Wanted Dead or Alive”
Eurythmics — “Missionary Man”
Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Robbie Nevil — “C’est La Vie”
U2 — “With or Without You”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Best Cinematography in a Video

Cyndi Lauper — “What’s Going On”
Madonna — “Papa Don’t Preach”
Robbie Nevil — “C’est La Vie”
U2 — “With or Without You”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”

Viewer’s Choice

Peter Gabriel — “Sledgehammer”
Genesis — “Land of Confusion”
Paul Simon — “The Boy in the Bubble”
U2 — “With or Without You”
Steve Winwood — “Higher Love”.
Posted by Suresh at 3:23 PM

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