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MTV Video Music Awards

January 21, 2023

The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Super Bowl for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year.[1] By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award.[2] The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and was colloquially called a "moonman". However, in 2017, Chris McCarthy, the president of MTV, stated that the statue would be called a "Moon Person" from then on.[3] The statue was conceived by Manhattan Design—also designers of the original MTV logo—based on the 1981 "Top of the Hour" animation created by Fred Seibert, produced by Alan Goodman, and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco Associates. The statue is now made by New York firm Society Awards.[4] Since the 2006 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favourite videos in all general categories by visiting MTV's website.[5]

MTV Video Music Awards
Current: 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1983–1984 Video of the Year "Moon man" award.
Awarded forMusic videos and pop culture
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awardedSeptember 14, 1984; 38 years ago (1984-09-14)
Websitemtv.com/ontv/vma

The annual VMA ceremony occurs before the end of summer and held either in late August or mid-September, and broadcast live on MTV, along with a "roadblock" simulcast across MTV's sister networks since 2014, which is utilized to maximize the ceremony's ratings. The first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. The ceremonies are normally held in either New York City or Los Angeles. However, the ceremonies have also been hosted in Miami and Las Vegas. The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 26, 2019, in Newark for the first time.[6]

The Washington Post and HuffPost stated that the stature of the ceremony had declined by 2019.[7][8] HuffPost cited reasons such as a lack of interest (declining attendances and viewership: in 2019 ratings hit an all-time low for the third straight year),[9] lack of musical diversity, lack of celebrity, lack of credibility,[8] and access to music online.[7] The Washington Post states, "The moment the VMAs ceased to matter might have happened in 2014, when Drake didn't bother appearing to receive his award. Or maybe it was even earlier than that: The Associated Press compared the energy of the VMAs to the scripted reality-TV show Cribs all the way back in 2006".[7] MTV has also faced criticism for devoting most of its airtime outside the VMAs to reality shows and dramas, with music videos mainly airing in off-peak graveyard slots to suffice the minimum amount of music programming in the network's carriage agreements.[8]

Notable moments

1980s

 
Radio City Music Hall, site of 12 VMAs, including the first

1984: At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna performed her hit "Like a Virgin" wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown, including her trademark "Boy Toy" belt. During the performance, she rolled around on the floor, revealing lace stockings and a garter.[10] Cyndi Lauper spoke in "Exorcist-esque gibberish" to explain the VMA rules right before winning the Best Female video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".[11] David Bowie, the Beatles and director Richard Lester were rewarded with the first ever Video Vanguard Awards for their work in pioneering the music video. The Cars' "You Might Think" won the very first video of the year, beating out Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Herbie Hancock's "Rockit".[12]

1987: At the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, Peter Gabriel won ten awards, including the Video Vanguard Award and Video of the Year for his video "Sledgehammer", holding the VMA record for most Moonmen in a single night.

1988: At the 1988 Video Music Awards Michael Jackson appeared for the first time. A pre-recorded live performance of Bad was shown."[13] He was also awarded the Video Vanguard Award,[14] which was later renamed in his honor.

1989: Controversial comic Andrew Dice Clay's appearance at the 1989 Video Music Awards to promote his new movie, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, earned him a "lifetime ban" from the network when he introduced Cher with some of his recently notorious nursery rhymes that contained vulgar language and references.[15] After performing with Tom Petty, Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin was assaulted by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, leading to a verbal battle between Neil and Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose.[16]

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora turned out a stripped-down acoustic performance of the Bon Jovi hits "Wanted Dead or Alive and "Livin' on a Prayer", and in the process possibly provided the inspirational spark for MTV Unplugged.[17][18]

Paula Abdul was nominated for six awards, picking up four wins. She performed a seven-minute medley of her singles "Straight Up", "Cold Hearted", and "Forever Your Girl".[17]

When Madonna won the Viewer's Choice Award (sponsored by Pepsi-Cola) for her "Like a Prayer" video, she thanked Pepsi-Cola in her acceptance speech "for causing so much controversy". Pepsi-Cola had paid Madonna $5 million to appear in a commercial that would predominantly feature the world premiere of "Like a Prayer"; the commercial, titled "Make a Wish", depicted Madonna drinking Pepsi and watching a home video of her eighth birthday. The tone that the commercial sought to convey sharply contrasted with the music video. When Pepsi executives saw the video, they yanked the advertisement after only two airings, in an attempt to dissociate themselves from Madonna.[19] She also gave one of the most memorable performances of her hit "Express Yourself", as a preview of what would become her Blond Ambition World Tour.[17]

1990s

1990: At the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna gave a memorable performance of her single "Vogue," which featured Madonna and her backup dancers dressed in an 18th-century French theme, with Madonna bearing great resemblance to Marie Antoinette. The performance consisted of both a dramatic historical reinterpretation of "Vogue" as well as her dramatically becorseted breasts.[20]

1991: During the award show the MTV Video Vanguard Award was renamed to the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from then on, in honor of his contributions to the culture of music videos[21] by changing them from a mere promotional tool featuring musicians playing instruments and singing, to a "short film" with a storyline. His video "Thriller" influenced and changed music videos into what it is like today.[22]

A conflict between Poison's Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille culminated in a fistfight at the Video Music Awards in 1991. DeVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen.[23] Paul Reubens had his first public appearance, during the opening montage, following an arrest for lewd-conduct earlier that year. Taking the stage in costume as Pee-wee Herman, he received a standing ovation, after which he asked the audience, "Heard any good jokes lately?"[24] After his appearance, Van Halen made their television debut, performing "Poundcake." Metallica was another highlight of the performances with "Enter Sandman."

Prince & The New Power Generation performed their sexually charged song "Gett Off" on a Caligula-esque set, with Prince dressed in a yellow mesh outfit which infamously exposed his buttocks. His trousers were parodied numerous times throughout the following year, on In Living Color and even at the following year's VMAs by radio shock jock Howard Stern.

It also marked the final TV appearance of Kiss with Eric Carr, before Carr's death that November.

 
Nirvana performing at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

1992: In the 1992 show, MTV requested Nirvana perform "Smells Like Teen Spirit", while the band itself had indicated it preferred to play new songs "Rape Me" and "tourette's". Network executives continued to push for "Teen Spirit" but finally offered the band a choice to play either "Teen Spirit" or "Lithium", which the band appeared to accept. At the performance, Nirvana began to play, and Kurt Cobain played the first few chords of the song, "Rape Me", much to the horror of MTV execs, before continuing their regular performance of "Lithium". Near the end of the song, frustrated that his amplifier had stopped functioning, bassist Krist Novoselic decided to toss his bass into the air for dramatic effect. He misjudged the landing, and the bass ended up bouncing off of his forehead, forcing him to stumble off the stage in a daze.[25]

Backstage, before the show, Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose challenged Cobain to a fight after he, his wife and Hole frontwoman, Courtney Love, and Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, egged him on. At the end of Nirvana's performance, while Cobain was trashing the band's equipment, Dave Grohl ran to the microphone and shouted "Hi, Axl! Where's Axl?" repeatedly. Guns N' Roses' video for the ballad "November Rain" won the MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography. During the show, the band performed "November Rain" with singer Elton John. Because of the dispute Rose had with Cobain, moments before the "November Rain" performance, Cobain spat on the keys of what he thought was Axl's piano. Cobain later revealed that he was shocked to see Elton John play on the piano he had spat on.[13] During the commercial break, the Alien 3 Pepsi commercial was shown.

Howard Stern appeared as Fartman, Stern's radio superhero, wearing a buttocks-exposing costume obviously inspired by Prince's outfit from the previous year. Stern was a presenter for best hard rock/metal performance with actor Luke Perry (after several other celebrities turned him down).

1993: At the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna opened the show in a gender-bending performance of her song "Bye Bye Baby," in which Madonna and her two backup singers, dressed in tuxedos and top hats, danced with women in corsets in a choreographed, highly sexual routine.[26]

RuPaul and Milton Berle, who had conflicts backstage, presented an award together. When Berle touched RuPaul's breasts, RuPaul ad-libbed the line "So you used to wear gowns, but now you're wearing diapers."[26]

Rapper Snoop Dogg presented the Best R&B Video award with Dr. Dre and George Clinton. At the time, Snoop was wanted in connection with the week-old drive-by murder of an L.A. gang member.[26]

Janet Jackson closed the show with her performance of "That's the Way Love Goes" & "If".

1994: At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards on September 8, months after a profanity-laced appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Madonna was announced to present the award for Best Video of the Year. She came out, arm-in-arm with an unannounced David Letterman, to a wild ovation. At the microphone, Letterman told her "I'll be in the car. Watch your language," and left.[27]

Recently betrothed couple Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley received a standing ovation as they walked on stage hand-in-hand. After turning to the audience and proclaiming, "And just think, nobody thought this would last," Jackson grabbed Presley and kissed her.[28][29]

1995: At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, Hole perform the song "Violet" from their major-label debut album Live Through This. This was one of the first major televised performances given by frontwoman Courtney Love following the death of her husband Kurt Cobain and the death of her band's bassist Kristen Pfaff in 1994. Before beginning the song, Love dedicated the performance to her husband and different people in the entertainment industry who had recently died: "This is for Kurt, and Kristen, and River, and Joe, and today Joni Abbott, this is for you." Abbott worked in the Talent Relations department at MTV and had recently committed suicide.[30] The song ended with Love throwing her guitar, knocking the microphone stand into the crowd and pushing over speaker-boxes with bandmate Eric Erlandson before exiting the stage.[31] Love also caused a stir when she interrupted a post-ceremony interview with Kurt Loder and Madonna by throwing her make-up compacts at the singer as they broadcast outside the awards venue.[32]

Michael Jackson performed for over 15 minutes to a medley of his main songs, including "Scream", and danced his signature moves, including the robot, moonwalk and the relatively unknown "Bankhead Bounce". While Slash accompanied Jackson and played guitar on "Black or White and the beginning of Billie Jean."[33] This performance was voted by the public as the Best VMA Pop Performance and Most Iconic VMA Performance in 2011 with more than half the votes.[34][35]

TLC was the big winner of the night won four awards, including "Viewer's Choice", "Best Group Video", and "Video of the Year" (Waterfalls).

1996: At the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, the four original members of Van Halen received 20-second standing ovation when they made their first public appearance together since their break-up in 1985.

Several weeks later, the public learned that Van Halen would not reunite with Roth. Roth released a statement apologizing to fans, stating that he was an unwitting participant in a publicity stunt to sell more copies of the greatest hits album, Best Of Vol. 1, and that he had been led to believe that he was rejoining Van Halen. The following day, Eddie and Alex Van Halen released a statement, stating that they had been honest with Roth, and never led him to believe that he had been re-hired.[citation needed]

During British band Oasis' performance at the show, lead vocalist Liam Gallagher made rude gestures at brother Noel as he was playing his guitar solo, then spat beer all over the stage before storming off.[36]

Alanis Morissette performed "Your House", a hidden track from her bestseller album "Jagged Little Pill". The performance had nothing to do with her 1995 one. The beginning and the ending of the song were sung a cappella, while the rest was played with only one guitar on stage. At the end Morissette was close to tears.[citation needed]

The recently reunited Kiss closed the show with a special concert aired from the Brooklyn Bridge.[37]

Tupac Shakur made his final public appearance before his murder.

1997: At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, Pat Smear announced that he was leaving Foo Fighters halfway through their performance and presented his replacement, Franz Stahl, who had been a member of the band Scream with Dave Grohl.[38]

The Spice Girls, who won the best dance video award to the for their music video "Wannabe," who wore a black strap on their left arms as a sign of grief because of Diana, Princess of Wales's death prior to the event.

While accepting the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist Video that year for "Sleep to Dream", Fiona Apple appealed to her audience not to be enamored of celebrity culture. She proclaimed, "this world is bullshit" and quoted Maya Angelou, saying "go with yourself." Though her comments were generally greeted with cheers and applause at the awards ceremony, the media backlash was huge. Some considered her remarks to be hypocritical, however she was unapologetic: "When I have something to say, I'll say it."[39][40][41]

Shock-rocker Marilyn Manson performed the song "The Beautiful People", as the grand finale, and the video for this song was nominated for "Best Rock Video" and "Best Special Effects", marking one of the most significant performances for the band.[42]

1998: At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, during the original broadcast of the show, a commercial faded in the Nine Inch Nails NIN logo on a black screen while playing a combination of music that started as a solo piano piece and morphed into an electronic/industrial beat (which would later found out to be the songs "La Mer" and "Into the Void," which share many melodic components and can be considered variations on a theme) and ended with Trent Reznor screaming "Tried to save myself, but myself kept slipping away" and the word "ninetynine" in the trademark NIN reversed-N font. This was only shown once during the original broadcast, was edited out of all repeats.

Geri Halliwell attended the event, one of her first public appearances since she left the Spice Girls.[43]

At the red carpet, actress Rose McGowan was wearing a see-through dress, no bra, and a thong,[44] while Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston poked fun at their rumored rift by wearing lookalike chocolate brown dresses by Vera Wang. In an attempt to outdo each other, the singers tore off pieces of their dresses to reveal minidresses then staged a faux catfight that left the audience in disbelief. "People thought Whitney and I had some kind of beef," explained Carey.[45]

1999: Lil' Kim showed up at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards with an entire breast exposed and only a small paisty over the nipple. Kim's outfit became even more controversial later when she appeared on stage with former Supremes member Diana Ross and Mary J. Blige to present the Best Hip-Hop Video award, and Ross reached over, cupped her hand under Kim's exposed breast and jiggled it while Kim laughed.[46]

During the following acceptance speech by the Beastie Boys, group member Ad-Rock addressed the instances of rape and sexual assault that occurred in the crowd at the recent Woodstock 1999 concert event. He pleaded to other musicians in the room to make a change in the way they treat fans at concerts; to pledge to talk with promoters and security to ensure "the safety of all the girls and the women who come to our shows."[47]

Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, the mothers of the recently deceased Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., met for the first time at the ceremony.[48]

Britney Spears made her debut appearance on the show, performing her single "...Baby One More Time" and later introducing NSYNC for "Tearin' Up My Heart."

Ricky Martin took the stage of the ceremony to perform his singles "She's All I Ever Had" and "Livin' la Vida Loca".[49]

TLC won Best Group Video for "No Scrubs", receiving a standing ovation from the audience and artists. For the second year in a row, the Backstreet Boys took the Viewer's Choice Award for "I Want It That Way", a song they performed during the broadcast.

Before presenting the final award, a group of drag queens paid tribute to Madonna wearing her most iconic outfits with a medley of her hit songs. Madonna herself then appeared onstage and remarked, "All I have to say is that it takes a real man to fill my shoes." She then introduced Paul McCartney, who presented the Video of the Year to "some guy called Laurence Hill" (Lauryn Hill).

2000s

2000: At the 2000 Video Music Awards, Limp Bizkit won the award for Best Rock Video. As vocalist Fred Durst spoke, Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding of the set. Durst egged Commerford on, saying "Stage dive, dude" and "Take a dive," finally ending his speech with "and [Commerford]'s a pussy 'cause he won't jump." Commerford and his bodyguard were sentenced to a night in jail. RATM vocalist Zack de la Rocha reportedly left the awards after Commerford's stunt. RATM guitarist Tom Morello recalled that Commerford related his plan to the rest of the band before the show, and that both de la Rocha and Morello advised him against it immediately after Bizkit was presented the award.[50][51]

Eminem performed his two singles "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am". The performance began with Eminem's single "The Real Slim Shady" which started outside the Radio City Music Hall on 6th Avenue, Manhattan. Eminem continued his performance into the arena and was followed by a hundred Eminem 'clones' wearing white tank tops and baggy jeans with bleached blonde hair.[52]

Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning co-introduced Britney Spears. Fanning wore a Metallica T-shirt, much to the displeasure of Metallica drummer and anti-Napster advocate Lars Ulrich. Britney performed "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and her newest smash hit "Oops!... I Did It Again", which gained media attention mostly due to Spears's ripping off a tuxedo to reveal nude-colored performance attire. At performance's end, VMA co-host Marlon Wayans proclaimed, "Girl done went from 'The Mickey Mouse Club' to the strip club."[53]

At the end of Christina Aguilera's performance, Durst walked onstage and performed part of his band's song "Livin' It Up" with Aguilera. After eliciting charged reactions from his fans, Durst stated: "I already told you guys before, I did it all for the nookie, man."[54] The feud died weeks later. Aguilera denied Durst's statement, saying Durst "got no nookie."[55]

Aguilera and Spears disproved rumors of a rivalry when they came onstage, holding hands, and introduced Whitney Houston. Houston, who had been targeted by the media for erratic behavior, canceled appearances, drug use rumors and being busted for carrying marijuana at a Hawaii airport just a few months prior, came out to a standing ovation and introduced an award to Eminem with husband Bobby Brown, who was recently let out from jail. Houston revealed more erratic behavior, jumping up and down saying "free" in reference to Brown's recent jail release. Aaliyah would win two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for Try Again.[citation needed]

2001: At the 2001 Video Music Awards, Britney Spears performed her single, "I'm a Slave 4 U." while dancing in a very revealing outfit, the performance featured the singer in a cage with a tiger and briefly dancing with a real albino snake on her shoulders. The inclusion of a tiger and a snake in the performance bought a great deal of criticism from PETA.[53][56]

U2 had been set to perform a medley including "Elevation", "Beautiful Day" and "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of." The riser they were performing on lost power and MTV had to cut to several minutes of promos while everything was set up again. They lost power again and finally the band was lowered to the ground and performed without the riser. After the performance, lead singer Bono explained that MTV "forgot to pay the electricity bill."[57]

Michael Jackson made a surprise appearance at the end of NSYNC's performance of "Pop". Surrounded by members of the group, Jackson performed some of his trademark dance moves to Justin Timberlake's beatboxing.[57]

The show paid tribute to the R&B singer/actress Aaliyah, who was supposed to present an award but died two weeks before from a plane crash. U2 paid tribute to punk-rock singer Joey Ramone, who died of lymphoma 4 months before.[58]

2002: In 2002, the VMAs took place on Michael Jackson's birthday, and as a tribute, Britney Spears introduced him saying she "considered him the artist of the millennium." Jackson said, "When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana if someone told me I'd be getting 'the artist of the millennium award,' I'd have never believed it."[59] A year later, at the 2003 VMAs, this was parodied by presenters Fred Durst and Jack Black, with Durst stating that Black was the "funniest man alive."[53][60]

The Hives and The Vines both performed on the night after the sudden garage rock revival during the year, with rumors spreading around that it was to be 'battle of the bands' performance. Once The Hives performed, singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist said to the crowd "I know you want us to play more, but that's all the time we have for so you can turn off [your TV] now",[61] just before The Vines came on the bigger stage to perform their hit single "Get Free", ultimately destroying their set after their performance.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog appeared and had a confrontation with Eminem. Eminem had a confrontation with Moby, who had called the rapper's music misogynistic and homophobic. By that time, there were multiple boos from the crowd. The Best Male Video award was given to Eminem right after the confrontation with Triumph and Moby, and when Eminem went to stage to pick up the award, in the middle of his speech, he challenged Moby to fight if he continued to boo him.[62]

Justin Timberlake made his solo performance debut on the show, performing his single "Like I Love You".

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, the surviving members of the top-selling R&B trio TLC, made their first television appearance since the death of bandmate Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.[62]

Shakira took the stage of the VMAs to perform her single "Objection (Tango)".

Christina Aguilera shocked the audience by wearing a sexy outfit and heavy makeup, with a dirty look removing her good-girl image.[63] She was part of an awkward moment at the awards when presenting the Best Male Video Award to Eminem, who had insulted her in 2000.[64]

Canadian artist Avril Lavigne won her first award ever as Best New Artist in a Video, getting the record for the youngest artist so far to win this award at the age of 17. She kicked off the 2002 VMAs with a "Complicated" / "Sk8er Boi" pre-show performance and together Lisa Marie Presley they gave the award for Best Female Video to Pink who was under the effects of alcohol during her acceptance speech.[62]

Axl Rose unveiled the new lineup of New Guns N' Roses. The band's set was the show's finale, and although the performance was meant to be kept a secret, some New York radio outlets announced the performance earlier in the day. The band played a set consisting of "Welcome to the Jungle", "Madagascar", and "Paradise City".[65]

2003: At the 2003 Video Music Awards, Madonna played a groom kissing her brides, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, on stage. The gender role-reversal and lesbian theme instantly made front-page headlines. The three singers performed a medley of her classic hit, "Like a Virgin", and her then latest release, "Hollywood", with a guest rap by Missy Elliott. A quick camera cut to the reaction of Justin Timberlake, who dated Spears until 2002, also gained media attention.[66] The design resembled Madonna's performance of "Like a Virgin" at the 1984 VMAs: the same wedding cake set, wedding dresses and "Boy Toy" belt worn by Madonna in 19 years now adorned Aguilera and Spears.[67]

Beyoncé opened her performance by descending upside down from the rafters at Radio City Music Hall. Knowles performed "Baby Boy" as she was gently lowered to the stage, dressed in harem pants. She was later joined by Jay-Z as they performed their duet "Crazy in Love." The performance marked Knowles' solo debut.[68]

2004: The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. This was the first time the awards show was held outside of New York City and Los Angeles. It was the first video music awards to not have a host.[69]

2005: At the 2005 show, Green Day returned, taking home the Best Rock Video, Best Group Video, and Video of the Year Moonmen for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," which they performed during the broadcast. They also took the Viewer's Choice award for "American Idiot".

The 2005 VMAs were the first to have a performance in Spanish, when Shakira performed her single "La Tortura" with Alejandro Sanz. It was also the first time that Spanish-language videos were nominated at the awards.[70]

Also at the show, while introducing the reggaeton spot, Fat Joe made a disparaging comment about G-Unit: "I'd like to tell the people home I feel so safe tonight with all this police protection courtesy of G-Unit..." Later in the show, after G-Unit's performance, 50 Cent directed profanities at Fat Joe which were edited out before the shows airing although some broadcasts played the uncensored version of the show.[71] Reggaeton artists Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderón and Don Omar performed.

Actress Eva Longoria caused a stir when she appeared barely dressed to introduce Mariah Carey.[72] Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg won best dressed female and male and received prizes to donate to a charity of their choice.[73]

Kelly Clarkson performed a high energy version of her song "Since U Been Gone" barefoot wearing a graphic belly top and capri pants. Clarkson moved through the crowd during the performance, which culminated in the singer getting sprayed with water. By the end of the song, she and a portion of the audience were soaking wet.[74] R. Kelly performed his rap opera, "Trapped in the Closet."[70]

Animated duo Beavis and Butt-head appeared in several Viewer's Choice award skits, saying to "Vote to put Beavis and Butt-head back on MTV!".[75] Rather belatedly, the TV show returned to MTV in 2011.

2006: Justin Timberlake opened the 2006 Video Music Awards performing his singles "My Love" and "SexyBack". The awards were distributed evenly widespread all genres, as hip-hop, pop and rock artists alike all won Moonmen. 2006 was also the first time that viewers voted for all the performer's categories (Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Group Video, among others, except professional categories).[76]

When Panic! at the Disco won Video of the Year for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", a man calling himself Sixx jumped onstage claiming that MTV had denied him his own TV show.[76] Hosted by Jack Black, there were also performances by Shakira with Wyclef Jean, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera and The Killers.

2007: The 2007 Video Music Awards was opened by Britney Spears performing her comeback single "Gimme More". To many, Spears failed to live up to the pre-show hype. She wore black sequined lingerie and put in less energy than her previous performances.[77][78] The performance was called "career crippling".[46]

Kid Rock and Tommy Lee were involved in an altercation during Alicia Keys's performance. Lee was sitting with magician Criss Angel when the two went to visit Diddy, who was sitting close to Kid Rock. Kid Rock allegedly punched Tommy Lee in the face. The two were broken up, and both were escorted from the resort. Angel was removed a short time later.[79]

2008: The 2008 Video Music Awards were opened by Britney Spears which welcomed everybody to the 25-year anniversary of the Video Music Awards. Barbadian singer Rihanna opened the show with her song "Disturbia" in a very revealing black leather outfit. After 16 nominations, Britney Spears finally won her first VMA, taking Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, and Video of the Year for "Piece of Me", considered as Spears' comeback.[citation needed]

Host Russell Brand commented on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, begging the audience to vote for him. Brand called President George W. Bush a "retarded cowboy" and claimed Bush "wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors in Britain."[80]

Russell Brand also made comments on the Jonas Brothers for wearing purity rings. Brand later faced criticism for his swipes at the trio. He confirmed his apology at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 by saying "I upset the Jonas Brothers last year, I had to say sorry to them and they forgave me. They had to, they're Christians." During her introduction of T.I. and Rihanna's performance, Jordin Sparks, who also wears a purity ring, defended the boy-band by saying "It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody, guy or girl, wants to be a slut." Sparks was in turn criticized for implying that those who do not wear purity rings or do not abstain are promiscuous.[81]

 
West taking the microphone from Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

2009: At the 2009 Video Music Awards, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift won Best Female video for "You Belong with Me." During her acceptance speech, rapper Kanye West unexpectedly showed up on stage. Taking the microphone from Swift, he announced "Yo Tay, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!"[82][83] MTV cut away from the stage (showing Beyoncé with a surprised look) after West gave the microphone back to Swift and giving the middle finger to the audience as they started booing him off stage, and so Swift did not finish her speech. West was removed for the rest of the show. However, when Beyoncé won Video of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," she called Swift back on stage to "have her moment" (finishing her speech from winning Best Female Video). In an off-the-record portion of an interview the following day, President Barack Obama called West a "jackass" for his antics.[84] During a post-interview, Jay-Z admitted West was wrong to go on stage, but he thought people were overreacting to the incident.[85]

Madonna opened the show talking about her experiences with Michael Jackson. After her speech, a Michael Jackson tribute commenced, including Janet Jackson performing the duet "Scream". The show closed with a sneak preview of Michael Jackson's This Is It movie.[86]

Lady Gaga later performed her song "Paparazzi" and shocked the audience when she appeared to bleed out on stage. It was actually a contraption in her outfit.[87] Beyoncé performed her song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" with over two dozen female dancers dancing with her.[88] Pink performed her single "Sober" while doing a trapeze act during the entire performance while singing live.

Rapper Lil Mama jumped on stage as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed "Empire State of Mind."[89] Lil Mama later apologized.[90] During an interview with New York Radio DJ Angie Martinez, Jay-Z said that he thought the unrehearsed move was something similar to the West and Swift incident.[90]

Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Green Day were the big winners of the night, with three awards each.[88]

2010s

2010:

At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift performed her song "Innocent", while Kanye West performed "Runaway" with Pusha T giving a stellar performance on the MPC2000.[91] Eminem, who performed at the show, did not receive his awards in person, as he had to leave immediately to perform with Jay Z at The Home & Home Tour in New York City the next day.[92] Additionally, will.i.am's "blackface" outfit sparked controversy among African-Americans.[93]Florence + the Machine performed "Dog Days Are Over".[94]

Lady Gaga won eight awards, including Video of the Year, Best Female Video, and Best Pop Video for "Bad Romance"; she also won Best Collaboration for "Telephone" with Beyoncé. Upon accepting her Video of the Year award, Gaga wore a dress made entirely of raw meat, which drew criticism from PETA.[95] Justin Bieber won Best New Artist, making him the second youngest Canada-born artist to ever win a VMA (first being Avril Lavigne in 2002).[96]

Overall, the show grabbed 11.4 million viewers—the largest audience for an MTV Video Music Awards since 2002, and until 2011's new record.[97]

2011:

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards returned to the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In the entire history of the show, this was the third time no host was scheduled, although Kevin Hart, who would receive the position a year later, delivered an opening monologue.

The tribute to Britney Spears included performances by young talents, who danced to various hit singles by Spears including "...Baby One More Time" and "Till the World Ends". After the tribute, Lady Gaga went onstage to present Spears the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.[98] While accepting her award she and Gaga (dressed as her alter ego Joe Calderone) teased a kiss. Spears rejected the exchange saying, "I've done that already", referring to her liplock with Madonna at the 2003 show.[99]

During Kanye West and Jay Z's surprise performance of "Otis", a man attempted to rush the stage but was quickly taken off by security.[100]

Katy Perry and Kanye West won the Award for Best Video for a Collaborative Single. As they went onstage to receive the award, Perry made a reference to West's incident with Taylor Swift two years back. This was the first award Perry won in four years of being nominated.[101]

Prior to her performance, Beyoncé announced on the red carpet that she and husband/rapper Jay Z were expecting a child. Straight after Beyoncé finished performing her song "Love on Top", she also revealed again that she was pregnant by showing off her baby bump and rubbing it. That evening, Beyoncé set the record for the most mentions on Twitter per second (with 8,868) and helped this year's VMAs become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers.[102]

A tribute to late singer Amy Winehouse also took place; Russell Brand delivered a monologue on his thoughts on her, after which Tony Bennett previewed his collaboration with her for his album Duets II. Afterwards, Bruno Mars performed "Valerie" in her honor.[103]

Katy Perry won three awards including Video of the Year for "Firework", and Lady Gaga won two awards, including the new category Best Video With a Message for "Born This Way".[104]

2012:

The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards aired live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on September 6, 2012. British boy band One Direction was the big winner of the night receiving Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, and Most Share Worthy Video. Rihanna won the Video of the Year Award for "We Found Love".

 
The standing inflatable KAWS moonman at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

2013:

For the show's 30th anniversary, MTV redesigned its moonman statue[105] for one year only due to the ceremony's being held in Brooklyn for the first time. Brooklyn-based artist KAWS used Michelin Man as inspiration to redesign the image of the renowned MTV moonman. Barclays Center, which served as the venue for the 2013 show, was decorated also by KAWS, themed around the redesigned moonman. The 2013 VMAs also marked the fourth time in the award show's history that a host had not been appointed for the annual event.[106] Lady Gaga opened the ceremony, performing her single "Applause". During the performance, Gaga changed three times on stage and gave a tribute to her past eras (The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way). At the end, Gaga came on stage wearing nothing but a seashell bikini.

Miley Cyrus' performance of her song "We Can't Stop" featured the former Disney star entering the stage through a giant teddy bear wearing a one-piece bodice with a teddy bear design on it. The singer performed with a group of female backup dancers dressed as giant bears before singer Robin Thicke joins with Cyrus on stage to perform his single "Blurred Lines". Cyrus then stripped down to a nude-colored lingerie and proceeded to perform her signature twerking dance moves, simulating sex with Thicke and grabbing his crotch with a giant foam finger.[107] The unimpressed reactions of several celebrity audience members, including Rihanna and members of One Direction, also gained attention in the media.[108]

Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" won Video of the Year, making him the first male solo artist to win this category since Eminem in 2002 with "Without Me". Timberlake also became the second artist to be honored with the Video Vanguard Award and win Video of the Year in the same night, after Peter Gabriel did it in 1987. To celebrate his Video Vanguard Award, Timberlake performed a 15-minute medley performance, which included a mini-reunion with his former band *NSYNC.[109]The set list of the most watched performance of the night[110] included hit singles from his first four solo albums, such as "Cry Me a River", "SexyBack" and "Suit & Tie".

2014:

The 2014 show was held at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Miley Cyrus won Video of the Year for "Wrecking Ball" and got a young homeless man named Jesse to accept the award on her behalf. His speech was a call-to-action to help raise awareness to the homeless youth of America.[111] Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Jessie J opened the show.[112] Beyoncé closed the show by performing a 16-minute medley of songs from her self-titled fifth studio album. After the performance, her husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy presented the Video Vanguard Award to her.[113]

 
The redesigned moonman by Jeremy Scott at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

2015:

The 2015 show was hosted by Miley Cyrus. Fashion designer Jeremy Scott redesigned the year's "moonman", marking the second time that the statue had been transformed.[114] Taylor Swift won four awards, including Video of the Year for "Bad Blood".[115] She presented the Video Vanguard Award to Kanye West, who ended his acceptance speech by claiming that he will run for president in 2020.[116]

Nicki Minaj ended her acceptance speech for Best Hip-Hop Video by passing the show back to Cyrus, saying: "And now, back to this bitch who had a lot to say about me the other day in the press: Miley, What's good?"[117] Minaj was referring to Cyrus' comments about how she handled "Anaconda" being snubbed for a Video of the Year nomination. Cyrus appeared stunned by Minaj's remarks and replied, "We're all in this industry. We all do interviews and we all know how they manipulate shit. Nicki, congratu-fuckin-lations."[117] The camera then cut back to Minaj who seemed to mouth back the word "bitch."[117] Cyrus closed the show by performing along with a group of drag queens who participated on RuPaul's Drag Race and surprisingly released her fifth studio album Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz for free.[118]

2016:

The 2016 show was held at the Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Rihanna performed four times during the show, including opening and closing the ceremony. After her final performance, Rihanna was presented the Video Vanguard Award by Drake, who declared, "She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old."[119] While accepting her award, Drake leaned in for a kiss that Rihanna dodged.[120] Britney Spears returned to perform at the VMAs for the first time since her heavily criticized performance at the 2007 show.[120] Kanye West gave a seven-minute long speech covering different topics, including his feud with Taylor Swift.[121]

Beyoncé performed a 16-minute medley of her album Lemonade and won eight awards, including Video of the Year for "Formation".[120][122] She became the most awarded artist in VMA history with 24 moonmen, surpassing Madonna's previous record of 20.[122] The telecast saw a drop in audience for third year in a row.[123]

2017:

The 2017 show was hosted by Katy Perry. Kendrick Lamar won six awards, including Video of the Year for "Humble", becoming the first artist to have won the award for a video he co-directed, while Pink was honored with the Video Vanguard Award.[124] Jared Leto paid tribute to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell, who both died over the past three months.[125] The music video for Taylor Swift's song "Look What You Made Me Do" premiered during the broadcast.[124] Compared to the previous year, viewership was down from 6.5 million to 5.4 million viewers, making it the lowest viewed VMAs since Nielsen started measuring the show in 1994.[126]

At the start of Fifth Harmony's performance there were five silhouettes; one of them fell off the stage, referencing former group member Camila Cabello leaving the group the previous year.[127]

Logic performed his song "1-800-273-8255" along with Alessia Cara and Khalid. Their stage was outlined with survivors of suicide loss and attempts, who wore T-shirts that had the phone number on the front and the phrase "You Are Not Alone" written on the back. During their performance, Logic gave a speech about thanking the audience for giving him a platform to talk about the issues "that mainstream media doesn't want to talk about: mental health, anxiety, suicide, depression."[128] He further added, "I don't give a damn if you're black, white, or any color in between. I don't care if you're Christian, you're Muslim, you're gay, you're straight – I am here to fight for your equality, because I believe that we are all born equal, but we are not treated equally and that is why we must fight."[128] Following the performance, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline experienced a 50% increase in calls.[128]

2018:

Cardi B, the most nominated artist of the night, opened the 2018 show with a brief speech, holding a VMA like a baby.[129] While receiving one of her awards, Cardi B stated, "all the love.. it's genuine, it's beautiful, and that's something that God give me that you can't buy. B-tch."[130] Camila Cabello won Video of the Year for "Havana" and Jennifer Lopez received the Vanguard Award.[131] With Maluma among the performers as well, it marked the VMAs with the most Latin music artists present at the ceremony since the 2005 show.[132]

Before introducing Cabello's category, Madonna gave a tribute to the late Aretha Franklin. Most of the speech said the early origins of Madonna's career and was only tangentially Franklin-related,[133] which made critics describe the "bizarre" tribute as a "lengthy" anecdote about herself that involved Franklin's music.[134][135][136] Afterwards, Madonna explained that she was there to give the Video of the Year award as asked by MTV and to speak about some experience in her career with some connection with Aretha, not to make any kind of tribute.[137]

The viewership of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards was down 9% overall and 15% in the important 18- to 49-year-old demographic group. The total viewership was 4.8 million.[138]

2019:

The 2019 show was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. This was the first time the VMAs took place at the venue and in the state of New Jersey (it became the fifth state to host the show after New York, California, Florida and Nevada).

The show was hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco. Taylor Swift won three awards, including Video of the Year for "You Need to Calm Down".[139] She became the second artist and first female artist to have won the award for a video she co-directed, and the fourth artist to win the category twice overall.[140] Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus's "Old Town Road" won two awards, including Song of the Year.[141] Missy Elliott received the Vanguard Award introduced by Cardi B and performed a medley. The performance was heavily choreographed and the set pieces alluded to her music videos "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Get Ur Freak On", and "Work It".[142][143] Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello performed their hit single "Señorita" for the first time ever in a performance characterized for its kissing tension. Lizzo performed a set featuring her singles, "Truth Hurts" and "Good as Hell". During the performance she gave a short self-empowering monologue, and featured a figurative shadow of an oversized CGI rear end.[144][142] Normani gave a performance of her song "Motivation",[145][146] that featured her doing intense gymnastic styled choreography that echoed the music video.[147][148][149] Rosalía became the first lead Spanish act to ever perform at the VMAs, performing a medley of "A Ningún Hombre", "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" (alongside Ozuna), and "Aute Cuture".[150][151] She also won Best Latin and Best Coreography for "Con Altura", becoming the first ever Spanish act to win a VMA, for which she was congraturated by many personalities including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.[152]

Marc Jacobs received the inaugural MTV Fashion Trailblazer Award.[153]

2020s

2020:

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30, 2020. The show was originally scheduled to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, but was moved outdoors because of security concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[154] Instead, the 37th annual ceremony would "highlight the boroughs in an exciting show and return to Barclays Center in 2021."[155] For the first time in its history the VMAs aired on over-the-air television on The CW, which is jointly owned by MTV parent company ViacomCBS and AT&T parent company WarnerMedia.[156]

Keke Palmer hosted the show from a VR model of the infamous Manhattan staple, Empire State Building. The Weeknd won Video of the Year for "Blinding Lights", which he also performed as the show's opener. During his speech he showed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and demanded justice for Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake.

Lady Gaga received the first ever Tricon Award, introduced by Bella Hadid. After giving her speech, Gaga performed a medley of her songs, including "Chromatica II"/"911", "Stupid Love" and "Rain on Me", the latter performed with Ariana Grande. Grande also won four awards, including Song of the Year and Best Collaboration.

The show was dedicated to actor Chadwick Boseman, who died less than 48 hours before the ceremony due to colon cancer.

 
The redesigned moonperson trophy by Kehinde Wiley at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.

2021:

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards were held September 12, 2021, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, for the first time in eight years.[157] The award show also served as a celebration of MTV's 40th anniversary. An opening monologue was delivered by Madonna.[158] Artist Kehinde Wiley redesigned the year's moonperson trophy, marking the third time that the statue had been transformed and the first from an artist of African-American descent.[159][160]

Lil Nas X won three awards for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)", including Video of the Year and Best Direction. He became the second artist and first LGBTQ+ artist to win both categories for a video they co-directed. He jokingly thanked the gay agenda in his acceptance speech.[161]

Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Bieber also received awards in big categories, winning Song of the Year and Artist of the Year respectively. BTS won three awards, winning Group of the Year for the third consecutive time, in addition to Best K-Pop and Song of Summer for "Butter".[162]

2022: Taylor Swift announced the release of her tenth studio album Midnights during her Video of the Year award acceptance speech. Swift also became the first ever artist to win Video of the Year three times.

List of ceremonies

Year Date Venue Host city Host[163] Video of the Year Winner Ref.
1984 September 14 Radio City Music Hall New York City Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler "You Might Think" by The Cars
(Directed by Jeff Stein and Charlex) 		[164]
1985 September 13 Eddie Murphy "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley
(Directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino) 		[165]
1986 September 5 The Palladium,
Universal Amphitheatre 		New York City,
Los Angeles 		MTV VJs: "Downtown" Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn and Dweezil Zappa "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
(Directed by Steve Barron) 		[166]
1987 September 11 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles MTV VJs: "Downtown" Julie Brown, Carolyne Heldman, Dweezil Zappa and Kevin Seal "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
(Directed by Stephen R. Johnson) 		[167]
1988 September 7 Arsenio Hall "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" by INXS
(Directed by Richard Lowenstein) 		[168]
1989 September 6 "This Note's for You" by Neil Young
(Directed by Julien Temple) 		[17]
1990 September 6 "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor
(Directed by John Maybury) 		[169]
1991 September 5 "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
(Directed by Tarsem Singh) 		[23]
1992 September 9 UCLA's Pauley Pavilion Dana Carvey "Right Now" by Van Halen
(Directed by Mark Fenske) 		[170]
1993 September 2 Universal Amphitheatre Christian Slater "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
(Directed by Mark Pellington) 		[26]
1994 September 8 Radio City Music Hall New York City Roseanne Barr "Cryin'" by Aerosmith
(Directed by Marty Callner) 		[28]
1995 September 7 Dennis Miller "Waterfalls" by TLC
(Directed by F. Gary Gray) 		[33]
1996 September 4 "Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins
(Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) 		[36]
1997 September 4 Chris Rock "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
(Directed by Jonathan Glazer) 		[39]
1998 September 10 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles Ben Stiller "Ray of Light" by Madonna
(Directed by Jonas Åkerlund) 		[171]
1999 September 9 Metropolitan Opera House New York City Chris Rock "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill
(Directed by Big TV!) 		[48]
2000 September 7 Radio City Music Hall Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem
(Directed by Dr. Dre and Philip Atwell) 		[172]
2001 September 6 Metropolitan Opera House Jamie Foxx "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and P!nk featuring Missy Elliott
(Directed by Paul Hunter) 		[57]
2002 August 29 Radio City Music Hall Jimmy Fallon "Without Me" by Eminem
(Directed by Joseph Kahn) 		[63]
2003 August 28 Chris Rock "Work It" by Missy Elliott
(Directed by Dave Meyers) 		[173]
2004 August 29 American Airlines Arena Miami — "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
(Directed by Bryan Barber) 		[174]
2005 August 28 Diddy "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
(Directed by Samuel Bayer) 		[70]
2006 August 31 Radio City Music Hall New York City Jack Black "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! At The Disco
(Directed by Shane Drake) 		[76]
2007 September 9 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas — "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
(Directed by Chris Applebaum) 		[175]
2008 September 7 Paramount Studios Los Angeles Russell Brand "Piece of Me" by Britney Spears
(Directed by Wayne Isham) 		[176]
2009 September 13 Radio City Music Hall New York City "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé
(Directed by Jake Nava) 		[88]
2010 September 12 Nokia Theatre Los Angeles Chelsea Handler "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga
(Directed by Francis Lawrence) 		[177]
2011 August 28 — "Firework" by Katy Perry
(Directed by Dave Meyers) 		[178]
2012 September 6 Staples Center Kevin Hart "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
(Directed by Melina Matsoukas) 		[179]
2013 August 25 Barclays Center New York City — "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake
(Directed by Floria Sigismondi) 		[180]
2014 August 24 The Forum Inglewood, California "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus
(Directed by Terry Richardson) 		[181]
2015 August 30 Microsoft Theater Los Angeles Miley Cyrus "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
(Directed by Joseph Kahn) 		[182]
2016 August 28 Madison Square Garden New York City — "Formation" by Beyoncé
(Directed by Melina Matsoukas) 		[183]
2017 August 27 The Forum Inglewood, California Katy Perry "HUMBLE." by Kendrick Lamar
(Directed by Dave Meyers and The Little Homies) 		[184]
2018 August 20 Radio City Music Hall New York City — "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug
(Directed by Dave Meyers) 		[185]
2019 August 26 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey Sebastian Maniscalco "You Need to Calm Down" by Taylor Swift
(Directed by Taylor Swift and Drew Kirsch) 		[186]
2020 August 30 One Astor Plaza [a] New York City Keke Palmer "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
(Directed by Anton Tammi) 		[187]
2021 September 12 Barclays Center Doja Cat "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" by Lil Nas X
(Directed by Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino) 		[187]
2022 August 28 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey Jack Harlow, LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj[b] All Too Well: The Short Film by Taylor Swift
(Directed by Taylor Swift) 		[188]

Award categories

Past award categories

Ratings

Ratings are not available prior to 1994 because MTV was not subscribing to Nielsen Media Research's program ratings prior to 1994.[189] The field "Cumulative viewers" shows the audience of the live simulcasts of the ceremony across many ViacomCBS channels as a whole.

Year Day[189] Time Date Households Rating[189] Households Share[189] MTV Viewers[189]
(in millions) 		Cumulative TV Viewers (in millions)
(not including Internet streams)
1994 Thursday 8:00–11:25pm September 8, 1994 4.1 — 5.36 —
1995 Thursday 8:00–11:00pm September 7, 1995 3.7 7 6.33 —
1996 Wednesday 8:00–11:00pm September 4, 1996 3.6 6 5.07 —
1997 Thursday 8:00–11:00pm September 4, 1997 5.2 9 7.47 —
1998 Thursday 8:00–11:13pm September 10, 1998 5.8 10 8.94 —
1999 Thursday 8:00–11:13pm September 9, 1999 8.0 14 11.96 —
2000 Thursday 8:00–11:09pm September 7, 2000 6.5 11 9.85 —
2001 Thursday 8:00–11:26pm September 6, 2001 6.6 11 10.76 —
2002 Thursday 8:00–11:17pm August 29, 2002 6.6 11 11.95 —
2003 Thursday 8:00–11:03pm August 28, 2003 6.4 11 10.71 —
2004 Sunday 8:00–11:11pm August 29, 2004 6.3 11 10.32 —
2005 Sunday 8:00–11:23pm August 28, 2005 5.0 8 8.01 —
2006 Thursday 8:00–11:28pm August 31, 2006 3.6 6 5.77 —
2007 Sunday 9:00–11:12pm September 9, 2007 4.0 7 7.08 —
2008 Sunday 9:00–11:20pm September 7, 2008 5.0 8 8.43[190] —
2009 Sunday 9:00–11:21pm September 13, 2009 7.5 8 8.97[191] —
2010 Sunday 9:00–11:15pm September 12, 2010 10 8 11.40[192] —
2011 Sunday 9:00–11:27pm August 28, 2011 10.8 — 12.40[193] —
2012 Thursday 8:00–10:00pm September 6, 2012 2.8 — 6.13[194] —
2013 Sunday 9:00–11:28pm August 25, 2013 7.8 — 10.1[195] —
2014 Sunday 9:00–11:13pm August 24, 2014 4.2 — 8.3[196] 10.3[196]
2015 Sunday 9:00–11:37pm August 30, 2015 — — 5.03[197] 9.8[198]
2016 Sunday 9:00–11:54pm August 28, 2016 — — 3.3[199] 6.5[200]
2017 Sunday 8:00–11:05pm August 27, 2017 — — 2.66[201] 5.36[201]
2018 Monday 9:00–11:43pm August 20, 2018 — — 2.25[138] 4.87[138]
2019 Monday 8:00–10:58pm August 26, 2019 — — 1.93[202] 6.8[202]
2020 Sunday 8:00–10:14pm August 30, 2020 — — 1.32[203] 6.4[204]
2021 Sunday 8:00–11:06pm September 12, 2021 — — 0.90[205] 3.7[206]
2022 Sunday 8:00–11:19pm August 28, 2022 — — 0.71[207] 3.9[208]

Most wins

Most wins overall

Artist Years Number of awards[c] Awarded work[209]
Beyoncé 2000–21 25 "Crazy in Love" (3); "Naughty Girl" (1); "Check on It" (1); "Beautiful Liar" (1); "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (3); "Run the World (Girls)" (1); "Countdown"(1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; "Pretty Hurts" (2); "Drunk in Love" (1); "7/11" (1); "Hold Up" (1); Lemonade (1); "Formation" (6); "Brown Skin Girl" (1)
Madonna 1986–99 20 Video Vanguard Award; "Papa Don't Preach" (1); "Express Yourself" (3); "Like a Prayer" (1); "Vogue" (3); The Immaculate Collection (1); "Rain" (2); "Take a Bow" (1); "Ray of Light" (5); "Frozen" (1); "Beautiful Stranger" (1)
Lady Gaga 2009–20 18 "Paparazzi" (2); "Poker Face" (1); "Bad Romance" (7); "Telephone" (1); "Born This Way" (2); "Rain on Me" (3); Tricon Award; Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift 2009–22 14 "You Belong with Me" (1); "I Knew You Were Trouble" (1); "Blank Space" (2); "Bad Blood" (2); "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (1); "You Need to Calm Down" (2); "Me!" (1); The Man (1); All Too Well: The Short Film (3)
Peter Gabriel 1987–94 13 "Sledgehammer" (9); Video Vanguard Award; "Steam" (2); "Kiss That Frog" (1)
Eminem 1999-14 "My Name Is" (1); "Forgot About Dre" (1) "The Real Slim Shady" (2); "Without Me" (4); "Lose Yourself" (1); "We Made You" (1); "Not Afraid" (2); "Rap God" (1)
R.E.M. 1989–95 12 "Orange Crush" (1); "Losing My Religion" (6); "Everybody Hurts" (4); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Justin Timberlake 2003–13 11 "Cry Me a River" (2); "Rock Your Body" (1); "What Goes Around... Comes Around" (1); "Let Me Talk to You/My Love" (1); Male Artist of the Year; Quadruple Threat of the Year; Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; "Suit & Tie" (1); "Mirrors" (2)
Green Day 1998–09 "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (1); "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (6); "American Idiot" (1); "21 Guns" (3)
Aerosmith 1990–98 10 "Janie's Got a Gun" (2); "The Other Side" (1); "Livin' on the Edge" (1); "Cryin'" (3); "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (1); "Pink" (1); "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1)
BTS 2019–22 "Boy with Luv" (1); Best Group (4); "On" (3); "Butter" (2)
Gwen Stefani 1997–05 9 "Don't Speak" (1); "South Side" (1); "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (1); "Hey Baby" (2); "It's My Life" (2); "Hollaback Girl" (1); "What You Waiting For?" (1)
Fatboy Slim 1999–01 "Praise You" (3); "Weapon of Choice" (6)
Ariana Grande 2014–20 "Problem" (1); "No Tears Left to Cry" (1); "7 Rings" (1); Artist of the Year; "Boyfriend" (1); "Rain On Me" (3); "Stuck With U" (1)
Janet Jackson 1987–95 "Nasty" (1); "The Pleasure Principle" (1); "Rhythm Nation" (1); Video Vanguard Award; "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1); "If" (1); "Scream" (3)
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1992–22 "Give It Away" (2); "Under the Bridge" (1); Best Artist Website; "Californication" (2); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; "Dani California" (1); Global Icon Award
A-ha 1986 8 "Take On Me" (6); "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (2)
Lil Nas X 2019–22 "Old Town Road" (2); "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" (3) "Industry Baby" (3)
Michael Jackson 1984–95 "Thriller" (3); Video Vanguard Award; "Leave Me Alone" (1); "Scream" (3)
Kendrick Lamar 2015–18 "Alright" (1); "HUMBLE." (6); "All the Stars" (1)
Rihanna 2007–18 7 "Umbrella" (2); "Live Your Life" (1); "We Found Love" (1); "This Is What You Came For" (1);[d] Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award; "Lemon" (1)
NSYNC 2000–01 "Bye Bye Bye" (3); "Pop" (4)
The Smashing Pumpkins 1996 "Tonight, Tonight" (6); "1979" (1)
Jay-Z 1999–14 "Can I Get A..." (1); "99 Problems" (4); "Empire State of Mind" (1); "Drunk in Love" (1)[d]
P!nk 2001–17 "Lady Marmalade" (2); "Get the Party Started" (2); "Stupid Girls" (1); "Just Give Me a Reason" (1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Nicki Minaj 2011–22 "Super Bass" (1); "Starships" (1); "Anaconda" (1); "Chun-Li" (1); "Hot Girl Summer" (1); " Do We Have a Problem?" (1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
En Vogue 1992–94 "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (1); "Free Your Mind" (3); "Whatta Man" (3)
Coldplay 2002–20 "Trouble" (1); "The Scientist" (3); "Paradise" (1); "Up & Up" (1); "Orphans" (1)
Beck 1996–97 6 "Where It's At" (1); "Devils Haircut" (2); "The New Pollution" (3)
Billie Eilish 2019–22 "Bad Guy" (1); Best New Artist; Push Artist of the Year; "Lo Vas a Olvidar" (1); "Your Power" (1) "Happier Than Ever (song)"(1)
Britney Spears 2008–11 "Piece of Me" (3); "Womanizer" (1); "Till the World Ends" (1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Justin Bieber 2010-21 "Baby" (1); "U Smile" (1); "Where Are Ü Now" (1); "Stuck with U" (1); Peaches (1); Artist of the Year
Missy Elliott 2003–19 "Work It" (2); "Lose Control" (2); "We Run This" (1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
U2 1987–01 "With or Without You" (1); "When Love Comes to Town" (1); "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (2); "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (1); Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Paula Abdul 1987–89 5 "Nasty" (1, as choreographer); "Straight Up" (4)
Bruce Springsteen 1985–94 "I'm on Fire" (1); "We Are the World" (2); "Dancing in the Dark" (1); "Streets of Philadelphia" (1)
Gnarls Barkley 2006–08 "Crazy" (2); "Smiley Faces" (1); "Run" (2)
Herbie Hancock 1984 "Rockit" (5)
Don Henley 1985–90 "The Boys of Summer" (4); "The End of the Innocence" (1)
INXS 1988 "Need You Tonight / Mediate" (5)
Ricky Martin 1999 "Livin' la Vida Loca" (5)
Nirvana 1992–94 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (2); "In Bloom" (1); "Heart-Shaped Box" (2)
No Doubt 1997–04 "Don't Speak" (1); "Hey Baby" (2); "It's My Life" (2)
OutKast 2001–04 "Ms. Jackson" (1); "Hey Ya!" (4)
Katy Perry 2011–14 "Firework" (1); "E.T." (2); "Wide Awake" (1); "Dark Horse" (1)
TLC 1995–99 "Waterfalls" (4); "No Scrubs" (1)
The White Stripes 2002–08 "Fell in Love with a Girl" (3); "Seven Nation Army" (1); "Conquest" (1)
J Balvin 2018–20 "Mi Gente" (1); "I Like It" (1); "Con Altura" (2); "Qué Pena" (1)

Most wins in a single night

Artist Year Number of awards Awarded work
Peter Gabriel 1987 10 "Sledgehammer" (9); Video Vanguard Award (for Gabriel)
A-ha 1986 8 "Take On Me" (6); "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." (2)
Lady Gaga 2010 "Bad Romance" (7); "Telephone" (1)
Beyoncé 2016 "Hold Up" (1); Lemonade (1); "Formation" (6)
The Smashing Pumpkins 1996 7 "Tonight, Tonight" (6); "1979" (1)
Green Day 2005 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (6); "American Idiot" (1)
R.E.M. 1991 6 "Losing My Religion" (6)
Madonna 1998 "Ray of Light" (5); "Frozen" (1)
Fatboy Slim 2001 "Weapon of Choice" (6)
Kendrick Lamar 2017 "HUMBLE." (6)
Herbie Hancock 1984 5 "Rockit" (5)
INXS 1988 "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (5)
Beck 1997 "The New Pollution" (3); "Devils Haircut" (2)
Ricky Martin 1999 "Livin' La Vida Loca" (5)
Lady Gaga 2020 "Rain on Me" (3); Artist of the Year (for Gaga); Tricon Award (for Gaga)

Most wins for a single video

Performances

Year Performers (chronologically)
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Actual location of studios where event was held.
  2. ^ referred to as "MCs"
  3. ^ The MTV "Biggest Winners" list only recognizes when artists win as a lead act, not as a featured act.

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video, music, awards, commonly, abbreviated, vmas, award, show, presented, cable, channel, honour, best, music, video, medium, originally, conceived, alternative, grammy, awards, video, category, annual, ceremony, often, been, called, super, bowl, youth, ackno. The MTV Video Music Awards commonly abbreviated as the VMAs is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards in the video category the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the Super Bowl for youth an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony s ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20 somethings each year 1 By 2001 the VMA had become a coveted award 2 The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon one of the earliest representations of MTV and was colloquially called a moonman However in 2017 Chris McCarthy the president of MTV stated that the statue would be called a Moon Person from then on 3 The statue was conceived by Manhattan Design also designers of the original MTV logo based on the 1981 Top of the Hour animation created by Fred Seibert produced by Alan Goodman and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco Associates The statue is now made by New York firm Society Awards 4 Since the 2006 ceremony viewers are able to vote for their favourite videos in all general categories by visiting MTV s website 5 MTV Video Music AwardsCurrent 2022 MTV Video Music AwardsThe 1983 1984 Video of the Year Moon man award Awarded forMusic videos and pop cultureCountryUnited StatesPresented byMTVFirst awardedSeptember 14 1984 38 years ago 1984 09 14 Websitemtv com ontv vmaMost recent MTV Video Music Award winners 2021 August 28 2022 Award Video of the Year Song of the YearWinner Taylor Swift All Too Well The Short Film Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Award Artist of the Year Best New ArtistWinner Bad Bunny Dove CameronPrevious Video of the Year Montero Call Me by Your Name Video of the Year All Too Well The Short Film The annual VMA ceremony occurs before the end of summer and held either in late August or mid September and broadcast live on MTV along with a roadblock simulcast across MTV s sister networks since 2014 which is utilized to maximize the ceremony s ratings The first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York City s Radio City Music Hall The ceremonies are normally held in either New York City or Los Angeles However the ceremonies have also been hosted in Miami and Las Vegas The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 26 2019 in Newark for the first time 6 The Washington Post and HuffPost stated that the stature of the ceremony had declined by 2019 7 8 HuffPost cited reasons such as a lack of interest declining attendances and viewership in 2019 ratings hit an all time low for the third straight year 9 lack of musical diversity lack of celebrity lack of credibility 8 and access to music online 7 The Washington Post states The moment the VMAs ceased to matter might have happened in 2014 when Drake didn t bother appearing to receive his award Or maybe it was even earlier than that The Associated Press compared the energy of the VMAs to the scripted reality TV show Cribs all the way back in 2006 7 MTV has also faced criticism for devoting most of its airtime outside the VMAs to reality shows and dramas with music videos mainly airing in off peak graveyard slots to suffice the minimum amount of music programming in the network s carriage agreements 8 Contents 1 Notable moments 1 1 1980s 1 2 1990s 1 3 2000s 1 4 2010s 1 5 2020s 2 List of ceremonies 3 Award categories 3 1 Past award categories 4 Ratings 5 Most wins 5 1 Most wins overall 5 2 Most wins in a single night 5 3 Most wins for a single video 6 Performances 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksNotable moments Edit1980s Edit Radio City Music Hall site of 12 VMAs including the first 1984 At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 Madonna performed her hit Like a Virgin wearing a combination bustier wedding gown including her trademark Boy Toy belt During the performance she rolled around on the floor revealing lace stockings and a garter 10 Cyndi Lauper spoke in Exorcist esque gibberish to explain the VMA rules right before winning the Best Female video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun 11 David Bowie the Beatles and director Richard Lester were rewarded with the first ever Video Vanguard Awards for their work in pioneering the music video The Cars You Might Think won the very first video of the year beating out Michael Jackson s Thriller and Herbie Hancock s Rockit 12 1987 At the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards Peter Gabriel won ten awards including the Video Vanguard Award and Video of the Year for his video Sledgehammer holding the VMA record for most Moonmen in a single night 1988 At the 1988 Video Music Awards Michael Jackson appeared for the first time A pre recorded live performance of Bad was shown 13 He was also awarded the Video Vanguard Award 14 which was later renamed in his honor 1989 Controversial comic Andrew Dice Clay s appearance at the 1989 Video Music Awards to promote his new movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane earned him a lifetime ban from the network when he introduced Cher with some of his recently notorious nursery rhymes that contained vulgar language and references 15 After performing with Tom Petty Guns N Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin was assaulted by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil leading to a verbal battle between Neil and Guns N Roses lead singer Axl Rose 16 Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora turned out a stripped down acoustic performance of the Bon Jovi hits Wanted Dead or Alive and Livin on a Prayer and in the process possibly provided the inspirational spark for MTV Unplugged 17 18 Paula Abdul was nominated for six awards picking up four wins She performed a seven minute medley of her singles Straight Up Cold Hearted and Forever Your Girl 17 When Madonna won the Viewer s Choice Award sponsored by Pepsi Cola for her Like a Prayer video she thanked Pepsi Cola in her acceptance speech for causing so much controversy Pepsi Cola had paid Madonna 5 million to appear in a commercial that would predominantly feature the world premiere of Like a Prayer the commercial titled Make a Wish depicted Madonna drinking Pepsi and watching a home video of her eighth birthday The tone that the commercial sought to convey sharply contrasted with the music video When Pepsi executives saw the video they yanked the advertisement after only two airings in an attempt to dissociate themselves from Madonna 19 She also gave one of the most memorable performances of her hit Express Yourself as a preview of what would become her Blond Ambition World Tour 17 1990s Edit 1990 At the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards Madonna gave a memorable performance of her single Vogue which featured Madonna and her backup dancers dressed in an 18th century French theme with Madonna bearing great resemblance to Marie Antoinette The performance consisted of both a dramatic historical reinterpretation of Vogue as well as her dramatically becorseted breasts 20 1991 During the award show the MTV Video Vanguard Award was renamed to the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from then on in honor of his contributions to the culture of music videos 21 by changing them from a mere promotional tool featuring musicians playing instruments and singing to a short film with a storyline His video Thriller influenced and changed music videos into what it is like today 22 A conflict between Poison s Bret Michaels and C C DeVille culminated in a fistfight at the Video Music Awards in 1991 DeVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen 23 Paul Reubens had his first public appearance during the opening montage following an arrest for lewd conduct earlier that year Taking the stage in costume as Pee wee Herman he received a standing ovation after which he asked the audience Heard any good jokes lately 24 After his appearance Van Halen made their television debut performing Poundcake Metallica was another highlight of the performances with Enter Sandman Prince amp The New Power Generation performed their sexually charged song Gett Off on a Caligula esque set with Prince dressed in a yellow mesh outfit which infamously exposed his buttocks His trousers were parodied numerous times throughout the following year on In Living Color and even at the following year s VMAs by radio shock jock Howard Stern It also marked the final TV appearance of Kiss with Eric Carr before Carr s death that November Nirvana performing at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards 1992 In the 1992 show MTV requested Nirvana perform Smells Like Teen Spirit while the band itself had indicated it preferred to play new songs Rape Me and tourette s Network executives continued to push for Teen Spirit but finally offered the band a choice to play either Teen Spirit or Lithium which the band appeared to accept At the performance Nirvana began to play and Kurt Cobain played the first few chords of the song Rape Me much to the horror of MTV execs before continuing their regular performance of Lithium Near the end of the song frustrated that his amplifier had stopped functioning bassist Krist Novoselic decided to toss his bass into the air for dramatic effect He misjudged the landing and the bass ended up bouncing off of his forehead forcing him to stumble off the stage in a daze 25 Backstage before the show Guns N Roses vocalist Axl Rose challenged Cobain to a fight after he his wife and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love and Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl egged him on At the end of Nirvana s performance while Cobain was trashing the band s equipment Dave Grohl ran to the microphone and shouted Hi Axl Where s Axl repeatedly Guns N Roses video for the ballad November Rain won the MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography During the show the band performed November Rain with singer Elton John Because of the dispute Rose had with Cobain moments before the November Rain performance Cobain spat on the keys of what he thought was Axl s piano Cobain later revealed that he was shocked to see Elton John play on the piano he had spat on 13 During the commercial break the Alien 3 Pepsi commercial was shown Howard Stern appeared as Fartman Stern s radio superhero wearing a buttocks exposing costume obviously inspired by Prince s outfit from the previous year Stern was a presenter for best hard rock metal performance with actor Luke Perry after several other celebrities turned him down 1993 At the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards Madonna opened the show in a gender bending performance of her song Bye Bye Baby in which Madonna and her two backup singers dressed in tuxedos and top hats danced with women in corsets in a choreographed highly sexual routine 26 RuPaul and Milton Berle who had conflicts backstage presented an award together When Berle touched RuPaul s breasts RuPaul ad libbed the line So you used to wear gowns but now you re wearing diapers 26 Rapper Snoop Dogg presented the Best R amp B Video award with Dr Dre and George Clinton At the time Snoop was wanted in connection with the week old drive by murder of an L A gang member 26 Janet Jackson closed the show with her performance of That s the Way Love Goes amp If 1994 At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards on September 8 months after a profanity laced appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman Madonna was announced to present the award for Best Video of the Year She came out arm in arm with an unannounced David Letterman to a wild ovation At the microphone Letterman told her I ll be in the car Watch your language and left 27 Recently betrothed couple Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley received a standing ovation as they walked on stage hand in hand After turning to the audience and proclaiming And just think nobody thought this would last Jackson grabbed Presley and kissed her 28 29 1995 At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards Hole perform the song Violet from their major label debut album Live Through This This was one of the first major televised performances given by frontwoman Courtney Love following the death of her husband Kurt Cobain and the death of her band s bassist Kristen Pfaff in 1994 Before beginning the song Love dedicated the performance to her husband and different people in the entertainment industry who had recently died This is for Kurt and Kristen and River and Joe and today Joni Abbott this is for you Abbott worked in the Talent Relations department at MTV and had recently committed suicide 30 The song ended with Love throwing her guitar knocking the microphone stand into the crowd and pushing over speaker boxes with bandmate Eric Erlandson before exiting the stage 31 Love also caused a stir when she interrupted a post ceremony interview with Kurt Loder and Madonna by throwing her make up compacts at the singer as they broadcast outside the awards venue 32 Michael Jackson performed for over 15 minutes to a medley of his main songs including Scream and danced his signature moves including the robot moonwalk and the relatively unknown Bankhead Bounce While Slash accompanied Jackson and played guitar on Black or White and the beginning of Billie Jean 33 This performance was voted by the public as the Best VMA Pop Performance and Most Iconic VMA Performance in 2011 with more than half the votes 34 35 TLC was the big winner of the night won four awards including Viewer s Choice Best Group Video and Video of the Year Waterfalls 1996 At the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards the four original members of Van Halen received 20 second standing ovation when they made their first public appearance together since their break up in 1985 Several weeks later the public learned that Van Halen would not reunite with Roth Roth released a statement apologizing to fans stating that he was an unwitting participant in a publicity stunt to sell more copies of the greatest hits album Best Of Vol 1 and that he had been led to believe that he was rejoining Van Halen The following day Eddie and Alex Van Halen released a statement stating that they had been honest with Roth and never led him to believe that he had been re hired citation needed During British band Oasis performance at the show lead vocalist Liam Gallagher made rude gestures at brother Noel as he was playing his guitar solo then spat beer all over the stage before storming off 36 Alanis Morissette performed Your House a hidden track from her bestseller album Jagged Little Pill The performance had nothing to do with her 1995 one The beginning and the ending of the song were sung a cappella while the rest was played with only one guitar on stage At the end Morissette was close to tears citation needed The recently reunited Kiss closed the show with a special concert aired from the Brooklyn Bridge 37 Tupac Shakur made his final public appearance before his murder 1997 At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Pat Smear announced that he was leaving Foo Fighters halfway through their performance and presented his replacement Franz Stahl who had been a member of the band Scream with Dave Grohl 38 The Spice Girls who won the best dance video award to the for their music video Wannabe who wore a black strap on their left arms as a sign of grief because of Diana Princess of Wales s death prior to the event While accepting the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist Video that year for Sleep to Dream Fiona Apple appealed to her audience not to be enamored of celebrity culture She proclaimed this world is bullshit and quoted Maya Angelou saying go with yourself Though her comments were generally greeted with cheers and applause at the awards ceremony the media backlash was huge Some considered her remarks to be hypocritical however she was unapologetic When I have something to say I ll say it 39 40 41 Shock rocker Marilyn Manson performed the song The Beautiful People as the grand finale and the video for this song was nominated for Best Rock Video and Best Special Effects marking one of the most significant performances for the band 42 1998 At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards during the original broadcast of the show a commercial faded in the Nine Inch Nails NIN logo on a black screen while playing a combination of music that started as a solo piano piece and morphed into an electronic industrial beat which would later found out to be the songs La Mer and Into the Void which share many melodic components and can be considered variations on a theme and ended with Trent Reznor screaming Tried to save myself but myself kept slipping away and the word ninetynine in the trademark NIN reversed N font This was only shown once during the original broadcast was edited out of all repeats Geri Halliwell attended the event one of her first public appearances since she left the Spice Girls 43 At the red carpet actress Rose McGowan was wearing a see through dress no bra and a thong 44 while Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston poked fun at their rumored rift by wearing lookalike chocolate brown dresses by Vera Wang In an attempt to outdo each other the singers tore off pieces of their dresses to reveal minidresses then staged a faux catfight that left the audience in disbelief People thought Whitney and I had some kind of beef explained Carey 45 1999 Lil Kim showed up at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards with an entire breast exposed and only a small paisty over the nipple Kim s outfit became even more controversial later when she appeared on stage with former Supremes member Diana Ross and Mary J Blige to present the Best Hip Hop Video award and Ross reached over cupped her hand under Kim s exposed breast and jiggled it while Kim laughed 46 During the following acceptance speech by the Beastie Boys group member Ad Rock addressed the instances of rape and sexual assault that occurred in the crowd at the recent Woodstock 1999 concert event He pleaded to other musicians in the room to make a change in the way they treat fans at concerts to pledge to talk with promoters and security to ensure the safety of all the girls and the women who come to our shows 47 Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace the mothers of the recently deceased Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B I G met for the first time at the ceremony 48 Britney Spears made her debut appearance on the show performing her single Baby One More Time and later introducing NSYNC for Tearin Up My Heart Ricky Martin took the stage of the ceremony to perform his singles She s All I Ever Had and Livin la Vida Loca 49 TLC won Best Group Video for No Scrubs receiving a standing ovation from the audience and artists For the second year in a row the Backstreet Boys took the Viewer s Choice Award for I Want It That Way a song they performed during the broadcast Before presenting the final award a group of drag queens paid tribute to Madonna wearing her most iconic outfits with a medley of her hit songs Madonna herself then appeared onstage and remarked All I have to say is that it takes a real man to fill my shoes She then introduced Paul McCartney who presented the Video of the Year to some guy called Laurence Hill Lauryn Hill 2000s Edit 2000 At the 2000 Video Music Awards Limp Bizkit won the award for Best Rock Video As vocalist Fred Durst spoke Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding of the set Durst egged Commerford on saying Stage dive dude and Take a dive finally ending his speech with and Commerford s a pussy cause he won t jump Commerford and his bodyguard were sentenced to a night in jail RATM vocalist Zack de la Rocha reportedly left the awards after Commerford s stunt RATM guitarist Tom Morello recalled that Commerford related his plan to the rest of the band before the show and that both de la Rocha and Morello advised him against it immediately after Bizkit was presented the award 50 51 Eminem performed his two singles The Real Slim Shady and The Way I Am The performance began with Eminem s single The Real Slim Shady which started outside the Radio City Music Hall on 6th Avenue Manhattan Eminem continued his performance into the arena and was followed by a hundred Eminem clones wearing white tank tops and baggy jeans with bleached blonde hair 52 Napster co founder Shawn Fanning co introduced Britney Spears Fanning wore a Metallica T shirt much to the displeasure of Metallica drummer and anti Napster advocate Lars Ulrich Britney performed I Can t Get No Satisfaction and her newest smash hit Oops I Did It Again which gained media attention mostly due to Spears s ripping off a tuxedo to reveal nude colored performance attire At performance s end VMA co host Marlon Wayans proclaimed Girl done went from The Mickey Mouse Club to the strip club 53 At the end of Christina Aguilera s performance Durst walked onstage and performed part of his band s song Livin It Up with Aguilera After eliciting charged reactions from his fans Durst stated I already told you guys before I did it all for the nookie man 54 The feud died weeks later Aguilera denied Durst s statement saying Durst got no nookie 55 Aguilera and Spears disproved rumors of a rivalry when they came onstage holding hands and introduced Whitney Houston Houston who had been targeted by the media for erratic behavior canceled appearances drug use rumors and being busted for carrying marijuana at a Hawaii airport just a few months prior came out to a standing ovation and introduced an award to Eminem with husband Bobby Brown who was recently let out from jail Houston revealed more erratic behavior jumping up and down saying free in reference to Brown s recent jail release Aaliyah would win two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for Try Again citation needed 2001 At the 2001 Video Music Awards Britney Spears performed her single I m a Slave 4 U while dancing in a very revealing outfit the performance featured the singer in a cage with a tiger and briefly dancing with a real albino snake on her shoulders The inclusion of a tiger and a snake in the performance bought a great deal of criticism from PETA 53 56 U2 had been set to perform a medley including Elevation Beautiful Day and Stuck in a Moment You Can t Get Out Of The riser they were performing on lost power and MTV had to cut to several minutes of promos while everything was set up again They lost power again and finally the band was lowered to the ground and performed without the riser After the performance lead singer Bono explained that MTV forgot to pay the electricity bill 57 Michael Jackson made a surprise appearance at the end of NSYNC s performance of Pop Surrounded by members of the group Jackson performed some of his trademark dance moves to Justin Timberlake s beatboxing 57 The show paid tribute to the R amp B singer actress Aaliyah who was supposed to present an award but died two weeks before from a plane crash U2 paid tribute to punk rock singer Joey Ramone who died of lymphoma 4 months before 58 2002 In 2002 the VMAs took place on Michael Jackson s birthday and as a tribute Britney Spears introduced him saying she considered him the artist of the millennium Jackson said When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana if someone told me I d be getting the artist of the millennium award I d have never believed it 59 A year later at the 2003 VMAs this was parodied by presenters Fred Durst and Jack Black with Durst stating that Black was the funniest man alive 53 60 The Hives and The Vines both performed on the night after the sudden garage rock revival during the year with rumors spreading around that it was to be battle of the bands performance Once The Hives performed singer Howlin Pelle Almqvist said to the crowd I know you want us to play more but that s all the time we have for so you can turn off your TV now 61 just before The Vines came on the bigger stage to perform their hit single Get Free ultimately destroying their set after their performance Triumph the Insult Comic Dog appeared and had a confrontation with Eminem Eminem had a confrontation with Moby who had called the rapper s music misogynistic and homophobic By that time there were multiple boos from the crowd The Best Male Video award was given to Eminem right after the confrontation with Triumph and Moby and when Eminem went to stage to pick up the award in the middle of his speech he challenged Moby to fight if he continued to boo him 62 Justin Timberlake made his solo performance debut on the show performing his single Like I Love You Tionne T Boz Watkins and Rozonda Chilli Thomas the surviving members of the top selling R amp B trio TLC made their first television appearance since the death of bandmate Lisa Left Eye Lopes 62 Shakira took the stage of the VMAs to perform her single Objection Tango Christina Aguilera shocked the audience by wearing a sexy outfit and heavy makeup with a dirty look removing her good girl image 63 She was part of an awkward moment at the awards when presenting the Best Male Video Award to Eminem who had insulted her in 2000 64 Canadian artist Avril Lavigne won her first award ever as Best New Artist in a Video getting the record for the youngest artist so far to win this award at the age of 17 She kicked off the 2002 VMAs with a Complicated Sk8er Boi pre show performance and together Lisa Marie Presley they gave the award for Best Female Video to Pink who was under the effects of alcohol during her acceptance speech 62 Axl Rose unveiled the new lineup of New Guns N Roses The band s set was the show s finale and although the performance was meant to be kept a secret some New York radio outlets announced the performance earlier in the day The band played a set consisting of Welcome to the Jungle Madagascar and Paradise City 65 2003 At the 2003 Video Music Awards Madonna played a groom kissing her brides Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on stage The gender role reversal and lesbian theme instantly made front page headlines The three singers performed a medley of her classic hit Like a Virgin and her then latest release Hollywood with a guest rap by Missy Elliott A quick camera cut to the reaction of Justin Timberlake who dated Spears until 2002 also gained media attention 66 The design resembled Madonna s performance of Like a Virgin at the 1984 VMAs the same wedding cake set wedding dresses and Boy Toy belt worn by Madonna in 19 years now adorned Aguilera and Spears 67 Beyonce opened her performance by descending upside down from the rafters at Radio City Music Hall Knowles performed Baby Boy as she was gently lowered to the stage dressed in harem pants She was later joined by Jay Z as they performed their duet Crazy in Love The performance marked Knowles solo debut 68 2004 The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami Florida This was the first time the awards show was held outside of New York City and Los Angeles It was the first video music awards to not have a host 69 2005 At the 2005 show Green Day returned taking home the Best Rock Video Best Group Video and Video of the Year Moonmen for Boulevard of Broken Dreams which they performed during the broadcast They also took the Viewer s Choice award for American Idiot The 2005 VMAs were the first to have a performance in Spanish when Shakira performed her single La Tortura with Alejandro Sanz It was also the first time that Spanish language videos were nominated at the awards 70 Also at the show while introducing the reggaeton spot Fat Joe made a disparaging comment about G Unit I d like to tell the people home I feel so safe tonight with all this police protection courtesy of G Unit Later in the show after G Unit s performance 50 Cent directed profanities at Fat Joe which were edited out before the shows airing although some broadcasts played the uncensored version of the show 71 Reggaeton artists Daddy Yankee Tego Calderon and Don Omar performed Actress Eva Longoria caused a stir when she appeared barely dressed to introduce Mariah Carey 72 Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg won best dressed female and male and received prizes to donate to a charity of their choice 73 Kelly Clarkson performed a high energy version of her song Since U Been Gone barefoot wearing a graphic belly top and capri pants Clarkson moved through the crowd during the performance which culminated in the singer getting sprayed with water By the end of the song she and a portion of the audience were soaking wet 74 R Kelly performed his rap opera Trapped in the Closet 70 Animated duo Beavis and Butt head appeared in several Viewer s Choice award skits saying to Vote to put Beavis and Butt head back on MTV 75 Rather belatedly the TV show returned to MTV in 2011 2006 Justin Timberlake opened the 2006 Video Music Awards performing his singles My Love and SexyBack The awards were distributed evenly widespread all genres as hip hop pop and rock artists alike all won Moonmen 2006 was also the first time that viewers voted for all the performer s categories Video of the Year Best Male Video Best Group Video among others except professional categories 76 When Panic at the Disco won Video of the Year for I Write Sins Not Tragedies a man calling himself Sixx jumped onstage claiming that MTV had denied him his own TV show 76 Hosted by Jack Black there were also performances by Shakira with Wyclef Jean Beyonce Christina Aguilera and The Killers 2007 The 2007 Video Music Awards was opened by Britney Spears performing her comeback single Gimme More To many Spears failed to live up to the pre show hype She wore black sequined lingerie and put in less energy than her previous performances 77 78 The performance was called career crippling 46 Kid Rock and Tommy Lee were involved in an altercation during Alicia Keys s performance Lee was sitting with magician Criss Angel when the two went to visit Diddy who was sitting close to Kid Rock Kid Rock allegedly punched Tommy Lee in the face The two were broken up and both were escorted from the resort Angel was removed a short time later 79 2008 The 2008 Video Music Awards were opened by Britney Spears which welcomed everybody to the 25 year anniversary of the Video Music Awards Barbadian singer Rihanna opened the show with her song Disturbia in a very revealing black leather outfit After 16 nominations Britney Spears finally won her first VMA taking Best Female Video Best Pop Video and Video of the Year for Piece of Me considered as Spears comeback citation needed Host Russell Brand commented on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama begging the audience to vote for him Brand called President George W Bush a retarded cowboy and claimed Bush wouldn t be trusted with a pair of scissors in Britain 80 Russell Brand also made comments on the Jonas Brothers for wearing purity rings Brand later faced criticism for his swipes at the trio He confirmed his apology at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 by saying I upset the Jonas Brothers last year I had to say sorry to them and they forgave me They had to they re Christians During her introduction of T I and Rihanna s performance Jordin Sparks who also wears a purity ring defended the boy band by saying It s not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody guy or girl wants to be a slut Sparks was in turn criticized for implying that those who do not wear purity rings or do not abstain are promiscuous 81 West taking the microphone from Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards 2009 At the 2009 Video Music Awards singer songwriter Taylor Swift won Best Female video for You Belong with Me During her acceptance speech rapper Kanye West unexpectedly showed up on stage Taking the microphone from Swift he announced Yo Tay I m really happy for you and Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time One of the best videos of all time 82 83 MTV cut away from the stage showing Beyonce with a surprised look after West gave the microphone back to Swift and giving the middle finger to the audience as they started booing him off stage and so Swift did not finish her speech West was removed for the rest of the show However when Beyonce won Video of the Year for Single Ladies Put a Ring on It she called Swift back on stage to have her moment finishing her speech from winning Best Female Video In an off the record portion of an interview the following day President Barack Obama called West a jackass for his antics 84 During a post interview Jay Z admitted West was wrong to go on stage but he thought people were overreacting to the incident 85 Madonna opened the show talking about her experiences with Michael Jackson After her speech a Michael Jackson tribute commenced including Janet Jackson performing the duet Scream The show closed with a sneak preview of Michael Jackson s This Is It movie 86 Lady Gaga later performed her song Paparazzi and shocked the audience when she appeared to bleed out on stage It was actually a contraption in her outfit 87 Beyonce performed her song Single Ladies Put a Ring on It with over two dozen female dancers dancing with her 88 Pink performed her single Sober while doing a trapeze act during the entire performance while singing live Rapper Lil Mama jumped on stage as Jay Z and Alicia Keys performed Empire State of Mind 89 Lil Mama later apologized 90 During an interview with New York Radio DJ Angie Martinez Jay Z said that he thought the unrehearsed move was something similar to the West and Swift incident 90 Beyonce Lady Gaga and Green Day were the big winners of the night with three awards each 88 2010s Edit 2010 At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Taylor Swift performed her song Innocent while Kanye West performed Runaway with Pusha T giving a stellar performance on the MPC2000 91 Eminem who performed at the show did not receive his awards in person as he had to leave immediately to perform with Jay Z at The Home amp Home Tour in New York City the next day 92 Additionally will i am s blackface outfit sparked controversy among African Americans 93 Florence the Machine performed Dog Days Are Over 94 Lady Gaga won eight awards including Video of the Year Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for Bad Romance she also won Best Collaboration for Telephone with Beyonce Upon accepting her Video of the Year award Gaga wore a dress made entirely of raw meat which drew criticism from PETA 95 Justin Bieber won Best New Artist making him the second youngest Canada born artist to ever win a VMA first being Avril Lavigne in 2002 96 Overall the show grabbed 11 4 million viewers the largest audience for an MTV Video Music Awards since 2002 and until 2011 s new record 97 2011 The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards returned to the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles California In the entire history of the show this was the third time no host was scheduled although Kevin Hart who would receive the position a year later delivered an opening monologue The tribute to Britney Spears included performances by young talents who danced to various hit singles by Spears including Baby One More Time and Till the World Ends After the tribute Lady Gaga went onstage to present Spears the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award 98 While accepting her award she and Gaga dressed as her alter ego Joe Calderone teased a kiss Spears rejected the exchange saying I ve done that already referring to her liplock with Madonna at the 2003 show 99 During Kanye West and Jay Z s surprise performance of Otis a man attempted to rush the stage but was quickly taken off by security 100 Katy Perry and Kanye West won the Award for Best Video for a Collaborative Single As they went onstage to receive the award Perry made a reference to West s incident with Taylor Swift two years back This was the first award Perry won in four years of being nominated 101 Prior to her performance Beyonce announced on the red carpet that she and husband rapper Jay Z were expecting a child Straight after Beyonce finished performing her song Love on Top she also revealed again that she was pregnant by showing off her baby bump and rubbing it That evening Beyonce set the record for the most mentions on Twitter per second with 8 868 and helped this year s VMAs become the most watched broadcast in MTV history pulling in 12 4 million viewers 102 A tribute to late singer Amy Winehouse also took place Russell Brand delivered a monologue on his thoughts on her after which Tony Bennett previewed his collaboration with her for his album Duets II Afterwards Bruno Mars performed Valerie in her honor 103 Katy Perry won three awards including Video of the Year for Firework and Lady Gaga won two awards including the new category Best Video With a Message for Born This Way 104 2012 The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards aired live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles California on September 6 2012 British boy band One Direction was the big winner of the night receiving Best New Artist Best Pop Video and Most Share Worthy Video Rihanna won the Video of the Year Award for We Found Love The standing inflatable KAWS moonman at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards 2013 For the show s 30th anniversary MTV redesigned its moonman statue 105 for one year only due to the ceremony s being held in Brooklyn for the first time Brooklyn based artist KAWS used Michelin Man as inspiration to redesign the image of the renowned MTV moonman Barclays Center which served as the venue for the 2013 show was decorated also by KAWS themed around the redesigned moonman The 2013 VMAs also marked the fourth time in the award show s history that a host had not been appointed for the annual event 106 Lady Gaga opened the ceremony performing her single Applause During the performance Gaga changed three times on stage and gave a tribute to her past eras The Fame The Fame Monster and Born This Way At the end Gaga came on stage wearing nothing but a seashell bikini Miley Cyrus performance of her song We Can t Stop featured the former Disney star entering the stage through a giant teddy bear wearing a one piece bodice with a teddy bear design on it The singer performed with a group of female backup dancers dressed as giant bears before singer Robin Thicke joins with Cyrus on stage to perform his single Blurred Lines Cyrus then stripped down to a nude colored lingerie and proceeded to perform her signature twerking dance moves simulating sex with Thicke and grabbing his crotch with a giant foam finger 107 The unimpressed reactions of several celebrity audience members including Rihanna and members of One Direction also gained attention in the media 108 Justin Timberlake s Mirrors won Video of the Year making him the first male solo artist to win this category since Eminem in 2002 with Without Me Timberlake also became the second artist to be honored with the Video Vanguard Award and win Video of the Year in the same night after Peter Gabriel did it in 1987 To celebrate his Video Vanguard Award Timberlake performed a 15 minute medley performance which included a mini reunion with his former band NSYNC 109 The set list of the most watched performance of the night 110 included hit singles from his first four solo albums such as Cry Me a River SexyBack and Suit amp Tie 2014 The 2014 show was held at The Forum in Inglewood California Miley Cyrus won Video of the Year for Wrecking Ball and got a young homeless man named Jesse to accept the award on her behalf His speech was a call to action to help raise awareness to the homeless youth of America 111 Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj and Jessie J opened the show 112 Beyonce closed the show by performing a 16 minute medley of songs from her self titled fifth studio album After the performance her husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy presented the Video Vanguard Award to her 113 The redesigned moonman by Jeremy Scott at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards 2015 The 2015 show was hosted by Miley Cyrus Fashion designer Jeremy Scott redesigned the year s moonman marking the second time that the statue had been transformed 114 Taylor Swift won four awards including Video of the Year for Bad Blood 115 She presented the Video Vanguard Award to Kanye West who ended his acceptance speech by claiming that he will run for president in 2020 116 Nicki Minaj ended her acceptance speech for Best Hip Hop Video by passing the show back to Cyrus saying And now back to this bitch who had a lot to say about me the other day in the press Miley What s good 117 Minaj was referring to Cyrus comments about how she handled Anaconda being snubbed for a Video of the Year nomination Cyrus appeared stunned by Minaj s remarks and replied We re all in this industry We all do interviews and we all know how they manipulate shit Nicki congratu fuckin lations 117 The camera then cut back to Minaj who seemed to mouth back the word bitch 117 Cyrus closed the show by performing along with a group of drag queens who participated on RuPaul s Drag Race and surprisingly released her fifth studio album Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz for free 118 2016 The 2016 show was held at the Madison Square Garden in Manhattan Rihanna performed four times during the show including opening and closing the ceremony After her final performance Rihanna was presented the Video Vanguard Award by Drake who declared She s someone I ve been in love with since I was 22 years old 119 While accepting her award Drake leaned in for a kiss that Rihanna dodged 120 Britney Spears returned to perform at the VMAs for the first time since her heavily criticized performance at the 2007 show 120 Kanye West gave a seven minute long speech covering different topics including his feud with Taylor Swift 121 Beyonce performed a 16 minute medley of her album Lemonade and won eight awards including Video of the Year for Formation 120 122 She became the most awarded artist in VMA history with 24 moonmen surpassing Madonna s previous record of 20 122 The telecast saw a drop in audience for third year in a row 123 2017 The 2017 show was hosted by Katy Perry Kendrick Lamar won six awards including Video of the Year for Humble becoming the first artist to have won the award for a video he co directed while Pink was honored with the Video Vanguard Award 124 Jared Leto paid tribute to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell who both died over the past three months 125 The music video for Taylor Swift s song Look What You Made Me Do premiered during the broadcast 124 Compared to the previous year viewership was down from 6 5 million to 5 4 million viewers making it the lowest viewed VMAs since Nielsen started measuring the show in 1994 126 At the start of Fifth Harmony s performance there were five silhouettes one of them fell off the stage referencing former group member Camila Cabello leaving the group the previous year 127 Logic performed his song 1 800 273 8255 along with Alessia Cara and Khalid Their stage was outlined with survivors of suicide loss and attempts who wore T shirts that had the phone number on the front and the phrase You Are Not Alone written on the back During their performance Logic gave a speech about thanking the audience for giving him a platform to talk about the issues that mainstream media doesn t want to talk about mental health anxiety suicide depression 128 He further added I don t give a damn if you re black white or any color in between I don t care if you re Christian you re Muslim you re gay you re straight I am here to fight for your equality because I believe that we are all born equal but we are not treated equally and that is why we must fight 128 Following the performance the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline experienced a 50 increase in calls 128 2018 Cardi B the most nominated artist of the night opened the 2018 show with a brief speech holding a VMA like a baby 129 While receiving one of her awards Cardi B stated all the love it s genuine it s beautiful and that s something that God give me that you can t buy B tch 130 Camila Cabello won Video of the Year for Havana and Jennifer Lopez received the Vanguard Award 131 With Maluma among the performers as well it marked the VMAs with the most Latin music artists present at the ceremony since the 2005 show 132 Before introducing Cabello s category Madonna gave a tribute to the late Aretha Franklin Most of the speech said the early origins of Madonna s career and was only tangentially Franklin related 133 which made critics describe the bizarre tribute as a lengthy anecdote about herself that involved Franklin s music 134 135 136 Afterwards Madonna explained that she was there to give the Video of the Year award as asked by MTV and to speak about some experience in her career with some connection with Aretha not to make any kind of tribute 137 The viewership of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards was down 9 overall and 15 in the important 18 to 49 year old demographic group The total viewership was 4 8 million 138 2019 The 2019 show was held at the Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey This was the first time the VMAs took place at the venue and in the state of New Jersey it became the fifth state to host the show after New York California Florida and Nevada The show was hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco Taylor Swift won three awards including Video of the Year for You Need to Calm Down 139 She became the second artist and first female artist to have won the award for a video she co directed and the fourth artist to win the category twice overall 140 Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus s Old Town Road won two awards including Song of the Year 141 Missy Elliott received the Vanguard Award introduced by Cardi B and performed a medley The performance was heavily choreographed and the set pieces alluded to her music videos The Rain Supa Dupa Fly Get Ur Freak On and Work It 142 143 Shawn Mendes amp Camila Cabello performed their hit single Senorita for the first time ever in a performance characterized for its kissing tension Lizzo performed a set featuring her singles Truth Hurts and Good as Hell During the performance she gave a short self empowering monologue and featured a figurative shadow of an oversized CGI rear end 144 142 Normani gave a performance of her song Motivation 145 146 that featured her doing intense gymnastic styled choreography that echoed the music video 147 148 149 Rosalia became the first lead Spanish act to ever perform at the VMAs performing a medley of A Ningun Hombre Yo x Ti Tu x Mi alongside Ozuna and Aute Cuture 150 151 She also won Best Latin and Best Coreography for Con Altura becoming the first ever Spanish act to win a VMA for which she was congraturated by many personalities including Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez 152 Marc Jacobs received the inaugural MTV Fashion Trailblazer Award 153 2020s Edit 2020 The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30 2020 The show was originally scheduled to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York City but was moved outdoors because of security concerns caused by the COVID 19 pandemic 154 Instead the 37th annual ceremony would highlight the boroughs in an exciting show and return to Barclays Center in 2021 155 For the first time in its history the VMAs aired on over the air television on The CW which is jointly owned by MTV parent company ViacomCBS and AT amp T parent company WarnerMedia 156 Keke Palmer hosted the show from a VR model of the infamous Manhattan staple Empire State Building The Weeknd won Video of the Year for Blinding Lights which he also performed as the show s opener During his speech he showed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and demanded justice for Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake Lady Gaga received the first ever Tricon Award introduced by Bella Hadid After giving her speech Gaga performed a medley of her songs including Chromatica II 911 Stupid Love and Rain on Me the latter performed with Ariana Grande Grande also won four awards including Song of the Year and Best Collaboration The show was dedicated to actor Chadwick Boseman who died less than 48 hours before the ceremony due to colon cancer The redesigned moonperson trophy by Kehinde Wiley at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards 2021 The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards were held September 12 2021 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn New York City for the first time in eight years 157 The award show also served as a celebration of MTV s 40th anniversary An opening monologue was delivered by Madonna 158 Artist Kehinde Wiley redesigned the year s moonperson trophy marking the third time that the statue had been transformed and the first from an artist of African American descent 159 160 Lil Nas X won three awards for Montero Call Me By Your Name including Video of the Year and Best Direction He became the second artist and first LGBTQ artist to win both categories for a video they co directed He jokingly thanked the gay agenda in his acceptance speech 161 Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Bieber also received awards in big categories winning Song of the Year and Artist of the Year respectively BTS won three awards winning Group of the Year for the third consecutive time in addition to Best K Pop and Song of Summer for Butter 162 2022 Taylor Swift announced the release of her tenth studio album Midnights during her Video of the Year award acceptance speech Swift also became the first ever artist to win Video of the Year three times List of ceremonies EditYear Date Venue Host city Host 163 Video of the Year Winner Ref 1984 September 14 Radio City Music Hall New York City Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler You Might Think by The Cars Directed by Jeff Stein and Charlex 164 1985 September 13 Eddie Murphy The Boys of Summer by Don Henley Directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino 165 1986 September 5 The Palladium Universal Amphitheatre New York City Los Angeles MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown Mark Goodman Alan Hunter Martha Quinn and Dweezil Zappa Money for Nothing by Dire Straits Directed by Steve Barron 166 1987 September 11 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown Carolyne Heldman Dweezil Zappa and Kevin Seal Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel Directed by Stephen R Johnson 167 1988 September 7 Arsenio Hall Need You Tonight Mediate by INXS Directed by Richard Lowenstein 168 1989 September 6 This Note s for You by Neil Young Directed by Julien Temple 17 1990 September 6 Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O Connor Directed by John Maybury 169 1991 September 5 Losing My Religion by R E M Directed by Tarsem Singh 23 1992 September 9 UCLA s Pauley Pavilion Dana Carvey Right Now by Van Halen Directed by Mark Fenske 170 1993 September 2 Universal Amphitheatre Christian Slater Jeremy by Pearl Jam Directed by Mark Pellington 26 1994 September 8 Radio City Music Hall New York City Roseanne Barr Cryin by Aerosmith Directed by Marty Callner 28 1995 September 7 Dennis Miller Waterfalls by TLC Directed by F Gary Gray 33 1996 September 4 Tonight Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 36 1997 September 4 Chris Rock Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai Directed by Jonathan Glazer 39 1998 September 10 Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles Ben Stiller Ray of Light by Madonna Directed by Jonas Akerlund 171 1999 September 9 Metropolitan Opera House New York City Chris Rock Doo Wop That Thing by Lauryn Hill Directed by Big TV 48 2000 September 7 Radio City Music Hall Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans The Real Slim Shady by Eminem Directed by Dr Dre and Philip Atwell 172 2001 September 6 Metropolitan Opera House Jamie Foxx Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera Lil Kim Mya and P nk featuring Missy Elliott Directed by Paul Hunter 57 2002 August 29 Radio City Music Hall Jimmy Fallon Without Me by Eminem Directed by Joseph Kahn 63 2003 August 28 Chris Rock Work It by Missy Elliott Directed by Dave Meyers 173 2004 August 29 American Airlines Arena Miami Hey Ya by OutKast Directed by Bryan Barber 174 2005 August 28 Diddy Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day Directed by Samuel Bayer 70 2006 August 31 Radio City Music Hall New York City Jack Black I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic At The Disco Directed by Shane Drake 76 2007 September 9 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas Umbrella by Rihanna featuring Jay Z Directed by Chris Applebaum 175 2008 September 7 Paramount Studios Los Angeles Russell Brand Piece of Me by Britney Spears Directed by Wayne Isham 176 2009 September 13 Radio City Music Hall New York City Single Ladies Put a Ring on It by Beyonce Directed by Jake Nava 88 2010 September 12 Nokia Theatre Los Angeles Chelsea Handler Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Directed by Francis Lawrence 177 2011 August 28 Firework by Katy Perry Directed by Dave Meyers 178 2012 September 6 Staples Center Kevin Hart We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris Directed by Melina Matsoukas 179 2013 August 25 Barclays Center New York City Mirrors by Justin Timberlake Directed by Floria Sigismondi 180 2014 August 24 The Forum Inglewood California Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus Directed by Terry Richardson 181 2015 August 30 Microsoft Theater Los Angeles Miley Cyrus Bad Blood by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar Directed by Joseph Kahn 182 2016 August 28 Madison Square Garden New York City Formation by Beyonce Directed by Melina Matsoukas 183 2017 August 27 The Forum Inglewood California Katy Perry HUMBLE by Kendrick Lamar Directed by Dave Meyers and The Little Homies 184 2018 August 20 Radio City Music Hall New York City Havana by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug Directed by Dave Meyers 185 2019 August 26 Prudential Center Newark New Jersey Sebastian Maniscalco You Need to Calm Down by Taylor Swift Directed by Taylor Swift and Drew Kirsch 186 2020 August 30 One Astor Plaza a New York City Keke Palmer Blinding Lights by The Weeknd Directed by Anton Tammi 187 2021 September 12 Barclays Center Doja Cat Montero Call Me by Your Name by Lil Nas X Directed by Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino 187 2022 August 28 Prudential Center Newark New Jersey Jack Harlow LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj b All Too Well The Short Film by Taylor Swift Directed by Taylor Swift 188 Award categories EditVideo of the Year Artist of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist awarded as Best New Artist in a Video from 1984 to 2006 Artist to Watch from 2013 to 2015 and Push Best New Artist in 2020 Push Performance of the Year Best Group awarded as Best Group Video from 1984 to 2007 Best Collaboration awarded as Most Earthshattering Collaboration in 2007 Best Pop awarded as Best Pop Video from 1999 to 2016 Best Rock awarded as Best Heavy Metal Video in 1989 Best Heavy Metal Hard Rock Video from 1990 to 1995 Best Hard Rock Video in 1996 and Best Rock Video from 1997 to 2016 Best Alternative awarded as Best Alternative Video from 1991 to 1998 Best R amp B awarded as Best R amp B Video from 1993 to 2006 Best Hip Hop awarded as Best Hip Hop Video from 1999 to 2016 Best Latin awarded as Best Latino Artist from 2010 to 2013 Best K Pop Video for Good awarded as Best Video with a Message from 2011 to 2012 Best Video with a Social Message from 2013 to 2015 Best Fight Against the System in 2017 and Video with a Message in 2018 Best Long Form Video awarded as Breakthrough Long Form Video in 2016 Song of Summer Best Direction Best Choreography Best Visual Effects awarded as Best Special Effects from 1984 to 2011 Best Art Direction Best Editing Best Cinematography Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award awarded as the Video Vanguard Award from 1984 to 1990 2006 2019 awarded as the Lifetime Achievement an Award in 1994 and 2003 Global Icon AwardPast award categories Edit Special Recognition Award 1984 1986 Best Overall Performance in a Video 1984 1987 Most Experimental Video 1984 1987 replaced by Breakthrough Video Best Concept Video 1984 1988 Best Stage Performance in a Video 1984 1989 Best Post Modern Video 1989 1990 replaced by Best Alternative Video Best Artist Website 1999 Best Video from a Film 1987 2003 International Viewer s Choice 1989 2003 awards for individual regions were created and eliminated in different years Best Rap Video 1989 2006 MTV2 Award 2001 2006 Viewer s Choice 1984 2006 Best Video Game Soundtrack 2004 2006 Best Video Game Score 2006 Ringtone of the Year 2006 Quadruple Threat of the Year 2007 Monster Single of the Year 2007 Best UK Video 2008 Best Video That Should Have Won a Moonman 2009 Breakthrough Video 1988 2005 2009 2010 Most Share Worthy Video 2012 Best Latino Artist 2010 2013 Best Lyric Video 2014 Best Male Video 1984 2016 replaced by Artist of the Year Best Female Video 1984 2016 replaced by Artist of the Year Push Artist of the Year 2018 2019 merged with Best New Artist in 2020 Best Power Anthem 2019 Best Dance 1989 2019 awarded as Best Dance Video from 1989 to 2006 Best Dancing in a Video in 2008 Best Dance Music Video in 2010 Best Electronic Dance Music Video in 2012 MTV Clubland Award in 2014 Best Electronic Video in 2016 MTV Fashion Trailbazer Award 2019 Best Music Video from Home 2020 Best Quarantine Performance 2020 Everyday Heroes Frontline Medical Workers 2020 MTV Tricon Award 2020 Ratings EditRatings are not available prior to 1994 because MTV was not subscribing to Nielsen Media Research s program ratings prior to 1994 189 The field Cumulative viewers shows the audience of the live simulcasts of the ceremony across many ViacomCBS channels as a whole Year Day 189 Time Date Households Rating 189 Households Share 189 MTV Viewers 189 in millions Cumulative TV Viewers in millions not including Internet streams 1994 Thursday 8 00 11 25pm September 8 1994 4 1 5 36 1995 Thursday 8 00 11 00pm September 7 1995 3 7 7 6 33 1996 Wednesday 8 00 11 00pm September 4 1996 3 6 6 5 07 1997 Thursday 8 00 11 00pm September 4 1997 5 2 9 7 47 1998 Thursday 8 00 11 13pm September 10 1998 5 8 10 8 94 1999 Thursday 8 00 11 13pm September 9 1999 8 0 14 11 96 2000 Thursday 8 00 11 09pm September 7 2000 6 5 11 9 85 2001 Thursday 8 00 11 26pm September 6 2001 6 6 11 10 76 2002 Thursday 8 00 11 17pm August 29 2002 6 6 11 11 95 2003 Thursday 8 00 11 03pm August 28 2003 6 4 11 10 71 2004 Sunday 8 00 11 11pm August 29 2004 6 3 11 10 32 2005 Sunday 8 00 11 23pm August 28 2005 5 0 8 8 01 2006 Thursday 8 00 11 28pm August 31 2006 3 6 6 5 77 2007 Sunday 9 00 11 12pm September 9 2007 4 0 7 7 08 2008 Sunday 9 00 11 20pm September 7 2008 5 0 8 8 43 190 2009 Sunday 9 00 11 21pm September 13 2009 7 5 8 8 97 191 2010 Sunday 9 00 11 15pm September 12 2010 10 8 11 40 192 2011 Sunday 9 00 11 27pm August 28 2011 10 8 12 40 193 2012 Thursday 8 00 10 00pm September 6 2012 2 8 6 13 194 2013 Sunday 9 00 11 28pm August 25 2013 7 8 10 1 195 2014 Sunday 9 00 11 13pm August 24 2014 4 2 8 3 196 10 3 196 2015 Sunday 9 00 11 37pm August 30 2015 5 03 197 9 8 198 2016 Sunday 9 00 11 54pm August 28 2016 3 3 199 6 5 200 2017 Sunday 8 00 11 05pm August 27 2017 2 66 201 5 36 201 2018 Monday 9 00 11 43pm August 20 2018 2 25 138 4 87 138 2019 Monday 8 00 10 58pm August 26 2019 1 93 202 6 8 202 2020 Sunday 8 00 10 14pm August 30 2020 1 32 203 6 4 204 2021 Sunday 8 00 11 06pm September 12 2021 0 90 205 3 7 206 2022 Sunday 8 00 11 19pm August 28 2022 0 71 207 3 9 208 Most wins EditMost wins overall Edit Artist Years Number of awards c Awarded work 209 Beyonce 2000 21 25 Crazy in Love 3 Naughty Girl 1 Check on It 1 Beautiful Liar 1 Single Ladies Put a Ring on It 3 Run the World Girls 1 Countdown 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Pretty Hurts 2 Drunk in Love 1 7 11 1 Hold Up 1 Lemonade 1 Formation 6 Brown Skin Girl 1 Madonna 1986 99 20 Video Vanguard Award Papa Don t Preach 1 Express Yourself 3 Like a Prayer 1 Vogue 3 The Immaculate Collection 1 Rain 2 Take a Bow 1 Ray of Light 5 Frozen 1 Beautiful Stranger 1 Lady Gaga 2009 20 18 Paparazzi 2 Poker Face 1 Bad Romance 7 Telephone 1 Born This Way 2 Rain on Me 3 Tricon Award Artist of the YearTaylor Swift 2009 22 14 You Belong with Me 1 I Knew You Were Trouble 1 Blank Space 2 Bad Blood 2 I Don t Wanna Live Forever 1 You Need to Calm Down 2 Me 1 The Man 1 All Too Well The Short Film 3 Peter Gabriel 1987 94 13 Sledgehammer 9 Video Vanguard Award Steam 2 Kiss That Frog 1 Eminem 1999 14 My Name Is 1 Forgot About Dre 1 The Real Slim Shady 2 Without Me 4 Lose Yourself 1 We Made You 1 Not Afraid 2 Rap God 1 R E M 1989 95 12 Orange Crush 1 Losing My Religion 6 Everybody Hurts 4 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardJustin Timberlake 2003 13 11 Cry Me a River 2 Rock Your Body 1 What Goes Around Comes Around 1 Let Me Talk to You My Love 1 Male Artist of the Year Quadruple Threat of the Year Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Suit amp Tie 1 Mirrors 2 Green Day 1998 09 Good Riddance Time of Your Life 1 Boulevard of Broken Dreams 6 American Idiot 1 21 Guns 3 Aerosmith 1990 98 10 Janie s Got a Gun 2 The Other Side 1 Livin on the Edge 1 Cryin 3 Falling in Love Is Hard on the Knees 1 Pink 1 I Don t Want to Miss a Thing 1 BTS 2019 22 Boy with Luv 1 Best Group 4 On 3 Butter 2 Gwen Stefani 1997 05 9 Don t Speak 1 South Side 1 Let Me Blow Ya Mind 1 Hey Baby 2 It s My Life 2 Hollaback Girl 1 What You Waiting For 1 Fatboy Slim 1999 01 Praise You 3 Weapon of Choice 6 Ariana Grande 2014 20 Problem 1 No Tears Left to Cry 1 7 Rings 1 Artist of the Year Boyfriend 1 Rain On Me 3 Stuck With U 1 Janet Jackson 1987 95 Nasty 1 The Pleasure Principle 1 Rhythm Nation 1 Video Vanguard Award Love Will Never Do Without You 1 If 1 Scream 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers 1992 22 Give It Away 2 Under the Bridge 1 Best Artist Website Californication 2 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Dani California 1 Global Icon AwardA ha 1986 8 Take On Me 6 The Sun Always Shines on T V 2 Lil Nas X 2019 22 Old Town Road 2 Montero Call Me by Your Name 3 Industry Baby 3 Michael Jackson 1984 95 Thriller 3 Video Vanguard Award Leave Me Alone 1 Scream 3 Kendrick Lamar 2015 18 Alright 1 HUMBLE 6 All the Stars 1 Rihanna 2007 18 7 Umbrella 2 Live Your Life 1 We Found Love 1 This Is What You Came For 1 d Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Lemon 1 NSYNC 2000 01 Bye Bye Bye 3 Pop 4 The Smashing Pumpkins 1996 Tonight Tonight 6 1979 1 Jay Z 1999 14 Can I Get A 1 99 Problems 4 Empire State of Mind 1 Drunk in Love 1 d P nk 2001 17 Lady Marmalade 2 Get the Party Started 2 Stupid Girls 1 Just Give Me a Reason 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardNicki Minaj 2011 22 Super Bass 1 Starships 1 Anaconda 1 Chun Li 1 Hot Girl Summer 1 Do We Have a Problem 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardEn Vogue 1992 94 My Lovin You re Never Gonna Get It 1 Free Your Mind 3 Whatta Man 3 Coldplay 2002 20 Trouble 1 The Scientist 3 Paradise 1 Up amp Up 1 Orphans 1 Beck 1996 97 6 Where It s At 1 Devils Haircut 2 The New Pollution 3 Billie Eilish 2019 22 Bad Guy 1 Best New Artist Push Artist of the Year Lo Vas a Olvidar 1 Your Power 1 Happier Than Ever song 1 Britney Spears 2008 11 Piece of Me 3 Womanizer 1 Till the World Ends 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardJustin Bieber 2010 21 Baby 1 U Smile 1 Where Are U Now 1 Stuck with U 1 Peaches 1 Artist of the YearMissy Elliott 2003 19 Work It 2 Lose Control 2 We Run This 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardU2 1987 01 With or Without You 1 When Love Comes to Town 1 Even Better Than the Real Thing 2 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me 1 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard AwardPaula Abdul 1987 89 5 Nasty 1 as choreographer Straight Up 4 Bruce Springsteen 1985 94 I m on Fire 1 We Are the World 2 Dancing in the Dark 1 Streets of Philadelphia 1 Gnarls Barkley 2006 08 Crazy 2 Smiley Faces 1 Run 2 Herbie Hancock 1984 Rockit 5 Don Henley 1985 90 The Boys of Summer 4 The End of the Innocence 1 INXS 1988 Need You Tonight Mediate 5 Ricky Martin 1999 Livin la Vida Loca 5 Nirvana 1992 94 Smells Like Teen Spirit 2 In Bloom 1 Heart Shaped Box 2 No Doubt 1997 04 Don t Speak 1 Hey Baby 2 It s My Life 2 OutKast 2001 04 Ms Jackson 1 Hey Ya 4 Katy Perry 2011 14 Firework 1 E T 2 Wide Awake 1 Dark Horse 1 TLC 1995 99 Waterfalls 4 No Scrubs 1 The White Stripes 2002 08 Fell in Love with a Girl 3 Seven Nation Army 1 Conquest 1 J Balvin 2018 20 Mi Gente 1 I Like It 1 Con Altura 2 Que Pena 1 Most wins in a single night Edit Artist Year Number of awards Awarded workPeter Gabriel 1987 10 Sledgehammer 9 Video Vanguard Award for Gabriel A ha 1986 8 Take On Me 6 The Sun Always Shines on T V 2 Lady Gaga 2010 Bad Romance 7 Telephone 1 Beyonce 2016 Hold Up 1 Lemonade 1 Formation 6 The Smashing Pumpkins 1996 7 Tonight Tonight 6 1979 1 Green Day 2005 Boulevard of Broken Dreams 6 American Idiot 1 R E M 1991 6 Losing My Religion 6 Madonna 1998 Ray of Light 5 Frozen 1 Fatboy Slim 2001 Weapon of Choice 6 Kendrick Lamar 2017 HUMBLE 6 Herbie Hancock 1984 5 Rockit 5 INXS 1988 Need You Tonight Mediate 5 Beck 1997 The New Pollution 3 Devils Haircut 2 Ricky Martin 1999 Livin La Vida Loca 5 Lady Gaga 2020 Rain on Me 3 Artist of the Year for Gaga Tricon Award for Gaga Most wins for a single video Edit Artist Year Number of awards Music videoPeter Gabriel 1987 9 Sledgehammer Lady Gaga 2010 7 Bad Romance A ha 1986 6 Take On Me R E M 1991 Losing My Religion The Smashing Pumpkins 1996 Tonight Tonight Fatboy Slim 2001 Weapon of Choice Green Day 2005 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Beyonce 2016 Formation Kendrick Lamar 2017 HUMBLE Herbie Hancock 1984 5 Rockit INXS 1988 Need You Tonight Mediate Madonna 1998 Ray of Light Ricky Martin 1999 Livin La Vida Loca Performances EditYear Performers chronologically 1984 Rod StewartMadonnaHuey Lewis and the NewsDavid BowieTina TurnerZZ TopRay Parker Jr 1985 EurythmicsDavid Ruffin amp Eddie Kendrick amp Hall amp OatesTears for FearsJohn Cougar MellencampPat BenatarStingEddie Murphy1986 Robert PalmerThe HootersThe Monkees Til TuesdayINXSVan HalenMr MisterSimply RedWhitney HoustonPet Shop BoysTina TurnerGenesis1987 Los LobosBryan AdamsThe BanglesBon JoviCrowded HouseMadonnaWhitesnakeWhitney HoustonThe CarsDavid BowiePrinceCyndi LauperRun D M C feat Steven Tyler amp Joe Perry 1988 Rod StewartJody WatleyAerosmithElton JohnDepeche ModeCrowded HouseCherThe Fat Boys feat Chubby Checker Guns N RosesINXS1989 MadonnaBobby BrownDef LeppardTone LocThe CultPaula AbdulJon Bon Jovi amp Richie SamboraThe CureCherThe Rolling StonesAxl Rose amp Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers1990 Janet JacksonMotley CrueMC HammerINXSSinead O ConnorNew Edition feat Bobby Brown Faith No 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