MTV Video Music Awards / Best Stage Performance in a Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance in a Video was introduced when the MTV Video Music Awards were first presented in 1984 . It was awarded until 1989. The award was given to videos that primarily show a live performance by the artist or videos that were recorded at a concert.

Overview

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1984	Van Halen	Jump	David Bowie - Modern Love Duran Duran - The Reflex Bette Midler - Beast of Burden The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
2.	1985	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing in the Dark	David Bowie - Blue Jean (live) Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (live) Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me
3.	1986	Bryan Adams and Tina Turner	It's only love	Dire Straits - Money for Nothing Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love Pete Townshend - Face the Face
4th	1987	Bon Jovi	Livin 'on a prayer	Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name Run-DMC - Walk This Way Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Born to Run Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - War
5.	1988	Prince (featuring Sheena Easton )	U got the look	Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray Elton John - Candle in the Wind (live) Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live) U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
6th	1989	Living Color	Cult of Personality	Bobby Brown - My Prerogative Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me Guns N 'Roses - Paradise City

Individual evidence

1. ^ MTV Video Music Awards. awardsandshows.com, accessed July 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ RG Daniels: WTF Happened To These Extinct VMA Categories? MTV , August 20, 2014, accessed July 28, 2019 .