MTV Video Music Awards / Breakthrough Video

The Breakthrough Award , which was given as part of the MTV Video Music Awards , replaced the predecessor Most Experimental Video , which was awarded from 1984 to 1987, in 1988 . The name of the award refers to the “most groundbreaking video” of the year.

The award was one of the longest-lasting categories of VMAs and was given from 1988 to 2005. It was unexpectedly discontinued in 2006, but then reactivated for 2009 and 2010.

REM and Fatboy Slim each won the award twice, while Art of Noise won both the predecessor and the successor award once each.

Overview

Award	year	Award winners	for the video	Nominations
1.	1988	INXS	Need You Tonight / Mediate	George Harrison - When We Was Fab Squeeze - Hourglass Suzanne Vega - Luka XTC - Dear God
2.	1989	Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones	Kiss	Paula Abdul - Straight Up Elvis Costello - Veronica The Escape Club - Wild, Wild West Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone Jody Watley - Real Love
3.	1990	Tears for Fears	Sowing the Seeds of Love	Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
4th	1991	SEM	Losing my religion	Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart Enigma - Sadeness (Part I) Seal - Crazy
5.	1992	Red hot chili peppers	Give it away	Tori Amos - Silent All These Years David Byrne - She's Mad Van Halen - Right Now
6th	1993	Los Lobos	Kiko and the Lavender Moon	Aerosmith - Livin 'on the Edge Terence Trent D'Arby - She Kissed Me Green Jellÿ - Three Little Pigs George Michael - Killer / Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone Porno for Pyros - Pets
7th	1994	SEM	Everybody hurts	Beastie Boys - Sabotage Björk - Human Behavior Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby Nine Inch Nails - Closer
8th.	1995	Weezer	Buddy Holly	Green Day - Basket Case Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson - Scream TLC - Waterfalls
9.	1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	Tonight, Tonight	Björk - It's Oh So Quiet Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah !! Got You All in Check Foo Fighters - Big Me Garbage - Queer Radiohead - Just
10.	1997	Jamiroquai	Virtual Insanity	The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun Daft Punk - Da Funk Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Radiohead - Paranoid Android
11.	1998	The Prodigy	Smack My Bitch Up	Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See Garbage - Push It Sean Lennon - Home Madonna - Ray of Light Roni Size / Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag
12.	1999	Fatboy Slim	Praise you	The Cars - You Might Think Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me Neil Young - Wonderin '
13.	2000	Bjork	All is full of love	Blur - Coffee & TV The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be Nine Inch Nails - Into the Void Supergrass - Pumping on Your Stereo
14th	2001	Fatboy Slim	Weapon of Choice	Common (featuring Macy Gray ) - Geto Heaven (Remix) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood * NSYNC - Pop REM - Imitation of Life Robbie Williams - rock DJ
15th	2002	The White Stripes	Fell in Love with a Girl	Cake - Short Skirt / Long Jacket Coldplay - Trouble The Crystal Method - Name of the Game DMX - Who We Be Maxwell - This Woman's Work
16.	2003	Coldplay	The Scientist	Floetry - Floetic Kenna - Freetime Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the Flow Sum 41 - The Hell Song
17th	2004	Franz Ferdinand	Take me out	Modest Mouse - Float On New Found Glory - All Downhill from Here Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man Kanye West ( feat.Syleena Johnson ) - All Falls Down The White Stripes - The Hardest Button to Button
18th	2005	Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc.	Missy Elliott (feat. Ciara and Fatman Scoop ) - Lose Control Eminem - + Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire U2 - Vertigo
19th	2009	Matt & Kim	Lessons learned	Anjulie - boom Bat for Lashes - Daniel Chairlift - Evident Utensil Cold War Kids - I've Seen Enough Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul Major Lazer - Hold the Line Passion Pit - The Reeling Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
20th	2010	The Black Keys	Tighten Up	Dan Black - Symphonies Coldplay - Strawberry Swing Gorillaz (feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def ) - Stylo

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ MTV Video Music Awards: The Return of the Rabbit . In: Spiegel Online . August 29, 2005 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 12, 2019]).
2. ↑ Rock On The Net: MTV Video Music Awards History: Breakthrough Video. In: Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .