MTV Video Music Awards 1988
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| Awarded for | MTV Video Music Awards | |||
| date | September 7, 1988 | |||
| Moderation | Arsenio Hall | |||
| Loan location | Universal Amphitheater , Universal City , California | |||
| Country | United States | |||
| Awarded by | MTV | |||
| Most awards | INXS (5) | |||
| Most of the nominations | INXS (9) | |||
| website | mtv.com/vma | |||
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The presentation of the MTV Video Music Awards 1988 took place on September 7, 1988. The prize was awarded to videos that premiered from May 2, 1987 to April 1, 1988. The award ceremony took place at the Universal Amphitheater , Universal City , California . Arsenio Hall was the moderator . With this, the show said goodbye to the concept of having several moderators, as was still the case in previous years. Arsenio Hall hosted the MTV Video Music Awards for four years.
This year, four new categories were added with Best Heavy Metal Video , Best Rap Video , Best Dance Video and Best Post-Modern Video . Was painted for Best Concept Video . Another innovation was the change in the deadline, which from this year extended to the period from June to June of the respective consecutive year, instead of the previous April to April. To compensate for this, videos from 14 months could be nominated this year.
The winners of the evening were INXS , who won five trophies and topped the nomination list with nine nominations. George Harrison and U2 followed closely behind in the nominations, each with eight nominations.
Compared to last year, the category Best Overall Performance in a Video has been deleted, while Most Experimental Video has been renamed Breakthrough Video .
Nominees and winners
The artists marked in bold indicate the winner of the category.
Video of the Year
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Best Male Video
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton ) - U Got the Look
- Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
- George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
- Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Again
Best Female Video
- Cher - I Found Someone
- Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
- Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
- Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
Best Group Video
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate
- Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
- Eurythmics - I Need a Man
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Best New Artist in a Video
Guns N 'Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
- The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
- Buster Poindexter - Hot, Hot, Hot
- Swing Out Sister - Breakout
- Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
Best Concept Video
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab
- INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- XTC - Dear God
Best Video From a Film
Los Lobos - La Bamba (from La Bamba )
- The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (from Unter Null )
- Bryan Ferry - Kiss and Tell (from The Bright Lights of the City )
- Peter Gabriel - Biko (out of cry for freedom )
- Bob Seger - Shakedown (from Beverly Hills Cop II )
Breakthrough video
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab
- Squeeze - Hourglass
- Suzanne Vega - Luka
- XTC - Dear God
Best stage performance in a video
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
Best Direction in a Video
George Michael - Father Figure (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael)
- Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart (Director: Sophie Muller )
- Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (Direction: Storm Thorgerson )
- REM - The One I Love (Director: Robert Longo )
- XTC - Dear God (Director: Nicholas Brandt )
Best Choreography in a Video
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (Choreographer: Barry Lather )
- Michael Jackson - Bad (Choreographers: Michael Jackson, Gregg Burge and Jeffrey Daniel )
- Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Choreographers: Michael Jackson and Vincent Paterson )
- Prince (featuring Sheena Easton ) - U Got the Look (Choreographer: Cat Glover )
- Sting - We'll Be Together (Choreographer: Barry Lather )
Best Special Effects in a Video
Squeeze - Hourglass (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton)
- Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray (Special Effects: Gary Gutierrez)
- George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You (Special Effects: John McCallum)
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab (Special Effects: Chris Lyons)
- INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate (Special Effects: Lynn Maree Milburn)
Best Art Direction in a Video
Squeeze - Hourglass (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards)
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab (Art Director: Sid Bartholomew)
- INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate (Art Director: Lynn Maree Milburn)
- George Michael - Faith (Art Director: Bryan Jones)
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Art Directors: Howard Cummings and Beth Rubino )
Best editing in a video
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate (Editor: Richard Lowenstein )
- INXS - Devil Inside (Editor: Steve Purcell )
- Loverboy - Notorious (Editor: Jim Haygood)
- Prince (featuring Sheena Easton ) - U Got the Look (Editor: Charley Randazzo and Steve Purcell )
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Editor: Greg Dougherty)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Sting - We'll Be Together (camera: Bill Pope )
- George Michael - Father Figure (camera: Peter Mackay)
- Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (Camera: Gordon Minard)
- Robert Plant - Heaven Knows (camera: Steve Tickner)
- Suzanne Vega - Luka (camera: Dariusz Wolski )
Viewer's Choice
INXS - Need You Tonight / Mediate
- George Harrison - When We Was Fab
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
- U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Video Vanguard Award
Live performances
- Rod Stewart - Forever Young
- Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover
- Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
- Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That (live from Miami )
- Depeche Mode - Strangelove
- Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
- Michael Jackson - Bad (live from London)
- Cher - Main Man
- The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker ) - Louie Louie / The Twist
- Guns N 'Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
- INXS - New Sensation
Appearances
- David Coverdale and Tawny Kitaen - presented Best Group Video
- Jim Turner (as Randee of the Redwoods ) and Kevin Seal - appeared before commercials
- Ken Ober - performed before commercials
- Paul Reiser - Stand-up routine and announcement by Jody Watley
- Eric Roberts and Teri Garr - presented Best Video from a Film
- Bryan Ferry and Melanie Griffith - Presented Breakthrough Video
- Crowded House - presented Best New Artist in a Video
- Bobby McFerrin - explained the rules of the VMA
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark , and Magic Johnson - presented Best Concept Video
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and Justine Bateman - presented Best Stage Performance in a video
- Jim Turner (as Randee of the Redwoods ) - performed before commercial breaks
- Peter Gabriel - presented Video Vanguard Award
- Adam Curry and Kevin Seal - presented the technical categories
- Suzanne Vega and Robert Downey, Jr. - presented Best Direction in a Video
- Sam Kinison - came with a stand-up and announced Guns N 'Roses at
- Julie Brown and Downtown Julie Brown - presented Best Choreography in a Video
- The Bangles - presented Best Male Video
- Penn & Teller - performed as magicians
- Cyndi Lauper and Rod Stewart - presented Viewer's Choice
- Aerosmith - presented Best Female Video
- Cher - presented Video of the Year (with Arsenio Hall )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VMA 1988 - MTV Video Music Awards. In: MTV.vom. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
