1990 MTV Video Music Awards

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show_name = 1990 MTV Video Music Awards


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produced by = MTV
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first_run = September 6, 1990
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starring = Arsenio Hall

The 1990 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1990, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
* Madonna — "Vogue"
* Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"

Best Male Video

* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
* Billy Idol — "Cradle of Love"
* MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"
* Michael Penn — "No Myth"

Best Female Video

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

Best Group Video

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

Best New Artist in a Video

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

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* Faith No More — "Epic"
* Mötley Crüe — "Kickstart My Heart"
* Slaughter — "Up All Night"

Best Rap Video

* Digital Underground — "The Humpty Dance"
* Biz Markie — "Just a Friend"
* MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"
* Young MC — "Principal's Office"

Best Dance Video

* Paula Abdul — "Opposites Attract"
* Janet Jackson — "Rhythm Nation"
* Madonna — "Vogue"
* MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"

Best Post-Modern Video

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

Best Video from a Film

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

Breakthrough Video

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

Best Direction in a Video

* Paula Abdul — "Opposites Attract" (Director: David Fincher)
* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun" (Director: David Fincher)
* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence" (Director: David Fincher)
* Madonna — "Vogue" (Director: David Fincher)

Best Choreography in a Video

* Paula Abdul — "Opposites Attract"
* Janet Jackson — "Rhythm Nation"
* Madonna — "Vogue"
* M.C. Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"

Best Special Effects in a Video

* Paula Abdul — "Opposites Attract"
* Billy Idol — "Cradle of Love"
* Billy Joel — "We Didn't Start the Fire"
* Tears for Fears — "Sowing the Seeds of Love"

Best Art Direction in a Video

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* The B-52's — "Love Shack"
* Billy Joel — "We Didn't Start the Fire"
* Madonna — "Vogue"

Best Editing in a Video

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
* Madonna — "Vogue"
* MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"

Best Cinematography in a Video

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
* Billy Joel — "We Didn't Start the Fire"
* Madonna — "Vogue"

Viewer's Choice

* Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"
* Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"
* Madonna — "Vogue"
* Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

* MTV Australia: Midnight Oil — "Blue Sky Mine"
* MTV Brasil: Titãs — "Flores"
* MTV Europe: The Creeps — "Ooh I Like It"
* MTV Internacional: Gloria Estefan — "Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)"
* MTV Japan: Kome Kome Club — "Funk Fujiyama"

Video Vanguard Award

* Janet Jackson

Performances

*Janet Jackson — "Black Cat"
*Mötley Crüe — "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
*MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"
*INXS — "Suicide Blonde"
*Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U"
*New Edition (featuring Bobby Brown) — "Poison"/"Tap Into My Heart"/"Rub You the Right Way"/"Sensitivity"/"If It Isn't Love"/"Mr. Telephone Man"/"Can You Stand the Rain"
*Faith No More — "Epic"
*Phil Collins — "Sussudio"
*2 Live Crew — "Banned in the U.S.A."
*World Party — "Put the Message in the Box"
*Aerosmith — "Love in an Elevator"
*Madonna — "Vogue"

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/ Official MTV site]