1998 MTV Video Music Awards

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first_run = September 10, 1998
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The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998. The show was hosted by Ben Stiller at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

*Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine"
*Madonna — "Ray of Light"
*Puff Daddy and the Family — "It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)"
*Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"
*The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Best Male Video

*David Bowie — "I'm Afraid of Americans"
*Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
*Eric Clapton — "My Father's Eyes"
*Brian McKnight — "Anytime"
*Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us"

Best Female Video

*Fiona Apple — "Criminal"
*Mariah Carey — "Honey"
*Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"
*Madonna — "Ray of Light"
*Shania Twain — "You're Still the One"

Best Group Video

*Backstreet Boys — "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
*Garbage — "Push It"
*Matchbox 20 — "3 A.M."
*Radiohead — "Karma Police"
*The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Best New Artist in a Video

*Cherry Poppin' Daddies — "Zoot Suit Riot"
*Chumbawamba — "Tubthumping"
*Fastball — "The Way"
*Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"
*Mase — "Feel So Good"

Best Rock Video

*Aerosmith — "Pink"
*Dave Matthews Band — "Don't Drink the Water"
*Foo Fighters — "Everlong"
*Metallica — "Unforgiven II"

Best R&B Video

*Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine"
*Wyclef Jean — "Gone Till November"
*K-Ci & Jo-Jo — "All My Life"
*Usher — "You Make Me Wanna"

Best Rap Video

*Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
*Master P — "Make Em Say Uhh!"
*The Notorious B.I.G. (featuring Puff Daddy and Mase) — "Mo Money Mo Problems"
*Pras (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mya) — "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
*Will Smith — Gettin' Jiggy Wit It

Best Dance Video

*Backstreet Boys — "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
*Janet Jackson — "Together Again"
*Madonna — "Ray of Light"
*The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up"
*Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"

Best Alternative Video

*Ben Folds Five — "Brick"
*Garbage — "Push It"
*Green Day — "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
*Radiohead — "Karma Police"
*The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Best Video from a Film

*Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from "Armageddon")
*Beck — "Deadweight" (from "A Life Less Ordinary")
*Celine Dion — "My Heart Will Go On" (from "Titanic")
*Goo Goo Dolls — "Iris" (from "City of Angels")
*Pras (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mya) — "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) " (from "Bulworth")
*Puff Daddy (featuring Jimmy Page) — "Come With Me" (from "Godzilla")

Breakthrough Video

*Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
*Garbage — "Push It"
*Sean Lennon — "Home"
*Madonna — "Ray of Light"
*The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up"

Best Direction in a Video

*Garbage — "Push It" (Director: Andrea Giacobbe)
*Wyclef Jean — "Gone Till November" (Director: Francis Lawrence)
*Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)
*The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)
*Radiohead — "Karma Police" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)

Best Choreography in a Video

*Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)
*Wyclef Jean — "We Trying to Stay Alive" (Choreographers: Henry and Crazy Legs)
*Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Choreographer: Madonna)
*Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (Choreographer: Stretch)

Best Special Effects in a Video

*Aerosmith — "Pink" (Special Effects: Kevin Yagher)
*Aphex Twin — "Come to Daddy" (Special Effects: Chris Cunningham)
*Foo Fighters — "Everlong" (Special Effects: Paul Sokol and Chris W.)
*Garbage — "Push It" (Special Effects: Sebasten Caudron)
*Madonna — "Frozen" (Special Effects: Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam and Anthony Walsham)

Best Art Direction in a Video

*Björk — "Bachelorette" (Art Director: Donovan Davidson)
*Death in Vegas — "Dirt" (Art Director: Andrea Giacobbe)
*Foo Fighters — "Everlong" (Art Director: Bill Lakoss)
*Garbage — "Push It" (Art Director: Virginia Lee)

Best Editing in a Video

*Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Editor: Chris Hafner)
*Garbage — "Push It" (Editor: Sylvain Connat)
*Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Editor: Jonas Åkerlund)
*The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up" (Editor: Jonas Åkerlund)

Best Cinematography in a Video

*Fiona Apple — "Criminal" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
*Garbage — "Push It" (Director of Photography: Max Malkin)
*Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Director of Photography: Henrik Halvarsson)
*Dave Matthews Band — "Don't Drink the Water" (Director of Photography: Dean Karr)
*Radiohead — "Karma Police" (Director of Photography: Stephen Keith-Roach)

Viewer's Choice

*Celine Dion — "My Heart Will Go On"
*Green Day — "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
*Matchbox 20 — "3 A.M."
*Puff Daddy and the Family — "It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)"
*Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Asia

*Chrisye — "Kala Cinta Menggoda"
*H.O.T. — "We Are the Future"
*Innuendo — "Belaian Jiwa"
*Kulay — "Shout"
*Nicole Theriault — "Kapolo"

MTV Australia

*Grinspoon — "Just Ace"
*Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"
*Robyn Loau — "Sick with Love"
*Kylie Minogue — "Did It Again" [http://web.archive.org/web/19991012050006/www.mtv.com.au/awards/98vma/ausnoms/ausnom.html]
*Regurgitator — "Black Bugs"
*Screamfeeder — "Hi C's"
*silverchair — "Cemetery"

MTV Brasil

*Charlie Brown Jr. — "Proibida Pra Mim"
*Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "Ela Disse Adeus"
*Pato Fu — "Antes Que Seja Tarde"
*Racionais MC's — "Diario De Um Detento"
*Raimundos — "Andar Na Pedra"

MTV India

*Abhijeet — "Main Koi Aisa Geet"
*Asha Bhosle — "Janam Samjha Karo"
*Kamaal Khan — "O Oh Jaane Jana"
*Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan — "Dil To Pagal Hai"
*A. R. Rahman — "Maa Tujhe Salaam"

MTV Japan

*Blankey Jet City — "Akai Tanbarin"
*Hide with Spread Beaver — "Pink Spider"
*Luna Sea — "Storm"
*Puffy — "Ai No Shirushi"
*Shikao Suga — "Story"

MTV Latin America (North)

*Aterciopelados — "Cosita Seria"
*Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas — "Jugo"
*La Ley — "Fotofobia"
*"'Molotov — "Gimme Tha Power"
*Plastilina Mosh — "Mr. P. Mosh"

MTV Latin America (South)

*Andrés Calamaro — "Loco"
*Los Fabulosos Cadillacs — "Calaveras y Diablitos"
*Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas — "Jugo"
*Molotov — "Gimme Tha Power"
*Turf — "Casanova"

MTV Mandarin

*Black Biscuits — "Stamina"
*CoCo Lee — "Di Da Di"
*Karen Mok — "He Doesn't Love Me"
*Na Ying — "Conquer"
*Power Station — "Cruel Love Letter"
*David Tao — "Beside the Airport"

Video Vanguard Award

*Beastie Boys

Performances

Pre-show

*Barenaked Ladies — "One Week"/"Medley" [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425376/19980911/barenaked_ladies.jhtml?paid=2432]

Main show

*Madonna (featuring Lenny Kravitz) — "Shanti/Ashtangi"/"Ray of Light"
*Pras (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mya, Wyclef Jean and Canibus) — "Gone Till November"/"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
*Hole — "Celebrity Skin" (with an excerpt from R.E.M.'s "Pretty Persuasion")
*Master P (featuring Silkk Tha Shocker, Mystikal and Mia X) — "Make Em Say Uhh!"
*Backstreet Boys — "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
*Beastie Boys — "3 MCs and 1 DJ/Intergalactic"
*Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine"
*Dave Matthews Band — "Stay (Wasting Time)"
*Marilyn Manson — "The Dope Show"
*Brian Setzer Orchestra — "Jump Jive an' Wail"

Appearances

*Tori Amos
*Fiona Apple
*Backstreet Boys
*Beck
*Brandy
*Busta Rhymes
*Mariah Carey
*Andy Dick
*Rupert Everett
*Sarah Michelle Gellar
*Jennifer Love Hewitt
*Green Day
*Geri Halliwell
*Whitney Houston
*LL Cool J
*Jennifer Lopez
*Madonna
*No Doubt
*Will Smith
*Snoop Dogg
*Usher
*Voletta Wallace

External links

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