1989 MTV Video Music Awards

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show_name = 1989 MTV Video Music Awards


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first_run = September 6, 1989
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starring = Arsenio Hall

The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1989, honoring the best music videos from July 1 1988 to June 30 1989. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles [ [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/past-vmas/1989/] Past VMAs - 1989. Retrieved October 12 2007] .

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

*Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy"
*Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
*Madonna — "Like a Prayer"
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"
*Neil Young — "This Note's for You"

Best Male Video

*Bobby Brown — "Every Little Step"
*Elvis Costello — "Veronica"
*Lou Reed — "Dirty Blvd."
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"

Best Female Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*Tracy Chapman — "Fast Car"
*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Tanita Tikaram — "Twist in My Sobriety"
*Jody Watley — "Real Love"

Best Group Video

*Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy"
*Guns N' Roses — "Sweet Child o' Mine"
*Living Colour — "Cult of Personality"
*Traveling Wilburys — "Handle with Care"

Best New Artist in a Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — "What I Am"
*Neneh Cherry — "Buffalo Stance"
*Living Colour — "Cult of Personality"

Best Heavy Metal Video

*Aerosmith — "Rag Doll"
*Def Leppard — "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
*Guns N' Roses — "Sweet Child o' Mine"
*Metallica — "One"

Best Rap Video

*DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — "Parents Just Don't Understand"
*Ice-T — "Colors"
*Kool Moe Dee — "How Ya Like Me Now"
*MC Hammer — "Turn This Mutha Out"
*Tone Lōc — "Wild Thing"

Best Dance Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*Bobby Brown — "Every Little Step"
*Michael Jackson — "Smooth Criminal"
*Jody Watley — "Real Love"

Best Post-Modern Video

*The Cure — "Fascination Street"
*The Escape Club — "Wild, Wild West"
*Love and Rockets — "So Alive"
*R.E.M. — "Orange Crush"
*Siouxsie & the Banshees — "Peek-a-Boo"

Best Video from a Film

*The Belle Stars — "Iko Iko" (from "Rain Man")
*Ice-T — "Colors" (from "Colors")
*Annie Lennox and Al Green — "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (from "Scrooged")
*U2 with B. B. King — "When Love Comes to Town" (from "Rattle and Hum")

Breakthrough Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*"'Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones — "Kiss"
*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"

Best Stage Performance in a Video

*Bobby Brown — "My Prerogative"
*Def Leppard — "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
*Guns N' Roses — "Paradise City"
*Living Colour — "Cult of Personality"

Best Direction in a Video

*DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — "Parents Just Don't Understand"
*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Van Halen — "Finish What Ya Started"
*Jody Watley — "Real Love"
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"

Best Choreography in a Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*Bobby Brown — "Every Little Step"
*Michael Jackson — "Smooth Criminal"
*New Kids on the Block — "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"

Best Special Effects in a Video

*Adrian Belew — "Oh Daddy"
*The Escape Club — "Wild, Wild West"
*Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
*Prince — "I Wish U Heaven"

Best Art Direction in a Video

*DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — "Parents Just Don't Understand"
*Debbie Gibson — "Electric Youth"
*INXS — "New Sensation"
*Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Jody Watley — "Real Love"

Best Editing in a Video

*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"
*Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Jody Watley — "Real Love"
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"

Best Cinematography in a Video

*Michael Jackson — "Smooth Criminal"
*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Tanita Tikaram — "Twist in My Sobriety"
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"

Viewer's Choice

*Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy"
*Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"
*Madonna — "Like a Prayer"
*Steve Winwood — "Roll with It"
*Neil Young — "This Note's for You"

Performances

*Madonna — "Express Yourself"
*Bobby Brown — "On Our Own"
*Def Leppard — "Tear It Down"
*Tone-Loc — "Wild Thing"
*The Cult — "Fire Woman"
*Paula Abdul — "Straight Up"/"Cold Hearted"/"Forever Your Girl"
*Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora — "Livin' on a Prayer"/"Wanted Dead or Alive"
*The Cure — "Just Like Heaven"
*Cher — "If I Could Turn Back Time"
*The Rolling Stones — "Mixed Emotions"
*Axl Rose and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Free Fallin'"/"Heartbreak Hotel"

References