1990 MTV Video Music Awards (original) (raw)

Video of the YearSin�ad O'Connor"Nothing Compares 2 U" [ from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got] Sin�ad O'Connor - 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Male VideoDon Henley"The End Of The Innocence" [ from The End Of The Innocence] Don Henley - 'The End Of The Innocence' iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Billy Idol - "Cradle Of Love" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Michael Penn - "No Myth"
Best Female VideoSin�ad O'Connor"Nothing Compares 2 U" [from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got] Sin�ad O'Connor - 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Madonna - "Vogue" Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet" Michelle Shocked - "On The Greener Side"
Best Group VideoThe B-52's"Love Shack" [from Cosmic Thing] The B-52's - 'Cosmic Thing'iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground Tears For Fear - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Best Rap VideoMC Hammer"U Can't Touch This" [from Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em] MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em other nominees: Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance" Biz Markie - "Just A Friend" Young MC - "Principal's Office"
Best Dance VideoMC Hammer"U Can't Touch This" [from Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em] MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock VideoAerosmith"Janie's Got A Gun" [from Pump] Aerosmith - Pump other nominees: Faith No More - "Epic" Motley Cr�e - "Kickstart My Heart" Slaughter - "Up All Night"
Best Post Modern VideoSin�ad O'Connor"Nothing Compares 2 U" [ from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got] Sin�ad O'Connor - 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground" Tears For Fear - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Best New ArtistMichael Penn "No Myth" [from March] Michael Penn - March other nominees: Bell Biv Devoe - "Poisin" Jane Child - "Don't Want To Fall In Love" Black Crowes - "Jealous Again" Lenny Kravitz - "Let Love Rule" Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet" Lisa Stansfield - "All Around The World"
Best Video from a FilmBilly Idol "Cradle Of Love" Billy Idol - Greatest Hits other nominees: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" Prince - "Batdance" ZZ Top - "Doubleback"
Breakthrough VideoTears For Fears "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" [ from Seeds Of Love] Tears For Fears - Seeds Of Love other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Sin�ad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground"
Best DirectionMadonna"Vogue" (David Fincher) [ from I'm Breathless] Madonna - I'm Breathless other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence"
Best ChoreographyJanet Jackson"Rhythm Nation" (Anthony Thomas & Janet Jackson) [ from Rhythm Nation 1814] Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Special EffectsTears For Fears "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (Jim Blashfield) [from Seeds Of Love] Tears For Fears - Seeds Of Love other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Billy Idol - "Cradle Of Love" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Best Art DirectionThe B-52's"Love Shack" (Martin Lasowitz) [from Cosmic Thing] The B-52's - 'Cosmic Thing'iTunes Amazon.mp3 other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best EditingMadonna"Vogue" (Jim Haygood) [ from I'm Breathless] Madonna - I'm Breathless other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence"
Best CinematographyMadonna"Vogue" (Pascal Lebeque) [ from I'm Breathless] Madonna - I'm Breathless other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Viewer's ChoiceAerosmith"Janie's Got A Gun" [from Pump] Aerosmith - Pump other nominees: Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Madonna - "Vogue" Sin�ad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
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