1998 MTV Video Music Awards

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1998 MTV Video Music Awards
Date September 10, 1998
Venue(s) Universal Amphitheatre
Country USA
Host(s) Ben Stiller
Network MTV

The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show was hosted by Ben Stiller at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

Madonna was the most successful that night, winning six awards: five for "Ray of Light", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video, and one for "Frozen". Will Smith and The Prodigy won two awards that night, while all other winners received only one award.

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[edit] Promotion

In the weeks before the awards ceremony, MTV "hacked" its own website intentionally and graffitied the words "JF Was Here" across the page,[1] at the same time that the British hacker JF was under investigation for the milw0rm hacktivist attacks by Scotland Yard.[2] Hundreds of pages hosted on MTV.com sported the new JF logo, including one page that read, "JF was here, greets to milw0rm".[3] MTV later confirmed that the alleged JF "hack" was a publicity stunt to promote the appearance of a commentator named Johnny Fame at their upcoming awards show.[2] Many were puzzled by the apparent hack committed by JF since the hacker was "known for relatively high ethical standards."[2]

[edit] Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

[edit] Video of the Year

Madonna — "Ray of Light"

[edit] Best Male Video

Will Smith — "Just the Two of Us"

[edit] Best Female Video

Madonna — "Ray of Light"

[edit] Best Group Video

Backstreet Boys — "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"

[edit] Best New Artist in a Video

Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn"

[edit] Best Rock Video

Aerosmith — "Pink"

[edit] Best R&B Video

Wyclef Jean — "Gone Till November"

[edit] Best Rap Video

Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"

[edit] Best Dance Video

The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up"

[edit] Best Alternative Video

Green Day — "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

[edit] Best Video from a Film

Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon)

[edit] Breakthrough Video

The Prodigy — "Smack My Bitch Up"

[edit] Best Direction in a Video

Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)

[edit] Best Choreography in a Video

Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Choreographer: Madonna)

[edit] Best Special Effects in a Video

Madonna — "Frozen" (Special Effects: Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam, and Anthony Walsham)

[edit] Best Art Direction in a Video

Björk — "Bachelorette" (Art Director: Donovan Davidson)

[edit] Best Editing in a Video

Madonna — "Ray of Light" (Editor: Jonas Åkerlund)

[edit] Best Cinematography in a Video

Fiona Apple — "Criminal" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)

[edit] Viewer's Choice

Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G. and Fuzzbubble — "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)"

[edit] International Viewer's Choice Awards

[edit] MTV Asia

Flag of Indonesia.svg Chrisye — "Kala Cinta Menggoda"

[edit] MTV Australia

Flag of Australia.svg Kylie Minogue — "Did It Again" [4]

[edit] MTV Brasil

Flag of Brazil.svg Racionais MC's — "Diário de um Detento"

[edit] MTV India

Flag of India.svg Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan — "Dil To Pagal Hai"

[edit] MTV Japan

Flag of Japan.svg hide with Spread Beaver — "Pink Spider"

[edit] MTV Latin America (North)

Flag of Mexico.svg Molotov — "Gimme Tha Power"

[edit] MTV Latin America (South)

Flag of Mexico.svg Molotov — "Gimme Tha Power"

[edit] MTV Mandarin

Flag of Hong Kong.svg Coco Lee — "Di Da Di"

[edit] Video Vanguard Award

Beastie Boys

[edit] Performances

[edit] Pre-show

[edit] Main show

[edit] Appearances

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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