2000 MTV Video Music Awards

2000 MTV Video Music Awards
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Date	Thursday, September 7, 2000
Location	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Country	United States
Hosted by	Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans
Website	mtv.com/ontv/vma/past-vmas/2000
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV

The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 2000 show is best remembered for Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine climbing a piece of set scaffolding and refusing to come down after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. The show went to commercial while security removed Commerford, who was later arrested and forced to spend a night in jail.

Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again" which went on to become one of the VMA's most iconic and controversial performances. However, she received some criticism over her skin-colored performance attire. 'N Sync also performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye". Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst later joined Christina Aguilera onstage as a surprise guest during her performance of "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".

For the second year in a row DMX did not show up for his scheduled performance; as a result, Nelly's performance, originally scheduled for the pre-show, was promoted to the main event. Other highlights included Eminem performing amidst an army of "Slim Shady" lookalikes and a humorous montage dedicated to past VMA winners who had failed to repeat their previous success.

This was Aaliyah's last appearance at the VMA awards before her death a year later in August 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahamas. She won her two and only VMA awards that night, for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for "Try Again".

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"

• Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"
• D'Angelo – "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
• 'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"

Best Male Video

Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"

• D'Angelo – "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
• Kid Rock – "Cowboy"
• Ricky Martin – "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
• Moby – "Natural Blues"

Best Female Video

Aaliyah – "Try Again"

• Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants"
• Toni Braxton – "He Wasn't Man Enough"
• Macy Gray – "I Try"
• Britney Spears – "Oops!...I Did It Again"

Best Group Video

Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"

• Destiny's Child – "Say My Name"
• Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly"
• 'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"

Best New Artist in a Video

Macy Gray – "I Try"

• Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants"
• Papa Roach – "Last Resort"
• Pink – "There You Go"
• Sisqó – "Thong Song"

Best Pop Video

'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye"

• Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants"
• Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"
• Destiny's Child – "Say My Name"
• Britney Spears – "Oops!...I Did It Again"

Best Rock Video

Limp Bizkit – "Break Stuff"

• Creed – "Higher"
• Kid Rock – "Cowboy"
• Korn – "Falling Away from Me"
• Metallica – "I Disappear"
• Rage Against the Machine – "Sleep Now in the Fire"

Best R&B Video

Destiny's Child – "Say My Name"

• Toni Braxton – "He Wasn't Man Enough"
• D'Angelo – "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
• Brian McKnight – "Back at One"

Best Rap Video

Dr. Dre (featuring Eminem) – "Forgot About Dre"

• DMX – "Party Up"
• Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"
• Eve (featuring Faith Evans) – "Love Is Blind"
• Jay-Z (featuring UGK) – "Big Pimpin'"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Sisqó – "Thong Song"

• Lauryn Hill – "Everything Is Everything"
• Juvenile – "Back That Thang Up"
• Limp Bizkit (featuring Method Man) – "N 2 Gether Now"
• Q-Tip – "Vivrant Thing"

Best Dance Video

Jennifer Lopez – "Waiting for Tonight"

• Ricky Martin – "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
• 'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye"
• Sisqó – "Thong Song"
• Britney Spears – "(You Drive Me) Crazy"

Best Video from a Film

Aaliyah – "Try Again" (from Romeo Must Die)

• Aimee Mann – "Save Me" (from Magnolia)
• Metallica – "I Disappear" (from Mission: Impossible 2)
• R.E.M. – "The Great Beyond" (from Man on the Moon)
• Sisqó (featuring Foxy Brown) – "Thong Song (remix)" (from Nutty Professor II: The Klumps)

Breakthrough Video

Björk – "All Is Full of Love"

• Blur – "Coffee & TV"
• The Chemical Brothers – "Let Forever Be"
• Nine Inch Nails – "Into the Void"
• Supergrass – "Pumping on Your Stereo"

Best Direction in a Video

Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

• D'Angelo – "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (Directors: Paul Hunter and Dominique Trenier)
• Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady" (Directors: Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell)
• Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly" (Director: Jesse Peretz)
• Lauryn Hill – "Everything Is Everything" (Director: Sanji)

Best Choreography in a Video

'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye" (Choreographer: Darrin Henson)

• Aaliyah – "Try Again" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)
• Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
• Jennifer Lopez – "Waiting for Tonight" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
• Alanis Morissette – "So Pure" (Choreographers: Kevin O'Day and Anne White)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (Special Effects: Glassworks)

• Lauryn Hill – "Everything Is Everything" (Special Effects: Method Studios)
• Metallica – "I Disappear" (Special Effects: Asylum Visual Effects)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Special Effects: Pixel Envy)
• Supergrass – "Pumping on Your Stereo" (Special Effects: Jim Henson's Creature Shop)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Art Director: Colin Strause)

• Filter – "Take a Picture" (Art Director: Cara Yoshimoto)
• Macy Gray – "Do Something" (Art Director: Nigel Phelps)
• Supergrass – "Pumping on Your Stereo" (Art Director: Garth Jennings)

Best Editing in a Video

Aimee Mann – "Save Me" (Editor: Dylan Tichenor)

• Blaque – "I Do" (Editor: Chris Hafner)
• Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady" (Editor: Dan Lebental)
• Metallica – "I Disappear" (Editor: Nathan Cox)
• R.E.M. – "The Great Beyond" (Editor: Igor Kovalik)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Macy Gray – "Do Something" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)

• Filter – "Take a Picture" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
• Madonna – "American Pie" (Director of Photography: John Mathieson)
• Metallica – "I Disappear" (Director of Photography: David Rudd)
• Stone Temple Pilots – "Sour Girl" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)

Viewer's Choice

'N Sync – "Bye Bye Bye"

• Christina Aguilera – "What a Girl Wants"
• Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"
• Sisqó – "Thong Song"
• Britney Spears – "Oops!...I Did It Again"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Brasil

O Rappa – "A Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)"

• Capital Inicial – "Eu Vou Estar"
• Charlie Brown Jr. – "Confisco"
• Engenheiros do Hawaii – "Negro Amor"
• Gabriel o Pensador and Lulu Santos – "Astronauta"
• Los Hermanos – "Anna Júlia"
• Los Hermanos – "Primavera"
• Maurício Manieri – "Bem Querer"
• Daniela Mercury – "Ilê Pérola Negra"
• Natiruts – "O Carcará e a Rosa"
• Pato Fu – "Depois"
• Penélope – "Holiday"
• Raimundos – "A Mais Pedida"
• Raimundos – "Me Lambe"
• Raimundos – "Pompem"
• O Rappa – "Me Deixa"
• Rumbora – "Skaô"
• Sandy & Junior – "Imortal"
• Titãs – "Aluga-se"
• Titãs – "Pelados em Santos"

MTV India (Hindi film category)

Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik – "Kaho Na Pyar Hai"

• Asha Bhosle – "Rang De"
• Suresh Peters and Mano – "Sailaru"
• Kumar Sanu and Kavita Krishnamurthy – "Aankhon Ki Gustakiyan"
• Anuradha Sriram, Sujatha, Sonu Nigam and A.R. Rahman – "Ishq Bina"

MTV India (Hindi pop category)

Falguni Pathak – "Maine Payal Hai Chhankai"

• Euphoria – "Mai Re"
• Instant Karma – "Bahon Mein"
• Sonu Nigam – "Tera Milna"
• Shaan – "Tanha Dil"

MTV Korea

Clon – "The First Love"

• Cho PD – "Fever"
• Lee Jung-Hyun – "Come"
• Lee Soo Young – "I Believe"
• S.E.S. – "Love"

MTV Latin America (North)

Shakira – "Ojos Así"

• Jumbo – "Siento Que"
• La Ley – "Aquí"
• Mœnia – "Manto Estelar"
• Aleks Syntek – "Tú Necesitas"

MTV Latin America (South)

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – "La Vida"

• Gustavo Cerati – "Paseo Inmoral"
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – "Coolo"
• Shakira – "Ojos Así"
• Diego Torres – "Donde Van"

MTV Mandarin

David Tao – "Find Myself"

• Cheer Chen – "Still Be Lonely"
• Kelly Chen – "Love You Love Me"
• Ho Xiang Tin – "The Tears for You"
• David Huang – "Love Stopped Since Last Night"
• May Lan – "Running Wild"
• Faith Yang – "Hold Still"

MTV Russia

Detsl – "Vecherinka"

• Chicherina – "Zhara"
• Mumiy Troll – "Bez Obmana"

MTV Southeast Asia

Ahmad Dhani and Andra Ramadhan – "Kuldesak"

• Bazoo – "Pee Fa Party"
• Jason Lo – "Evening News"
• Truefaith – "(Awit Para) Sa Kanya"

Video Vanguard Award

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Performances

Pre-show

• Papa Roach – "Last Resort/"Broken Home""

Main show

• Janet Jackson – "Doesn't Really Matter"
• Rage Against the Machine – "Testify"
• Sisqo (featuring Dru Hill) – "Incomplete"/"Thong Song"
• Britney Spears – "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"/"Oops!...I Did It Again"
• Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"/"The Way I Am"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"
• *NSYNC – "This I Promise You"/"Bye, Bye, Bye"/"It's Gonna Be Me"
• Nelly – "Country Grammar"
• Christina Aguilera (featuring Fred Durst) – "Genie in a Bottle"/"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)"/"Livin' It Up"
• Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"

Appearances

Pre-show

• Kurt Loder and Serena Altschul – announced the winners of the professional categories and presented Breakthrough Video and Best Video from a Film

Main show

• Renée Zellweger – introduced Janet Jackson
• Dr. Dre and Steven Tyler – presented Best Group Video
• Kid Rock and The Rock – presented Best Dance Video
• U2 (Bono and Larry Mullen, Jr.) – introduced Rage Against the Machine
• Jimmy Fallon – appeared in a skit onstage about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
• Jakob Dylan and Kate Hudson – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Venus and Serena Williams – introduced Sisqó
• Ricky Martin – presented Best Female Video
• Destiny's Child and Wyclef Jean – presented Best Male Video
• Carson Daly and Shawn Fanning – introduced Britney Spears
• Lenny Kravitz and Gisele Bündchen – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Method Man & Redman – appeared in a vignette about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
• LL Cool J and Macy Gray – presented Best Pop Video
• Jim Carrey – introduced Eminem
• Chris Rock and Lance Crouther (as "Pootie Tang") – presented the Video Vanguard Award and introduced the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Moby and Pink – presented Best Rap Video
• Aaliyah and Ananda Lewis – introduced 'N Sync
• D'Angelo and Jennifer Lopez – presented Best Rock Video
• Toni Braxton and 98 Degrees – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Award winners
• Mark Wahlberg – introduced Nelly
• Sting and Eve – presented Best R&B Video
• Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro – presented Best Direction in a Video
• Chyna and Richard Hatch – introduced Christina Aguilera
• Lil' Kim and Vincent Pastore – presented Viewer's Choice
• Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears – introduced Whitney Houston
• Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown – presented Video of the Year
• Lars Ulrich – introduced Blink-182 (and appeared in a taped skit about Napster earlier)

External links

• Official MTV site