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1993 MTV Video Music Awards
Format	Awards show
Starring	Christian Slater
Country of origin	USA
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
First shown in	September 2, 1993
External links
	Official website

The 1993 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 2, 1993, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993. The show was hosted by Christian Slater at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

[edit] Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

[edit] Video of the Year

[edit] Best Male Video

Peter Gabriel — "Steam"
Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
George Michael — "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Sting — "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"

[edit] Best Female Video

Neneh Cherry — "Buddy X"
Janet Jackson — "That's the Way Love Goes"
k.d. lang — "Constant Craving"
Annie Lennox — "Walking on Broken Glass"

[edit] Best Group Video

[edit] Best New Artist in a Video

[edit] Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

[edit] Best Alternative Video

[edit] Best Video from a Film

Alice in Chains — "Would?" (from Singles)
Arrested Development — "Revolution" (from Malcolm X)
Boy George — "The Crying Game" (from The Crying Game)
Paul Westerberg — "Dyslexic Heart" (from Singles)

[edit] Breakthrough Video

Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge"
Terence Trent D'Arby — "She Kissed Me"
Green Jellÿ — "Three Little Pigs"
Los Lobos — "Kiko and the Lavender Moon"
George Michael — "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Porno for Pyros — "Pets"

[edit] Best Direction in a Video

En Vogue — "Free Your Mind" (Director: Mark Romanek)
Los Lobos — "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" (Director: Ondrej Rudavsky)
Pearl Jam — "Jeremy" (Director: Mark Pellington)
R.E.M. — "Man on the Moon" (Director: Peter Care)

[edit] Best Choreography in a Video

Mary J. Blige — "Real Love" (Choreographer: Leslie Segar)
En Vogue — "Free Your Mind" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson, Levelle Smith and Travis Payne)
Janet Jackson — "That's the Way Love Goes" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
Michael Jackson — "Jam" (Choreographer: Barry Lather)

[edit] Best Special Effects in a Video

Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge" (Special Effects: Cream Cheese Films)
Terence Trent D'Arby — "She Kissed Me" (Special Effects: Michel Gondry)
Peter Gabriel — "Steam" (Special Effects: Real World Productions & Colossal Pictures)
Billy Idol — "Shock to the System" (Special Effects: Stan Winston)

[edit] Best Art Direction in a Video

Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge" (Art Director: Vance Lorenzini)
Faith No More — "A Small Victory" (Art Director: Tyler Smith)
Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Art Director: Nigel Phelps)
k.d. lang — "Constant Craving" (Art Director: Tom Foden)
Madonna — "Rain" (Art Director: Jan Peter Flack)
R.E.M. — "Man on the Moon" (Art Director: Jan Peter Flack)
Sting — "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" (Art Director: Mike Grant)

[edit] Best Editing in a Video

Tasmin Archer — "Sleeping Satellite" (Editor: Jahn Mayes)
Peter Gabriel — "Steam" (Editor: Douglas Jines)
Billy Idol — "Shock to the System" (Editor: Jim Gable)
R.E.M. — "Man on the Moon" (Editor: Robert Duffy)

[edit] Best Cinematography in a Video

Duran Duran — "Ordinary World" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)
En Vogue — "Free Your Mind" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
k.d. lang — "Constant Craving" (Director of Photography: Marc Reshovsky)
Madonna — "Rain" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
Sting — "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" (Director of Photography: Ivan Bartos)

[edit] Viewer's Choice

[edit] International Viewer's Choice Awards^[1]

[edit] MTV Asia

Beyond — "The Great Wall"
Jerry Huang — "The Love March"
Indus Creed — "Pretty Child"
Mai — "Sia-Jai-Dai-Yin-Mai"
Tang Dynasty — "A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty"

[edit] MTV Brasil

Deborah Blando — "Decadence Avec Elegance"
Capital Inicial — "Kamikase"
Engenheiros do Hawaii — "Parabolica"
Nenhum de Nós — "Jornais"
Titãs — "Será Que É Isso o Que Eu Necessito?"

[edit] MTV Europe

The Beloved — "Sweet Harmony"
Björk — "Human Behaviour"
Peter Gabriel — "Digging in the Dirt"
George Michael — "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Shakespears Sister — "Hello"

[edit] MTV Internacional

Café Tacuba — "María"
Juan Luis Guerra y 440 — "El Costo de la Vida"
Luis Miguel — "América"
Mecano — "Una Rosa Es una Rosa"

[edit] Performances

Madonna — "Bye Bye Baby"
Lenny Kravitz — "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"
Sting — "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
Soul Asylum, Peter Buck & Victoria Williams — "Runaway Train"
Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge"
Naughty By Nature — "Hip Hop Hooray"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"/"Drive"
Spin Doctors — "Two Princes"
Neil Young & Pearl Jam — "Animal"/"Rockin' in the Free World"
The Edge — "Numb"
Janet Jackson — "That's the Way Love Goes"/"If"

[edit] References

^ "MTV vid awards come into Vogue - Entertainment News, Music News, Media - Variety". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/5ix0fqJ6O. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

[edit] External links

Official MTV site

[0] "MTV vid awards come into Vogue - Entertainment News, Music News, Media - Variety". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://www.webcitation.org/5ix0fqJ6O. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

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