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1994 MTV Video Music Awards
Format	Awards show
Starring	Roseanne Barr
Country of origin	USA
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
First shown in	September 8, 1994
External links
	Official website

The 1994 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 8, 1994, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1993 to June 15, 1994. The show was hosted by Roseanne Barr at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Kurt Cobain, frontman of grunge band Nirvana, was honored this night after his death on April 5.

[edit] Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

[edit] Video of the Year

[edit] Best Male Video

Beck — "Loser"
Tony Bennett — "Steppin' Out with My Baby"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Bruce Springsteen — "Streets of Philadelphia"

[edit] Best Female Video

Björk — "Human Behaviour"
Sheryl Crow — "Leaving Las Vegas"
Janet Jackson — "If"
Me'Shell NdegéOcello — "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"

[edit] Best Group Video

[edit] Best Alternative Video

[edit] Best Video from a Film

Backbeat Band — "Money" (from Backbeat)
Bruce Springsteen — "Streets of Philadelphia" (from Philadelphia)
Madonna — "I'll Remember" (from With Honors)
Sinéad O'Connor — "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" (from In The Name of the Father)

[edit] Breakthrough Video

[edit] Best Direction in a Video

Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Director: Marty Callner)
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage" (Director: Spike Jonze)
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby" (Director: Tarsem)
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" (Director: Jake Scott)

[edit] Best Choreography in a Video

Hammer — "Pumps and a Bump" (Choreographers: Hammer and Randi G.)
Janet Jackson — "If" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
Salt-N-Pepa (featuring En Vogue) — "Whatta Man" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and Randy Connors)
Us3 — "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" (Choreographer: Toledo)

[edit] Best Special Effects in a Video

Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Special Effects: Cream Cheese Films and Video Image)
Björk — "Human Behaviour" (Special Effects: Michel Gondry)
Peter Gabriel — "Kiss That Frog" (Special Effects: Brett Leonard and Angel Studios)
Tool — "Prison Sex" (Special Effects: Adam Jones)

[edit] Best Art Direction in a Video

Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Art Director: Ted Baffalucus)
Björk — "Human Behaviour" (Art Director: Michel Gondry)
Nine Inch Nails — "Closer" (Art Director: Tom Foder)
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box" (Art Director: Bernadette Disanto)

[edit] Best Editing in a Video

Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Editors: Troy Okoniewski and Jay Torres)
Björk — "Human Behaviour" (Editor: Michel Gondry)
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby" (Editor: Robert Duffy)
Peter Gabriel — "Kiss That Frog" (Editor: Craig Wood)
Meat Puppets — "Backwater" (Editor: Katz)
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" (Editor: Pat Sheffield)
The Smashing Pumpkins — "Disarm" (Editor: Pat Sheffield)
Stone Temple Pilots — "Vasoline" (Editor: Kevin Kerslake)

[edit] Best Cinematography in a Video

Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Director of Photography: Gabriel Beristain)
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby" (Directors of Photography: Tarsem and Denise Milford)
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box" (Director of Photography: John Mathieson)
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)

[edit] Viewer's Choice

[edit] International Viewer's Choice Awards

[edit] MTV Brasil

Chico Science — "A Cidade"
Legião Urbana — "Perfeição"
Raimundos — "Nêga Jurema"
Sepultura — "Territory"
Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil — "Haiti"

[edit] MTV Europe

[edit] MTV Japan

Chara — "Tsumibukako Aishiteyo"
Hide — "Eyes Love You"
Original Love — "The Rover"
Seikima-II — "Tatakau Nihonjin"
Izumi Tachibana — "Vanilla"

[edit] MTV Latin America

Caifanes — "Afuera"
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs — "El Matador"
La Ley — "Tejedores de Ilusión"
Mano Negra — "El Señor Matanza"

[edit] Video Vanguard Award

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

[edit] Lifetime Achievement Award

The Rolling Stones

[edit] Performances

Aerosmith — "Walk This Way"
Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love to You"
The Smashing Pumpkins — "Disarm"
The Rolling Stones — "Love Is Strong"/"Start Me Up"
Green Day — "Armatage Shanks"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble & Leningrad Cowboys — "Sweet Home Alabama"
Salt-N-Pepa — "Push It"/"None of Your Business"/"Whatta Man"/"Shoop"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Snoop Dogg — "Murder Was the Case"
Stone Temple Pilots — "Pretty Penny"
Bruce Springsteen — "Streets of Philadelphia"

[edit] Appearances

[edit] External links

Official MTV site

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