The 1996 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 4, 1996, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1995 to June 14, 1996. The show was hosted by Dennis Miller at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Highlights of the show included a short-lived reunion of the four original members of Van Halen, who had not appeared together for more than a decade, presenting the award for Best Male Video and a live interlink with astronauts on the Mir space station. The show also marked Tupac Shakur's final public appearance before being shot on September 7.
The Smashing Pumpkins led the pack with nine nominations and seven wins.
[edit] Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
[edit] Video of the Year
[edit] Best Male Video
[edit] Best Female Video
[edit] Best Group Video
[edit] Best New Artist in a Video
[edit] Best Hard Rock Video
[edit] Best R&B Video
[edit] Best Rap Video
[edit] Best Dance Video
[edit] Best Alternative Video
[edit] Best Video from a Film
[edit] Breakthrough Video
[edit] Best Direction in a Video
[edit] Best Choreography in a Video
[edit] Best Special Effects in a Video
[edit] Best Art Direction in a Video
[edit] Best Editing in a Video
[edit] Best Cinematography in a Video
[edit] Viewer's Choice
[edit] International Viewer's Choice Awards
[edit] MTV Mandarin
- Dou Wei — "Outside the Window"
- Andy Lau — "Truly Forever"
- Eric Moo — "Love Is So Heavy"
- Nana Tang — "Freedom"
- Regina Tseng — "From Dark to Light"
[edit] Video Vanguard Award
[edit] Performances
[edit] Pre-show
[edit] Main show
[edit] Appearances
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "YouTube - No Doubt - Just A Girl 1996 VMA Preshow". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. http://www.webcitation.org/5ignAPEYc. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/bands/r/red_carpet/NewsFeature_081701/feature.jhtml