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1990 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
held September 6, 1990 at Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
hosted by Arsenio Hall
MTV Video Music Awards History of Winners

Video of the Year Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" [ from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Male Video Don Henley "The End Of The Innocence" [ from The End Of The Innocence ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Billy Idol - "Cradle Of Love" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Michael Penn - "No Myth"
Best Female Video Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" [from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Madonna - "Vogue" Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet" Michelle Shocked - "On The Greener Side"
Best Group Video The B-52's "Love Shack" [from Cosmic Thing ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground Tears For Fear - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Best Rap Video MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This" [from Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em ]		other nominees: Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance" Biz Markie - "Just A Friend" Young MC - "Principal's Office"
Best Dance Video MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This" [from Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em ]		other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Video Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun" [from Pump ]		other nominees: Faith No More - "Epic" Motley Crüe - "Kickstart My Heart" Slaughter - "Up All Night"
Best Post Modern Video Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" [ from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground" Tears For Fear - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Best New Artist Michael Penn "No Myth" [from March ]		other nominees: Bell Biv Devoe - "Poisin" Jane Child - "Don't Want To Fall In Love" Black Crowes - "Jealous Again" Lenny Kravitz - "Let Love Rule" Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet" Lisa Stansfield - "All Around The World"
Best Video from a Film Billy Idol "Cradle Of Love"		other nominees: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" Prince - "Batdance" ZZ Top - "Doubleback"
Breakthrough Video Tears For Fears "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" [ from Seeds Of Love ]		other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground"
Best Direction Madonna "Vogue" (David Fincher) [ from I'm Breathless ]		other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence"
Best Choreography Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" (Anthony Thomas & Janet Jackson) [ from Rhythm Nation 1814 ]		other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Special Effects Tears For Fears "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" (Jim Blashfield) [from Seeds Of Love ]		other nominees: Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract" Billy Idol - "Cradle Of Love" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Best Art Direction The B-52's "Love Shack" (Martin Lasowitz) [from Cosmic Thing ]	iTunes Amazon.mp3	other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire" Madonna - "Vogue"
Best Editing Madonna "Vogue" (Jim Haygood) [ from I'm Breathless ]		other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence"
Best Cinematography Madonna "Vogue" (Pascal Lebeque) [ from I'm Breathless ]		other nominees: Aerosmith - "Janie's Got A Gun" Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Viewer's Choice Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun" [from Pump ]		other nominees: Don Henley - "The End Of The Innocence" Madonna - "Vogue" Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
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