1988 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1988 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 1988, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1987, to April 1, 1988. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

1988 MTV Video Music Awards
DateWednesday, September 7, 1988
LocationUniversal Amphitheatre,
Los Angeles
CountryUnited States
Hosted byArsenio Hall
Most awardsINXS (5)
Most nominationsINXS (9)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMTV

Australian group INXS was the night's biggest winner and nominee, taking home five awards out of nine nominations. The group's awards included Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice, making this the first of few times in which the same artist and video took home these two awards in the one night. INXS's nominations, meanwhile, totaled up to nine: eight for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (making it the year's most nominated video) and one for "Devil Inside".

In the meantime, George Harrison and U2 were tied in for second place in terms of nominations, as each picked up eight nominations that year. Furthermore, both artists split their nominations between two different videos in 1988, and at least once both of their videos competed against one another in the same category (and so did INXS's videos).

Finally, this year's show saw the elimination of another category, as the award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was not handed out this year or ever again. At the same time, the category of Most Experimental Video was renamed "Breakthrough Video", a name that it still keeps (as of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards).

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

Best Male Video

Prince – "U Got the Look"

Best Female Video

Suzanne Vega – "Luka"

Best Group Video

INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

Best New Artist in a Video

Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"

Best Concept Video

Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly"

Best Video from a Film

Los Lobos – "La Bamba" (from La Bamba)

Breakthrough Video

INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

Best Stage Performance in a Video

Prince – "U Got the Look"

Best Direction in a Video

George Michael – "Father Figure" (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael)

Best Choreography in a Video

Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle" (Choreographer: Barry Lather)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards)

Best Editing in a Video

INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Editor: Richard Lowenstein)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Sting – "We'll Be Together" (Director of Photography: Bill Pope)

Viewer's Choice

INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

Video Vanguard Award

Michael Jackson

Performances

Appearances

References

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