1988 MTV Video Music Awards
| 1988 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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| Date | Wednesday, September 7, 1988 |
| Location |
Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Arsenio Hall |
| Television/Radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV |
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. [1]
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 very 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).
Winners are in bold text.
INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) – "U Got the Look"
Suzanne Vega – "Luka"
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