Awards & Winners

1990 MTV Video Music Award

Check winners and nominations of 1990 MTV Video Music Award. Check awards winners of 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1990 MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

Sinéad O'Connor

Honored for : Nothing Compares 2 U

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Madonna Vogue
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video

Don Henley

Honored for : The End of the Innocence

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Michael Penn No Myth
Billy Idol Cradle of Love
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video

Sinéad O'Connor

Honored for : Nothing Compares 2 U

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michelle Shocked On the Greener Side
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
Alannah Myles Black Velvet
Madonna Vogue
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video

The B-52's

Honored for : Love Shack

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Nominee Nominated Work
Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground
Tears for Fears Sowing the Seeds of Love
The B-52's Love Shack
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mine
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video

MC Hammer

Honored for : U Can't Touch This

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Nominee Nominated Work
Young MC Principal's Office
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
Biz Markie Just a Friend
Digital Underground The Humpty Dance
MTV Video Music Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Video

MC Hammer

Honored for : U Can't Touch This

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Nominee Nominated Work
Madonna Vogue
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice

Aerosmith

Honored for : Janie's Got A Gun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Madonna Vogue
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
MTV Video Music Award for Artist to Watch

Michael Penn

Honored for : No Myth

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lisa Stansfield All Around the World
Alannah Myles Black Velvet
Michael Penn No Myth
Jane Child Don't Wanna Fall in Love
Bell Biv DeVoe Poison
Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule
The Black Crowes Jealous Again
MTV Video Music Award Best Breakthrough Video

Tears for Fears

Honored for : Sowing the Seeds of Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
Tears for Fears Sowing the Seeds of Love
MTV Video Music Award for Best Post-Modern Video

Sinéad O'Connor

Honored for : Nothing Compares 2 U

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Tears for Fears Sowing the Seeds of Love
Depeche Mode Personal Jesus
Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video

Aerosmith

Honored for : Janie's Got A Gun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Slaughter Up All Night
Faith No More Epic
Mötley Crüe Kickstart My Heart
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film

Billy Idol

Honored for : Cradle of Love
(from the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Idol Cradle of Love
from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
from Born on the Fourth of July
ZZ Top Doubleback
from Back to the Future Part III
Prince Batdance
from Batman
MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction

Madonna

Honored for : Vogue
(Director: David Fincher)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
Director: David Fincher
Madonna Vogue
Director: David Fincher
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Director: David Fincher
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
Directors: Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger
MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography

Janet Jackson

Honored for : Rhythm Nation
(Choreographers: Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation
Choreographers: Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
Choreographer: Paula Abdul
Madonna Vogue
Choreographers: Luis Camacho and Jose Gutierrez
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
Choreographers: MC Hammer and Ho Frat Hooo!
MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects

Tears for Fears

Honored for : Sowing the Seeds of Love
(Special Effects: Jim Blashfield)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Idol Cradle of Love
Special Effects: Peter Moyer
Paula Abdul Opposites Attract
Special Effects: Michael Patterson
Tears for Fears Sowing the Seeds of Love
Special Effects: Jim Blashfield
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Special Effects: Chris Blum
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction

The B-52's

Honored for : Love Shack
(Art Director: Martin Lasowitz)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Art Director: Sterling Storm
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
Art Director: Alex McDowell
The B-52's Love Shack
Art Director: Martin Lasowitz
Madonna Vogue
Art Director: Lauryn LeClere
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing

Madonna

Honored for : Vogue
(Editor: Jim Haygood)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Editor: Jim Haygood
MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
Editor: Jonathan Siegel
Madonna Vogue
Editor: Jim Haygood
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
Editor: Jim Haygood
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography

Madonna

Honored for : Vogue
(Director of Photography: Pascal Lebègue)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Joel We Didn't Start the Fire
Director of Photography: Sven Kirsten
Aerosmith Janie's Got A Gun
Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski
Madonna Vogue
Director of Photography: Pascal Lebègue
Don Henley The End of the Innocence
Director of Photography: David Bridges
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Australia

Midnight Oil

Honored for : Blue Sky Mine

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Nominee Nominated Work
Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mine
Boom Crash Opera Onion Skin
Max Q Sometimes
Kylie Minogue Better the Devil You Know
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Internacional

Gloria Estefan

Honored for : Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gloria Estefan Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)
Franco De Vita Louis
Los Prisioneros Tren al Sur
Soda Stereo En la Ciudad de la Furia
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Europe

The Creeps

Honored for : Ooh I Like It

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Creeps Ooh I Like It
Laid Back Bakerman
Gary Moore Still Got the Blues (for You)
Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Japan

Kome Kome Club

Honored for : Funk Fujiyama

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kome Kome Club Funk Fujiyama
Yasuyuki Okamura Vegetable
Jun Togawa Virgin Blues
Mami Yamase Go!
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Brasil

Titãs

Honored for : Flores

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Nominee Nominated Work
Titãs Flores
Djavan Oceano
Engenheiros do Hawaii Alívio Imediato
Os Paralamas do Sucesso Perplexo
Caetano Veloso Estrangeiro