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The 1987 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 11, 1987, from the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Hosted by MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown , Carolyne Heldman, Kevin Seal , Michael Tomioka, and Dweezil Zappa , the show honored the best music videos released from May 2, 1986, to May 1, 1987.
Prince: Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Nominated Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: Nominated Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist: Nominated 1987 "Kiss" Favorite Soul/R&B Single: Nominated 1990: Prince: Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: Nominated Achievement: Honored 1992: Prince: Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: Nominated 1995: Prince: Favorite Soul/R ...
The video for the song won "Best Group Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1987. Taken from the film True Stories, with some additional content, it includes band member Jerry Harrison parodying Billy Idol, Kid Creole, Ralph Macchio's character in The Karate Kid, and Prince.
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the Super Bowl for youth, an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw ...
At midnight on Aug. 1, 1981, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and J.J. Jackson stood inside the Loft restaurant in Fort Lee, N.J., to watch ...
This time 40 years ago, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna and other big pop stars of the decade turned out for the inaugural VMAs
Prince was named the 14th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. [465] He has won seven Grammy Awards, seven Brit Awards, six American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the film Purple Rain), and a Golden Globe Award. [466]
In 1980, he had a role in the music video for David Bowie’s “Fashion” a year before MTV launched. After a chance meeting with MTV’s CEO, he became a VJ, and stayed with the channel until 1987.