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The 1984 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 14, 1984. The inaugural ceremony honored the best music videos released between May 2, 1983 and May 2, 1984, and was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City .
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 the first MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in 1984, the Video of the Year honor was presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think". [4] Originally, all winners were determined by a special panel of music video directors, producers, and record company executives. [5]
Forty years ago, the idea for the VMAs — which will take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, NY on Wednesday — came about as a way for MTV to claim its territory as the home of music video.
This time 40 years ago, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna and other big pop stars of the decade turned out for the inaugural VMAs
In 1984, the channel produced its first MTV Video Music Awards show, or VMAs. The first award show, in 1984, was punctuated by a live performance by Madonna of "Like a Virgin". The statuettes that are handed out at the Video Music Awards are of the MTV moonman, the channel's original image from its first broadcast in 1981. As of 2012, the Video ...
At the very first MTV Video Music Awards, I opened the show and when I was leaving the stage, I tripped onstage. I remember there was an audible gaspfrom everyone at Radio City Music Hall, and I ...
MTV, the first and most popular music television network in the U.S. has a long history of hosting live music events in which awards are presented. Along with MTV's related channels around the world, the network produces over 20 award shows annually.