1997 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 4, 1997, honoring the best music videos from June 17, 1996 to June 16, 1997. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

[edit] Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

[edit] Video of the Year

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant For Me"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"

[edit] Best Male Video

• Babyface — "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
• Beck — "Devil's Haircut"
• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Will Smith — "Men in Black"

[edit] Best Female Video

• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
• Paula Cole — "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"

[edit] Best Group Video

• Blur — "Song 2"
• Counting Crows — "A Long December"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

[edit] Best New Artist in a Video

• Fiona Apple — "Sleep to Dream"
• Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
• Hanson — "MMMBop"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

[edit] Best Rock Video

• Aerosmith — "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"
• Rage Against the Machine — "People of the Sun"

[edit] Best R&B Video

• Babyface (featuring Stevie Wonder) — "How Come, How Long"
• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"

[edit] Best Rap Video

• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That"
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• The Notorious B.I.G. — "Hypnotize"

[edit] Best Dance Video

• The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Freak Nasty — "Da Dip"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Spice Girls — "Wannabe"

[edit] Best Alternative Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Blur — "Song 2"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• Sublime — "What I Got"

[edit] Best Video from a Film

• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Iggy Pop — "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (from Men in Black)
• Bruce Springsteen — "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire)

[edit] Breakthrough Video

• The Chemical Brothers — "Setting Sun"
• Daft Punk — "Da Funk"
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Radiohead — Paranoid Android

[edit] Best Direction in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Director: Beck Hansen)
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Director: Hype Williams)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Directors: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

[edit] Best Choreography in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Choreographer: Peggy Hickey)
• Cibo Matto — "Sugar Water" (Choreographer: Michel Gondry)
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That" (Choreographers: Fatima & Swoop)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Choreographer: Jason Kay)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Choreographer: Stretch)

[edit] Best Special Effects in a Video

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Special Effects: Ashley Clemens)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Special Effects: Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Special Effects: D.A.V.E./Panic & Bob)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Special Effects: Chris Staves, Nigel Randall, Edson Williams and the Brothers Strause)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Special Effects: Paul Griffin, Alan Rosenfield and Wayde Howie)

[edit] Best Art Direction in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Art Director: K.K. Barrett)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Art Director: John Bramble)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Art Director: Ken Baird)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Art Director: Tom Foden)

[edit] Best Editing in a Video

• Beck — "Devil's Haircut" (Editor: Hank Corwin)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Editors: Jonathan Glazer and John McManus)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Editor: Hal Honigsburg)
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight" (Editor: Einar Thorteinsson)

[edit] Best Cinematography in a Video

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity (Director of Photography: Steven Keith-Roach)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn)

[edit] Viewer's Choice

• Jewel — "You Were Meant For Me"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

[edit] International Viewer's Choice Awards

[edit] MTV Asia

• Dewa 19 — "Kirana"
• The Eraserheads — "Ang Huling El Bimbo"
• Joey Boy — "Fun Fun Fun"
• KRU — "Fanatik"
• Lee Seung Hwan — "Family"

[edit] MTV Australia

• Human Nature — "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Powderfinger — "Living Type"
• Savage Garden — "To the Moon and Back"
• Silverchair — "Freak"
• Spiderbait — "Calypso"

[edit] MTV Brasil

• Angra — "Make Believe"
• Carlinhos Brown — "A Namorada"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "La Bella Luna"
• Planet Hemp — "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig"
• Raimundos — "Puteiro em João Pessoa"
• Skank — "É uma Partida de Futebol"

[edit] MTV Europe

• Daft Punk — "Around the World"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"

[edit] MTV India

• Amitabh Bachchan — "Eir Bir Phatte"
• Asha Bhosle — "O Mere Sona Re"
• Colonial Cousins — "Krishna"
• Daler Mehndi — "Dardi Rab Rab"
• Lucky Ali — "O Sanam"

[edit] MTV Japan

• Air — "Hair Do"
• Chara — "Yasashii Kimochi"
• Denki Groove — "Shangi-La"
• Scha Dara Parr — "Otona Ni Nattemo"
• The Yellow Monkey — "Rakuen"

[edit] MTV Latin America

• Azul Violeta — "Volveré a Empezar"
• Café Tacuba — "Chilanga Banda"
• Control Machete — "¿Comprendes Mendes?
• Fito Páez — "Cadáver Exquisito"
• Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal — "Sin Ti"

[edit] MTV Mandarin

• Jeff Chang — "Affection"
• Chyi Chin — "Cliff"
• Mavis Fan — "Bartender Angel"
• Valen Hsu — "If Cloud Knows"
• Aaron Kwok — "Share My Love"
• Wu Bai & China Blue — "End of Love"

[edit] Video Vanguard Award (Direction)

• Mark Romanek

[edit] Video Vanguard Award (Artist)

• LL Cool J

[edit] Performances

[edit] MTV.com cybercast

• Meredith Brooks [1]

[edit] Pre-show

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (featuring John Popper) — "The Impression That I Get"
• Foo Fighters — "Everlong" [2]

[edit] Main show

• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Sting) — "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"
• Jewel — "Angel Standing By"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe" (live from London)
• The Wallflowers (featuring Bruce Springsteen) — "One Headlight"
• Lil Kim (featuring Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martinez) — "Not Tonight (Remix)"
• U2 — "Please"
• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"

[edit] Appearances

• Aerosmith
• Fiona Apple
• Backstreet Boys
• Björk
• Brandy
• Busta Rhymes
• Green Day
• Janet Jackson
• LL Cool J
• Madonna
• Silverchair
• Will Smith
• Martha Stewart
• Voletta Wallace

[edit] External links

• Official MTV site