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Tony Hawk's Underground became the first winner of the Best Video Game Soundtrack Award in 2004, back when MTV was tryin...
09/12/2021

Tony Hawk's Underground became the first winner of the Best Video Game Soundtrack Award in 2004, back when MTV was trying to broaden its audience to the massive gaming community. The soundtracks for Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and Marc Eck's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure were the only other two winners, in 2005 and 2006 respectively, before the network decided to shelve the category for good.

Yes, in 2006, this seriously was a thing. But it was just given out for that one year, so Fort Minor is the only lucky w...
09/12/2021

Yes, in 2006, this seriously was a thing. But it was just given out for that one year, so Fort Minor is the only lucky winner in history. He won for a collaboration with Holly Brook on the song "Where'd You Go." Other nominees for the one-time category included Kanye West's "Gold Digger" and The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps."

The iconic moonman statue has been redesigned one time in its three-decade history, but it wasn't permanent. In 2013—whe...
09/12/2021

The iconic moonman statue has been redesigned one time in its three-decade history, but it wasn't permanent. In 2013—when the VMASs were in Brooklyn—renowned Brooklyn-based artist KAWS gave the statue a special-edition makeover: His skull-and-crossbones head moonman was only given that singular year

Manhattan Design, the NYC-based design firm that created both the logo for MTV and its now iconic moonman, initially sub...
09/12/2021

Manhattan Design, the NYC-based design firm that created both the logo for MTV and its now iconic moonman, initially submitted three ideas for the statue: a sneaker, a container of popcorn (which ended up becoming the trophy for the MTV Movie Awards), and, of course, the moonman.

Madonna's original plan for her 1984 performance of "Like a Virgin" was to sing the song to a real-life white Bengal tig...
09/12/2021

Madonna's original plan for her 1984 performance of "Like a Virgin" was to sing the song to a real-life white Bengal tiger, Billboard reported. Though the idea was nixed—for safety reasons—she still delivered an iconic performance, emerging from a 17-foot tall wedding cake in that unforgettable lace bustier wedding dress. But even that wasn't entirely planned.

The first-ever MTV VMAs aired live on September 14, 1984, and the ceremony was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler, w...
07/12/2021

The first-ever MTV VMAs aired live on September 14, 1984, and the ceremony was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler, who took to the stage dressed in astronaut suits designed to mimic the "moonman" award statues.

While the VMAs are touted as a primarily fan-based awards show, there are a few categories you won't find on the voting ...
07/12/2021

While the VMAs are touted as a primarily fan-based awards show, there are a few categories you won't find on the voting website. There are six "professional" categories that only the aforementioned select committee is able to vote on: Best Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Choreography, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.

Though fans have had the opportunity to vote online for certain categories since the dawn of the internet, there's not m...
07/12/2021

Though fans have had the opportunity to vote online for certain categories since the dawn of the internet, there's not much info out there as to how the nominees are selected. One reporter for Bustle did some snooping and tried to figure things out, but the selection committee for VMA nominees is pretty much kept under wraps.

Unless you're, say, Cardi B or Ariana Grande, MTV charges attendees up to $800 per ticket—and that includes nominees. Jo...
07/12/2021

Unless you're, say, Cardi B or Ariana Grande, MTV charges attendees up to $800 per ticket—and that includes nominees. Josh Forbes—who directed a music video for Walk the Moon that was nominated for Best Rock Video in 2017—told The Daily Beast that he had to start a GoFundMe just so he could afford to attend the ceremony.

With all the who's who of music in one place, creating a seating chart that works for everyone attending the VMAs is no ...
07/12/2021

With all the who's who of music in one place, creating a seating chart that works for everyone attending the VMAs is no easy task. In 2016, Gina Esposito, MTV's vice president for music and talent, told Cosmopolitan that it takes months to figure out seating arrangements, from the moment nominations are released until cameras start rolling on the live awards show.

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