MTV Video Music Awards

still from the 1983 music video for the Eurythmics'

Watch the Winning Videos From MTV’s First VMAs

Watch the videos for “Thriller,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Rockit,” “Every Breath You Take” and all of the others that won at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, the music channel’s first VMAs ceremony.
Madonna crawling on the floor at the 1984 VMAs

6 Things You Never Knew About the First MTV VMAs — 40 Years Later

One major band had to be blackmailed into performing.
NSync, from left: J.C. Chasez,Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, circa 2000

MTV’s VMAs Brought on the ’90s & a Tribute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Such a fun and nostalgic night of performances and appearances!