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Video Music Awards

Awarded for	Music videos and pop culture
Presented by	MTV
Country	United States
First awarded	September 14, 1984–Present

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right.^{[citation needed]} They are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV. Past broadcasts have been held in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas. In 2008, the MTV Video Music awards were held in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at Paramount Pictures Studios on September 7.

The statues given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV. The eligibility period for the Video Music Awards currently begins July 1. Before 2002, the VMAs were traditionally held on the second Thursday of September. The VMA's date was moved back a week so that it would never coincide with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.^{[citation needed]}

Other than presenting performers or announcing the winners, several of these celebrities have made taped appearances that will be shown during the awards show; these celebrities either talk about their favorite moments or controversial highlights that are much publicized by the media.

1 Notable moments
2 Host cities
3 Current award categories
4 Past award categories
5 References
6 External links

Notable moments

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Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (September 2008)

1980s

Madonna's performance at the First Annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 is considered to be the first controversial incident in a career that would see many more. She took the stage to sing "Like A Virgin" wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown, which included her trademark "Boy Toy" belt. During the performance, she rolled around on the floor, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and made a number of sexually suggestive moves. While such a performance would probably not raise eyebrows today, it was shocking to a mid-1980s audience. However, Madonna seemed to thrive on the controversy, and it only served to increase her popularity.^[1]

Whitney Houston, who was one of the first female African American artists to receive heavy rotation on network, performed "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All" in the 1986 Video Music Awards. The network previously received criticism for not playing enough videos by black artists.

Controversial comic Andrew Dice Clay's appearance on the 1989 Video Music Awards to promote his new movie, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, earned him a "lifetime ban" from the network when he started performing some of his already-notorious nursery rhymes that contained too much vulgar language and references.^[2]

After performing on the 1989 VMAs with Tom Petty, Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin was assaulted by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, leading to a verbal battle between Vince and Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose when Axl stood up for Izzy.^[3]

1990s

Conflict between Poison's Bret Michaels and C.C. DeVille culminated in a fistfight at the Video Music Awards in 1991, provoked by DeVille's live performance which was perceived as inept. DeVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitar virtuoso Richie Kotzen.^[4]

The 1991 VMAs included the first public appearance by Paul Reubens after his lewd-conduct arrest earlier that year. Taking the stage in costume as Pee Wee Herman, he received a standing ovation, after which he asked the audience, "Heard any good jokes lately?"^[5]

In 1992, MTV had requested Nirvana perform their smash hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit," while the band themselves had indicated they preferred to play their new songs, "Rape Me" and "Tourette's". This did not go over well with network executives, who continued to push for "Teen Spirit." Finally, offering a compromise, MTV executives offered the band a choice to play either "Teen Spirit" or "Lithium," which the band appeared to accept. However, at the actual performance, Nirvana began to play, and Kurt Cobain played the first few chords of the song, "Rape me" much to the horror of MTV execs. The band did finally return to their regular performance of "Lithium." Near the end of the song, frustrated that his amp had stopped functioning, bassist Krist Novoselic decided to toss his bass into the air for dramatic effect. Unfortunately, he misjudged the landing, and the bass ended up bouncing off of his forehead, forcing him to stumble off the stage in a daze.^[6]

Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose challenged Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain to a fight during the 1992 Video Music Awards, after Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love, egged him on. Additionally, in the end of Nirvana's performance on the VMAs of the same year, while Cobain was trashing the band's equipment, drummer Dave Grohl ran to the mic and shouted "Hi, Axl! Where's Axl?" repeatedly.

Guns N' Roses' hit ballad "November Rain" became the most requested video on MTV, eventually winning an MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography in 1992. During the awards show, the band performed "November Rain" with singer Elton John. Because of the dispute Axl had with Cobain, moments before the "November Rain" performance, Cobain spat on the keys of what he thought was Axl's piano. Cobain later revealed that he was shocked to see Elton John play on the piano he had spat on.

RuPaul caused a bit of controversy at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards when he was given the opportunity to present an award with legendary actor Milton Berle. The two had conflicts back-stage, and when Berle inappropriately touched RuPaul's breasts, RuPaul ad-libbed the line "So you used to wear gowns, but now you're wearing diapers." The press picked this up as a crack in the "love everyone" message RuPaul presented, and depicted the incident as a young newcomer treating a legend poorly. ^[7]

At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards on September 8, shortly after a profanity-laced appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, Madonna was announced to present the award for Best Group Video. She came out arm-in-arm with an unannounced David Letterman, to a wild ovation. At the microphone, Letterman told her, "I'll be out by the car. Watch your language," and then left. Madonna has made several appearances on Letterman's show since, the two now treating the incident with humor.

Main article: Madonna on Letterman

Also at the 1994 Video Music Awards, recently betrothed couple Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley received a standing ovation as they hit the stage hand-in-hand. After turning to the audience and proclaiming, "And just think, nobody thought this would last.", Michael Jackson grabbed Lisa Marie Presley and viewers got to witness one of the most awkward kisses of all time. Presley, who divorced Jackson in 1996, would later claim that Jackson’s PR team insisted on the kiss. ^[8]

On September 4, 1996, the four original members of Van Halen made their first public appearance together since their infamous break-up in 1985, presenting an MTV Video Music Award. Their appearance was greeted with a twenty second standing ovation, and fueled widespread speculation about a reunion tour. After the ousting of vocalist Sammy Hagar on Father's Day 1996, the original line-up of Van Halen, featuring vocalist David Lee Roth, recorded two new songs for a highly anticipated greatest hits album, entitled Best Of Vol. 1. Backstage, after presenting an award to Beck, the reunion soured bitterly, and reportedly, David Lee Roth and guitarist Eddie Van Halen nearly came to blows. During media interviews, Roth advised Van Halen not to talk about his personal issues, such as his impending hip replacement surgery. Van Halen claims that Roth said, "tonight is about me, man, not your fucking hip!" Van Halen, infuriated at what he perceived as Roth's egotism, lunged at Roth and told him, "if I ever see you again, you'd better be wearing a cup, pal!" Van Halen also fumed about Roth's behaviour while presenting another award to Beck, calling it "disrespectful" and "embarrassing". Several weeks later, the public learned that Van Halen would not reunite with Roth, to much outrage. Roth released a media statement apologizing to fans, stating that he was an unwitting participant in a publicity stunt to sell more copies of the greatest hits album, and that he had been led to believe that he was rejoining Van Halen. The following day, Eddie and Alex Van Halen released a media statement, stating that they had been honest with Roth, and never lead him to believe that he had been re-hired and guaranteed to be the next lead singer. Many were infuriated by this situation, and largely took Roth's side in the argument. Subsequently, Van Halen's popularity declined.^[9]

In 1997, Pat Smear announces that he is leaving Foo Fighters and presents his replacement, Franz Stahl whom he had been with Dave Grohl in the band Scream. Pat would come back to the band 10 years later in 2007.

In 1997, Puff Daddy released his debut album No Way Out, featuring the successful tribute single "I'll Be Missing You", dedicated to the recently murdered Notorious B.I.G. The song featured Puff Daddy, Biggie's widow Faith Evans and R&B group 112. The song sampled the melody of The Police's hit song "Every Breath You Take." All these artists performed the song with former Police vocalist Sting during the 1997 Video Music Awards.

The odd pairing of presenters Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes at the 1997 Video Music Awards drew much talk in the press. They presented the best dance video award to the Spice Girls for their music video "Wannabe."

All the Spice Girls wore a black strap on their left arms at the 1997 Video Music Awards as a sign of grief because of Princess Diana's death prior to the event.

While accepting the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist Video of 1997 ("Sleep To Dream"), Fiona Apple appealed to her audience not to be enamored of celebrity culture. Referring to the MTV/Music Industry she proclaimed "this world is bullshit" and quoted Maya Angelou: "Go with yourself." Though her comments were generally greeted with cheers and applause at the awards ceremony, the media backlash was huge; host Chris Rock made a derisive comment about her speech. Some considered her remarks to be hypocritical, seeing a contradiction between her appearance in a risqué music video in only her underwear and her telling young women to ignore celebrity culture. However she was unapologetic: "When I have something to say, I'll say it." ^[10]

At the 1998 VMA's, Brandy and Monica performed The Boy Is Mine together live for the first time, putting an end to the media speculation that the two were rivals.

During the original broadcast of the 1998 VMA's, a commercial faded in the Nine Inch Nails NIN logo on a black screen while playing a combination of music that started as a solo piano piece and morphed into a electronic/industrial beat (which would later found out to be the songs La Mer and Into The Void, which share many melodic components and can be considered variations on a theme) and ended with Trent Reznor screaming "Tried to save myself, but myself kept slipping away" and the word "ninetynine" in the trademark NIN reversed-N font. This was only show one during the original broadcast, was edited out of all repeats, and generally seen as a sign that the long-awaited follow-up to The Downward Spiral would be released early in 1999. Ironically, work was continued on the album through the first half of 1999, and Nine Inch Nails performed the title track The Fragile off the double-CD at 1999 MTV Video Music Awards almost one year to the day of the "ninetynine" commercial. It can be found as an Easter Egg or on the "Beneath The Surface" menu on the live NIN DVD and all that could have been.

Geri Halliwell attended the 1998 VMA's, one of her first public appearances since she left the Spice Girls, on May, 1998. She presented the best video of the year award to Madonna for her music video "Ray of Light."

At the 1998 Video Music Awards, actress Rose McGowan arrived with then-boyfriend Marilyn Manson wearing a see-through dress, no bra, and a thong.

Also at the 1998 Video Music Awards, singing sensations Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston poked fun at their rumored rift by wearing look-a-like chocolate brown dresses by Vera Wang. In an attempt to outdo each other, the singers tore off pieces of their dresses to reveal minidresses then staged a faux catfight that left the audience in disbelief. "People thought Whitney and I had some kind of beef," explained Carey of the gag.

Lil' Kim showed up at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards with an entire breast exposed and only a tiny piece of fabric over the nipple. Kim's outfit became even more controversial later that night, when she appeared on stage with Mary J. Blige and Diana Ross to present an award, and Ross reached over, cupped her hand under Kim's exposed breast and jiggled it while both laughed heartily. It was later described as Ross getting to second base with Kim on national television.

Two of the presenters at the 1999 VMAs were Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, the mothers of the recently slain Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., who met for the first time. ^[11]

In 1999, the VMAs opened with a performance by Kid Rock, Run DMC and Jam Master Jay, and Aerosmith. Songs performed were "Kings of Rock", "Bawitdaba", "Rock Box", and "Walk This Way".

2000s

At the 2000 Video Music Awards, D'Angelo and Jennifer Lopez presented the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. As Fred Durst was making his speech, Tim Commerford, the bassist for Rage Against the Machine, climbed onto the scaffolding of the set and threatened to jump. Fred Durst began to egg Commerford on by saying "Stage dive, dude" and "Take a dive", finally ending his speech with "and [Commerford]'s a pussy cause he won't jump." By this time the crowd had started a small "Jump!" chant. The show soon went into a commercial break. Commerford, along with his bodyguard, was sentenced to a night in jail, though he later claimed the stunt was intended as a joke. Zack De La Rocha, the lead singer for RATM reportedly left the awards after Tim's stunt. Many people speculated that this further fueled the ongoing tension between the band which eventually led to their break up.

Also at the 2000 VMAs, Britney Spears gave a memorable live performance of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and her own hit "Oops!... I Did It Again". While she began her segment in a black suit, she shocked the media while, at only the age of eighteen, ripped that off to display a revealing, flesh-colored stage outfit.

In the end of Christina Aguilera's performance at the 2000 VMAs, Limp Bizkit's frontman Fred Durst entered onstage and performed part of his band's song "Livin' It Up" with Aguilera, surprising the audience due to the differences between their music styles and also because Eminem previously accused in his "The Real Slim Shady" song that Aguilera and Durst had had a sexual relationship (denied by both Durst and Aguilera). After eliciting charged reactions from his fans, Durst stated: "I already told you guys before, I did it all for the nookie, man."^[12] The feud died weeks later. Aguilera denied Durst's statement: "He got no nookie."^[13]

Also at the 2000 VMAs, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera proved that the rumors of their rivalry were fake, as they came onstage, holding hands and introduced Whitney Houston. Houston, who had been targeted by the media for erratic behavior, cancelled appearances, and drug use rumors and was busted for carrying marijuana at a Hawaiian airport just a few months prior, came out to a standing ovation and introduced an award to Eminem with husband Bobby Brown who was recently released from jail. Houston showed more erratic behaviour, jumping up and down saying "free" in reference to Brown's recent jail release.

The next year, at the 2001 Video Music Awards, Britney Spears again shocked the nation when she took the stage to give a performance of her then-new single, "I'm a Slave 4 U." Along with dancing in a very revealing outfit, the performance is probably most remembered for featuring the singer briefly dancing with a live albino Burmese Python on her shoulders. The inclusion of a snake in the performance bought a great deal of criticism from PETA. ^[14]

U2 had been set to perform a medley including "Elevation", "Beautiful Day" and "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" at the 2001 Video Music Awards. However, the riser they were performing on lost power and MTV had to cut to several minutes of promos while everything was setup again. However, they lost power again and finally the band was lowered to the ground and performed without the riser. Lead singer Bono made reference after the performance that MTV "forgot to pay the electricity bill." ^[15]

Also at the 2001 awards, Michael Jackson made a surprise appearance at the end of 'N Sync's performance of "Pop" and, surrounded by members of the group, performed some of his trademark dance moves to the beatboxing of member Justin Timberlake.

The 2002 VMAs opened with Britney Spears presenting a birthday present to Michael Jackson (His birthday coincided with the award ceremony). Upon introducing him, Spears referred to him as her "artist of the millennium". This lead Jackson to believe that he was the recipient of the Artist of the Millennium Award, saying "When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana if someone told me I'd be getting the artist of the millennium award, I'd have never believed it" ^[16]. A year later, this was parodied by presenters Fred Durst and Jack Black, with Durst stating that Jack Black was the "funniest man alive".

Christina Aguilera shocked the VMAs audience in 2002, appearing wearing a very revealing outfit and heavy make-up, with an oversexualized image contrasting to her previous pop-princess persona. She was also part of an awkward moment at the awards when presenting the Best Male Video Award to Eminem, who dissed her in 2000.

Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog appeared at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards and had a confrontation with Eminem thanks to his "comic insults" to the rapper (which MTV later removed from rebroadcast airings). Eminem also had a confrontation with Moby, who had called the rapper's music misogynistic and homophobic. By that time, there were various boos from the crowd directed at Moby.

At the 2002 VMAs, Axl Rose unveiled the new lineup of Guns N' Roses. The band's set was the show's finale, and although the performance was meant to be kept a secret, some New York radio outlets announced the performance earlier in the day. The band played a set consisting of "Welcome to the Jungle," "Madagascar," and "Paradise City."

At the 2003 Video Music Awards, Madonna provoked the public by portraying a groom and kissing her brides, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, on stage. The gender role-reversal and lesbian theme instantly made front page headlines. By that time, the three singers were performing a medley of her early hit, "Like a Virgin", and her then latest release, "Hollywood", with a guest rap by Missy Elliott. The design resembled Madonna's performance of "Like a Virgin" at the 1984 VMA's: the same wedding cake set, wedding dresses and "Boy Toy" belt worn by Madonna in 1984 now adorned Aguilera and Spears, who many believe to be the heirs and beneficiaries of Madonna's pop legacy.^[17]

Also at the 2003 Video Music Awards, Beyoncé made one of the most memorable on stage entrances in VMA history. Descending upside down from the rafters at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, the singer performed her single "Baby Boy" as she was gently lowered to the stage. Dressed in harem pants and looking like goddess, the singer was later joined by Jay-Z as they performed their duet "Crazy in Love." The performance marked the solo debut of the former Destiny's Child’s front woman. "I don’t know how I’m going to top it," said the singer of her over the top performance.

The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. This was the first time the awards show was held outside of New York City and Los Angeles. It was also the first video music awards to not have a host.

The next year, at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Fat Joe made a disparaging comment about G-Unit during a performance, "I'd like to tell the people home I feel so safe tonight with all this police protection courtesy of G-Unit..." Rumors say he was booed by the audience, and that 50 Cent retaliated by jumping on stage, walking right up to Fat Joe, and telling him that he better say what he had to say right then. There were so many undercover policemen present in the audience that 50 wasn't able to go up the stage. Later in the show, after G-Unit's performance, 50 yelled, much to the pleasure of the crowd, "Fat Joe is ! Pussy Boy! F*ck boy! F*ck what?! Y'all n*ggas !" Then, Kanye West was shown, making sure nothing else would happen. Much of the fiasco was edited before being shown on television.^[18]

At the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, R.Kelly performed his Rap opera, "Trapped in the Closet", a performance that was roundly criticized for being overwrought and self-indulgent. The R&B singer also didn't appear to hide the fact that he was lip-synching: he was missing entire words, phrases and even sentences, which triggered some people to think that he didn't know the lyrics despite having written the song himself.

Actress Eva Longoria caused a stir at the 2005 Video Music Awards when she appeared barely dressed to introduce Mariah Carey's equally head-turning performance.

At the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Shakira made history by having the first performance ever totally in Spanish of her hit song "La Tortura" featuring Alejandro Sanz. It was also the first time that a Spanish video was nominated at the awards.

Also at the 2005 Video Music Awards, Beavis and Butt-head appeared in a couple of Viewer's Choice award skits, saying to "Vote to put Beavis and Butt-head back on MTV!" This could be a sign that the show was coming back soon, but was more than likely a promotional appearance for the November 8, 2005 retail release of The Best of Beavis and Butt-Head Volume One: The Mike Judge Collection.

Yet again at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Kelly Clarkson won two moonmen for "Since U Been Gone" in the Best Female Video and Best Pop Video categories. She also gave the final performance of the night (performing "Since U Been Gone") in a downpour of rain, paying homage to the 2005 VMA's "water" theme.

The 2007 Video Music Awards is best known for Britney Spears's infamous performance of her comeback single "Gimme More". Spears, who had been going through personal problems throughout most of 2007, failed to live up to the pre-show hype about her appearance, with poor lip-synching and dancing.^[19]

Also at the 2007 VMAs, Kid Rock and Tommy Lee were involved in an altercation at the Video Music Awards during the come-back performance of Alicia Keys. A source reported that Tommy Lee was sitting with magician Criss Angel when the two went to visit Diddy, who was sitting close to Kid Rock. Shortly after the two went over to see Diddy, "all hell broke loose," that source told Access Hollywood. It is reported that Kid Rock sucker punched Tommy Lee in his back. The two who were once husbands of Pamela Anderson were broken up, and both were escorted from the resort. Angel was removed a short time later. The cause of the fight is unknown.^[20]

At the 2008 Video Music Awards, after 16 nominations, Britney Spears finally won a moonman. She won all three of her nominations for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, and Video of the Year for "Piece of Me".

At the 2008 Video Music Awards, host Russell Brand made comments on democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, begging the audience to vote for him. Brand also made controversial comments on President Bush, calling him a "retarded cowboy" and that he "wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors in Britain". Also, he made comments on the Purity rings worn by The Jonas Brothers. After these comments, Jordin Sparks announced "it's okay to wear promise rings because not every guy and girl wants to be a slut". After this, Russell Brand apologized to the audience for making the comments.

Host cities

Date	Venue	City	Host
September 14, 1984^[21]	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler
September 13, 1985^[22]	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	Eddie Murphy
September 5, 1986^[23]	The Palladium, Gibson Amphitheatre	New York City, Los Angeles	MTV VJs
September 11, 1987	Gibson Amphitheatre	Los Angeles	MTV VJs
September 7, 1988			Arsenio Hall
September 6, 1989
September 6, 1990^[24]
September 5, 1991^[25]
September 9, 1992^[26]	UCLA's Pauley Pavilion		Dana Carvey
September 2, 1993^[27]	Gibson Amphitheatre		Christian Slater
September 8, 1994^[28]	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	Roseanne Barr
September 7, 1995^[29]			Dennis Miller
September 4, 1996^[30]			Dennis Miller
September 4, 1997^[31]			Chris Rock
September 10, 1998^[32]	Gibson Amphitheatre	Los Angeles	Ben Stiller
September 9, 1999^[33]	Metropolitan Opera House	New York City	Chris Rock
September 7, 2000^[34]	Radio City Music Hall		Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans
September 6, 2001^[35]	Metropolitan Opera House		Jamie Foxx
August 29, 2002^[36]	Radio City Music Hall		Jimmy Fallon
August 28, 2003^[37]	Radio City Music Hall		Chris Rock
August 29, 2004^[38]	AmericanAirlines Arena	Miami	No Official Host
August 28, 2005^[39]	AmericanAirlines Arena	Miami	Sean "Diddy" Combs
August 31, 2006^[40]	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	Jack Black
September 9, 2007^[41]	The Palms Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas	No Official Host
September 7, 2008^[42]	Paramount Pictures	Los Angeles	Russell Brand

Current award categories

Past award categories

Best Overall Performance in a Video (1984-1987)
Most Experimental Video (1984-1987; replaced by Breakthrough Video)
Best Concept Video (1984-1988)
Best Stage Performance in a Video (1984-1989)
Best Post-Modern Video (1989-1990)
Best Long Form Video (1991)
Best Alternative Video (1991-1998)
Best Artist Website (1999)
Best Video from a Film (1987-2003)
International Viewer's Choice (1990?-2003; awards for individual regions were created and eliminated in different years)
Breakthrough Video (1988-2005)
Best Rap Video (1989-2006)
Best R&B Video (1993-2006)
Best Dance Video (1989-2006)
MTV2 Award (2001-2006)
Viewer's Choice (1984-2006)
Best Video Game Soundtrack (2004-2006)
Best Video Game Score (2006)
Ringtone of the Year (2006)
Best Group Video (1984-2007)
Quadruple Threat of the Year (2007)
Most Earthshattering Collaboration (2007)
Monster Single of the Year (2007)

References

External links

Access All Areas.net.au MTV Australian Video Music Awards Coverage News, Photos, Reviews & all things MTV Awards!
South Beach Magazine Article on MTV's Video Music Awards in Miami, with photos.
The MTV Video Music Awards Web Site 2006
The MTV Video Music Awards Web Site 2007
The MTV Video Music Awards Web Site 2008
Memorable moments in VMA history

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Defunct	Best Alternative Video • Best Artist Website • Best Concept Video • Best Group Video • Best Long Form Video • Best Overall Performance • Best Post-Modern Video • Best R&B Video • Best Rap Video • Best Stage Performance • Best Video from a Film • Best Video Game Score • Best Video Game Soundtrack • Breakthrough Video • International Viewer's Choice Awards • Monster Single of the Year • Most Earthshattering Collaboration • Most Experimental Video • MTV2 Award• Quadruple Threat of the Year • Ringtone of the Year • Viewer's Choice Award

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Added: November 21, 2008

T.I. ft Rihanna - Livin' Your Life. (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
The video was premiered on October 28, 2008 on BET. The video is a mini-movie starring T.I and Rihanna. The music video uses the radio edit of the extended song. In the opening scene T.I is walking and he says "Life is an interesting journey; you never know where itll take you. Peaks and valleys, twists and turns, you can get the surprise of your life. Sometimes on the way to where you going you might think, this is the worst time in my life. But you know what, at the end of the road through all the adversity, if you can get where you wanted to be, you remember whatever dont kill you make you stronger, and all of the adversity was worth it. On your way to the top youll do anything. But how do you get your life back when you get thereyeahthats my dilemma." The song then starts and goes from a series of underground shots and Rihanna in her dressing room. T.I. goes back to walking and is showed with blood all over his face and other various cuts. He gets thrown out of the car and kicked by a fairly large man. He arrives at a drug-deal with about four dealers. He then proceeds as usual before he lands a punch on one of the dealers. He is then beaten up by the rest of the dealers. The video then takes its turn with going from T.I. singing in a recording studio to him and in front of a house playing dice and dominoes with some of his buddies. A quick shot of the bathroom appears with T.I. looking at his briefcase of money that he is preparing. The rest of the video takes turns going from the bar where T.I. refuses a deal and Rihanna singing on stage. The end of the video shows T.I. saying he wants out of the deal and he is seen walking into the bar with a cd in his hand. This is a flashback, referring, apparently, to the original deal that T.I. wanted to get out of. The last shot of the video is T.I. walking down the L.A. sewers, raising his hands triumphantly in the air. The music video has been posted on Myspace Tv. The video currently stands at number 1 on a fair amount of iTunes video charts. This video is currently #2 on BET's 106 & Park countdown. "Live Your Life" is a song by American rapper T.I. off his sixth album Paper Trail. The song features Barbadian R&B-pop singer Rihanna and was produced by Just Blaze and Canei Finch. It was released as the second single from the album. It officially premiered at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards during T.I.'s performance. This is T.I's third Billboard Hot 100 number one single in the United States (after "My Love" with Justin Timberlake and his previous single "Whatever You Like") and Rihanna's fifth on the same chart (after "SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia"). The song contains a sample of O-Zone's Dragostea din Tei. On October 15, 2008, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's B List and has since been moved to the A List. [2] It was released as a Digital Download on November 8 (in the UK) and is due for physical release on November 24. Disclaimer: I do not own this video in any way. This video is for promotional purpose only.

Author: ImNoDucky
Keywords: hip-hop rap ti rihanna live you life
Added: November 21, 2008

Megamix Rihanna
Here are a few photos, some concerts and some clips of our Rihanna *--* I hope we all enjoy!

Author: RobertFenty
Keywords: Megamix Robyn Rihanna Fenty Breakin Dishes Disturbia Dont Stop The Music Take Bow Umbrella Unfaithful Live 2008 VMA MTV
Added: November 21, 2008

T.I. ft. Rihanna Live Your Life Official Music Video High Quality NEW NEW
T.I. ft. Rihanna Live Your Life Official Music Video High Quality The official video. The video was premiered on October 28, 2008 on BET. The video is a mini-movie starring T.I and Rihanna. The music video uses the radio edit of the extended song. In the opening scene T.I is walking and he says "Life is an interesting journey; you never know where itll take you. Peaks and valleys, twists and turns, you can get the surprise of your life. Sometimes on the way to where you going you might think, this is the worst time in my life. But you know what, at the end of the road through all the adversity, if you can get where you wanted to be, you remember whatever dont kill you make you stronger, and all of the adversity was worth it. On your way to the top youll do anything. But how do you get your life back when you get thereyeahthats my dilemma." The song then starts and goes from a series of underground shots and Rihanna in her dressing room. T.I. goes back to walking and is showed with blood all over his face and other various cuts. He gets thrown out of the car and kicked by a fairly large man. He arrives at a drug-deal with about four dealers. He then proceeds as usual before he lands a punch on one of the dealers. He is then beaten up by the rest of the dealers. The video then takes its turn with going from T.I. singing in a recording studio to him and in front of a house playing dice and dominoes with some of his buddies. A quick shot of the bathroom appears with T.I. looking at his briefcase of money that he is preparing. The rest of the video takes turns going from the bar where T.I. refuses a deal and Rihanna singing on stage. The end of the video shows T.I. saying he wants out of the deal and he is seen walking into the bar with a cd in his hand. This is a flashback, referring, apparently, to the original deal that T.I. wanted to get out of. The last shot of the video is T.I. walking down the L.A. sewers, raising his hands triumphantly in the air. The music video has been posted on Myspace Tv. The video currently stands at number 1 on a fair amount of iTunes video charts. This video is currently #2 on BET's 106 & Park countdown. "Live Your Life" is a song by American rapper T.I. off his sixth album Paper Trail. The song features Barbadian R&B-pop singer Rihanna and was produced by Just Blaze and Canei Finch. It was released as the second single from the album. It officially premiered at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards during T.I.'s performance. This is T.I's third Billboard Hot 100 number one single in the United States (after "My Love" with Justin Timberlake and his previous single "Whatever You Like") and Rihanna's fifth on the same chart (after "SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia"). The song contains a sample of O-Zone's Dragostea din Tei. On October 15, 2008, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's B List and has since been moved to the A List. [2] It was released as a Digital Download on November 8 (in the UK) and is due for physical release on November 24. Disclaimer: I do not own this video in any way. This video is for promotional purpose only

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