1991 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1991 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1991, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Divinyls — "I Touch Myself"
• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"

Best Male Video

• Jon Bon Jovi — "Blaze of Glory"
• Gerardo — "Rico Suave"
• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90"

Best Female Video

• Paula Abdul — "Rush Rush"
• Neneh Cherry — "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• Amy Grant — "Baby Baby"
• Janet Jackson — "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
• Madonna — "Like a Virgin (Truth or Dare Version)"

Best Group Video

• The Black Crowes — "She Talks to Angels"
• Divinyls — "I Touch Myself"
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"

Best New Artist in a Video

• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Gerardo — "Rico Suave"
• Jesus Jones — "Right Here, Right Now"
• Seal — "Crazy"

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

• AC/DC — "Thunderstruck"
• Aerosmith — "The Other Side"
• Alice in Chains — "Man in the Box"
• The Black Crowes — "She Talks to Angels"
• Faith No More — "Falling to Pieces"
• Guns N' Roses — "You Could Be Mine"
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• Warrant — "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Best Rap Video

• 3rd Bass — "Pop Goes the Weasel"
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — "Summertime"
• Ice-T — "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)"
• LL Cool J — "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Monie Love — "It's a Shame (My Sister)"

Best Dance Video

• Bingoboys (featuring Princessa) — "How to Dance"
• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• EMF — "Unbelievable"

Best Alternative Video

• Jane's Addiction — "Been Caught Stealing"
• Jesus Jones — "Right Here, Right Now"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"
• The Replacements — "When It Began"

Best Video from a Film

• Bryan Adams — "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
• Jon Bon Jovi — "Blaze of Glory" (from Young Guns II)
• Guns N' Roses — "You Could Be Mine" (from Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game" (from Wild at Heart)

Best Long Form Video

• Aerosmith — Things That Go Pump in the Night
• Peter Gabriel — P.O.V.
• Madonna — The Immaculate Collection
• R.E.M. — Tourfilm

Breakthrough Video

• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Enigma — "Sadeness (Part I)"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"
• Seal — "Crazy"

Best Direction in a Video

• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game" (Director: Herb Ritts)
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90" (Director: David Fincher)
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion" (Director: Tarsem)

Best Choreography in a Video

• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (Choreographer: Jamale Graves)
• Janet Jackson — "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
• Madonna — "Like a Virgin (Truth or Dare Version)"
• MC Hammer — "Pray (Jam the Hammer Mix)"

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Neneh Cherry — "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• Faith No More — "Falling to Pieces" (Special Effects: David Faithful and Ralph Ziman)
• MC Hammer — "Here Comes the Hammer"
• The Replacements — "When It Began"
• Seal — "Crazy"
• Bart Simpson — "Do the Bartman"

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Edie Brickell & New Bohemians — "Mama Help Me"
• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Faith No More — "Falling to Pieces"
• Janet Jackson — "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
• Jellyfish — "The King Is Half-Undressed"
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"

Best Editing in a Video

• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion" (Editor: Robert Duffy)
• Seal — "Crazy"

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game" (Director of Photography: Rolf Kesterman)
• LL Cool J — "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion" (Director of Photography: Larry Fong)

Viewer's Choice

• C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Divinyls — "I Touch Myself"
• Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

• MTV Asia: Cui Jian — "Wild in the Snow"
• MTV Australia: Yothu Yindi — "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Mix)"
• MTV Brasil: Sepultura — "Orgasmatron"
• MTV Europe: Roxette — "Joyride"
• MTV Internacional: Franco de Vita — "No Basta"
• MTV Japan: Flipper's Guitar — "Groove Tube"

Video Vanguard Award

• Bon Jovi
• Wayne Isham

Performances

• Van Halen — "Poundcake"
• C+C Music Factory — "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..."/"Here We Go"/"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• Poison — "Talk Dirty to Me"
• Mariah Carey — "Emotions"
• EMF — "Unbelievable"
• Paula Abdul — "Vibeology"
• Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity"
• LL Cool J — "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Metallica — "Enter Sandman"
• Don Henley — "The Heart of the Matter"
• Guns N' Roses — "Live and Let Die"
• Prince and The New Power Generation — "Gett Off"

External links

• Official MTV site