1995 MTV Video Music Awards

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The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards aired live in September 7, 1995, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1994 to June 15, 1995. The show was hosted by Dennis Miller at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream"
• TLC — "Waterfalls"
• Weezer — "Buddy Holly"

Best Male Video

• Chris Isaak — "Somebody's Crying"
• Elton John — "Believe"
• Lucas — "Lucas with the Lid Off"
• Tom Petty — "You Don't Know How It Feels"

Best Female Video

• Des'ree — "You Gotta Be"
• PJ Harvey — "Down by the Water"
• Annie Lennox — "No More I Love You's"
• Madonna — "Take a Bow"

Best Group Video

• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Rolling Stones — "Love Is Strong"
• Stone Temple Pilots — "Interstate Love Song"
• TLC — "Waterfalls"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Jeff Buckley — "Last Goodbye"
• Des'ree — "You Gotta Be"
• Filter — "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
• Hootie & the Blowfish — "Hold My Hand"
• Portishead — "Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)"

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Meat Puppets — "We Don’t Exist"
• Stone Temple Pilots — "Interstate Love Song"
• White Zombie — "More Human than Human"

Best R&B Video

• Boyz II Men — "Water Runs Dry"
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream"
• Jade — "5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time Is Up)"
• Montell Jordan — "This Is How We Do It"
• TLC — "Waterfalls"

Best Rap Video

• Brandy (featuring MC Lyte, Queen Latifah & Yo-Yo) — "I Wanna Be Down"
• Da Bush Babees — "Remember We"
• Dr. Dre — "Keep Their Heads Ringin'"
• Craig Mack — "Flava in Ya Ear"
• Public Enemy — "Give It Up"
• Rappin' 4-Tay (featuring The Spinners) — "I'll Be Around"

Best Dance Video

• Paula Abdul — "My Love Is for Real"
• C+C Music Factory — "Do You Wanna Get Funky"
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream"
• Montell Jordan — "This Is How We Do It"
• Madonna — "Human Nature"
• Salt-N-Pepa — "None of Your Business"

Best Alternative Video

• The Cranberries — "Zombie"
• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Hole — "Doll Parts"
• Stone Temple Pilots — "Interstate Love Song"
• Weezer — "Buddy Holly"

Best Video From a Film

• Bryan Adams — "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (from Don Juan DeMarco)
• Jim Carrey — "Cuban Pete" (from The Mask)
• Seal — "Kiss from a Rose" (from Batman Forever)
• U2 — "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from Batman Forever)
• Urge Overkill — "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (from Pulp Fiction)

Breakthrough Video

• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream"
• TLC — "Waterfalls"
• Weezer — "Buddy Holly"

Best Direction in a Video

• Green Day — "Basket Case" (Director: Mark Kohr)
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Director: Mark Romanek)
• TLC — "Waterfalls" (Director: F. Gary Gray)
• Weezer — "Buddy Holly" (Director: Spike Jonze)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Paula Abdul — "My Love Is for Real" (Choreographers: Paula Abdul, Bill Bohl and Nancy O'Meara)
• Brandy — "Baby" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Choreographers: LaVelle Smith Jnr, Tina Landon, Travis Payne, and Sean Cheeseman)
• Madonna — "Human Nature" (Choreographer: Jamie King)
• Salt-N-Pepa — "None of Your Business" (Choreographer: Randy Conners)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Björk — "Army of Me" (Special Effects: Buff)
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Special Effects: Kevin Haug, Alexander Frisch, Ashley Clemens, Doug Bailey, Jay Johnson and P. Scott Makela)
• The Rolling Stones — "Love Is Strong" (Special Effects: Fred Raimondi)
• TLC — "Waterfalls" (Special Effects: Peter Conn and Chris Mitchell)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Art Director: Tom Foden)
• Madonna — "Take a Bow" (Art Director: Happy Massee)
• Jill Sobule — "I Kissed a Girl" (Art Director: Kelly Van Patter)
• TLC — "Waterfalls" (Art Director: Keith Burns)

Best Editing in a Video

• Green Day — "Basket Case" (Editor: Alan Chimenti)
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Editor: Robert Duffy)
• Jill Sobule — "I Kissed a Girl" (Editor: Jerry Behrens)
• TLC — "Waterfalls" (Editor: Johnathon Silver)
• Weezer — "Buddy Holly" (Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Boyz II Men — "Water Runs Dry" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
• Green Day — "Basket Case" (Director of Photography: Adam Beckman)
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
• The Rolling Stones — "Love Is Strong" (Directors of Photography: Gary Waller and Mike Trim)
• Stone Temple Pilots — "Interstate Love Song" (Director of Photography: Kevin Kerslake)
• TLC — "Waterfalls" (Director of Photography: Toby Phillips)

Viewer's Choice

• Green Day — "Basket Case"
• Hootie & The Blowfish — "Hold My Hand"
• Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson - "Scream"
• Live — "Lightning Crashes"
• R.E.M. — "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
• TLC — "Waterfalls"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Asia

• Alisha — "Made in India"
• Denada — "Sambutlah"
• Indus Creed — "Trapped"
• Jetrin — "Love Train"
• Kim Gun Mo — "Betrayed Love"

MTV Brasil

• Barão Vermelho — "Daqui por Diante"
• Marisa Monte — "Segue o Seco"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso (featuring Djavan) — "Uma Brasileira"
• Nando Reis — "Me Diga"
• Skank — "Te Ver"
• Viper — "Coma Rage"

MTV Europe

• Björk — "Army of Me"
• Clawfinger — "Pin Me Down"
• The Cranberries — "Zombie"
• Oasis — "Whatever"
• U2 — "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

MTV Japan

• Chage and Aska — "Something There"
• Hal from Apollo '69 — "Sweet Thing"
• The Mad Capsule Markets — "HI-SIDE (High-Individual Side)"
• Towa Tei — "Technova"
• TRF — "Overnight Sensation"

MTV Latin America

• Café Tacuba — "La Ingrata"
• Fito Páez — "Circo Beat"
• Santana — "Luz Amor y Vida"
• Todos Tus Muertos — "Mate"
• Los Tres — "Déjate Caer"

MTV Mandarin

• Dou Wei — "The Black Dream"
• Dadawa — "Sister Drum"
• Tracy Huang — "Spring"
• Faye Wong — "Chess"
• Xin Xiao Qi — "Understanding"

Video Vanguard Award

• R.E.M.

Performances

Pre-show

• Silverchair — "Tomorrow"/"Pure Massacre"

Main show

• Michael Jackson (featuring Slash) — "Medley" ("Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"/"The Way You Make Me Feel"/"Scream"/"Beat It"/"Black or White"/"You Want This"/"Billie Jean"/"Dangerous"/"Miss You Much"/"Smooth Criminal"/"You Are Not Alone")
• Live — "I Alone"
• TLC — "CrazySexyMedley" ("Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"/"Kick Your Game"/"Creep"/"Waterfalls")
• R.E.M. — "The Wake-Up Bomb"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Warped"
• Bon Jovi — "Helter Skelter"/"Something for the Pain" http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1614351
• Alanis Morissette — "You Oughta Know"
• Hootie & the Blowfish — "Only Wanna Be with You"
• Hole — "Violet"
• Green Day — "Stuck with Me"
• White Zombie — "More Human than Human"
• Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven"

Appearances

• Bryan Adams
• Drew Barrymore
• Dr. Dre
• Bobby Brown
• George Clooney
• Janet Jackson
• Grant Hill
• Whitney Houston
• Ricki Lake
• Madonna
• Dennis Rodman
• Seal (jokingly introduced by Dennis Miller as "Seal Koslowski")
• Wesley Snipes
• Des'ree (jokingly introduced by Dennis Miller as "Desiree Finkelstein")
• Christopher Walken

External links

• Official MTV site