| 1998 MTV Video Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 10, 1998 |
| Venue(s) | Universal Amphitheatre |
| Country | USA |
| Host(s) | Ben Stiller |
| Network | MTV |
The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show was hosted by Ben Stiller at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Madonna was the most successful that night, winning six awards: five for "Ray of Light", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video, and one for "Frozen". Will Smith and The Prodigy won two awards that night, while all other winners received only one award.
In the weeks before the awards ceremony, MTV "hacked" its own website intentionally and graffitied the words "JF Was Here" across the page,[1] at the same time that the British hacker JF was under investigation for the milw0rm hacktivist attacks by Scotland Yard.[2] Hundreds of pages hosted on MTV.com sported the new JF logo, including one page that read, "JF was here, greets to milw0rm".[3] MTV later confirmed that the alleged JF "hack" was a publicity stunt to promote the appearance of a commentator named Johnny Fame at their upcoming awards show.[2] Many were puzzled by the apparent hack committed by JF since the hacker was "known for relatively high ethical standards."[2]
Winners are in bold text.
Madonna – "Ray of Light"
Will Smith – "Just the Two of Us"
Madonna – "Ray of Light"
Backstreet Boys – "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Wyclef Jean – "Gone Till November"
Will Smith – "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"
The Prodigy – "Smack My Bitch Up"
Green Day – "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon)
The Prodigy – "Smack My Bitch Up"
Madonna – "Ray of Light" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)
Madonna – "Ray of Light" (Choreographer: Madonna)
Madonna – "Frozen" (Special Effects: Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam, and Anthony Walsham)
Björk – "Bachelorette" (Art Director: Donovan Davidson)
Madonna – "Ray of Light" (Editor: Jonas Åkerlund)
Fiona Apple – "Criminal" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G. and Fuzzbubble – "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)"
Chrisye – "Kala Cinta Menggoda"
Kylie Minogue – "Did It Again"[4]
Racionais MC's – "Diário de um Detento"
Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan – "Dil To Pagal Hai"
hide with Spread Beaver – "Pink Spider"
Molotov – "Gimme Tha Power"
Molotov – "Gimme Tha Power"
Coco Lee – "Di Da Di"
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