The MTV Video Music Awards is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Super Bowl for youth", an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony's ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year. By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award.
The 1983–1984 Video of the Year "Moon man" award
Radio City Music Hall, site of 12 VMAs, including the first
Nirvana performing at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards
Kanye West taking the microphone from Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV is an American cable television channel. It was officially launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.
A woman cosplaying as Daria Morgendorffer, the title character of the popular MTV animated series Daria, which originally aired from March 1997 to January 2002.
1515 Broadway in Times Square, the site of MTV Studios since 1997
Pauly D and the Situation of Jersey Shore in 2011
Michael Jackson, whose discography included music videos such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller"
