1988 MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri

1988 MTV Müzik Ödülleri, 2 Mayıs 1987 ve 1 Nisan 1988 arasında yayımlanmış müzik videoları arasındaki en iyi olanları seçmek üzere düzenlenmiş bir ödül törenidir. Tören, 7 Eylül 1988'de Los Angeles'te yer alan Universal Amphithetre'da Arsenio Hall tarafından sunulmuştur. Arseniho Hall gösteriye henüz çok tanınmamış biri olarak çıkmasına rağmen oldukça başarılı olmuş ve bundan sonraki 4 MTV Video Müzik Ödülü törenini de kendisi sunması istenmiştir.

MTV Müzik Ödülleri 1988
Tarih	7 Eylül 1988 (1988-09-07)
Yer	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
Ülke	ABD
Son kazanan	MTV
En çok kazanan	INXS (5)
En çok adaylık	INXS (9)
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Gecede en çok ödül dalında aday olan ve en çok ödül kazanan grup Avustralyalı INXS grubu olmuştur (9 adaylık ve 5 ödül). George Harrison ve U2 ise 8 dalda ödüle aday olarak INXS grubunu takip etmişlerdir.

Performanslar

• Rod Stewart – "Forever Young"
• Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"
• Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
• Elton John – "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (Miami'den canlı)
• Depeche Mode – "Strangelove"
• Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
• Michael Jackson – "Bad" (Londra'dan canlı)
• Cher – "Main Man"
• The Fat Boys (Chubby Checker ile beraber) – "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
• Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"
• INXS – "New Sensation"

Görünüm

• David Coverdale ve Tawny Kitaen – En İyi Grup Videosu ödülünü sundu.
• Jim Turner
• Ken Ober
• Paul Reiser
• Eric Roberts ve Teri Garr
• Bryan Ferry ve Melanie Griffith
• Crowded House
• Bobby McFerrin
• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark ve Magic Johnson
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and Justine Bateman
• Jim Turner ("Randee of the Redwoods" olarak)
• Peter Gabriel –
• Adam Curry ve Kevin Seal
• Suzanne Vega ve Robert Downey, Jr.
• Sam Kinison
• Julie Brown ve Downtown Julie Brown
• The Bangles
• Penn & Teller
• Cyndi Lauper ve Rod Stewart
• Aerosmith
• Cher

Adaylıklar ve Kazananlar

Kazananlar ilk sırada ve kalın olarak gösterilmiştir.

Yılın Video Klibi	En İyi Erkek Videosu
INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"	Prince – "U Got the Look" Terence Trent D'Arby – "Wishing Well" George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You" Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" Steve Winwood – "Back in the High Life Again"
En İyi Kadın Videosu	En İyi Grup Videosu
Suzanne Vega – "Luka" Cher – "I Found Someone" Lita Ford – "Kiss Me Deadly" Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle" Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"	INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" Eurythmics – "I Need a Man" U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
En İyi Yeni Sanatçı Videosu	Best Concept Video
Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" The Godfathers – "Birth, School, Work, Death" Buster Poindexter – "Hot, Hot, Hot" Swing Out Sister – "Breakout" Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"	Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" XTC – "Dear God"
Best Video from a Film	Best Stage Performance in a Video
Los Lobos – "La Bamba" (from La Bamba) The Bangles – "Hazy Shade of Winter" (from Less Than Zero) Bryan Ferry – "Kiss and Tell" (from Bright Lights, Big City) Peter Gabriel – "Biko" (from Cry Freedom) Bob Seger – "Shakedown" (from Beverly Hills Cop II)	Prince – "U Got the Look" Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" Grateful Dead – "Touch of Grey" Elton John – "Candle in the Wind (live)" Roy Orbison – "Oh, Pretty Woman (live)" U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Breakthrough Video	Best Direction in a Video
INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" Squeeze – "Hourglass" Suzanne Vega – "Luka" XTC – "Dear God"	George Michael – "Father Figure" (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael) Eurythmics – "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Director: Sophie Muller) Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (Director: Storm Thorgerson) R.E.M. – "The One I Love" (Director: Robert Longo) XTC – "Dear God" (Director: Nicholas Brandt)
Best Choreography in a Video	Best Special Effects in a Video
Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle" (Choreographer: Barry Lather) Michael Jackson – "Bad" (Choreographers: Michael Jackson, Gregg Burge and Jeffrey Daniel) Michael Jackson – "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Choreographers: Michael Jackson and Vincent Paterson) Prince – "U Got the Look" (Choreographer: Cat Glover) Sting – "We'll Be Together" (Choreographer: Barry Lather)	Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton) Grateful Dead – "Touch of Grey" (Special Effects: Gary Gutierrez) George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You" (Special Effects: John McCallum) George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" (Special Effects: Chris Lyons) INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Special Effects: Lynn Maree Milburn)
Best Art Direction in a Video	Best Editing in a Video
Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards) George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" (Art Director: Sid Bartholomew) INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Art Director: Lynn Maree Milburn) George Michael – "Faith" (Art Director: Bryan Jones) Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" (Art Directors: Howard Cummings and Beth Rubino)	INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Editor: Richard Lowenstein) INXS – "Devil Inside" (Editor: Steve Purcell) Loverboy – "Notorious" (Editor: Jim Haygood) Prince – "U Got the Look" (Editor: Charley Randazzo and Steve Purcell) Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" (Editor: Greg Dougherty)
Best Cinematography in a Video	Viewer's Choice
Sting – "We'll Be Together" (Director of Photography: Bill Pope) George Michael – "Father Figure" (Director of Photography: Peter Mackay) Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (Director of Photography: Gordon Minard) Robert Plant – "Heaven Knows" (Director of Photography: Steve Tickner) Suzanne Vega – "Luka" (Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski)	INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Video Vanguard Award
Michael Jackson
Special Recognition Award

Ayrıca Bakınız

• MTV Avrupa Müzik Ödülleri

Dış bağlantılar

• Orijinal MTV sitesi 12 Mayıs 1996 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.