20 shocking facts about MTV VMS you have certainly never known
There is much more to the show than the videos of the moon and music.
Any child of the'80 will tell you that, back in their day, above all theTeen momseasons andJersey ShoreHijinks, MTV dedicated practically every minute of his antenna time with music videos. And it was not long before the network launched its own video music prices (VMA) in 1984, complete with the emblematic astronaut trophy that was affectionately nicknamed the "Moonman".
Thirty-five years later, which started as a way to honor the best musical video has turned into an epic night ofFashion on top, making musical performances of history and, of course, moments of celebrities that fall to the jaw. In advance of this year's prices on Monday, August 26, we gathered the real most shocking stories about the VMA previously that even the music fans of Diehard do not know. So grab a little popcorn, put your dress with meat and dive into these crazy facts on the prices of MTV video music.
1 The seating table takes months to finalize and the stars do not even follow it.
With all that is music in one place, creating an array of seats that works so that everyone participating in the VMA is not an easy task. In 2016,Gina EspositoVice President of MTV for music and talent, saidCosmopolitan It will take months to find sitting arrangements, from the moment the candidatures are published until the cameras begin to ride on the live reward show.
Celebrities can ask to sit next to each other (asTaylor Swift and his team) and the network does his best to welcome, but they also seek to make good television, so they sit on people next to friends to get these real,Even reactions.
And if the stars are not satisfied with their seats, they take the matter between their own hands. "You will have artists who reorganize seats in real time so that they sit together," said Esposito. "If we do not settle together, they still find themselves."
2 Some candidates must buy their own tickets ... for $ 800 POP!
Unless you are, say,Cardi B WhereAriana Grande, MTV charge participants up to $ 800 per ticket - and includes candidates.Josh Forbes-Who directed a musical video to walk the moon that was named for the best rock video in 2017-saysThe daily beast That he had to create a gofundle just to allow himself to attend the ceremony.
"You spend all your life doing these things and it's good to feel that you are part of something, then it's depressing when you discover that you are not invited," he said. "'Youare part of the club - and we have a party! 'Costs! Can I go?' 'Oh no-YOU can not go. '
3 A secret committee selects candidates.
Although fans have had the opportunity to vote online for some categories since the dawn of the Internet, there is not much information there forHow? 'Or' What The nominees are selected. A journalist forStir Do some snooping and tried to understand things, but the selection committee of Nominees VMA is pretty much kept under the wraps.
And it has been like that for decades! After the 1987 VMA,Upi Reported that "prices are voted by the National Video Academy, consisting of a minimum of 1,500 representatives of the music industry and the video selected each year by the members of the Executive Committee of the video designated by MTV. " I guess we will never know who are the "members" chosen!
4 And viewers can not vote on each category.
While VMAs are presented as a rewards issuance mainly based on fans, there are some categories that you will not find on theVoting website. There are six "professional" categories that only the above-mentioned selection committee is able to vote on: best direction, best visual effects, best cinematography, best choreography, best edition and better artistic direction.
5 The very first show was hosted by Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler.
The very first VMM of MTV broadcast live on 14 September 1984 and the ceremony was organized byDan Aykroyd andBette Midler, which took on the scene dressed in astronaut costumes designed to imitate the "Moonman" price statues.
"We are about to embark on a galactic proportion event," Aykroydnoted before announcingRod Stewart's performance. Oh, like times have changed.
6 The iconic Madonna "like a virgin" performance was supposed to involve a living tiger.
Madonna Original plan for its 1984 performance of "like a virgin" was to sing the song to a real white Bengal tiger,Billboard reported. Although the idea has been nixed - for security reasons, it has always delivered an emblematic performance, emerging from a 17-foot wedding cake in this unforgettable lace wedding dress. But eventhis was not entirely planned.
"I marked these steps that were the levels of a wedding cake, and I lost ... my white heel. I thought," Oh my God, how am I going to have that? It's there and I'm on television. "So I thought," Well, I'm going to pretend I wanted to do that, "and I collected on the floor"she saidJay Leno In 2012. "And I rolled and I reached the shoe, and as I reached for the shoe, the dress rose, then the underwear showed. And I did not want." Classic debauchery MTV VMA.
7 The statue of the moon was almost a basketball.
Manhattan Design, the NYC-based design company that created both the logo for MTV and its Modienic Moonman, initially subjected three ideas for the statue: a basketball, a popcorn container (which ends up becoming the trophy For MTV Movie prices), and of course, the Moonman.
"I think the Moonman and VMA connect to the roots of where MTV started, which is with music and videos and entertainment",Pat Gormanthe designer of the statue, saidMtv In 2016. Designed to imitate the animation "Top of the hour" of the landing theme station, the Moonman pays homage toNeil Armstrong With an impression based on the trophy under the floating foot of the astronaut, imitate the line heard 'around the solar system: "a small step for a man, a giant jump for humanity."
8 And it has only been redesigned once in 35 years.
The iconic statue Moonman has been redesigned once in his history of three decades, but it was not permanent.In 2013-The VMASS were in the artist of Brooklyn-Renowned Brooklyn, Kaws, gave the statue to makeup of the statue: his head of skull sun and crasse-craves was only this year singular.
9 There was a price for "ringtone of the year".
Yes, in 2006, it was seriously one thing. But it was just given for that a year, then very minor is the only lucky winner of history. He won for a collaboration withHolly Brook On the song "where are you going." Other nominated for the appendix category includedKanye West's "Digger in gold" and black wave peas "" my bumps ".
10 There was also a "Best Video Games Soundtrack" prize.
Underground Tony Hawk Has become the first winner of the Best Video Soundtrack Award in 2004, back when MTV was trying to expand his audience to the massive game community. The sound tapes forDance Dance Revolution Extreme andMarc Eck's gets up: pressurized content were the only other other winners, in 2005 and 2006, respectively, before the networkdecided to slaughter the category for real.
11 The shoes are prepared so that artists do not fall.
According toMTV News, The staff of the VMA wardrobe and placing talent shoes to make sure they do not fall, which gives a total meaning given the amount of dance that usually happens during representations.
12 There were only four female hosts of all time.
For the first seven years of the VMA,Men dominated accommodation tasks, with comedians ranging fromArsenio Hall ToChris Rock Take a crack at Helming at night music videos. This series was broken in 1991 when comedianRoseanne Barr Hosted the ceremony. Since then, only three women have followed a conviction:Handler Chelsea in 2010,Miley Cyrus In 2015, andKaty Perry In 2017.
13 Nobody won the video of the year three times.
Although several talented artists have been named many times, only the most prolific won the video sought twice from the video of the year.Elliot Missywon to "work" and "Lady Marmalade"Eminem For "the true slim shaded" and "without me"Rihanna for "umbrella" and "we found love" andBeyonceFor "Single Ladies" and "Training". But no one has brought home the biggest moon moon of the night!
14 A single married couple won the best new artist.
Singer composerAimee Mann (and its New Wave group, "TIL Tuesday) marked the best artist price at the VMA in 1985, while the artist and the composerMichael PennGagné in 1990. The pair husband in 1997, making it the only married couple to have won the price. Talking about a power couple of the music industry!
15 The Director ofFighter club andGirlfriendWon three VMA.
David Fincher Received the direction of clarification not only for large movies, but also for several music videos. TheFighter clubandGirlfriendDirector won VMA at home for the best instruction for "Express yourself" from Madonna and "Vogue" in 1989 and 1990, respectively and forJustin Timberlake's "Costume & Tie" in 2013.
16 The famous Rose McGowan VMA red carpet outfit from 1998 had an important message behind him.
Pink McGowan'sNear Nude 1998 VMA Outfit was not just a fashion statement, but a political policy too. Years later, in the light of the #Metoo movement she had a huge role,Shared McGowan that the outfit was in response to its sexual assault this year.
"It was my first public appearance after being raped," said McGowan with the actress and the activistJameela Jamil for theI weigh the series of online interviews. "And I thought it was a bit likeRussel Crowe inGladiator When [it] comes out in the ring and it's like "you're not entertaining?" And that's why I did that. It was my answer to be assaulted. "
17 The most rewarded video in the history of VMA is over 30 years old.
Peter Gabriel's The artistic, artistic and clay masterpiece for the song "Slegedhammer" won a scholarship note from nine video video in one night at the third annual show in 1987. More than three decades later,the video always maintainsand It always holds recording as the most rewarded video of all time.
18 The Beatles have a VMA even if they were not together when prices started.
Vanguard Award-renamed videoMicheal Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 1991 - became the VMA equivalent at a life realization price, with braces ranging from Kanye West, Beyoncé andJennifer Lopez in recent years. But, at the first VMA in 1984, it was a way to thank artists who were pioneers in the music industry.David Bowie And the Beatles brought home the very first payment of Vanguard video price for their work integrating a video into their musical repertoire.
19 In 2019, VMA are organized in New Jersey for the first time.
The 2019 VMA, ready to be hosted atPrudential Center of New JerseyIn Newark will mark the fourth time in the history of the show he will take place outside New York or Los Angeles. Miami housed the Star-Staded case in 2004 and 2005, Las Vegas hosted in 2007 and today, the state of the garden will be the house of the VMA for the first time.
20 Beyoncé is the most rewarded artist in the history of VMA.
Queen BeyHistory made in 2016 When she won a foodeight Price for its innovative albumLemonade, including the most coveted title, the video of the year. Before that, Madonna had held the place as the most decorated VMA artist, winning 20 blackmail between 1986 and 1999. She held this title for a 17 year old, until Bey know it with 21 VMA trophies. And for more on the biggest star of pop music, here's20 unknown facts on Beyoncé who will make you love it even more.
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