1986 MTV Video Music Awards
1986 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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Palladium, New York City | |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Downtown Julie Brown Mark Goodman Alan Hunter Martha Quinn and Dweezil Zappa |
Most awards | A-ha (8) |
Most nominations | A-ha and Dire Straits (11 each) |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | MTV |
Produced by | Don Ohlmeyer Bob Pittman |
Directed by | Don Ohlmeyer |
The 1986
The night's biggest winner and one of the year's two most nominated artists was Norwegian group a-ha, which won eight out of eleven awards it was in contention for. Their video for "Take On Me" earned six awards out of eight nominations, including Viewer's Choice, while "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." won two awards out of three nominations.
The other most nominated artist was rock group Dire Straits, whose video for "Money for Nothing" also earned eleven nominations and won two awards, including Video of the Year. Thus, "Money for Nothing" was also the most nominated video at the 1986 VMAs.
Background
MTV announced in June that the 1986 Video Music Awards would be held at New York's
Performances
Artist(s) | Song(s) | Ref. |
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Robert Palmer
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"Addicted to Love" | [6] |
The Hooters | "And We Danced" "Nervous Night" |
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The Monkees | "I'm a Believer" "Daydream Believer" |
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'Til Tuesday | "What About Love" | |
INXS | "What You Need" | |
Van Halen | "Best of Both Worlds" "Love Walks In" (Pre-taped from New Haven, CT) |
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Mr. Mister | "Kyrie" "Broken Wings" |
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Simply Red | " Money's Too Tight (To Mention) "
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Whitney Houston | " Greatest Love of All "
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Pet Shop Boys | "Love Comes Quickly" "West End Girls" |
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Tina Turner | "Typical Male" | |
Genesis | "Throwing It All Away" (From London) |
Robert Palmer, The Monkees, INXS, Mr. Mister, Whitney Houston, and Pet Shop Boys performed from Los Angeles. The Hooters, 'Til Tuesday, Simply Red, and Tina Turner performed from New York.
Presenters
- Jay Leno – presented Best Stage Performance in a Video
- Joe Davola and Alan Hunter – talked about the Viewer's Choice award and introduced the nominees
- Janet Jackson – presented Best Choreography in a Video
- Bobcat Goldthwait – presented Best Concept Video
- Steven Wright – introduced the winners of Best Editing in a Video and Best Cinematography in a Video
- Don Johnson – presented Best Female Video
- The Bangles – presented Best Overall Performance in a Video
- Madonna
- Pet Shop Boys – presented the Video Vanguard Award to Zbigniew Rybczyński
- Bananarama – introduced the winner of Best Art Direction in a Video
- Martha Quinn – presented the Special Recognition Award to Jack Healey
- Whitney Houston – presented Best Male Video
- Steve Winwood – presented Best Direction in a Video
- Gilbert Gottfried – introduced the winner of Best Special Effects in a Video
- David Lee Roth – presented Best Group Video
- Heartbeat"
- Bob Costas – introduced a segment on the ties between sports and music called "Rock 'n Roll Sports"
- Belinda Carlisle – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- Robin Williams – presented the Special Recognition Award to Bill Graham
- Paul McCartney – introduced Tina Turner
- Mötley Crüe (Vince Neil and Tommy Lee) – presented Most Experimental Video
- Van Halen – presented Viewer's Choice
- Don Henley – presented Video of the Year
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[7]
Other appearances
- Adam Whittaker – accepted the Best Editing and Best Cinematography awards on behalf of David Yardley and Oliver Stapleton
- Grace Jones – accepted the Best Overall Performance award on behalf of David Bowie and Mick Jagger
- Simon Fields – accepted the Best Direction award on behalf of Steve Barron
- Rod Stewart – appeared in a pre-commercial vignette via satellite
References
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