MTV Video Vanguard Award
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The following is a list of recipients of the MTV Video Vanguard Award. [1]
The award is known as the Video Vanguard Award but has also been known as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to musicians who have had a profound effect on the MTV culture. The award is also given to music video directors who have created some of the most popular and acclaimed music videos in MTV history. The award has come under fire because MTV hardly handed the award out during the 1990s and 2000s. While the recipients of the award have included some of the most popular and acclaimed artists in MTV history, MTV has been criticized for not handing out the award to other artists that some see as having an effect on MTV (such as Nirvana, Tupac Shakur, Run-DMC and Prince).
| Year | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Both Lester and The Beatles were honored for "essentially inventing the music video." | |
| 1985 | Byrne was honored for his work with Talking Heads. Godley and Creme are acclaimed music video directors. Mulcahy was honored as the director of The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star," the first video played on MTV. | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | ||
| 1988 | Presented to Michael by Peter Gabriel, in 1988, for defining the music video as a piece of art, or as Jackson likes to put as "short films". With such videos as Thriller, he practically made the music video what it is today. | |
| 1989 | Presented by Madonna. | |
| 1990 | ||
| 1991 | ||
| 1992 | ||
| 1994 | The award given to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers was the Video Vanguard Award. The award given to the Rolling Stones was a Lifetime Achievement Award. | |
| 1995 | ||
| 1997 | LL Cool J is the first rap artist to receive the award. | |
| 1998 | ||
| 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Given as Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award | |
| 2003 | Given as Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2006 | Given by Kanye West in honor of his achievements as a "film maker" |
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