Country United States Other ceremonies 1992, 1994 | Date 2 September 1993 | |
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Location Gibson Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California |
Nirvana mtv video music awards 1993
The 1993 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 2, 1993, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1992, to June 15, 1993. The show was hosted by Christian Slater at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. This was Kurt Cobain's final VMA appearance.
Contents
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- Nominations
- Video of the Year
- Best Male Video
- Best Female Video
- Best Group Video
- Best New Artist in a Video
- Best MetalHard Rock Video
- Best RB Video
- Best Rap Video
- Best Dance Video
- Best Alternative Video
- Best Video from a Film
- Breakthrough Video
- Best Direction in a Video
- Best Choreography in a Video
- Best Special Effects in a Video
- Best Art Direction in a Video
- Best Editing in a Video
- Best Cinematography in a Video
- Viewers Choice
- MTV Asia
- MTV Brasil
- MTV Europe
- MTV Internacional
- Performances
- Appearances
- References

This year marked the introduction of yet another new category with the addition of Best R&B Video ballot. However, this would be the first time that a new award was added to the list of genre categories, a move that was mainly propelled by the success and popularity of MTV Jams.

The night's biggest winner was Pearl Jam, whose video for "Jeremy" earned four awards that night, including Video of the Year. Closely following were En Vogue with three Moonmen and Madonna and Peter Gabriel with two awards apiece. All other winners took one award each.
Meanwhile, in terms of nominations R&B group En Vogue and their video for "Free Your Mind" were the most nominated act and video (respectively) that night, receiving a total of eight nominations. The second most nominated artists of the night were Peter Gabriel, Aerosmith, and R.E.M., who received six nominations that night. Gabriel split his six nominations evenly between his videos for "Digging in the Dirt" and "Steam." All of R.E.M.'s nominations went to their video for "Man on the Moon." Lastly, Aerosmith, the winners of the Viewer's Choice award, received six nominations for their clip "Livin' on the Edge."

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Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"

Best Male Video
Lenny Kravitz – "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

Best Female Video
k.d. lang – "Constant Craving"
Best Group Video
Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"
Best New Artist in a Video
Stone Temple Pilots – "Plush"
Best Metal/Hard Rock Video
Pearl Jam – "Jeremy"
Best R&B Video
En Vogue – "Free Your Mind"

Best Rap Video
Arrested Development – "People Everyday"
Best Dance Video
En Vogue – "Free Your Mind"
Best Alternative Video
Nirvana – "In Bloom"
Best Video from a Film
Alice in Chains – "Would?" (from Singles)
Breakthrough Video
Los Lobos – "Kiko and the Lavender Moon"
Best Direction in a Video
Pearl Jam – "Jeremy" (Director: Mark Pellington)
Best Choreography in a Video
En Vogue – "Free Your Mind" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson, LaVelle Smith Jnr and Travis Payne)
Best Special Effects in a Video
Peter Gabriel – "Steam" (Special Effects: Real World Productions and (Colossal) Pictures)
Best Art Direction in a Video
Madonna – "Rain" (Art Director: Jan Peter Flack)
Best Editing in a Video
Peter Gabriel – "Steam" (Editor: Douglas Jines)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Madonna – "Rain" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
Viewer's Choice
Aerosmith – "Livin' on the Edge"
MTV Asia
Indus Creed – "Pretty Child"
MTV Brasil
Titãs – "Será Que É Isso o Que Eu Necessito?"
MTV Europe
George Michael – "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
MTV Internacional
Luis Miguel – "América, América"