1997 MTV Video Music Awards

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

Beck – "The New Pollution"

Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"

Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"

No Doubt – "Don't Speak"

Best Male Video

Beck – "Devils Haircut"

Babyface – "Every Time I Close My Eyes"

R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"

Will Smith – "Men in Black"

Best Female Video

Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"

Erykah Badu – "On & On"

Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"

Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"

Paula Cole – "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

Best Group Video

No Doubt – "Don't Speak"

Blur – "Song 2"

Counting Crows – "A Long December"

Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"

The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

Best New Artist in a Video

Fiona Apple – "Sleep to Dream"

Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"

Hanson – "MMMBop"

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

Best Rock Video

Aerosmith – "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"

Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"

Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"

Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"

Rage Against the Machine – "People of the Sun"

Best R&B Video

Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) – "I'll Be Missing You"

Babyface (featuring Stevie Wonder) – "How Come, How Long"

Erykah Badu – "On & On"

Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) – "No Diggity"

Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"

Best Rap Video

The Notorious B.I.G. – "Hypnotize"

Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) – "No Diggity"

Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That"

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

Best Dance Video

Spice Girls – "Wannabe"

The Chemical Brothers – "Block Rockin' Beats"

Freak Nasty – "Da' Dip"

The Prodigy – "Breathe"

Best Alternative Video

Sublime – "What I Got"

Beck – "The New Pollution"

Blur – "Song 2"

Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"

Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"

Best Video from a Film

Will Smith – "Men in Black" (from Men in Black)

Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting)

R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)

Bruce Springsteen – "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire)

Breakthrough Video

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

The Chemical Brothers – "Setting Sun"

Daft Punk – "Da Funk"

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"

Best Direction in a Video

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Director: Beck Hansen)

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Director: Hype Williams)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)

Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Director: Mark Romanek)

The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Directors: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

Best Choreography in a Video

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Choreographer: Peggy Hickey)

Cibo Matto – "Sugar Water" (Choreographer: Michel Gondry)

Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That" (Choreographers: Fatima and Swoop)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Choreographer: Jason Kay)

Will Smith – "Men in Black" (Choreographer: Stretch)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Special Effects: Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton)

Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (Special Effects: Ashley Clemens)

Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" (Special Effects: D.A.V.E. and Panic & Bob)

The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Special Effects: Chris Staves, Nigel Randall, Edson Williams and the Brothers Strause)

Will Smith – "Men in Black" (Special Effects: Paul Griffin, Alan Rosenfield and Wade Howie)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Art Director: K. K. Barrett)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Art Director: John Bramble)

Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" (Art Director: Ken Baird)

Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Art Director: Tom Foden)

Best Editing in a Video

Beck – "Devils Haircut" (Editor: Hank Corwin)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Editors: Jonathan Glazer and John McManus)

The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Editor: Hal Honigsberg)

The Wallflowers – "One Headlight" (Editor: Einar Thorsteinsson)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Director of Photography: Stephen Keith-Roach)

Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)

Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)

The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn)

Viewer's Choice

The Prodigy – "Breathe"

Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"

Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) – "I'll Be Missing You"

Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"

The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

MTV Asia

The Eraserheads – "Ang Huling El Bimbo"

Dewa 19 – "Kirana"

Joey Boy – "Fun Fun Fun"

KRU – "Fanatik"

Lee Seung-Hwan – "Family"

MTV Australia

Silverchair – "Freak"

Human Nature – "Don't Say Goodbye"

Powderfinger – "Living Type"

Savage Garden – "To the Moon and Back"

Spiderbait – "Calypso"

MTV Brasil

Skank – "É uma Partida de Futebol"

Fernanda Abreu – "Kátia Flávia"

Angra – "Make Believe"

Baba Cósmica – "Uma Pedra no Meu Caminho"

Barão Vermelho – "Amor Meu Grande Amor"

Carlinhos Brown – "A Namorada"

Camisa de Vênus – "O Ponteiro Tá Subindo"

Cidade Negra – "Firmamento"

Kid Abelha – "Te Amo pra Sempre"

Lagoa – "Revista de Mulher Pelada"

Maria do Relento – "Conhece o Mário"

Nenhum de Nós – "Vou Deixar Que Você Se Vá"

Os Ostras – "Uma, Duas ou Três (Punheta)"

Os Paralamas do Sucesso – "La Bella Luna"

Pato Fu – "Água"

Planet Hemp – "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig (Hempa)"

Raimundos – "Puteiro em João Pessoa"

Lulu Santos – "Aviso aos Navegantes"

Sepultura – "Ratamahatta"

Virgulóides – "Bagulho no Bumba"

MTV Europe

The Prodigy – "Breathe"

Daft Punk – "Around the World"

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"

Skunk Anansie – "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"

MTV India

Asha Bhosle – "O Mere Sona Re"

Lucky Ali – "O Sanam"

Amitabh Bachchan – "Eir Bir Phatte"

Colonial Cousins – "Krishna"

Daler Mehndi – "Dardi Rab Rab"

MTV Japan

Chara – "Yasashii Kimochi"

Air – "Hair Do"

Denki Groove – "Shangi-La"

Scha Dara Parr – "Otona Ni Nattemo"

The Yellow Monkey – "Rakuen"

MTV Latin America

Café Tacuba – "Chilanga Banda"

Azul Violeta – "Volveré a Empezar"

Control Machete – "¿Comprendes Mendes?

Fito Páez – "Cadáver Exquisito"

Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal – "Sin Ti"

MTV Mandarin

Mavis Fan – "Bartender Angel"

Jeff Chang – "Affection"

Chyi Chin – "Cliff"

Valen Hsu – "If Cloud Knows"

Aaron Kwok – "Share My Love"

Wu Bai & China Blue – "End of Love"

Video Vanguard Award

LL Cool J
Mark Romanek

MTV.com cybercast

Meredith Brooks [1]

Pre-show

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (featuring John Popper) – "The Impression That I Get"

Foo Fighters – "Everlong"/"Monkey Wrench"

Main show

Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Sting) – "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"

Jewel – "Angel Standing By"

The Prodigy – "Breathe" (live from London)

The Wallflowers (featuring Bruce Springsteen) – "One Headlight"

Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martinez – "Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix)"

U2 – "Please"

Beck – "The New Pollution"

Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"

Appearances

Cindy Crawford and Pat Smear – presented Best Group Video

Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes – presented Best Dance Video

Madonna – talked about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and introduced The Prodigy

Kevin Bacon and Janeane Garofalo – presented Best Video from a Film

Adam Sandler and Meredith Brooks – presented Best Alternative Video

Wu-Tang Clan – introduced Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, Da Brat and Lisa Lopes

Elton John – presented Best New Artist in a Video

Dermot Mulroney and John Popper – presented Best Male Video (and also announced Beck's win for Best Direction in a Video)

Mariah Carey – presented the Video Vanguard Award to LL Cool J

No Doubt – presented Best R&B Video

Mike Myers – introduced Beck

Sheryl Crow – chatted with The Rolling Stones via satellite, then introduced the next presenters

Fiona Apple and Chris Tucker – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Awards winners

Maxwell, Dave Matthews and Boyd Tinsley – presented Best Rap Video

Janet Jackson – presented the Video Vanguard Award to Mark Romanek

Naomi Campbell – introduced Jamiroquai

David Arquette and Lisa Marie Presley – presented Viewer's Choice

Blackstreet – presented Best Female Video

Will Smith – presented Video of the Year