Gli MTV Video Music Awards 1992 sono stati la 9ª edizione dell'omonimo premio. La cerimonia di premiazione si è tenuta presso il Pauley Pavilion di Los Angeles il 9 settembre 1992.
Lo spettacolo fu presentato da Dana Carvey. A vincere più premi furono i Van Halen e i Red Hot Chili Peppers, con 3 statuette ciascuno, ma furono i Van Halen a vincere il premio come Video dell'anno grazie al video della loro Right Now.
Esibizioni
The Black Crowes: "Remedy" Bobby Brown: "Humpin' Around" U2 & Dana Carvey: "Even Better Than the Real Thing" Def Leppard: "Let's Get Rocked" Nirvana: "Rape Me" (intro) / "Lithium" Elton John: "The One" Pearl Jam: "Jeremy" Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Under the Bridge" (intro) / "Give It Away" Michael Jackson: "Black or White" Bryan Adams: "Do I Have to Say the Words?" En Vogue: "Free Your Mind" Eric Clapton: "Tears in Heaven" Guns N' Roses & Elton John: "November Rain"
Vincitori e candidati I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto.
Video dell'anno
Van Halen — Right Now Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge
Miglior video di un artista maschile
Eric Clapton — Tears in Heaven (Performance) John Mellencamp — Get a Leg Up Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — Into the Great Wide Open Bruce Springsteen — Human Touch "Weird Al" Yankovic — Smells Like Nirvana
Miglior video di un'artista femminile
Annie Lennox — Why Tori Amos — Silent All These Years Madonna — Holiday (Truth or Dare version) Vanessa L. Williams — Save the Best for Last
Miglior video di un gruppo
U2 — Even Better Than the Real Thing En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge Van Halen — Right Now
Miglior artista esordiente
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit Tori Amos — Silent All These Years Arrested Development — Tennessee Cracker — Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Miglior video Metal/Hard Rock
Metallica — Enter Sandman Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked Ugly Kid Joe — Everything About You Van Halen — Right Now
Miglior video rap
Arrested Development — Tennessee Black Sheep — The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) Kris Kross — Jump Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — Good Vibrations Sir Mix-a-Lot — Baby Got Back
Miglior video Dance
Prince and the New Power Generation — Cream En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) Madonna — Holiday (Truth or Dare version) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — Good Vibrations
Miglior video Alternative
Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit Pearl Jam — Alive Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away The Soup Dragons — Divine Thing
Miglior video tratto da un film
Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody (da Wayne's World) Eric Clapton — Tears in Heaven (da Rush) The Commitments — Try a Little Tenderness (da The Commitments) Hammer — Addams Groove (da The Addams Family)
Miglior video svolta
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away Tori Amos — Silent All These Years David Byrne — She's Mad Van Halen — Right Now
Miglior regia
Van Halen — Right Now (Mark Fenske) En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (Matthew Rolston) Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away (Stéphane Sednaoui) Sir Mix-a-Lot — Baby Got Back (Adam Bernstein)
Migliori coreografia
En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (Frank Gatson, Travis Payne e LaVelle Smith Jnr) Hammer — Too Legit to Quit (Hammer) Madonna — Holiday (Truth or Dare version) (Vincent Paterson) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — Good Vibrations (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)
Migliori effetti speciali
U2 — Even Better Than the Real Thing (Simon Taylor) David Byrne — She's Mad (Carlos Arguello e Michele Ferrone) Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked (Ian Pearson) Michael Jackson — Black or White (Short Version) (Jamie Dixon)
Miglior scenografia
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away (Nick Goodman e Robertino Mazati) Guns N' Roses — November Rain (Nigel Phelps) Sir Mix-a-Lot — Baby Got Back (Dan Hubp) Rod Stewart — Broken Arrow (José Montaño)
Miglior montaggio
Van Halen — Right Now (Mitchell Sinoway) En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (Robert Duffy) Metallica — Enter Sandman (Jay Torres) Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away (Veronique Labels e Olivier Gajan) U2 — Even Better Than the Real Thing (Jerry Chater)
Miglior fotografia
Guns N' Roses — November Rain (Mike Southon e Daniel Pearl) Tori Amos — Silent All These Years (George Tiffin) Eric Clapton — Tears in Heaven (Performance) (David Johnson) En Vogue — My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (Paul Lauter) Genesis — I Can't Dance (Daniel Pearl) Michael Jackson — In the Closet (Rolf Kestermann) Madonna — Holiday (Truth or Dare version) (Toby Phillips) Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — Good Vibrations (Dave Phillips) Metallica — Enter Sandman (Martin Coppen) Red Hot Chili Peppers — Give It Away (Marco Mazzei) Vanessa L. Williams — Running Back to You (Ralph Ziman)
Miglior video scelto dal pubblico
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge Def Leppard — Let's Get Rocked Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit Van Halen — Right Now
Premio alla carriera (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award)
Guns N' Roses
International Viewer's Choice Awards
MTV Asia
Christina — Jing Mai Klua Artists R.A.P. (Roslan Aziz Productions) — Ikhlas Tapi Jauh Chang Yu-sheng — Take Me to the Moon The Dawn — Iisang Bangka Tayo Lo Ta-yu — Story of the Train Marsha — Taak-Hak
MTV Australia
Diesel — Man Alive Boom Crash Opera — Holy Water The Clouds — Hieronymous Frente! — Ordinary Angels
MTV Brasil
Nenhum de Nós — Ao Meu Redor Guilherme Arantes — Taça de Veneno Biquini Cavadão — Zé Ninguém Capital Inicial — O Passageiro Djavan — Se... Engenheiros do Hawaii — O Exército de um Homem Só Gilberto Gil — Madalena Marina — Criança Marisa Monte — Diariamente Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Trac Trac RPM — Gita Sepultura — Desperate Cry Supla — Só Pensa na Fama Titãs — Saia de Mim Caetano Veloso — Fora da Ordem
MTV Europe
The Cure — Friday I'm in Love Genesis — I Can't Dance The KLF (feat. Tammy Wynette) — Justified & Ancient Annie Lennox — Why Shakespears Sister — Stay
MTV Internacional
El General — Muévelo Caifanes — Nubes Gipsy Kings — Baila Me Mecano — El 7 de Septiembre El Último de la Fila — Cuando el Mar Te Tenga Note
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