1997 MTV Video Music Awards

Nominations

Video of the Year

• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"
• No Doubt – "Don't Speak"

  Best Male Video

• Babyface – "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
• R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Will Smith – "Men in Black"

  Best Female Video

• Erykah Badu – "On & On"
• Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"
• Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"
• Paula Cole – "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

  Best Group Video

• Blur – "Song 2"
• Counting Crows – "A Long December"
• Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

  Best New Artist in a Video

• Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"
• Hanson – "MMMBop"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

  Best Rock Video

• 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

• Babyface with Stevie Wonder – "How Come, How Long"
• Erykah Badu – "On & On"
• Blackstreet – "No Diggity"
• Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"

  Best Rap Video

• Blackstreet – "No Diggity"
• Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain "

  Best Dance Video

• The Chemical Brothers – "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Freak Nasty – "Da' Dip"
• The Prodigy – "Breathe"

  Best Alternative Video

• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Blur – "Song 2"
• Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"

  Best Video from a Film

• Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life"
• R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Bruce Springsteen – "Secret Garden"

  Breakthrough Video

• The Chemical Brothers – "Setting Sun"
• Daft Punk – "Da Funk"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain "
• Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"

  Best Direction in a Video

• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain "
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"

  Best Choreography in a Video

• Cibo Matto – "Sugar Water"
• Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Will Smith – "Men in Black"

  Best Special Effects in a Video

• Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul"
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
• Will Smith – "Men in Black"

  Best Art Direction in a Video

• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"

  Best Editing in a Video

• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

  Best Cinematography in a Video

• Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"

  Viewer's Choice

• Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"
• Puff Daddy – "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

  International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Asia">MTV Networks Asia Pacific">MTV Asia

• Dewa 19 – "Kirana"
• Joey Boy – "Fun Fun Fun"
• KRU – "Fanatik"
• Lee Seung-hwan – "Family"

  [MTV Australia]

• Human Nature – "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Powderfinger – "Living Type"
• Savage Garden – "To the Moon and Back"
• Spiderbait – "Calypso"

  [MTV Brasil]

• 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 "
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso – "La Bella Luna"
• Pato Fu – "Água"
• Planet Hemp – "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig "
• Raimundos – "Puteiro em João Pessoa"
• Lulu Santos – "Aviso aos Navegantes"
• Sepultura – "Ratamahatta"
• Virgulóides – "Bagulho no Bumba"

  [MTV Europe]

• Daft Punk – "Around the World"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"
• Skunk Anansie – "Hedonism "

  [MTV India]

• Lucky Ali – "O Sanam"
• Amitabh Bachchan – "Eir Bir Phatte"
• Colonial Cousins – "Krishna"
• Daler Mehndi – "Dardi Rab Rab"

  [MTV Japan]

• Air – "Hair Do"
• Denki Groove – "Shangi-La"
• Scha Dara Parr – "Otona Ni Nattemo"
• The Yellow Monkey – "Rakuen"

  [MTV Latin America]

• Azul Violeta – "Volveré a Empezar"
• Control Machete – "¿Comprendes Mendes?
• Fito Páez – "Cadáver Exquisito"
• Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal – "Sin Ti"

  [MTV Mandarin]

• Jeff Chang – "Affection"
• Chyi Chin – "Cliff"
• Valen Hsu – "If Cloud Knows"
• Aaron Kwok – "Share My Love"
• Wu Bai & China Blue – "End of Love"

  Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Performances

MTV.com cybercast

• Meredith Brooks

  Pre-show

• Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get"
• Foo Fighters – "Everlong"

  Main show

• Puff Daddy – "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"
• Jewel – "Angel Standing By"
• The Prodigy – "Breathe"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"
• Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martinez – "Not Tonight "
• U2 – "Please"
• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"

  Appearances

Pre-show

• Chris Connelly and Serena Altschul – presented Best Direction in a Video

  Main show

• 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
• 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