2002 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2002, honoring the best music videos from June 9, 2001, to May 31, 2002. The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the show, Michael Jackson accepted a birthday statue in hands of Britney Spears, which he believed to be an "Artist of the Millennium Award" due to a misunderstanding. Performers included Eminem, who won four awards including Video of the Year, and Axl Rose with a new lineup of Guns N' Roses. The show also saw the debut solo performance from Justin Timberlake, performing his soon to be hit single "Like I Love You" alongside rap duo Clipse. TLC members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chili" Thomas appeared, paying tribute to their fallen member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in a car accident in Honduras on April 25, 2002, four months before the event.
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.Video of the Year
Eminem – "Without Me"- Linkin Park – "In the End"
- 'N Sync – "Gone"
- Nas – "One Mic"
- P.O.D. – "Alive"
- The White Stripes – "Fell in Love with a Girl"
Best Male Video
- Craig David – "Walking Away"
- Enrique Iglesias – "Hero"
- Elton John – "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
- Nelly – "#1"
- Usher – "U Got It Bad"
Best Female Video
- Ashanti – "Foolish"
- Michelle Branch – "All You Wanted"
- Shakira – "Whenever, Wherever"
- Britney Spears – "I'm a Slave 4 U"
Best Group Video
- Blink-182 – "First Date"
- Linkin Park – "In the End"
- Dave Matthews Band – "Everyday"
- 'N Sync – "Girlfriend "
- P.O.D. – "Alive"
Best New Artist in a Video
- Ashanti – "Foolish"
- B2K – "Uh Huh"
- John Mayer – "No Such Thing"
- Puddle of Mudd – "Blurry"
Best Pop Video
- Michelle Branch – "All You Wanted"
- 'N Sync – "Girlfriend "
- Pink – "Get the Party Started"
- Shakira – "Whenever, Wherever"
Best Rock Video
- Creed – "My Sacrifice"
- Jimmy Eat World – "The Middle"
- Korn – "Here to Stay"
- P.O.D. – "Youth of the Nation"
- System of a Down – "Chop Suey!"
Best R&B Video
- Aaliyah – "Rock the Boat"
- Ashanti – "Foolish"
- Alicia Keys – "A Woman's Worth"
- Usher – "U Got It Bad"
Best Rap Video
- DMX – "Who We Be"
- Ludacris – "Saturday "
- Nas – "One Mic"
- P. Diddy – "Bad Boy for Life"
Best Hip-Hop Video
- Busta Rhymes – "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man "
- Fat Joe – "What's Luv?"
- Ja Rule – "Always on Time"
- OutKast – "The Whole World"
Best Dance Video
- Dirty Vegas – "Days Go By"
- Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
- Shakira – "Whenever, Wherever"
- Britney Spears – "I'm a Slave 4 U"
Best Video from a Film
- Ludacris – "Area Codes"
- Nelly – "#1"
- Will Smith – "Black Suits Comin' "
Breakthrough Video
- Cake – "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
- Coldplay – "Trouble"
- The Crystal Method – "Name of the Game"
- DMX – "Who We Be"
- Maxwell – "This Woman's Work"
Best Direction in a Video
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man"
- Elton John – "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
- P.O.D. – "Alive"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – "By the Way"
Best Choreography in a Video
- Mary J. Blige – "Family Affair"
- Britney Spears – "I'm a Slave 4 U"
- Usher – "U Don't Have to Call"
Best Special Effects in a Video
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man"
- P.O.D. – "Alive"
- Will Smith – "Black Suits Comin' "
Best Art Direction in a Video
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man"
- Elton John – "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
- Quarashi – "Stick 'Em Up"
Best Editing in a Video
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man"
- Eminem – "Without Me"
- System of a Down – "Chop Suey!"
Best Cinematography in a Video
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "One Minute Man"
- Alicia Keys – "A Woman's Worth"
- Shakira – "Whenever, Wherever"
MTV2 Award
- The Hives – "Hate to Say I Told You So"
- Norah Jones – "Don't Know Why"
- musiq – "halfcrazy"
- Nappy Roots – "Awnaw"
- The Strokes – "Last Nite"
Viewer's Choice
- B2K – "Uh Huh"
- Brandy – "What About Us?"
- Eminem – "Without Me"
- Enrique Iglesias – "Hero"
- P.O.D. – "Alive"
International Viewer's Choice Awards
[MTV Australia]
Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss"- 1200 Techniques – "Karma"
- GT – " Love Song"
- Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
- Silverchair – "The Greatest View"
[MTV Brasil]
- Arnaldo Antunes – "Essa Mulher"
- Capital Inicial – "A Sua Maneira"
- Charlie Brown Jr. – "Hoje Eu Acordei Feliz"
- Cidade Negra – "Girassol"
- CPM 22 – "Tarde de Outubro"
- Engenheiros do Hawaii – "3a do Plural"
- Kelly Key – "Baba"
- KLB – "Olhar 43"
- Raimundos – "Sanidade"
- O Rappa – "Instinto Coletivo"
- Rodox – "Olhos Abertos"
- Sandy & Junior – "O Amor Faz"
- Skank – "Tanto"
- Supla – "Garota de Berlim"
- O Surto – "O Veneno"
- Xis – "Chapa o Coco"
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- Choclair – "Light It Up"
- Remy Shand – "Rocksteady"
- Sloan – "If It Feels Good Do It"
- Swollen Members – "Fuel Injected"
MTV China
- Han Hong – "Awake"
- Na Ying – "I Like You Only"
- Sun Nan – "As Long as You Are Well"
- Yu Quan – "The Train That Goes to Spring"
[MTV Latin America] (North)
- Enrique Iglesias – "Héroe"
- Juanes – "A Dios le Pido"
- Jumbo – "Cada Vez Que Me Voy"
- Celso Piña – "Cumbia sobre el Rio"
- Paulina Rubio – "Si Tú Te Vas"
[MTV Latin America] (Pacific)
- Enrique Iglesias – "Héroe"
- Javiera y Los Imposibles – "Maldita Primavera"
- Nicole – "Viaje Infinito"
- Stereo 3 – "Amanecer sin Ti"
- Shakira – "Suerte"
[MTV Latin America] (Atlantic)
- Babasónicos – "El Loco"
- Érica García – "Positiva"
- Enrique Iglesias – "Escapar"
- Juanes – "A Dios le Pido"
- Shakira – "Suerte"
Performances
Pre-show
- Avril Lavigne – "Complicated"/"Sk8er Boi"
- Ludacris – "Rollout "/"Move Bitch"
Main show
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – "The Rising"
- Pink – "Just Like a Pill"
- Ja Rule, Ashanti and Nas – "Down 4 U"/"One Mic"/"The Pledge "
- Shakira – "Objection "
- Eminem – "White America"/"Cleanin' Out My Closet"
- P. Diddy – "Bad Boy for Life"/"I Need a Girl "/"I Need a Girl "/"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"
- Sheryl Crow – "Safe and Sound"
- The Hives – "Main Offender"
- The Vines – "Get Free"
- Justin Timberlake – "Like I Love You"
- Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"/"Madagascar"/"Paradise City"
Appearances
Pre-show
- Sway Calloway and Iann Robinson – announced the winners of the professional categories, Best Video from a Film, and Best Dance Video
Main show
- James Gandolfini – introduced Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- James Brown – made a special appearance during Jimmy Fallon's opening skit and introduced Britney Spears
- Britney Spears – introduced Michael Jackson and presented Best Pop Video with him
- Jennifer Love Hewitt – introduced Pink
- Enrique Iglesias and Kylie Minogue – presented Best R&B Video
- The Osbournes – appeared in a series of vignettes introducing the Viewer's Choice award voting procedures
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – presented Breakthrough Video
- B2K – introduced Ja Rule, Ashanti and Nas
- Anthony Kiedis and Brittany Murphy – presented the MTV2 Award
- Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Steve-O – presented Best Rap Video
- Linkin Park and P.O.D. – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Kate Hudson and Heath Ledger – introduced Shakira
- Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar – presented Best Rock Video
- Mike Myers – introduced Eminem
- Carson Daly – presented MTV's "Lisa Lopes AIDS Scholarship," introduced TLC and later presented Best Group Video
- TLC – paid tribute to their deceased groupmate Lisa Lopes
- Run-D.M.C. – introduced P. Diddy
- Lisa Marie Presley and Avril Lavigne – presented Best Female Video
- Jennifer Lopez – introduced New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and introduced Sheryl Crow with him
- Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog – "interviewed" Moby and Eminem
- Christina Aguilera – presented Best Male Video
- Kirsten Dunst – introduced The Hives and The Vines
- Brandy – introduced Justin Timberlake
- 'N Sync – introduced the winners of MTV's "Last Fans Standing" contest and presented Viewer's Choice with them
- Nelly and Kelly Osbourne – presented Video of the Year