Video Music Awards 1997 di MTV: ecco tutte le nominations. Jamiroquai, Beck e Nine Inch Nails tra i favoriti

MTV ha annunciato con una conferenza stampa le nomination per la prossima edizione degli MTV MUSIC AWARDS, che si terrà al Radio City Music Hall di New York il prossimo 4 settembre. A condurre la gara delle nominations è Jamiroquai, che ne ha collezionate addirittura 9 grazie allo speldido video di "Virtual Insanity". Lo seguono, a breve distanza, Beck con 7 citazioni, e Nine Inch Nails con 5. Pluricitati anche Will Smith, Smashing Pumpkins,Wallflowers, Marilyn Manson, Jewel. Ecco di seguito la lista completa delle nominations:

Miglior Video dell'anno

Beck - "The New Pollution"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Jewel - "You Were Meant For Me"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"
No Doubt - "Don't Speak"

Miglior Video di un artista maschile

Babyface - "Everytime I Close My Eyes"
Beck - "Devils Haircut"
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"
Will Smith - "Men In Black"

Miglior nuovo artista in Video

Fiona Apple - "Sleep To Dream" Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Hanson - "MMMBop"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
The Wallflowers - "One Headlight"

Miglior Video tratto da un Film

R.Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly" ("Space Jam")
Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life" ("Trainspotting")
Will Smith - "Men In Black" ("Men In Black")
Bruce Springsteen - "Secret Garden" ("Jerry Maguire")

Scelti dagli spettatori

Jewel - "You Were Meant For Me"
Prodigy - "Breathe"
Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 122 - "I'll Be Missing You"
Spice Girls - "Say You'll Be There"
The Wallflowers - "One Headlight"

"Breakthrough Video"

The Chemical Brothers - "Setting Sun"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
Missy Elliot - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"

Miglior Video di un'artista femminile

Erykah Badu - "On And On"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart"
Paula Cole - "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone"
Jewel - "You Were Meant For Me"

Miglior Video di un gruppo

Blur - "Song 2"
Counting Crows - "A Long December"
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash Into Me"
No Doubt - "Don't Speak"
The Wallflowers - "One Headlight"

Miglior Video Rap

Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Dr. Dre - "Been There, Done That"
Missy Elliot - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"

Miglior Video Dance

The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats"
Freak Nasty - "Da Dip"
Prodigy - "Breathe"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"

Miglior Video Rock

Aerosmith - "Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)"
Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench"
Dave Matthews Band - "Crash Into Me"
Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
Rage Against The Machine - "People of the Sun"

Miglior Video Alternativo

Beck - "The New Pollution"
Blur - "Song 2"
Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"
Sublime - "What I Got"

Migliore coreografia

Beck - "The New Pollution"
Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water"
Dr. Dre - "Been There, Done That"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Will Smith - "Men In Black"

Migliori effetti speciali

Eels - "Novocaine For The Soul"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
Smashing Pumpkins - "The End Is The Beginning Is The End"
Will Smith - "Men In Black"

Migliore "Art Direction"

Beck - "The New Pollution"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"

Migliore montaggio

Beck - "Devils Haircut"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Smashing Pumpkins - "The End Is The Beginning Is The End"
The Wallflowers - "One Headlight"

Miglior Video R&B

Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder - "How Come How Long"
Erykah Badu - "On And On"
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - "No Diggity"
Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart"
Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 112 - "I'll Be Missing You"

Migliore regia

Beck - "The New Pollution"
Missy Elliot - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"
Smashing Pumpkins - "The End Is The Beginning Is The End"