Michael Jackson 1995 MTV Video Music Awards Performance HD

Full 15:25 min. video HD 1080p Quality Enjoy An MTV Video Music Award (commonly abbreviated as a VMA), is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the Oscars for youth, an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony s ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20somethings each year. By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award. The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV. The annual VMA ceremony is usually held in midSeptember, and broadcast live on MTV. The first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York City s Radio City Music Hall. Other VMAs have been held in Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas. The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 28, 2011 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. At the 1995 MTV