# MTV Video Music Awards de 1988

A cerimônia dos MTV Video Music Awards 1988 foi transmitida ao vivo em 7 de setembro de 1988, tendo premiado os melhores videoclipes lançados entre 2 de maio de 1987 e 1 de abril de 1988. O programa foi apresentado por Arsenio Hall no Anfiteatro da Universal, em Los Angeles.

## Nomeações

Os vencedores aparecem a negrito.

### Videoclipe do Ano

* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
* Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
* U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
* U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

### Melhor Videoclipe Masculino

* Terence Trent D'Arby — "Wishing Well"
* George Harrison — "Got My Mind Set on You"
* Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look"
* Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
* Steve Winwood — "Back in the High Life Again"

### Melhor Videoclipe Feminino

* Cher — "I Found Someone"
* Lita Ford — "Kiss Me Deadly"
* Janet Jackson — "The Pleasure Principle"
* Suzanne Vega — "Luka"
* Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"

### Melhor Videoclipe de Um Grupo

* Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
* Eurythmics — "I Need a Man"
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
* U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
* U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

### Melhor Novo Artista num Videoclipe

* The Godfathers — "Birth, School, Work, Death"
* Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle"
* Buster Poindexter — "Hot, Hot, Hot"
* Swing Out Sister — "Breakout"
* Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"

### Melhor Conceito num Videoclipe

* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
* Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly"
* U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
* XTC — "Dear God"

### Melhor Videoclipe de um Filme

* The Bangles — "Hazy Shade of Winter" (de Less Than Zero)
* Bryan Ferry — "Kiss and Tell" (de Bright Lights, Big City)
* Peter Gabriel — "Biko" (de Cry Freedom)
* Los Lobos — "La Bamba" (de La Bamba)
* Bob Seger — "Shakedown" (de Beverly Hills Cop II)

### Vídeo Descoberta

* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
* Squeeze — "Hourglass"
* Suzanne Vega — "Luka"
* XTC — "Dear God"

### Melhor Atuação de Palco num Videoclipe

* Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
* Grateful Dead — "Touch of Grey"
* Elton John — "Candle in the Wind (ao vivo)"
* Roy Orbison — "Oh, Pretty Woman (ao vivo)"
* Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look"
* U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

### Melhor Direção

* Eurythmics — "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Diretor: Sophie Muller)
* George Michael — "Father Figure" (Diretores: Andy Morahan e George Michael)
* Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly" (Diretor: Storm Thorgerson)
* R.E.M. — "The One I Love" (Diretor: Robert Longo)
* XTC — "Dear God" (Diretor: Nicholas Brandt)

### Melhor Coreografia

* Janet Jackson — "The Pleasure Principle" (Coreógrafo: Barry Lather)
* Michael Jackson — "Bad" (Coreógrafos: Michael Jackson, Greg Burg e Jeffrey Daniel)
* Michael Jackson — "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Coreógrafos: Michael Jackson e Vincent Patterson)
* Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look" (Coreógrafo: Cat Glover)
* Sting — "We'll Be Together" (Coreógrafo: Barry Lather)

### Melhores Efeitos Especiais

* Grateful Dead — "Touch of Grey" (Efeitos Especiais: Gary Gutierrez)
* George Harrison — "Got My Mind Set on You" (Efeitos Especiais: John McCallum)
* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab" (Efeitos Especiais: Chris Lyons)
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Efeitos Especiais: Lynn Maree Milburn)
* Squeeze — "Hourglass" (Efeitos Especiais: Jim Francis e Dave Barton)

### Melhor Direção de Arte

* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab" (Diretor de Arte: Sid Bartholomew)
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Diretor de Arte: Lynn Maree Milburn)
* George Michael — "Faith" (Diretor de Arte: Bryan Jones)
* Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love" (Diretores de Arte: Howard Cummings e Beth Rubino)
* Squeeze — "Hourglass" (Diretores de Arte: Clive Crotty e Mick Edwards)

### Melhor Edição

* INXS — "Devil Inside" (Editor: Steve Purcell)
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Editor: Richard Lowenstein)
* Loverboy — "Notorious" (Editor: Jim Haygood)
* Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look" (Editor: Charley Randazzo e Steve Purcell)
* Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love" (Editor: Greg Dougherty)

### Melhor Cinematografia

* George Michael — "Father Figure" (Diretor de Fotografia: Peter Mackay)
* Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly" (Diretor de Fotografia: Gordon Minard)
* Robert Plant — "Heaven Knows" (Diretor de Fotografia: Steve Tickner)
* Sting — "We'll Be Together" (Diretor de Fotografia: Bill Pope)
* Suzanne Vega — "Luka" (Diretor de Fotografia: Derek Wolski)

### Escolha do Público

* George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
* INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
* Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
* U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
* U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

### Prêmio Video Vanguard

* Michael Jackson

## Atuações

* Rod Stewart — "Forever Young"
* Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"
* Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
* Elton John — "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
* Depeche Mode — "Strangelove"
* Crowded House — "Better Be Home Soon"
* Michael Jackson — "Bad"
* Cher — "Main Man"
* The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker) — "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
* Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle"
* INXS — "New Sensation"