1988 MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri

1988 MTV Müzik Ödülleri, 2 Mayıs 1987 ve 1 Nisan 1988 arasında yayımlanmış müzik videoları arasındaki en iyi olanları seçmek üzere düzenlenmiş bir ödül törenidir. Tören, 7 Eylül 1988'de Los Angeles'te yer alan Universal Amphithetre'da Arsenio Hall tarafından sunulmuştur. Arseniho Hall gösteriye henüz çok tanınmamış biri olarak çıkmasına rağmen oldukça başarılı olmuş ve bundan sonraki 4 MTV Video Müzik Ödülü törenini de kendisi sunması istenmiştir.

Gecede en çok ödül dalında aday olan ve en çok ödül kazanan grup Avustralyalı INXS grubu olmuştur (9 adaylık ve 5 ödül). George Harrison ve U2 ise 8 dalda ödüle aday olarak INXS grubunu takip etmişlerdir.

 Performanslar 

 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" (Miami'den canlı)
 Depeche Mode – "Strangelove"
 Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
 Michael Jackson – "Bad" (Londra'dan canlı)
 Cher – "Main Man"
 The Fat Boys (Chubby Checker ile beraber) – "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
 Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle"
 INXS – "New Sensation"

 Görünüm 

 David Coverdale ve Tawny Kitaen – En İyi Grup Videosu ödülünü sundu.
 Jim Turner 
 Ken Ober 
 Paul Reiser 
 Eric Roberts ve Teri Garr 
 Bryan Ferry ve Melanie Griffith 
 Crowded House 
 Bobby McFerrin 
 Elvira, Mistress of the Dark ve Magic Johnson
 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and Justine Bateman 
 Jim Turner ("Randee of the Redwoods" olarak) 
 Peter Gabriel –
 Adam Curry ve Kevin Seal 
 Suzanne Vega ve Robert Downey, Jr. 
 Sam Kinison 
 Julie Brown ve Downtown Julie Brown 
 The Bangles 
 Penn & Teller
 Cyndi Lauper ve Rod Stewart 
 Aerosmith 
 Cher

 Adaylıklar ve Kazananlar 
Kazananlar ilk sırada ve kalın olarak gösterilmiştir.

Yılın Video KlibiEn İyi Erkek VideosuINXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"
 Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love"
 U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
 U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
| valign="top" |Prince – "U Got the Look" Terence Trent D'Arby – "Wishing Well"
 George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You"
 Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love"
 Steve Winwood – "Back in the High Life Again"
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |En İyi Kadın Videosu
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |En İyi Grup Videosu
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| valign="top" |Suzanne Vega – "Luka" Cher – "I Found Someone"
 Lita Ford – "Kiss Me Deadly"
 Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle"
 Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"
| valign="top" |INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
 Eurythmics – "I Need a Man"
 U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
 U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |En İyi Yeni Sanatçı Videosu
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Concept Video
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| valign="top" |Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" The Godfathers – "Birth, School, Work, Death"
 Buster Poindexter – "Hot, Hot, Hot"
 Swing Out Sister – "Breakout"
 Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover"
| valign="top" |Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"
 INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
 U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
 XTC – "Dear God"
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video from a Film
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Stage Performance in a Video
|-
| valign="top" |Los Lobos – "La Bamba" (from La Bamba) The Bangles – "Hazy Shade of Winter" (from Less Than Zero)
 Bryan Ferry – "Kiss and Tell" (from Bright Lights, Big City)
 Peter Gabriel – "Biko" (from Cry Freedom)
 Bob Seger – "Shakedown" (from Beverly Hills Cop II)
| valign="top" |Prince – "U Got the Look" Aerosmith – "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
 Grateful Dead – "Touch of Grey"
 Elton John – "Candle in the Wind (live)"
 Roy Orbison – "Oh, Pretty Woman (live)"
 U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name"
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Breakthrough Video
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Direction in a Video
|-
| valign="top" |INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"
 Squeeze – "Hourglass"
 Suzanne Vega – "Luka"
 XTC – "Dear God"
| valign="top" |George Michael – "Father Figure" (Directors: Andy Morahan and George Michael) Eurythmics – "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Director: Sophie Muller)
 Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (Director: Storm Thorgerson)
 R.E.M. – "The One I Love" (Director: Robert Longo)
 XTC – "Dear God" (Director: Nicholas Brandt)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Choreography in a Video
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Special Effects in a Video
|-
| valign="top" |Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle" (Choreographer: Barry Lather) Michael Jackson – "Bad" (Choreographers: Michael Jackson, Gregg Burge and Jeffrey Daniel)
 Michael Jackson – "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Choreographers: Michael Jackson and Vincent Paterson)
 Prince – "U Got the Look" (Choreographer: Cat Glover)
 Sting – "We'll Be Together" (Choreographer: Barry Lather)
| valign="top" |Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Special Effects: Jim Francis and Dave Barton) Grateful Dead – "Touch of Grey" (Special Effects: Gary Gutierrez)
 George Harrison – "Got My Mind Set on You" (Special Effects: John McCallum)
 George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" (Special Effects: Chris Lyons)
 INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Special Effects: Lynn Maree Milburn)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Art Direction in a Video
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Editing in a Video
|-
| valign="top" |Squeeze – "Hourglass" (Art Directors: Clive Crotty and Mick Edwards) George Harrison – "When We Was Fab" (Art Director: Sid Bartholomew)
 INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Art Director: Lynn Maree Milburn)
 George Michael – "Faith" (Art Director: Bryan Jones)
 Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" (Art Directors: Howard Cummings and Beth Rubino)
| valign="top" |INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Editor: Richard Lowenstein) INXS – "Devil Inside" (Editor: Steve Purcell)
 Loverboy – "Notorious" (Editor: Jim Haygood)
 Prince – "U Got the Look" (Editor: Charley Randazzo and Steve Purcell)
 Bruce Springsteen – "Tunnel of Love" (Editor: Greg Dougherty)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Cinematography in a Video
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Viewer's Choice
|-
| valign="top" |Sting – "We'll Be Together" (Director of Photography: Bill Pope) George Michael – "Father Figure" (Director of Photography: Peter Mackay)
 Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (Director of Photography: Gordon Minard)
 Robert Plant – "Heaven Knows" (Director of Photography: Steve Tickner)
 Suzanne Vega – "Luka" (Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski)

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

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! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Video Vanguard Award
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| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |Michael Jackson'''Special Recognition Award

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