1988 MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri
Adaylıklar ve Kazananlar

Kazananlar ilk sırada ve kalın olarak gösterilmiştir.
| Yılın Video Klibi | En İyi Erkek Videosu |
| --- | --- |
 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": 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"
En İyi Kadın Videosu: En İyi Grup Videosu
Suzanne Vega – "Luka" Cher – "I Found Someone"  Lita Ford – "Kiss Me Deadly"  Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle"  Jody Watley – "Some Kind of Lover": 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"
En İyi Yeni Sanatçı Videosu: Best Concept Video
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": 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"
Best Video from a Film: Best Stage Performance in a Video
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): 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"
Breakthrough Video: Best Direction in a Video
INXS – "Need You Tonight/Mediate" George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"  Squeeze – "Hourglass"  Suzanne Vega – "Luka"  XTC – "Dear God": 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)
Best Choreography in a Video: Best Special Effects in a Video
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): 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)
Best Art Direction in a Video: Best Editing in a Video
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): 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)
Best Cinematography in a Video: Viewer's Choice
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)  : 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"  
Video Vanguard Award
Michael Jackson
Special Recognition Award