2000 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (stylized as MTV Video Music Awards vma.00) aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The 2000 show is best remembered for Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine climbing a piece of set scaffolding and refusing to come down after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. The show went to commercial while security  removed Commerford, who was later arrested and forced to spend a night in jail. Janet Jackson opened the show with her hit “Doesn’t Really Matter”. Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again" which went on to become one of the VMA's most iconic and controversial performances, due to her skin-colored performance attire. NSYNC also performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye". Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst later joined Christina Aguilera onstage as a surprise guest during her performance of "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". For the second year in a  row DMX did not show up for his scheduled performance; as a result, Nelly's performance, originally scheduled for the pre-show, was promoted to the main event. Other highlights included Eminem performing amidst an army of "Slim Shady" lookalikes and a humorous montage dedicated to past VMA winners who had failed to repeat their previous success. This was Aaliyah's last appearance at the VMA awards before her death a year later in August 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahamas. She won her two and only VMA awards that night, for Best Female Video and Best Video  from a Film for "Try Again". Nominations. Winners are in bold text. Video of the Year. Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady" Best Male Video. Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady" Best Female Video. Aaliyah – "Try Again" Best Group Video. Blink-182 – "All the Small Things" Best New Artist in a Video. Macy Gray – "I Try" Best Pop Video. NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye" Best Rock Video. Limp Bizkit – "Break Stuff" Best R&B Video. Destiny's Child – "Say My Name" Best Rap Video. Dr. Dre (featuring Eminem) – "Forgot About Dre" Best Hip-Hop Video. Sisqó – "Thong Song" Best Dance Video. Jennifer Lopez – "Waiting for  Tonight" Best Video from a Film. Aaliyah – "Try Again" (from "Romeo Must Die") Breakthrough Video. Björk – "All Is Full of Love" Best Direction in a Video. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris) Best Choreography in a Video. NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye" (Choreographer: Darrin Henson) Best Special Effects in a Video. Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (Special Effects: Glassworks) Best Art Direction in a Video. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Art Director: Colin Strause) Best Editing in a Video. Aimee Mann – "Save Me" (Editor: Dylan Tichenor) Best Cinematography in a Video. Macy Gray – "Do Something  (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth) International Viewer's Choice Awards. MTV Brasil. O Rappa – A Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)" MTV India (Hindi film category). Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik – "Kaho Na Pyar Hai" MTV India (Hindi pop category). Falguni Pathak – "Maine Payal Hai Chhankai" MTV Korea. Clon – "First Love" MTV Latin America (North). Shakira – "Ojos Así" MTV Latin America (South). Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – "La Vida" MTV Mandarin. David Tao – "Find Myself" MTV Russia. Detsl – "Vecherinka" MTV Southeast Asia. Ahmad Dhani and Andra Ramadhan – "Kuldesak" Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Red Hot Chili Peppers 2000 MTV Video