2002 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2002, honoring the best music videos from June 9, 2001, to May 31, 2002. The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the show, Michael Jackson accepted a birthday statue in hands of Britney Spears, which he believed to be an "Artist of the Millennium Award" due to a misunderstanding. Performers included Eminem, who won four awards including Video of the Year, and Axl Rose with a new lineup of Guns N' Roses. The  show also saw the debut solo performance from Justin Timberlake, performing his soon to be hit single "Like I Love You" alongside rap duo Clipse. TLC members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chili" Thomas appeared, paying tribute to their fallen member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in a car accident in Honduras on April 25, 2002, four months before the event. Nominations. Winners are in bold text. Video of the Year. Eminem – "Without Me" Best Male Video. Eminem – "Without Me" Best Female Video. Pink – "Get the Party Started" Best Group Video. No Doubt (featuring Bounty Killer) – "Hey Baby  Best New Artist in a Video. Avril Lavigne – Complicated" Best Pop Video. No Doubt (featuring Bounty Killer) – "Hey Baby" Best Rock Video. Linkin Park – "In the End" Best R&B Video. Mary J. Blige – "No More Drama" Best Rap Video. Eminem – "Without Me" Best Hip-Hop Video. Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule) – "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" Best Dance Video. Pink – "Get the Party Started" Best Video from a Film. Chad Kroeger (featuring Josey Scott) – "Hero" (from "Spider-Man") Breakthrough Video. The White Stripes – "Fell in Love with a Girl" Best Direction in a Video. Eminem – "Without Me" (Director: Joseph Kahn ) Best Choreography in a Video. Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Choreographer: Michael Rooney) Best Special Effects in a Video. The White Stripes – "Fell in Love with a Girl" (Special Effects: Twisted Labs and Sébastien Fau) Best Art Direction in a Video. Coldplay – "Trouble" (Art Director: Tim Hope) Best Editing in a Video. The White Stripes – "Fell in Love with a Girl" (Editors: Mikros and Duran) Best Cinematography in a Video. Moby – "We Are All Made of Stars" (Director of Photography: Brad Rushing) MTV2 Award. Dashboard Confessional – "Screaming Infidelities" Viewer's Choice. Michelle Branch – "Everywhere" International  Viewer's Choice Awards. MTV Australia. Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss" MTV Brasil. Titãs – "Epitáfio" MTV Canada. Nickelback – "Too Bad" MTV China. Zheng Jun – "1/3 Dream" MTV Latin America (North). Shakira – "Suerte" MTV Latin America (Pacific). Juanes – "A Dios le Pido" MTV Latin America (Atlantic). Diego Torres – "Color Esperanza"