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 after which he joined her to present the Best Pop Video Award. Performers included Eminem, who won four awards including Video of the Year, and 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.
| 2002 MTV Video Music Awards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | Thursday, 8:00 p.m. (EST),[1] August 29, 2002 |
| Location | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Jimmy Fallon |
| Most awards | Eminem (4) |
| Most nominations | Shakira (7) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV |
| Produced by | Alex Coletti Salli Frattini Dave Sirulnick |
| Directed by | Beth McCarthy-Miller |
Background
editMTV announced on May 1 that the 2002 Video Music Awards would be held on August 29 at Radio City Music Hall.[2] The departure from the ceremony's traditional September scheduling was made to avoid a conflict with the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and the VMAs have alternated between August and September dates since this ceremony.[2] Nominees were announced on July 22, and Jimmy Fallon was announced as host on the same date.[3] The ceremony broadcast was preceded by the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act. Hosted by Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak with reports from John Norris, Iann Robinson, Sway, Gideon Yago, and Nick Zano, the broadcast featured red carpet interviews, pre-taped reports on The Hives versus The Vines and P. Diddy, and performances from Avril Lavigne and Ludacris. The broadcast marked the first live awards ceremony to be filmed in the 24p digital format as MTV prepared to broadcast in high-definition for future ceremonies.[4]
Performances
edit| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Pre-show | |
| Avril Lavigne | "Complicated" "Sk8er Boi" |
| Ludacris (featuring I-20 and Shawnna) | "Rollout (My Business)" "Move Bitch" |
| Main show | |
| Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | "The Rising"[a] |
| Pink | "Just Like a Pill" |
| Ja Rule, Ashanti and Nas | "Down 4 U" (Ja Rule and Ashanti only) "One Mic" (Nas only) "The Pledge (Remix)" |
| Shakira | "Objection (Tango)" |
| Eminem | "White America" "Cleanin' Out My Closet" |
| P. Diddy (featuring Usher, Busta Rhymes and Pharrell) | "Bad Boy for Life" "I Need a Girl (Part One)" "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" |
| Sheryl Crow | "Safe and Sound" |
| The Hives | "Main Offender"[b] |
| The Vines | "Get Free"[b] |
| Justin Timberlake (featuring Clipse) | "Like I Love You" |
| Guns N' Roses | "Welcome to the Jungle" "Madagascar" "Paradise City" |
- ^ Live from the Rose Center for Earth and Space
- ^ a b While listed as separate performances, the Hives and the Vines performed back-to-back in what MTV billed as a "battle of the bands"
Presenters
editPre-show
edit- Sway Calloway and Iann Robinson – announced the winners of the professional categories, Best Video from a Film, and Best Dance Video
Main show
edit- James Gandolfini – introduced Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- James Brown – made a special appearance during Jimmy Fallon's opening skit and introduced Britney Spears
- Britney Spears – introduced Michael Jackson and presented Best Pop Video with him
- Jennifer Love Hewitt – introduced Pink
- Enrique Iglesias and Kylie Minogue – presented Best R&B Video
- The Osbournes – appeared in a series of vignettes introducing the Viewer's Choice award voting procedures
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – presented Breakthrough Video
- B2K – introduced Ja Rule, Ashanti and Nas
- Anthony Kiedis and Brittany Murphy – presented the MTV2 Award
- Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Steve-O – presented Best Rap Video
- Linkin Park (Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington) and P.O.D. (Sonny Sandoval and "Wuv") – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Kate Hudson and Heath Ledger – introduced Shakira
- Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar – presented Best Rock Video
- Mike Myers – introduced Eminem
- Carson Daly – presented MTV's "Lisa Lopes AIDS Scholarship," introduced TLC and later presented Best Group Video
- TLC (Tionne Watkins and Rozonda Thomas) – paid tribute to their deceased groupmate Lisa Lopes
- Run-D.M.C. – introduced P. Diddy
- Lisa Marie Presley and Avril Lavigne – presented Best Female Video
- Jennifer Lopez – introduced New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and introduced Sheryl Crow with him
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog – "interviewed" Moby and Eminem
- Christina Aguilera – presented Best Male Video
- Kirsten Dunst (with host Jimmy Fallon) – introduced The Hives and The Vines
- Brandy – introduced Justin Timberlake
- 'N Sync (Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone) – introduced the winners of MTV's "Last Fans Standing" contest and presented Viewer's Choice with them
- Nelly and Kelly Osbourne – presented Video of the Year
Winners and nominees
editWinners are in bold text.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Eminem Takes Home Most Moonmen From Video Music Awards - MTV". 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ a b Petrozzello, Donna (May 2, 2002). "MTV awards to stay". New York Daily News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ D'Angelo, Joe (July 22, 2002). "Eminem, P.O.D., Missy Elliott Nab Most MTV Video Music Awards Noms". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken (August 4, 2002). "MTV wants its 24p". Broadcasting+Cable. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ "VMB 2002 | Escolha da Audiência | Vídeos | VMB | MTV Brasil". Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-09-11.