USA: BRITISH ACID-JAZZ GROUP JAMIROQUAI REAP THE MOST NOMINATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

Record ID: 387124

  • Title: USA: BRITISH ACID-JAZZ GROUP JAMIROQUAI REAP THE MOST NOMINATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
  • Date: 22nd July 1997
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY (22 JULY 1997 ) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) WALLFLOWERS ANNOUNCE BEST MALE VIDEO NOMINATIONS
  • Embargoed: 6th August 1997 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA6NFRL65RVUF6M7SUWSOJCWK15
  • Story Text: British acid-jazz group Jamiroquai reaped the most nominations for the annual MTV Video Music Awards, gathering 10 nominations for its video "Virtual Insanity." Experimental pop group Beck, hard-rocking Nine Inch Nails and the alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins also collected multiple nominations.

    The nominations were announced at MTV's studio headquarters in New York on Tuesday (July 22).

    The 14th annual awards show will be broadcast on September 4 from the landmark Radio City Music Hall.

    "Virtual Insanity" was nominated for best video, along with Beck's "The New Pollution," Alaskan vocalist Jewel's "You Were Meant for Me," Nine Inch Nails' "The Perfect Drug" and "Don't Speak" by No Doubt, a California-based band led by singer Gwen Stefani.

    Nominated for best new artist were "Sleep to Dream" by teenaged New Yorker Fiona Apple; "Bitch" by pop rocker Meredith Brooks; "Virtual Insanity;" "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers; and "MMMBop" by Hanson, a group of young brothers from Oklahoma whose drummer is only 11 years old.

    Nominees for best male video were "Everytime I Close My Eyes" by Babyface, featuring Kenny G and Mariah Carey; "Devils Haircut" by Beck; "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly; and "Men in Black" from the movie soundtrack by actor Will Smith.

    Nominees for best female video were "On & On" by jazzy balladeer Erykah Badu; "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks; "Un-Break My Heart" by R&B diva Toni Braxton; "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" by Paula Cole; and Jewel's "You were Meant for Me." Nominees for Best Dance Video were the hard-driving "Block Rockin' Beats" by The Chemical Brothers; "Da Dip" by Freak Nasty; "Breathe" by Prodigy and "Wannabe" by Britain's Spice Girls.

    Nominees for Best Group Video were "Song 2" by Blur; "A Long December" by Counting Crows; "Crash Into Me" by the Dave Matthews Band; "Don't Speak" by No Doubt and "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers.
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