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1. “Smooth Criminal” Michael Jackson
Nominated for 3 VMA's in 1989. He to Paula Abdul for both dance and choreography awards.
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2. “Baby One More Time” Britney Spears
Nominated for 4 VMA's in 1999. She lost Best New Artist to Eminem.
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3. “Stan” Eminem
Nominated for 5 VMA's in 2001. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink beat Eminem out for Video Of The Year with “Lady Marmalade.”
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4. “Bittersweet Symphony” The Verve
Nominated for 3 awards in 1998. Madonna's “Ray of Light” beat the Verve out for Video of The Year.
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5. “Loser” Beck
Nominated for 3 awards in 1994 including Best New Artist. He lost Best New Artist to the Counting Crows.
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6. “Mo Money Mo Problems” Notorious BIG
Nominated for Best Rap Video in 1997, “Mo Money” lost to Will Smith's “Gettin Jiggy Wit It.”
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7. “Basket Case” Green Day
Nominated for 9 awards in 1995! It lost Video of The Year and Best Group Video to TLC's “Waterfalls.”
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8. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” Missy Elliot
Nominated for 3 awards in 1997 including Best Rap Video. She lost that one to Notorious BIG's “Hypnotize.”
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9. “Baby Got Back” Sir Mix Alot
Nominated for 3 awards in 1992 including Best Rap Video. Sir Mix Alot lost to Arrested Development's “Tennessee” for that one.
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10. “No Rain” Blind Melon
Believe it or not, this was never nominated for a VMA. Bee girl!
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11. “Learn To Fly” The Foo Fighters
Nominated for 2 awards in 2000 including Best Group Video. It lost that one to Blink 182's “All The Small Things.”
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12. “Fantasy” Mariah Carey
Never nominated. Should have been nominated in 1996.
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13. “Together Again” Janet Jackson
Nominated for Best Dance Video in 1998. It lost to Prodigy's “Smack My Bitch Up.”
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14. “Crazy” Aerosmith
Never nominated. Should have been nominated in 1995.
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15. “Paranoid Android” Radiohead
Nominated for only Breakthrough Video at the 1998 awards. “Paranoid Android” lost to Jamiroquai's “Virtual Insanity.”
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16. “Faith” George Michael
Never nominated. Should have been nominated at the 1988 awards.
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17. “Black or White” Michael Jackson
Nominated for only Best Special Effects in 1992. It lost that one to U2's “Even Better Than the Real Thing.”
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18. “The Boy Is Mine” Brandy and Monica
Nominated for 2 awards in 1998. It lost to Wyclef's “Gone Till November” for Best R&B Video.
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19. “Rehab” Amy Winehouse
Nominated for 3 awards in 2007. She lost to the Gym Class Heroes for Best New Artist.
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20. “Creep” TLC
Never nominated. Should have been nominated in 1995.
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21. “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” Busta Rhymes
Nominated for 4 awards in 1998. He lost Best Male Video to Will Smith's “Just The Two Of Us.”
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22. “Whenever, Wherever” Shakira
Nominated for 4 awards in 2004. She lost Best Pop Video to No Doubt's “Hey Baby.”
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23. “Toxic” Britney Spears
Nominated for 4 awards in 2004. Britney lost to Beyonce's “Naughty Girl” for Best Female Video. WTF.
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24. “Say You'll Be There” The Spice Girls
Nominated for only the Viewers Choice Award in 1997. They lost to Prodigy.
The 24 Best Music Videos That Never Won A Moonman
MTV is introducing a new award for this years VMA's called The Best Video That Should Have Won A Moonman Award. MTV's picks are pretty good, but they're forgetting a lot of great videos. Here are my picks for 24 awesome music videos that should've won. Post your own.
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13 Responses So Far
- Kyle Bunch The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
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The Pogues Summer in Siam
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On second thought “Windowlicker” by Aphex Twin should have definitely won some type of award.
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Matt, you just put in a whole set of stupid Britney Spears' videos because you've been a p-whipped “slave for Britney” since you were 14. A video that should definitely be included is “Closer” by NIN
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“smooth criminal” in the long form is pure genius. an amazing video. the choreography is mind-blowing. “black or white” was deserving because of it's production value and use of innovative technology. all the others suck.
- Rodrigo G. The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
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johnny cash - hurt another incredible video.
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bjork - all is full of love (my wife walked down the isle to this song)
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out of these 25 there are only 3 that i think are worth anything.
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When is this list trend going to end? This is by far the worst one.
- JKSxo The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
- Dave Stopera The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
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this isn't worthy of a link on buzzfeed imo, 0/10
- Ronan Campbell The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
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So… you think the video for “Paranoid Android” is “pre-packaged pap?”
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I'm going to be an ass and point out that you have some errors here: Beck is one guy, so it should be “he” and not “they”; Basket Case was released in 1994, not 1999. These are my teenage years you're messing with, dude.
- Amanda Little The 24 Best Music Videos That Never W...
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Another video that should have won and probably one of the greatest videos ever made.
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