KORN LEADS PACK IN MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD NOMS.Byline: Marla Matzer Staff Writer Korn, Ricky Martin, TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. and Will Smith earned the most nods as the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right. nominations were announced Tuesday. Martin also served as a presenter at the press conference announcing the nominees at New York's Lincoln Center Lincoln Center New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586] See : Theater , along with comedian Chris Rock and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. VJ Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television personality. He became known for being a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live. He currently hosts Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC. . The 16th annual awards will be handed out at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on Sept. 9. The show will be broadcast live on the East Coast and will be tape-delayed on the West Coast 8 p.m. The awards were first given out by MTV - the cable outlet started as an all-video channel - in 1981 and has since expanded to include original programming such as the popular series ``The Real World'' and ``Road Rules.'' MTV has also added two other awards shows: the MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers (held in October) and the MTV Movie Awards (held in June). This is the first year the ceremony will take place at the Met and marks the first time a rock event has been welcomed into the venerable opera house. A sort of alternative Grammy ceremony for the teen and college crowd, the MTV awards are voted on by viewers, record-label executives, music journalists and video producers. Categories include best video, best male and best female video, best new artist in a video and best video from a film, in addition to genre categories such as rap, rock and r&b. Alternative band Korn received the most nominations: nine, for its video ``Freak on a Leash.'' Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin (``Livin' la Vida Loca''), female rappers TLC (``No Scrubs'') and rapper-turned-movie star Will Smith (``Wild Wild West'' and ``Miami'') tied for second, with six nominations apiece. This year's Grammy favorite Lauryn Hill (``Doo Wop (That Thing)'') and movie star-turned-singer Jennifer Lopez (``If You Had My Love'') were also multiple vote-getters. Artists scheduled to perform at the awards cermony include - again - Ricky Martin and TLC, along with the Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys, whose ``I Want It That Way'' was nominated for best video. The show will be hosted by Chris Rock. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Ricky Martin Six nominations |
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