It’s almost impossible, given everything that came after, to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted "Like a Virgin" ...

It all started with Tina Turner. She was the first artist to sign on to perform at the first MTV Video Music Awards 40 years ago on Sept. 14, 1984. And with her blond mane and black miniskirt, the ...

The music video, released in November 1990, caused controversy for its racy content that was deemed too much to air on MTV The music video ban shocked Madonna's fans, who tuned in weeks earlier to ...

Where were you, Gen Xers and elder millennials, when Courtney Love awkwardly crashed Madonna‘s live interview with Kurt Loder after the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards? Eduardo Braniff was literally right ...

Beware of flying makeup! It's been 30 years, and we're still stunned by this classic VMAs moment: After the Video Music Awards on September 7, 1995, MTV News' Kurt Loder was talking with Madonna on a ...

Sabrina Carpenter dazzled on the VMAs red carpet on Wednesday. Sabrina Carpenter channeled not one but two blonde pop culture icons for her MTV Video Music Awards look. On Wednesday, the "Short n' ...

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are airing live from New York's UBS Arena Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022. Jack started ...