American musician, singer and songwriter, known as ''The Boss.''

• 1985 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''I''m on Fire''''

English singer.

• 1986 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Addicted to Love''''

English musician, singer and songwriter.

• 1987 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Sledgehammer''''

American musican, singer and songwriter. Became popular under the one-word name Prince, then changed his name to a pictorial symbol.

• 1988 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''U Got the Look''''

English musician, singer and songwriter. Original name: Declan Patrick MacManus.

• 1989 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Veronica''''

American singer, songwriter and musician.

• 1990 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''The End of the Innocence''''

American singer and songwriter.

• 1991 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Wicked Game''''

American singer and songwriter.

• 1993 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Are You Gonna Go My Way''''

American musician.

• 1994 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Mary Jane''s Last Dance''''

• 1999 MTV Video Music Award for best video by male artist, for Miami

English musician and singer.

• 1992 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Tears in Heaven''''

English singer, songwriter and actor. Original name: David Robert Hayward-Jones.

• 1984 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''China Girl''''

American singer, songwriter and actress.

• 1986 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''How Will I Know?''''

Canadian singer. One of the first prominent entertainers to ''come out'' as a lesbian.

• 1994 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Constant Craving''''

American singer.

• 1984 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Girls Just Want to Have Fun''''

American singer and songwriter.

• 1988 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Luka''''

American singer.

• 1989 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Straight Up''''

Irish singer-songwriter.

• 1990 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Nothing Compares 2 U''''

Scottish singer.

• 1992 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Why''''

American singer and actress.

• Two-time winner of the MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, in 1991 for ''''Love Will Never Do Without You,'''' and in 1994 for ''''If''''

American singer, songwriter and actress. Original name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone.

• Four 1998 Video Music Awards winner for Ray of Light: Video of the Year, Female Video, Direction and Choreography ; 1987 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''Papa Don''t Preach''''

American singer, songwriter and actress. Original name: Annie Mae Bullock.

• 1985 MTV Networks award for best video by a female artist, for ''''What''s Love Got to Do with It?''''

American actress and musician

• Four 1999 Video Music Awards winner for Doo Wop (That Thing) : Video of the Year, Female Video, R&B Video, and Art Direction