2000 MTV Video Music Awards

Background

Nominees were announced at a news conference held on July 25 in MTV's Times Square studio. At the same news conference, Shawn and Marlon Wayans were announced as hosts, while *NSYNC and Rage Against the Machine were announced as performers. Janet Jackson was announced as a performer on August 3. Britney Spears and Eminem were announced as performers on August 7. DMX, Blink-182, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were announced as performers on August 15. Christina Aguilera and Sisqó were announced as performers on August 28.

The ceremony broadcast was preceded by the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act. Hosted by Kurt Loder and Serena Altschul with reports from Chris Connelly, Brian McFayden, John Norris, and Iann Robinson, the broadcast featured red carpet interviews, pre-taped features on the rise of songs and music videos about butts (such as "Thong Song" and "Back That Thang Up"), Eminem's career over the past year, and music feuds (presented by Mick Foley)

Performances

Presenters

Pre-show

• Kurt Loder and Serena Altschul – announced the winners of the professional categories, Breakthrough Video and Best Video from a Film

Main show

• Renée Zellweger – introduced Janet Jackson
• Dr. Dre and Steven Tyler – presented Best Group Video
• Kid Rock and The Rock – presented Best Dance Video
• U2 (Bono and Larry Mullen, Jr.) – introduced Rage Against the Machine
• Jimmy Fallon – appeared in a skit onstage about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
• Jakob Dylan and Kate Hudson – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Venus and Serena Williams (via satellite) – introduced Sisqó
• Ricky Martin – presented Best Female Video
• Destiny's Child and Wyclef Jean – presented Best Male Video
• Carson Daly – introduced Napster creator Shawn Fanning and introduced Britney Spears with him
• Lenny Kravitz and Gisele Bündchen – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Method Man & Redman – appeared in a vignette about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
• LL Cool J and Macy Gray – presented Best Pop Video
• Jim Carrey – introduced Eminem
• Chris Rock and Lance Crouther (as "Pootie Tang") – presented the Video Vanguard Award and introduced the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Moby and P!nk – presented Best Rap Video
• Aaliyah and Ananda Lewis – introduced NSYNC
• D'Angelo and Jennifer Lopez – presented Best Rock Video
• Toni Braxton and 98 Degrees – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Award winners
• Carson Daly - explained the Tim Commerford incident to viewers, interviewed Fred Durst and Kid Rock, and introduced Mark Wahlberg
• Mark Wahlberg – introduced Nelly
• Sting and Eve – presented Best R&B Video
• Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro – presented Best Direction in a Video
• Chyna and Richard Hatch – introduced Christina Aguilera
• Lil' Kim and Vincent Pastore – presented Viewer's Choice
• Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears – introduced Whitney Houston
• Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown – presented Video of the Year
• Lars Ulrich – introduced Blink-182 (and appeared in a taped skit about Napster earlier)

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text.

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

References

References

1. (September 6, 2000). "DMX Out; Nelly, Jim Carrey In For VMA Main Stage".
2. (July 27, 2000). "MTV covers the spectrum". [[Akron Beacon Journal]].
3. (July 25, 2000). "Eminem, *NSYNC lead Video Music Awards nominees".
4. (August 3, 2000). "Janet Jackson headed to VMAs".
5. (August 7, 2000). "Eminem, Britney, The Rock, more headed to VMAs".
6. (August 15, 2000}}{{dead link). "DMX, Blink-182, Chili Peppers, Dre join VMA lineup".
7. (August 28, 2000). "Sisqo, Aguilera, more added to VMAs".
8. Kurt Loder. "2001 VMAs: Best of the Red Carpet".
9. "SÉRIES ON LINE | PREVIEW | ESPECIAL - MTV Video Music Brasil 2000".