Designed as ‘a counterculture awards show,’ the first MTV Video Music Awards certainly got people talking — especially after ...

The first-ever MTV Video Music Awards took over New York City's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 14, 1984, with Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler on hosting duties and a who's-who of the biggest pop ...

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 ...

Teddy Swims and Jessie Murph are set to perform on the Extended Play Stage, and Le Sserafim will on the pre-show.

Since the MTV Video Music Awards began in 1984, viewers could always count on one thing: someone would do something shocking and totally memorable at some point during the ceremony. The best part ...

If you ask any adult ‘80s kid how they’d define their childhood, they likely wouldn’t list shoulder pads and fluorescent leg ...

Performers at MTV’s 40th annual Video Music Awards included Eminem, Megan Thee Stallion, Katy Perry, LL Cool J and Camila ...

The most predictable thing about the MTV Video Music Awards is that it's the most unpredictable red carpet you'll see all ...

to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted “Like a Virgin” live — was. In September 1984, Madonna ...

This marks the 39 th year for the awards, which began in 1984, three years after MTV was founded. The VMAs will begin at 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday night and air live from UBS Arena in New York City.

Since the MTV Video Music Awards began in 1984, viewers could always count on one thing: someone would do something shocking and totally memorable at some point during the ceremony. The best part ...

This time 40 years ago, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna and other big pop stars of the decade turned out for the inaugural VMAs AP Photo/G Paul Burnett Cyndi Lauper at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards Forty ...