2000 MTV Video Music Awards


The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The 2000 show is best remembered for Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine climbing a piece of set scaffolding and refusing to come down after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. The show went to commercial while security removed Commerford, who was later arrested and forced to spend a night in jail.
Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again" which went on to become one of the VMA's most iconic and controversial performances, due to her skin-colored performance attire. NSYNC also performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye". Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst later joined Christina Aguilera onstage as a surprise guest during her performance of "Come On Over Baby ".
For the second year in a row DMX did not show up for his scheduled performance; as a result, Nelly's performance, originally scheduled for the pre-show, was promoted to the main event. Other highlights included Eminem performing amidst an army of "Slim Shady" lookalikes and a humorous montage dedicated to past VMA winners who had failed to repeat their previous success.
This was Aaliyah's last appearance at the VMA awards before her death a year later in August 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahamas. She won her two and only VMA awards that night, for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for "Try Again".

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"
Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady"
Aaliyah – "Try Again"
Blink-182 – "All the Small Things"
Macy Gray – "I Try"
NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye"
Limp Bizkit – "Break Stuff"
Destiny's Child – "Say My Name"
Dr. Dre – "Forgot About Dre"
Sisqó – "Thong Song"
Jennifer Lopez – "Waiting for Tonight"
Aaliyah – "Try Again"
Björk – "All Is Full of Love"
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"
NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye"
Björk – "All Is Full of Love"
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"
Aimee Mann – "Save Me"
Macy Gray – "Do Something"
NSYNC – "Bye Bye Bye"

[MTV Brasil]

O Rappa – "A Minha Alma "
Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik – "Kaho Na Pyar Hai"
Falguni Pathak – "Maine Payal Hai Chhankai"
Clon – "The First Love"
Shakira – "Ojos Así"
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – "La Vida"
David Tao – "Find Myself"
Detsl – "Vecherinka"
Ahmad Dhani and Andra Ramadhan – "Kuldesak"
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Performances

Pre-show

Pre-show