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 ...

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 ...

In September 1984, Madonna Louise Ciccone was just a 26-year-old pop star. She’d had success with dance floor hits like “Holiday” and “Lucky Star.” And MTV was a fledgling cable network ...

That’s what critics had to say about the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards when it aired 40 years ago, on September 14, 1984. And yet that first iteration of the VMAs dominated headlines as an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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When MTV first launched the Video Music Awards in 1984, it didn't take long for the award show to solidify its reputation as one of the most provocative, dramatic and memorable events in the pop ...