Anexo:MTV Video Music Awards 1997

Video Del Año

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"

Mejor Video Masculino

• Babyface — "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
• Beck — "Devils Haircut"
• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Will Smith — "Men in Black"

Mejor Video Femenino

• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
• Paula Cole — "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"

Mejor Video de Grupo

• Blur — "Song 2"
• Counting Crows — "A Long December"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

Mejor Artista Nuevo

• Hanson — "Weird"
• Hanson— "i will come to you"
• Hanson — "MMMBop"
• Hanson— "whit You in your dreams
• Hanson - "baby please come Home"

Mejor Video Rock

• Aerosmith — "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"
• Rage Against the Machine — "People of the Sun"

Mejor Video R&B

• Babyface (featuring Stevie Wonder) — "How Come, How Long"
• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"

Mejor Video Rap

• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• The Notorious B.I.G. — "Hypnotize"

Mejor Video Dance

• The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Freak Nasty — "Da Dip"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Spice Girls — "Wannabe"

Mejor Video Alternativo

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Blur — "Song 2"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• Sublime — "What I Got"

Mejor Video de una Película

• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Iggy Pop — "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (from Men in Black)
• Bruce Springsteen — "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire)

Video Revelación

• The Chemical Brothers — "Setting Sun"
• Daft Punk — "Da Funk"
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"

Mejor Dirección de Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Director: Beck Hansen)
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Director: Hype Williams)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)^[1]​
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director: Mark Romanek)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Directors: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

Mejor Coreografía

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Choreographer: Peggy Hickey)
• Cibo Matto — "Sugar Water" (Choreographer: Michel Gondry)
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That" (Choreographers: Fatima & Swoop)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Choreographer: Jason Kay)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Choreographer: Stretch)

Mejores Efectos Especiales

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Special Effects: Ashley Clemens)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Special Effects: Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Special Effects: D.A.V.E./Panic & Bob)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Special Effects: Chris Staves, Nigel Randall, Edson Williams and the Brothers Strause)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Special Effects: Paul Griffin, Alan Rosenfield and Wayde Howie)

Mejor Dirección de Arte

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Art Director: K. K. Barrett)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Art Director: John Bramble)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Art Director: Ken Baird)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Art Director: Tom Foden)

Mejor Edición

• Beck — "Devils Haircut" (Editor: Hank Corwin)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Editors: Jonathan Glazer and John McManus)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Editor: Hal Honigsburg)
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight" (Editor: Einar Thorteinsson)

Mejor Cinematografía

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity (Director of Photography: Steven Keith-Roach)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn)

Elección de los Televidentes

• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

Elección de los Televidentes Internacional

MTV Asia

• Dewa 19 — "Kirana"
• The Eraserheads — "Ang Huling El Bimbo"
• Joey Boy — "Fun Fun Fun"
• KRU — "Fanatik"
• Lee Seung-Hwan — "Family"

MTV Australia

• Human Nature — "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Powderfinger — "Living Type"
• Savage Garden — "To the Moon and Back"
• Silverchair — "Freak"
• Spiderbait — "Calypso"

MTV Brasil

• Angra — "Make Believe"
• Carlinhos Brown — "A Namorada"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "La Bella Luna"
• Planet Hemp — "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig"
• Raimundos — "Puteiro em João Pessoa"
• Skank — "É uma Partida de Futebol"

MTV Europe

• Daft Punk — "Around the World"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"

MTV India

• Amitabh Bachchan — "Eir Bir Phatte"
• Asha Bhosle — "O Mere Sona Re"
• Colonial Cousins — "Krishna"
• Lucky Ali — "O Sanam"
• Daler Mehndi — "Dardi Rab Rab"

MTV Japón

• Air — "Hair Do"
• Chara — "Yasashii Kimochi"
• Denki Groove — "Shangi-La"
• Scha Dara Parr — "Otona Ni Nattemo"
• The Yellow Monkey — "Rakuen"

MTV Latinoamérica

• Azul Violeta — "Volveré a Empezar"
• Café Tacuba — "Chilanga Banda"
• Control Machete — "¿Comprendes Mendes?
• Fito Páez — "Cadáver Exquisito"
• Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal — "Sin Ti"

MTV Mandarin

• Jeff Chang — "Affection"
• Chyi Chin — "Cliff"
• Mavis Fan — "Bartender Angel"
• Valen Hsu — "If Cloud Knows"
• Aaron Kwok — "Share My Love"
• Wu Bai & China Blue — "End of Love"

Video Vanguard Award

• LL Cool J
• Mark Romanek

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (featuring John Popper) — "The Impression That I Get"^[2]​ (Pre-Show)
• Foo Fighters — "Everlong"/"Monkey Wrench"^[3]​ (Pre-Show)
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Sting) — "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"
• Jewel — "Angel Standing By"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe" (live from London)
• The Wallflowers (featuring Bruce Springsteen) — "One Headlight"
• Lil Kim (featuring Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martínez) — "Not Tonight (Remix)"
• U2 — "Please"
• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"