1986 MTV Video Music Awards

1986 MTV Video Music Awards
1986 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Friday, September 5, 1986
Location	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles ; Palladium, New York City
Country	United States
Hosted by	Downtown Julie Brown; Mark Goodman; Alan Hunter; Martha Quinn and ; Dweezil Zappa
Most awards	A-ha (8)
Most nominations	A-ha and Dire Straits (11 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV
Produced by	Don Ohlmeyer ; Bob Pittman
Directed by	Don Ohlmeyer

The 1986 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 5, 1986, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1985, to May 1, 1986. The show was hosted by MTV VJs Downtown Julie Brown, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, and Dweezil Zappa, and it emanated primarily from both The Palladium in New York City and the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Other parts of the show, however, took place in various locations such as London, Miami, and New Haven, Connecticut.

The night's biggest winner and one of the year's two most nominated artists was Norwegian group a-ha, which won eight out of eleven awards it was in contention for. Their video for "Take On Me" earned six awards out of eight nominations, including Viewer's Choice, while "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." won two awards out of three nominations.

The other most nominated artist was rock group Dire Straits, whose video for "Money for Nothing" also earned eleven nominations and won two awards, including Video of the Year. Thus, "Money for Nothing" was also the most nominated video at the 1986 VMAs.