| 2002 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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| Date | Thursday, 8:00 p.m. (EST),[1] August 29, 2002 |
| Location | Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Jimmy Fallon |
| Most awards | Eminem (4) |
| Most nominations | Shakira (7) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV |
| Produced by | Alex Coletti Salli Frattini Dave Sirulnick |
| Directed by | Beth McCarthy-Miller |
The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2002, honoring the best music videos from June 9, 2001, to May 31, 2002. The show was hosted by Jimmy Fallon at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the show, Michael Jackson accepted a birthday statue in hands of Britney Spears, which he believed to be an "Artist of the Millennium Award" due to a misunderstanding after which he joined her to present the Best Pop Video Award. Performers included Eminem, who won four awards including Video of the Year, and Guns N' Roses. The show also saw the debut solo performance from Justin Timberlake, performing his soon to be hit single "Like I Love You" alongside rap duo Clipse. TLC members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chili" Thomas appeared, paying tribute to their fallen member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in a car accident in Honduras on April 25, 2002, four months before the event.
- ^ "Eminem Takes Home Most Moonmen From Video Music Awards - MTV". 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2019.