It’s almost impossible, given everything that came after, to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted "Like a Virgin" ...

Many moments in the singer's storied career have been noted for being provocative or attention-getting. In November 1985, MTV's refusal to air the music video for “Justify My Love,” the first single ...

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, the ...

March 23 -- Sisters are doing it for themselves: Madonna's rough-'n'-ready new video, which was banned from regular rotation on MTV and VH1 due to its violent content, can be seen on the ...

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are airing live from New York's UBS Arena Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022. Jack started ...

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 Forty years ago, MTV launched what would become a pop ...

March 16 -- It looks like life with gun-happy film auteur Guy Ritchie is rubbing off on Madonna. The pop icon's latest video, for the song "What It Feels Like for a Girl," which was directed in a ...