24-1162: The My VH1 Music Awards is an annual music award ceremony held by American television network VH1 held in both 2000 and 2001. Categories, nominees, and winners were selected entirely by public voting at VH1.com. The ceremonies were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , California , broadcast live on VH1 and online. The award statuette was designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan . Hosted by John Leguizamo . Performers included Christina Aguilera , Bon Jovi , The Corrs , Creed , Metallica (their final performance with bassist Jason Newsted ), No Doubt , The Red Hot Chili Peppers , and U2 . Presenters included Macy Gray , Matt LeBlanc , David Spade , "Weird Al" Yankovic , Patricia Arquette , Antonio Banderas , Lara Flynn Boyle , Jenna Elfman , David Alan Grier , Salma Hayek , Sean Hayes , Téa Leoni , Jennifer Lopez , Rob Lowe , Justin Timberlake , Sela Ward and Greg Proops . Reviews were tepid, with Rolling Stone writing that "the event
48-499: A division of Warner Communications , and the original owner of then-sister channel MTV at the time. It was launched in the channel space of Turner Broadcasting System 's short-lived Cable Music Channel . VH1 was originally conceived to build upon the success of MTV by playing music videos targeting a slightly older demographic focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. Like MTV, VH1 ultimately drifted away from music and into reality television programming; albeit with
72-615: A focus on music personalities, celebrities, and shows targeting African-American audiences. VH1 is best known for franchises such as Behind the Music , the I Love… series, the Celebreality block, Love & Hip Hop , and Basketball Wives . As of December 2023, VH1 is available in approximately 67,481,000 American households; down from 90.2 million in January 2016. VH1, an acronym for Video Hits One , launched on January 1, 1985 over
96-630: A great opportunity to set the record straight.'" "When we saw it in the edit room, we thought we had something special. The stories were working, and the series was green-lit." Rosenthal later stated in an August 1999 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer . Another episode of Behind the Music on KISS was re-christened KISS: Beyond the Makeup in July 2001 (which was two hours in length). This featured Matt Pinfield , formerly of MTV 's 120 Minutes , as narrator instead of Jim Forbes. In June, 2000, VH1 aired
120-423: A popular musical artist or group, examining career beginnings, roads to success and any resultant hardships. Each show focuses on a musician or musical group, documenting both the successes of the musicians and the problems they faced during their careers. Except for the first two episodes (which focused on Milli Vanilli and M.C. Hammer ), all programs are narrated by Jim Forbes . Forbes was later used to narrate
144-546: A ratings success, and is cited by observers as the beginning of the network's programming leaning towards shows about African-American personalities (such as the Basketball Wives and Black Ink Crew franchises); similar to BET and its sister networks . In 2011, VH1 debuted the first installment of the Love & Hip Hop franchise; which would go on to become the network's longest-running program. On November 9, 2022, it
168-477: A sister channel to MuchMusic (which was considered to be MTV's Canadian counter-part), in 1998. The channel would air the majority of VH1's music and reality programming until 2013. Behind the Music Behind the Music is an American documentary television series that initially aired on VH1 from 1997 to 2014 and has streamed on Paramount+ since July 2021. Each episode profiles and interviews
192-475: The BBC produced Behind the Music like program on Pink Floyd entitled Behind The Wall which coincided with the release of Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 and focused on the making of The Wall , concerts that went with it and Pink Floyd The Wall film and had interviews with the band members and it featured no narration. A short-lived half-hour spin-off series titled BTM2 (short for Behind
216-479: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame such as Neil Diamond , The Police , Metallica , AC/DC , Aerosmith among others). This is different to VH1's other biography show, VH1's Legends , which profiles musicians who were very significant to the industry. Some artists were profiled on Behind The Music and Legends , including Tina Turner , Elton John , Keith Moon , and John Lennon ( Behind The Music exclusively focused on
240-606: The Milli Vanilli episode when it was modified to include the death of Rob Pilatus . The UK airings of the episodes focusing on Thin Lizzy , Aerosmith and Genesis were narrated by Mary Anne Hobbs while Forbes narrated the US airings. VH1's criterion for choosing the musicians who appear on the show is, in many cases, to profile those who are no longer in the music industry , or were moderately significant in rock history (although many are in
264-548: The Music was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards including the Outstanding Non-Fiction Series category for four constitutive years (2000-2003). In 1999, the series won an ALMA Award for Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary for the episode featuring Selena and in 2001, Behind the Music won a TV Guide Award for Music Series of the Year. Behind the Music episodes received multiple nominations including
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#1732858677532288-519: The Music 2 ), chronicled the careers of newer upcoming artists. The spin-off Behind the Music: Remastered that aired on VH1 Classic updates the original version of the Behind the Music episodes with new interviews, footage, and the later half of the artist's career. The series also included two original episodes on Motörhead and Deep Purple . In September 2020, a spin-off known as MTV's Behind
312-576: The Music: The Top 40 was announced for Paramount+ , which was to feature a countdown of the 40 "biggest artists of all-time". In March 2021, it was revealed via a promo aired during the Grammy Awards that the spin-off would instead be positioned as a full reboot of Behind the Music , seven years after the last episode had aired on July 16, 2014. In May 2021, it was announced that the revival would premiere on July 29, 2021, with two episodes. Similar to
336-404: The channel space of Turner 's Cable Music Channel . The channel originally focused on music and programming aimed at older audiences than its sibling channel at the time, MTV . On August 27, 1985, parent company Warner Communications sold 31% of VH1 and its siblings (MTV and Nickelodeon ; which were already divested by Warner into MTV Networks ) to Viacom . Viacom would eventually buy
360-528: The mid-1990s. In 2003, MTV Networks VSPOT , a broadband video channel that followed the model of MTV Overdrive , containing the shows aired by VH1 and music videos . Like Overdrive, it was coolly received due to a heavy reliance on broadband and advanced web technologies. VH1 returned to a traditional-style website in late 2007. As with other MTV channels, Paramount Global has broadcast international versions of VH1, besides VH1 India they all closed down however: In Canada, CHUM Limited launched MuchMoreMusic ,
384-466: The months before his 1980 murder ). While being interviewed by Rolling Stone in October 2000, co-creator and executive producer Gay Rosenthal explained "Jeff Gaspin, who's the executive vice president of VH1, and I were at lunch, and we said, 'Whatever happened to Milli Vanilli?' I said, 'I don't know, but why don't you let me take the ball and run with it, and let me see what I can find out?' Milli Vanilli
408-536: The most awards, including the top one, "My Favorite Group." VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One ) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global 's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City . The network was originally owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment ;
432-479: The network; as of 2016 this feed is downgraded at a provider's headend to provide the network's standard definition channel on systems. VH1 initially launched four spinoff digital networks as part of The MTV Suite , with another being launched at a later date. By August 2016, these channels spinoffs had either been realigned under the MTV, BET , or CMT branding, or were shuttered altogether. VH1's website launched in
456-405: The original series and Behind the Music: Remastered , it includes both new episodes and updated versions of past ones. The following is a list of artists who have appeared in episodes of the series: Other than musicians, some episodes were documentaries on musical events, films, and non-musicians who were influential on the music world. The following appeared in episodes of the series: Behind
480-771: The remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $ 326 million on May 20, 1986. By 1989, VH1's music programming would cater to Top 40, adult contemporary , classic rock , and 1980s mainstream pop. During the 1990s, VH1 would gain popularity for original music-related programs such as Pop-Up Video and Behind the Music . In the 2000s, VH1 would begin to scale down its music offerings, while shifting its focus to pop-culture and nostalgia-based programming; including reality television shows focused on celebrities , and various documentaries and panel shows. Headlining this programming shift would be VH1's Celebreality block, featuring The Surreal Life & its franchise of various spinoffs. One spin off, Flavor of Love , proved to be
504-414: Was announced that oversight of VH1 would move to the BET Media Group under Scott Mills . Original programming currently seen on VH1 includes the Love & Hip Hop and the Basketball Wives franchises. Other notable shows and franchisees that have aired on the network include Black Ink Crew , The Impact: New York (a spinoff of BET+ 's The Impact: Atlanta ), RuPaul's Drag Race (which
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#1732858677532528-446: Was hard. Nobody knew where they were. I had to be a private eye. I got a list of addresses where Fabrice had lived and sent letters to every address. Two weeks later, I got a call from Fabrice's manager. And then I spent a good two months with them – having dinner, having them at my house – before they agreed to do it. They didn't know if they wanted to relive the story, but I said, 'Listen, no one has heard your story from you. This will be
552-454: Was moved over from Logo , and aired on VH1 from 2017–2022), reruns and new episodes of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (which originated on MTV ), and Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party . Since the 2010's, and prior to its move to BET , VH1's programming had shifted towards urban music genres and African-American personalities. VH1 HD (launched in 2005) is a 1080i high-definition feed, with all major providers carrying
576-551: Was somewhat undermined by gross production woes, lukewarm performances and the almighty Creed...." Hosted by Eric McCormack . Performers included Sting , Nelly Furtado , Jewel , No Doubt , Creed , Mary J. Blige , Lenny Kravitz , and Mick Jagger . Presenters included Benjamin Bratt , Ellen DeGeneres , Chris Isaak , Christian Slater , Kim Delaney , Jenna Elfman , Kelsey Grammer , Isaac Hayes , Tommy Lee , Henry Simmons , Gary Sinise and Damon Wayans . Dave Matthews Band won
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