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The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6 1989 honoring the best music videos from April 2 1988 to June 1 1989. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.This year’s show featured the first major restructuring that was done to the Video Music Awards as four new genre categories (Best Heavy Metal Video Best Rap Video Best Dance Video and Best Post-Modern Video) were added alongside the International Viewer’s Choice awards.