Chile Prince had the media in a frenzy about that outfit. Funny thing is the backside was actually covered with a nude colored fabric. So he didn't actually show his butt, but what's funnier is nobody and I mean nobody knew he was going to wear that, not even the band until they were heading to the stage to perform 😂. That man was a menace

That Prince suit was everything…I was 7 and it has lived rent free in my head for 33 years

The 90s is when brands are beefing each other

I love how everyone knew how stupid pee wee's arrest was!

I freakin’ absolutely love Prince! The only man who wears heels, eye liner and ruffles and still take your girl.

The AIDS epidemic was crazy. When I was in 5th or 6th grade, we had to make shirts with our own safe sex logo on it, and it was for grades. Mine said,
'A Tisket A Tasket A Condom Or A Casket' and it had a casket and whatever other designs I could bubble paint on.
It's def cringe, but also, we were actually taught sex ed and safe sex back then. Given the surge in stds lately, it worked and is still needed.

This award show marked the end of a certain era of pop music that would be virtually non-existent come the following year's VMA's. After Nirvana, Dr. Dre, and Mary J. Blige exploded onto the scene within that 12-month-span, the superstars of yesteryear vanished almost overnight and the era of jock jam dance music, family-friendly pop-rap, synthy adult contemporary pop ballads, and quirky-yet-not-edgy alternative rock was thrown in the garbage in favor of grunge, gangsta rap, and sexy R&B jams. Mariah was able to adapt, but the rest of that late 80's/early 90's crew of superstars wouldn't be so lucky

They should've had Pee-wee announce the nominees for best group video so he'd have to read out "I Touch Myself" 😂

Love that Van Halen was like "preachers do worse" than Paul Reuben did looool

A taco costing less than a call to vote is so accurate.

Losing My Religion killed the game that night
What a year

I’m old enough to remember when Paula did that performance the media tormented her about her weight saying she looked “ fat”

C. C. was pissed at the band, so he dyed his hair pink and PURPOSELY started playing a different song. The one he wanted. Bret was so pissed him and C.C. got into a fist fight about it and C.C. was out of the band after that.

When i got this notification, I left the movie I was watching and immediately came here.
Edit: I'm a dumbass, I was 12 in '91. Still great.

Fun fact: Mariah hit her highest note ever sung live (though not fully verified) here. At the end those short high notes reach G#7 (some say she hit Bb7 and highest non sung is F#8). Some other known highest notes sung live to compare: Whitney did Bb6 (an octave lower), celine Eb6, Aretha E6, Patti labelle F6, Ariana C7 (she sorta hit up to Eb7), Gaga B5, Taylor G5, Chaka C6 (highest i've heard), Jennifer hudson C6, Kelly Clarkson C7,  Pink D6, Normani Eb7, Minnie riperton F#7, Adele A5, Beyonce F6, Diana Ross B5, Christina A6, Lisa Fisher G6, Barbra D6, Britbrit A5?,  Katy Eb6, Miley e6 etc. Not saying she's better just to show how impressive this was

These awards were intentionally messy. They thought it was cool to be anti-awards. I remember we watched to laugh AT the show. Prince is a legend. Criminal that Dee-Lite didn't win anything. That video was a phenom that year. You're funny.

CC DeVille was screwing up the Poison performance on purpose because he was fighting with the band. He got fired and replaced soon after this. Then their new guitarist slept with the drummer's fiancee, then eventually CC came back.

Tommy Mottola was the president of CBS. Sony bought CBS and then it became Sony Columbia.

The hair twirl is definitely a Valley Girl thing

Man i miss the 90s