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MTV Video Music Awards de 1987
Data	11 de setembro de 1987 (1987-09-11)
Local	Anfiteatro Universal, Los Angeles
País	Estados Unidos
Apresentação	Downtown Julie Brown Carolyne Heldman Kevin Seal Michael Tomioka Dweezil Zappa
Cobertura televisiva
Estação	MTV
1986 1988

O MTV Video Music Awards de 1987 foi transmitido ao vivo em 11 de setembro de 1987, tendo premiado os melhores videoclipes lançados entre 1 de julho de 1986 e 30 de junho de 1987. O programa foi apresentado pelos VJs da MTV Downtown Julie Brown, Carolyn Heldman, Kevin Seal, Michael Tomioka e Dweezil Zappa, e teve lugar no Anfiteatro da Universal, em Los Angeles.

Os vencedores aparecem a negrito.

• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"
• U2 — "With or Without You"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• David Bowie — "Day-In Day-Out"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Robert Palmer — "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
• Paul Simon — "You Can Call Me Al"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• Kate Bush — "The Big Sky"
• Janet Jackson — "Nasty"
• Cyndi Lauper — "True Colors"
• Madonna — "Open Your Heart"
• Madonna — "Papa Don't Preach"

• The Bangles — "Walk Like an Egyptian"
• Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over"
• Eurythmics — "Missionary Man"
• Talking Heads — "Wild Wild Life"
• U2 — "With or Without You"

• Robert Cray — "Smoking Gun"
• Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over"
• The Georgia Satellites — "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
• Bruce Hornsby and The Range — "The Way It Is"
• Timbuk3 — "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"

• Eurythmics — "Missionary Man"
• Peter Gabriel — "Big Time"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Talking Heads — "Wild Wild Life"

• Eric Clapton — "It's in the Way That You Use It" (de The Color of Money)
• Rodney Dangerfield — "Twist and Shout" (de Back to School)
• Aretha Franklin — "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (de Jumpin' Jack Flash)
• Ben E. King — "Stand by Me" (de Stand by Me)
• Talking Heads — "Wild Wild Life" (de True Stories)

• Eurythmics — "Missionary Man"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Huey Lewis & The News — "Hip to Be Square"
• Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"

• Bon Jovi — "Livin' on a Prayer"
• Bon Jovi — "You Give Love a Bad Name"
• Run-D.M.C. (featuring Aerosmith) — "Walk This Way"
• Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band — "Born to Run"
• Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band — "War"

• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Janet Jackson — "Nasty"
• Madonna — "Papa Don't Preach"
• Run-D.M.C. (featuring Aerosmith) — "Walk This Way"
• U2 — "With or Without You"

• Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• U2 — "With or Without You"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• The Bangles — "Walk Like an Egyptian"
• Janet Jackson — "Nasty"
• Janet Jackson — "When I Think of You"
• Madonna — "Open Your Heart"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• Eurythmics — "Missionary Man"
• Peter Gabriel — "Big Time"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"

• Breakfast Club — "Right on Track"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Madonna — "Open Your Heart"
• Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"

• Bon Jovi — "Wanted Dead or Alive"
• Eurythmics — "Missionary Man"
• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Robbie Nevil — "C'est La Vie"
• U2 — "With or Without You"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• Cyndi Lauper — "What's Going On"
• Madonna — "Papa Don't Preach"
• Robbie Nevil — "C'est La Vie"
• U2 — "With or Without You"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"
• Genesis — "Land of Confusion"
• Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"
• U2 — "With or Without You"
• Steve Winwood — "Higher Love"

• Peter Gabriel
• Julien Temple

• Los Lobos — "La Bamba"
• Bryan Adams — "Only the Strong Survive"/"Victim of Love"
• The Bangles — "Walk Like an Egyptian"/"Walking Down Your Street"
• Bon Jovi — "Livin' on a Prayer"
• Crowded House — "Don't Dream It's Over"/"Now We're Getting Somewhere"
• Madonna — "Causing a Commotion"
• Whitesnake — "Still of the Night"
• Whitney Houston — "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"/"Didn't We Almost Have It All"
• The Cars — "You Are the Girl"/"Double Trouble"
• David Bowie — "Never Let Me Down"
• Prince — "Sign "O" the Times"/"Play in the Sunshine"
• Cyndi Lauper — "Change of Heart"/"True Colors"
• Run-D.M.C. (featuring Steven Tyler e Joe Perry) — "Walk This Way"

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