1997 MTV Video Music Awards

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"
• No Doubt – "Don't Speak"

Beck – "Devils Haircut"

• Babyface – "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
• R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Will Smith – "Men in Black"

Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"

• Erykah Badu – "On & On"
• Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"
• Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"
• Paula Cole – "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

No Doubt – "Don't Speak"

• Blur – "Song 2"
• Counting Crows – "A Long December"
• Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

Fiona Apple – "Sleep to Dream"

• Meredith Brooks – "Bitch"
• Hanson – "MMMBop"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

Aerosmith – "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"

• Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"
• Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"
• Rage Against the Machine – "People of the Sun"

Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) – "I'll Be Missing You"

• Babyface with Stevie Wonder – "How Come, How Long"
• Erykah Badu – "On & On"
• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) – "No Diggity"
• Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"

The Notorious B.I.G. – "Hypnotize"

• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre) – "No Diggity"
• Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"

Spice Girls – "Wannabe"

• The Chemical Brothers – "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Freak Nasty – "Da' Dip"
• The Prodigy – "Breathe"

Sublime – "What I Got"

• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Blur – "Song 2"
• Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug"

Will Smith – "Men in Black" (from Men in Black)

• Iggy Pop – "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting)
• R. Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Bruce Springsteen – "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"

• The Chemical Brothers – "Setting Sun"
• Daft Punk – "Da Funk"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Director: Beck Hansen)

• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Director: Hype Williams)
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)[5]
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Director: Mark Romanek)
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Directors: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Choreographer: Peggy Hickey)

• Cibo Matto – "Sugar Water" (Choreographer: Michel Gondry)
• Dr. Dre – "Been There, Done That" (Choreographers: Fatima and Swoop)
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Choreographer: Jason Kay)
• Will Smith – "Men in Black" (Choreographer: Stretch)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Special Effects: Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton)

• Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (Special Effects: Ashley Clemens)
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" (Special Effects: D.A.V.E. and Panic & Bob)
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Special Effects: Chris Staves, Nigel Randall, Edson Williams and the Brothers Strause)
• Will Smith – "Men in Black" (Special Effects: Paul Griffin, Alan Rosenfield and Wade Howie)

Beck – "The New Pollution" (Art Director: K. K. Barrett)

• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Art Director: John Bramble)
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" (Art Director: Ken Baird)
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Art Director: Tom Foden)

Beck – "Devils Haircut" (Editor: Hank Corwin)

• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Editors: Jonathan Glazer and John McManus)
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Editor: Hal Honigsberg)
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight" (Editor: Einar Thorsteinsson)

Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (Director of Photography: Stephen Keith-Roach)

• Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn)

The Prodigy – "Breathe"

• Jewel – "You Were Meant for Me"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) – "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"
• The Wallflowers – "One Headlight"

The Eraserheads – "Ang Huling El Bimbo"

• Dewa 19 – "Kirana"
• Joey Boy – "Fun Fun Fun"
• KRU – "Fanatik"
• Lee Seung-hwan – "Family"

Silverchair – "Freak"

• Human Nature – "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Powderfinger – "Living Type"
• Savage Garden – "To the Moon and Back"
• Spiderbait – "Calypso"

Skank – "É uma Partida de Futebol"

• Fernanda Abreu – "Kátia Flávia"
• Angra – "Make Believe"
• Baba Cósmica – "Uma Pedra no Meu Caminho"
• Barão Vermelho – "Amor Meu Grande Amor"
• Carlinhos Brown – "A Namorada"
• Camisa de Vênus – "O Ponteiro Tá Subindo"
• Cidade Negra – "Firmamento"
• Kid Abelha – "Te Amo pra Sempre"
• Lagoa – "Revista de Mulher Pelada"
• Maria do Relento – "Conhece o Mário"
• Nenhum de Nós – "Vou Deixar Que Você Se Vá"
• Os Ostras – "Uma, Duas ou Três (Punheta)"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso – "La Bella Luna"
• Pato Fu – "Água"
• Planet Hemp – "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig (Hempa)"
• Raimundos – "Puteiro em João Pessoa"
• Lulu Santos – "Aviso aos Navegantes"
• Sepultura – "Ratamahatta"
• Virgulóides – "Bagulho no Bumba"

The Prodigy – "Breathe"

• Daft Punk – "Around the World"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"
• Skunk Anansie – "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"

Asha Bhosle – "O Mere Sona Re"

• Lucky Ali – "O Sanam"
• Amitabh Bachchan – "Eir Bir Phatte"
• Colonial Cousins – "Krishna"
• Daler Mehndi – "Dardi Rab Rab Kardi"

Chara – "Yasashii Kimochi"

• Air – "Hair Do"
• Denki Groove – "Shangi-La"
• Scha Dara Parr – "Otona Ni Nattemo"
• The Yellow Monkey – "Rakuen"

Café Tacuba – "Chilanga Banda"

• Azul Violeta – "Volveré a Empezar"
• Control Machete – "¿Comprendes Mendes?"
• Fito Páez – "Cadáver Exquisito"
• Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal – "Sin Ti"

Mavis Fan – "Bartender Angel"

• Jeff Chang – "Affection"
• Chyi Chin – "Cliff"
• Valen Hsu – "If Cloud Knows"
• Aaron Kwok – "Share My Love"
• Wu Bai & China Blue – "End of Love"

LL Cool J
Mark Romanek

• Meredith Brooks[6]

• Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench"
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get"
• Foo Fighters – "Everlong"[7]

• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Sting) – "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"
• Jewel – "Angel Standing By"
• The Prodigy – "Breathe" (live from London)
• The Wallflowers (featuring Bruce Springsteen) – "One Headlight"
• Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martinez – "Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix)"
• U2 – "Please"
• Beck – "The New Pollution"
• Spice Girls – "Say You'll Be There"
• Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People"

• Chris Connelly and Serena Altschul – presented Best Rock Video and announced the winners of the professional categories and Breakthrough Video

• Cindy Crawford and Pat Smear – presented Best Group Video
• Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes – presented Best Dance Video
• Dennis Franz – appeared in vignettes about Viewer's Choice nominees
• Madonna – talked about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and introduced The Prodigy
• Kevin Bacon and Janeane Garofalo – presented Best Video from a Film
• Adam Sandler and Meredith Brooks – presented Best Alternative Video
• Wu-Tang Clan – introduced Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, Da Brat and Lisa Lopes
• Elton John – announced that MTV would donate a portion of the ceremony's proceeds to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, and presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Dermot Mulroney and John Popper – presented Best Male Video (and also announced Beck's win for Best Direction in a Video)
• Mariah Carey – presented the Video Vanguard Award to LL Cool J
• No Doubt – presented Best R&B Video
• Mike Myers – introduced Beck
• Sheryl Crow – chatted with The Rolling Stones via satellite, then introduced the next presenters
• Fiona Apple and Chris Tucker – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Awards winners
• Maxwell, Dave Matthews and Boyd Tinsley – presented Best Rap Video
• Janet Jackson – presented the Video Vanguard Award to Mark Romanek
• Naomi Campbell – introduced Jamiroquai
• David Arquette and Lisa Marie Presley – presented Viewer's Choice
• Blackstreet – presented Best Female Video
• Will Smith – presented Video of the Year
• Daria and Jodie – appeared before the final commercial break to sarcastically praise the show