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2001

Agust (1): MTV celebrated their 20th first anniversary and the way that music and video has changed through the time. At 12:01 am in 1981 began the transmition with the video "Video Killed
The Radio Star" from The Buggles., since that MTV has transmited live concerts, unpluged, video cartoons, Behind The Music and different videos from different countries with their own hostess and videos from their own countries.
A-HA AND MTV: A-ha has been one of the favourites bands of MTV in 1986, A-ha won 8 MTV awards from 12 nominations:

          + BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A VIDEO "TAKE ON ME", MICHAEL PATTERSON
             AND   CANDANCE RECKINGER.
          + BEST DIRECTION IN A VIDEO "TAKE ON ME", STEVE BARRON.
          + BEST CONCEPT VIDEO "TAKE ON ME".
          + BEST NEW ARTIST VIDEO "TAKE ON ME".
          + BEST EDDITING IN A VIDEO "THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV", DAVID
             YARDLEY.
          + BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO "THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV",
             OLIVER STAPLETON.
          + VIEWER´S CHOICE AWARD "TAKE ON ME".
          + MOST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO "TAKE ON ME", STEVE BARRON.

           * NOMINEE 1986: BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR "MONEY FOR NOTHING",
             DIRE STRAITS.
           * NOMINEE 1986: BEST GROUP VIDEO "DIRE STRAITS".
           * NOMINEE 1986: BEST ART DIRECTION IN A VIDEO: "THE SUN ALWAYS
             SHINES ON TV", WON (SIMPLE IRRESITIBLE), ROBERT PALMER.

ANY WAY A-HA CHANGES THE VIDEO ERA AND THEIR VIDEOS ARE STILL IN ROTATION ON MTV AND ANOTHER MUSIC CHANELS. OF COURSE MTV HAS BEEN CENSURED SOME A-HA´S VIDEOS AS: "DARK IS THE NIGHT" 1991 "MOVE TO MEMPHIS", 1990 AND "VELVET" 2001.

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Pal has cancel his aparition on the Spellemannprisen (the norwegian most important prize)because he was in NY during the attacks to The World Trade Center.
MAGNE AND MORTEN: Were invited to the Spellemannprisen, Magne sangs "Dragonfly and Morten" presented an award.
Morten would be one of the front man in the calendar of the Red Cross, in his country.
DECEMBER (11): The 100 anniversary of the Novel Peace Prize were celebrated in Oslo, in the Spektrum Auditorium, these time the prize winner was Mr. Koffi Annan, the head secretary of the United Nations and of course the prize is not desrved for these man but politics are politics but is obvious that nothing is casualty on these planet.
In that night, the Royal Family, politicians and musicians; Enjoy the music from different countries sice Brasil to Australia, etc.
The musiciians invited were: A-ha, Paul McCarney, Natalia Imbruglia, Kodo, Natalia Espejeirous.
The hostess were: Merryl Streep and Liam Nesson.
A-ha presented a new song "Differences", writed and composed by Magne Furuholmen while he was watching an execution on TV of a woman of Afaganistan by the hands of her father.
A-ha played acompaigne by The Symphonic Orquestra of Kringkastingsokesteret and their acoustic guitars.