The single edit and music video for "Alright" featuring Heavy D made Jackson the first pop artist to collaborate with a rapper, setting the trend for future pop and hip-hop collaborations and remixes.
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I'll Be Alright (Tonight) features faux crackles (or it could be our stereo), all doleful croon, finger clicks and an atmosphere of romantic dejection, via a skilful use of space and silence.
His most famous pieces include Work No. 200: Half the air in a given space, which is made by putting half of a room's entire volume into air-filled balloons, then filling the room halfway with those balloons and letting viewers venture inside, and Work No. 203: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, which features those words emblazoned in white neon across the facade of a neoclassical structure.
Video of the Year Beyoncé -- "7/11" Kendrick Lamar -- "Alright" Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) -- "Uptown Funk" Ed Sheeran -- "Thinking Out Loud" Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) -- "Bad Blood".
Built around Slave's irresistible "Just A Touch Of Love" groove, the "Alright" single featured the Jamaican dancehall star Super Cat and dissed their Philadelphia teen rivals Da Youngsta's, with Kelly famously rapping "I didn't come out wack, I came out right, unlike those moles who choose to pass da mic", a reference to the Philly trio's single "Pass da Mic".
Best Male Video Nick Jonas -- "Chains" Kendrick Lamar -- "Alright" Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) -- "Uptown Funk" Ed Sheeran -- "Thinking Out Loud" The Weeknd -- "Earned It".
But gradually, things have gotten a lot better, thanks in part to some sterling work by the FA, including their "White Is Alright" campaign, featuring prominent white stars of the day like Gareth Southgate and Chris Waddle.
Best hip-hop video Big Sean featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla $ign -- "Play No Games" Big Sean featuring Drake and Kanye West -- "Blessings" Fetty Wap -- "Trap Queen" Kendrick Lamar -- "Alright" Nicki Minaj featuring Beyonce -- "Feeling Myself".
Best Music Video "LSD," ASAP Rocky "I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)," The Dead Weather "Alright," Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood," Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar "Freedom," Pharrell Williams.
