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HIT. i i nit Madonna tops list of 'Greatest Video Stars' on MTV ming at MTV and MTV2. The list, she says, includes "the broad entertainer" as well as "artists who were just there to make a video all their own." Madonna's lexicon of videos includes controversial works such as "Like A Prayer," in which she dances in front of a burning cross; "Justify My Love," involving sadomasochism; and "What It Feels Like to be a Girl," banned for its violent content. "Her ability to always intrigue the audience captives viewers," Dix says. "Her last video reinvented her in a cowgirl image.

She is someone who is truly a sex symbol and she was seen in this cowboy attire with a hip-hop beat" The MTV online honor comes at a time when Madonna is havingyet more video woes. She pulled her orignal video cut of "American Life," her current single, because of its political imagery. In the original video, Madonna dances in a military uniform and throws a grenade in the lap of President Bush. Her new "performance" version has Madonna still in uniform but dancing in front of a collage of im ing "The Greatest Video Stars" special airing at 1 p.m. Saturday on MTV the channel said The list of greatest video artists was determined through a recent poll conducted at www.mtv.com.

"The video has really become a marriage between the artist and our audience," says Michele Dix, senior vice president of music and talent program BY TERRY MORROW SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE MTV's Internet audience has named Madonna the greatest music vvjdeo star ever, according to a new special airing Saturday. Madonna's "innovation, creativity, and contribution to the music video art form" puts her at the top of the list dur ages. The MTV list also names 1990s rock act Guns N' Hoses at No. 6, though the band has not had an active video on MTV in almost a decade. MTV viewers have a long memory, says Dix.

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Madonna 2. Eminem 3. Janet Jackson 4. Britney Spears 5. No Doubt 6.

Guns Roses 7. Michael Jackson 8. TLC 9. 'N Sync 10, Mariah Carey 11. Red Hot Chili Peppers 12.

Aerosmith 13. Missy Elliott 14. Nirvana 15. Bjork 16. Jennifer Lopez 17.

Foo Fighters 18. Beastie Boys 19. Nine Inch Nails 20. Dr. Dre 21.

U2 22. Beck 23. Busta Rhymes 24. Diddy 25. Limp Bizkit.

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