I'm back! As every year, in early September return to the Video Music Awards, the prizes awarded by MTV for Best Video of the Year. This year will be broadcast from Los Angeles on September 12 presented by comedian Chelsea Handler.
Here are the nominees:
Eminem - "Not Afraid" Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone"
Best Male Video
B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes" Jason Derülo — "In My Head"
Drake — "Find Your Love"
Eminem — "Not Afraid"
Usher (featuring will.i.am) — "OMG"
Best Female Video
Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (Extended Remix)"
Kesha — "Tik Tok" Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"
Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "California Gurls"
Taylor Swift — "Fifteen"
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris) — "Baby"
Broken Bells — "The Ghost Inside" Jason Derülo — "In My Head"
Kesha — "Tik Tok"
Nicki Minaj (featuring Sean Garrett) — "Massive Attack"
Best Pop Video
Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (Extended Remix)"
B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Nothin' on You" Kesha — "Tik Tok"
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"
Katy Perry (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "California Gurls"
Best Rock Video
30 Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens"
Florence and the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" MGMT — "Flash Delirium"
Muse — "Uprising"
Paramore — "Ignorance"
Best Hip-Hop Video
B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes"
Drake (featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem) — "Forever" Eminem — "Not Afraid"
Jay-Z (featuring Swizz Beatz) — "On to the Next One"
Kid Cudi (featuring MGMT and Ratatat) — "Pursuit of Happiness"
Best Dance Video
Cascada — "Evacuate the Dancefloor"
David Guetta (featuring Akon) — "Sexy Chick" Enrique Iglesias (featuring Pitbull) — "I Like It" (Jersey Shore Version)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance"
Usher (featuring will.i.am) — "OMG"
Best Collaboration
3OH!3 (featuring Ke$ha) — "My First Kiss"
Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes"
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys — "Empire State of Mind"
Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone"
Breakthrough Video
Dan Black — "Symphonies"
The Black Keys — "Tighten Up" Coldplay — "Strawberry Swing"
Gorillaz (featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def) — "Stylo"
Best Direction in a Video
30 Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens" (Director: Bartholomew Cubbins)
Eminem — "Not Afraid" (Director: Rich Lee)
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys — "Empire State of Mind" (Director: Hype Williams) Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Director: Francis Lawrence)
Pink — "Funhouse" (Director: Dave Meyers)
Best Choreography in a Video
Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson Jr., Phlex and Bryan Tanaka)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Choreographer: Laurie Ann Gibson) Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone" (Choreographer: Laurie Ann Gibson)
Janelle Monáe (featuring Big Boi) — "Tightrope" (Choreographers: Janelle Monáe and the Memphis Jookin Community)
Usher (featuring will.i.am) — "OMG" (Choreographer: Aakomon “AJ” Jones)
Best Special Effects in a Video
Dan Black — "Symphonies" (Special Effects: Corinne Bance and Axel D’Harcourt)
Eminem — "Not Afraid" (Special Effects: Animaholics-VFX) Green Day — "21st Century Breakdown" (Special Effects: Laundry)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Special Effects: Skulley Effects VFX)
Muse — "Uprising" (Special Effects: Sam Stevens)
Best Art Direction in a Video
30 Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens" (Art Director: Marc Benacerraf)
Beyoncé (featuring Lady Gaga) — "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" (Art Director: Lenny Tso) Eminem — "Not Afraid" (Art Director: Ethan Tobman)
Florence and the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" (Art Directors: Louise Corcoran and Aldene Johnson)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Art Director: Charles Infante)
Best Editing in a Video
Eminem — "Not Afraid" (Editor: Ken Mowe)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal) Miike Snow — "Animal" (Editor: Frank Macias)
Pink — "Funhouse" (Editor: Chris Davis)
Rihanna — "Rude Boy" (Editor: Clark Eddy)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Eminem — "Not Afraid" (Director of Photography: Chris Probst)
Florence and the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over" (Director of Photography: Adam Frisch) Jay-Z and Alicia Keys — "Empire State of Mind" (Director of Photography: John Perez)
Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
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