Perfomances:

Rihanna
A$AP Rocky
Calvin Harris
Green Day
Pink
Alicia Keys
Lil Wayne
2 Chainz
One Direction
Frank Ocean
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift





Nominees:



Video of the Year

Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care"
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls"
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"




Best Male Video

Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care"
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
Usher — "Climax"



Best Female Video

Beyoncé — "Love on Top"
Selena Gomez & the Scene — "Love You Like a Love Song"
Nicki Minaj — "Starships"
Katy Perry — "Part of Me"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"




Best New Artist

Fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
The Wanted — "Glad You Came"



Best Pop Video

Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
Fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — "Payphone"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"


Best Rock Video

The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"
Coldplay — "Paradise"
Imagine Dragons — "It's Time"
Linkin Park — "Burn It Down"
Jack White — "Sixteen Saltines


Best Hip-Hop Video

Childish Gambino — "Heartbeat"
Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) — "HYFR"
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris"
Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Beez in the Trap"
Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy"


Best Electronic Dance Music Video


Avicii — "Levels"
Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf"
Calvin Harris — "Feel So Close"
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig — "The Night Out"


Best Direction in a Video

Coldplay and Rihanna — "Princess of China" (Director: Adria Petty and Alan Bibby)
Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf" (Director: Keith Schofield)
Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) — "Otis" (Director: Spike Jonze)
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Director: Romain Gavras)
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good" (Director: Nabil Elderkin)


Best Choreography in a Video

Avicii — "Levels" (Choreographers: Richy Greenfield and Petro Papahadjopoulos)
Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Choreographers: Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson Jr., Beyoncé and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)
Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music" (Choreographer: Anwar "Flii" Burton)
Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "Dance Again" (Choreographer: JR Taylor)
Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)


Best Visual Effects in a Video

David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Turn Me On" (Visual Effects: Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott Metzger and Vico Sharabani)
Linkin Park — "Burn It Down" (Visual Effects: Ghost Town Media)
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Engine)
Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Visual Effects: BAKED FX)
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)" (Visual Effects: Deka Brothers and Tony "Truand" Datis)


Best Art Direction in a Video


Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Art Directors: Anna Brun and Audrey Malecot)
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Art Director: Charles Infante)
Of Monsters and Men — "Little Talks" (Art Director: Mihai Wilson and Marcella Moser)
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Art Director: Benji Bamps)
Regina Spektor — "All the Rowboats" (Art Director: Anthony Henderson)



Best Editing in a Video

A$AP Rocky — "Goldie" (Editor: Samantha Lecca)
Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Editors: Alexander Hammer and Jeremiah Shuff)
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor: Natasha Pincus)
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "niccas in Paris" (Editors: Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson and Derek Lee)
Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy" (Editor: Eric
Greenburg)


Best Cinematography in a Video

Adele — "Someone Like You" (Director of Photography: David Johnson)
Coldplay and Rihanna — "Princess of China" (Director of Photography: Stéphane Vallée)
Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen)
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)


Best Video with a Message

Kelly Clarkson — "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes (featuring Ryan Tedder) — "The Fighter"
K'naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) — "Is Anybody Out There?"
Lil Wayne — "How to Love"
Demi Lovato — "Skyscraper"
Rise Against — "Ballad of Hollis Brown"



Most Share-Worthy Video


Beyoncé — "Countdown"
Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"

Anyone know if this is going to be streaming online legally or illegally?[pic] the only time id give a damn

thought good is performing

dam thats crazy childish gambino got nominated im happy for him but the who picks these videos this shiit looks fixed and no church in the wild nominee?

I wonder what publicity stunt will go down tonight at the vma's???????

...Boxden Finna Go In On The VMAs. Straight Jokes....[pic]

Originally Posted by NO RELIGION I wonder what publicity stunt will go down tonight at the vma's???????

^^I know thats why I need dat streaming, I'm tryna see what illuminati !! is gonna go down, especially since this "one direction" group is on lock

this is the best video

close thread [pic]

Wayne performing No Worries [pic]

[pic] Lil Wayne - Go DJ (Source Awards) HD - YouTube

chris is not going so no !! is gonna pop off between rihanna/drake/chris [pic]

Originally Posted by Vin Steezel ^^I know thats why I need dat streaming, I'm tryna see what illuminati !! is gonna go down, especially since this "one direction" group is on lock

07 - Britney spears

08 - didn't watch

09- kanye/taylor

10 - didn't watch

11 - Beyonce fake pregnancy

Childish gambino better win that Best rap video

flo rida not performing?

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mtv is streaming it

Remeber when nas joined murda inc at the vmas

Ye not going because Kim wasn't invited

Nicki bringing Ritt Romey


topping her Grammy's '12 red carpet appearence with the pope.


Alicia Keys new single

Also some other performances surprise.

Originally Posted by Fresh Whyte ...Boxden Finna Go In On The VMAs. Straight Jokes....[pic]

these threads always funny as hell lol