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The MTV Video Music Award Nominees
This year's ceremony will go down on Sunday, September 9th in Las Vegas. It'll air live at 9:00 P.M. Eastern. . . on MTV, of course.

Who do you think should have won Best Video?

Video of the Year
Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"
Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable"
Justice, "D.A.N.C.E."
Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around. . ."
Kanye West, "Stronger"
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, "Umbrella"

Other Nominations
    Best Male Artist Of The Year:
  • Akon, "Don't Matter", "I Wanna Love You" (featuring Snoop Dogg), "Smack That" (featuring Eminem)
  • Kanye West, "Can't Tell Me Nothing", "Stronger", "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" (featuring Nas, KRS-One and Rakim)
  • Justin Timberlake, "Let Me Talk To You / My Love" , "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland), "What Goes Around. . ."
  • T.I., "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)", "You Know What It Is" (featuring Wyclef Jean), "What You Know"
  • Robin Thicke, "Can U Believe", "Lost Without U", "Wanna Love You Girl" (featuring Busta Rhymes and Pharrell)

    Best Female Artist of the Year:
  • Amy Winehouse, "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good"
  • Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable", "Beautiful Liar" (featuring Shakira)
  • Fergie, "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)", "Glamorous" (featuring Ludacris), "Fergalicious" (featuring Will.I.Am)
  • Nelly Furtado, "Maneater", "Say It Right"
  • Rihanna, "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z)

    Best New Artist:
  • Amy Winehouse, "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good"
  • Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats"
  • Gym Class Heroes, "Clothes Off", "Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast In America"
  • Lily Allen, "Alfie", "Smile", "LDN"
  • Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks"

    Best Group:
  • Fall Out Boy, "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race", "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
  • Gym Class Heroes, "Clothes Off", "Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast In America"
  • Linkin Park, "What I've Done"
  • Maroon 5, "Makes Me Wonder"
  • White Stripes, "Icky Thump"

    Most Earthshattering Collaboration:
  • Akon (featuring Eminem), "Smack That"
  • Beyoncé and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"
  • Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland), "SexyBack"
  • Gwen Stefani (featuring Akon), "The Sweet Escape"
  • U2 (featuring Green Day), "The Saints Are Coming"

    Quadruple Threat Of The Year:
  • Beyoncé
  • Bono
  • Jay-Z
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Kanye West

    Monster Single Of The Year:
  • Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend"
  • Daughtry, "Home"
  • Fall Out Boy, "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
  • Lil' Mama, "Lip Gloss (No Music)"
  • T-Pain (featuring Yung Joc), "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')"
  • Timbaland (featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E. and Sebastian), "The Way I Are"
  • MIMS, "This Is Why I'm Hot"
  • Plain White T's, "Hey There, Delilah"
  • Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z), "Umbrella"
  • Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star"

    Best Director:
  • Beyoncé and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"
  • Christina Aguilera, "Candyman"
  • Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around. . ."
  • Kanye West, "Stronger"
  • Linkin Park, "What I've Done"
  • Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z), "Umbrella"

    Best Editing In A Video:
  • Beyoncé and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"
  • Gnarls Barkley, "Smiley Faces"
  • Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around. . ."
  • Kanye West, "Stonger"
  • Linkin Park, "What I've Done"

    Best Choreography In A Video:
  • Beyoncé and Shakira, "Beautiful Liar"
  • Chris Brown, "Wall To Wall"
  • Ciara, "Like A Boy"
  • Eve, "Tambourine"
  • Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland), "SexyBack"

- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND BEYONCé LEAD the MTV VMA NOMINEES. . . WITH SEVEN NOMINATIONS EACH: ANYE WEST and RIHANNA followed with five apiece.

- All four of those artists will be facing off in the Video of the Year category. (Justin's video for "What Goes Around. . . Comes Around" will compete against videos for Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable", Kanye's "Stronger" and Rihanna's "Umbrella".)

-The other Video of the Year nominee is "D.A.N.C.E.", by the French electronic duo JUSTICE. (Interestingly enough, Justice last faced Kanye West. . . and beat him. . . at last year's MTV Europe Music Awards, when Kanye threw his little TANTRUM.)

-In addition to Justin, Kanye, and Rihanna, the scheduled performers include. . . Timbaland, Fall Out Boy, Chris Brown, Lily Allen, the Foo Fighters, and Amy Winehouse.

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