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?
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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