Nominees for the 2009 Video Music Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, Sept. 13 in New York City:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Eminem: “We Made You”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Britney Spears: “Womanizer”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
BEST NEW ARTIST
3OH!3
Drake
Kid Cudi
Lady Gaga
Asher Roth
BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem: “We Made You”
Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
Ne-Yo: “Miss Independent”
T.I. featuring Rihanna: “Live Your Life”
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Kelly Clarkson: “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Katy Perry: “Hot ‘N Cold”
Pink: “So What”
Taylor Swift: “You Belong With Me”
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Eminem: “We Made You”
Flo Rida: “Right Round”
Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Asher Roth: “I Love College”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: “Good Girls Go Bad”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Britney Spears: “Womanizer”
Wisin y Yandel: “Abusadora”
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Fall Out Boy: “I Don’t Care”
Green Day: “21 Guns”
Kings Of Leon: “Use Somebody”
Paramore: “Decode”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake: “Love Sex Magic”
Kristina DeBarge: “Goodbye”
AR Rahman & the Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger: “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (director: Jake Nava)
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: “Good Girls Go Bad” (director: Kai Regan)
Green Day: “21 Guns” (director: Marc Webb)
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi” (director: Jonas Akerlund)
Britney Spears: “Circus” (director: Francis Lawrence)
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Miley Cyrus: “7 Things”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Eminem: “We Made You”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson: “Paranoid”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Green Day: “21 Guns”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Anjulie: “Boom”
Bat For Lashes: “Daniel”
Chairlift: “Evident Utensil”
Cold War Kids: “I’ve Seen Enough”
Death Cab For Cutie: “Grapevine Fires”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Major Lazer: “Hold The Line”
Matt & Kim: “Lessons Learned”
Passion Pit: “The Reeling”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Heads Will Roll”
BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)
Beastie Boys: “Sabotage”
Bjork: “Human Behavior”
Dr Dre: “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
Foo Fighters: “Everlong”
George Michael: “Freedom ’90″
OK Go: “Here It Goes Again”
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: “Into The Great Wide Open”
Radiohead: “Karma Police”
David Lee Roth: “California Girls”
U2: “Where The Streets Have No Name”
Nominee Categories [MTV]
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@fre2daa oh, duh. thanks!
ps — in that case, I hope matt & kim win.
Excluding the moonman category, there are thirty-some acts sharing nominations across 14 categories. It’s disappointing that this small number are all that get recognized. They aren’t the best of the best. Beyonce and Lady Gaga share something like 18 nominations, alone.
Remember when music video television bombarded us with a nice smorgasbord of great viewing (back in the moonman nominees’ days)? I recently watched 30 minutes of “hot, new videos” on one of the MuchMTVH1 channels – only to be left underwhelmed and angry about it.