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2012 MTV Video Music Awards - September 6th

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"
Katy Perry — "Part of Me"
Nicki Minaj — "Starships"
Rihanna — "We Found Love"
Selena Gomez & the Scene — "Love You Like a Love Song"

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"

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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 — "Le7els"
Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf"
Calvin Harris — "Feel So Close"
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig — "The Night Out"

Best Video with a Message

Kelly Clarkson — "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes — "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"

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Best Direction in a Video

Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) — "Princess of China" (Director: Adria Petty)
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 — "Le7els" (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: Copa Network)
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: George Lucas)
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)" (Visual Effects: Deka Brothers and Tony T. 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)
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: Jeremiah Shuff and Alex Hammer)
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor: Natasha Pincus)
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris" (Editor: unknown)
Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy" (Editor: unknown)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Adele — "Someone Like You" (Director of Photography: David Johnson)
Coldplay (featuring 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)

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Performers? I read Pink is one of them.:cheer:

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Quote:

Best Video with a Message

How about the other categories? They are considered as Best Video without a Message?:lol: :oh:

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Don't like the nominations :(

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This is going to be a shit show. :lol:

VMA's really haven't been good since 2003 :o

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I don't think VMA is going anywhere with this kind of nominations...

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Looking back to the previous winners...there hasn't been a well deserved winner since Work It by Missy, well, Poker Face by Gaga and some of the Britney's videos are probably still deserved winners, the rest of them is just, well.

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Shit nominations for a shit award show :cheer:

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These nominations man.....I remember when the VMA's were must see TV. Now its just another awards show.

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Pretty much any category Justin Bieber is in, he'll win because of his legion of 10 yr old girls. :lol:

I expect Rihanna to do well also, maybe better than Katy Perry since Katy won a couple last year.

But who knows, the nominations are atrocious and really highlight how shitty music is these days. :lol:

So many up there nominated, so talentless. :o

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Oh and no Lady Gaga this year, she already said she wasn't attending a couple weeks ago due to her tour. Maybe that's why she wasn't nominated. :lol: