VMA Nominees Announced

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

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 Male Video

Eminem — "We Made You"

Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

Ne-Yo — "Miss Independent"

T.I. (featuring Rihanna) — "Live Your Life"

Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

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 New Artist

3OH!3 — "Don't Trust Me"

Drake — "Best I Ever Had"

Kid Cudi — "Day 'n' Nite"

Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"

Asher Roth — "I Love College"

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 & 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 Hip-Hop Video

Eminem — "We Made You"

Flo Rida (featuring Kesha) — "Right Round"

Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

Asher Roth — "I Love College"

Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)

Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"

Björk — "Human Behaviour"

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"

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 and Kim — "Lessons Learned"

Passion Pit — "The Reeling"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Heads Will Roll"

Best Direction in a Video

Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director: Jake Nava)

Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) — "Good Girls Go Bad"

Green Day — "21 Guns" (Director: Marc Webb)

Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)

Britney Spears — "Circus" (Director: Francis Lawrence)

Best Choreography in a Video

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight)

Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – "Love Sex Magic"

Kristinia DeBarge – "Goodbye"

A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger – "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"

Britney Spears – "Circus"

Best Special Effects in a Video

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

Eminem – "We Made You"

Gnarls Barkley – "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Special Effects: Keith Sintay)

Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi"

Kanye West feat. Mr. Hudson – "Paranoid"

Best Art Direction in a Video

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"

Best Editing in a Video

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

Coldplay – "Viva la Vida"

Miley Cyrus – "7 Things"

Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi"

Britney Spears – "Circus"

Best Cinematography in a Video

Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

Coldplay – "Viva la Vida"

Green Day – "21 Guns"

Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi"

Britney Spears – "Circus"

Wow...So much shit up there! Although, I must admit I was fairly intrigued by the "Should Have Won a Moonman" category...but most of the nominations are shite there, too. I will be rooting for Dr. Dre in that respective category...

As for the rest of that hooray for tolerance!ry, fuck it.

Discuss. [The possiblity of a possible GN'R Surprise Performance that might possibly occur]

[RJ88]

so it's basically the same 6-7 artists nominated multiple times? the nominees for rock video are fucking horrible

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

so it's basically the same 6-7 artists nominated multiple times? the nominees for rock video are fucking horrible

Exactly what I was thinking! It's the same artists and same videos nominated over and over again...Fucking bullshit..

[Axl Rose aka God]

Every year it's the same "GN'R might play the VMA's" if you're believing that then I'm sorry that you're in for a disappointment.

[Graeme]

Grapevine Fires got a nomination?! That's fucking awesome!! The rest I couldn't really give a shite about .

[Black Sabbath]

Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)

That should be interesting.

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Every year it's the same "GN'R might play the VMA's" if you're believing that then I'm sorry that you're in for a disappointment.

Wuz jokin', meng.

[Lithium]

Who cares about the VMAs anyway?

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Who cares about the VMAs anyway?

People that post on VMA threads.

[AbominableHoman]

OMG. WTF = Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman), and the shittastically bad rock category.

MTV is feeding upon itself.

[stacks on deck]

calling lady gaga sweeping every category she's nominated in.

[kevin]

3OH!3 are not new, wtf. That song is so last summer.

[DirtyDeeds]

For the only category we care about, I vote David Lee Roth "California Girls" all the way.

[chevelle]

I like about 4 of the songs on that list, and 2 are them are from the "Should Have Won A Moonman" category. The rest are overplayed shit.

[Gordon Comstock]

i like how everything in every catagory up until the rock category is rap/rnb, hahaha.

thats some pathetic shit right there.... fuckin eminem/beyonce/lady gaga (aka the transvestite, seeeaaann!)

pretty lame. and i dont think anyone is expecting [nuthin but] a gnr thaaaang.

[Superfuzz]

best rock video

rock

Coldplay

Fall Out Boy

Green Day

Paramore

[Gallagher Rose]

this list is a complete scumbag

[Zeppelin]

I'm surprised Beyoncé wasn't nominated for anyth-

Oh wait, nevermind.

[JesusisSavior]

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"

this is why I wish I was born in the 60s

[chevelle]

I laughed SO fucking hard at the first two posts on this page.

I wish I was born in the '70s, myself.

[coolio GNR]

The only good songs that are nominated:

Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"

Eminem — "We Made You"

Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"

Green Day — "21 Guns"

[Estranged Reality]

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"

this is why I wish I was born in the 60s

I empathize with you, but honestly, there was just as much disposable pop back then; it's just been forgotten over the years in favour of the better stuff. Most of the "classic" artists we now listen to from that era weren't the ones achieving commercial airplay in their time. My dad was born in the early '50s and grew up in a middle-class American household and doesn't recognize a single Hendrix, Doors, Bowie or Zeppelin song, and only a handful of the more popular Stones and Beach Boys tracks. I asked him what he was listening to in the '60s, to understand how he didn't recognize all these artists that have become so legendary over the years, and he named a bunch of horrible flash-in-the-pan-type pop bands that no one remembers today.

My only point is: mainstream radio has always, for the most part, catered towards less regarded music, and you can point at any decade and usually the best music being made wasn't the stuff achieving significant mainstream broadcast. That said, it would still be cool to live in that time knowing which bands to look out for -- imagine being able to score front seats at an early Zeppelin gig. Anyway, I never watch VMAs or awards shows in general, but I did YouTube the Russell Brand bits last year. I liked his Jonas Brothers jokes. And I heard he may be debuting a trailer for his Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off this time, so there's that to look forward to...

Edited August 5, 2009 by Estranged Reality

[JesusisSavior]

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"

this is why I wish I was born in the 60s

I empathize with you, but honestly, there was just as much disposable pop back then; it's just been forgotten over the years in favour of the better stuff. Most of the "classic" artists we now listen to from that era weren't the ones achieving commercial airplay in their time. My dad was born in the early '50s and grew up in a middle-class American household and doesn't recognize a single Hendrix, Doors, Bowie or Zeppelin song, and only a handful of the more popular Stones and Beach Boys tracks. I asked him what he was listening to in the '60s, to understand how he didn't recognize all these artists that have become so legendary over the years, and he named a bunch of horrible flash-in-the-pan-type pop bands that no one remembers today.

My only point is: mainstream radio has always, for the most part, catered towards less regarded music, and you can point at any decade and usually the best music being made wasn't the stuff achieving significant mainstream broadcast. That said, it would still be cool to live in that time knowing which bands to look out for -- imagine being able to score front seats at an early Zeppelin gig. Anyway, I never watch VMAs or awards shows in general, but I did YouTube the Russell Brand bits last year. I liked his Jonas Brothers jokes. And I heard he may be debuting a trailer for his Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off this time, so there's that to look forward to...

Right, it just would of been cool to live though the seventies/eighties with that stong spirit of rock n roll around you. Like having the chance to see Queen, Bowie, and Hendrix live, being able to experiance AC/DC's early explosion of fame, getting to see the first showings of Purple Rain... heck Axl and Slash on the same stage! but then again the 21st century isn't that bad. Deffiantly looking foward to things like the VMA's with Russell, gotta kick out of him last year. Nominees.. not so exciting. Though I hope Green Day takes some awards home.

someone remind me again why Coldplay is considered rock?

Edited August 5, 2009 by JesusisSavior

[Lithium]

someone remind me again why Coldplay is considered rock?

The way they use their instruments and the pace of their music.

[moreblack]

VMAs is the time of the year the industry looks at itself and pats itself on the back all while lowering the bar every year.

But seriously, what business does a GNR fan have commenting on mainstream music? The way people talk around here sometimes, you'd think we think everybody but GNR sucks...