MTV Video Music Awards 2009: ecco le nominations

Il 13 settembre prossimo si terranno i VMAs presentati come l'anno scorso da Russell Brand. Ecco le nomination guidate, come prevedibile, da Lady Gaga.

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"

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" (Director: Kai Regan)
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 (featuring Justin Timberlake) — "Love Sex Magic" (Choreographers: Jamaica Craft and "Marty")
Kristinia DeBarge — "Goodbye" (Choreographer: Jamaica Craft)
A.R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) — "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Choreographer: Andre Fuentes)

Best Special Effects in a Video
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Special Effects: VFX Effects and Louis Mackall V)
Eminem — "We Made You" (Special Effects: Ingenuity Engine)
Gnarls Barkley — "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Special Effects: Gradient Effects and Image Metrics)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Special Effects: Chimney Pot)
Kanye West (featuring Mr Hudson) — "Paranoid" (Special Effects: Wizardflex)

Best Art Direction in a Video
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Art Director: Niamh Byrne)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Art Director: Gregory de Maria)
Gnarls Barkley — "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Art Director: Zach Matthews)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Art Director: Jason Hamilton)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Art Directors: Laura Fox and Charles Varga)

Best Editing in a Video
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Editor: Hype Williams)
Miley Cyrus — "7 Things" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Editors: Danny Tull and Jonas Åkerlund)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Best Cinematography in a Video
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director of Photography: Jim Fealy)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Director of Photography: John Perez)
Green Day — "21 Guns" (Director of Photography: Jonathan Sela)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Director of Photography: Eric Broms)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)

Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage" (1994)
Björk — "Human Behaviour" (1993)
Dr. Dre — "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" (1993)
Foo Fighters — "Everlong" (1997)
George Michael — "Freedom! '90" (1990)
OK Go — "Here It Goes Again" (2006)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Into the Great Wide Open" (1991)
Radiohead — "Karma Police" (1997)
David Lee Roth — "California Girls" (1985)
U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name" (1987)

Tra i performers, Beyoncè, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Muse, Green Day, Jay-Z, Pink, Pitbull, 3OH!3 e The All-American Rejects, mentre tra i presentatori ci saranno Miranda Cosgrove, Chace Crawford, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Ne-Yo e Leighton Meester.