The 2009 MTV Video Music Award Nominees

[CBright7831]

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Eminem: “We Made You”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
Britney Spears: “Womanizer”

BEST NEW ARTIST
3OH!3
Lady Gaga
Kid Cudi
Drake
Asher Roth

BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem: “We Made You”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”
T.I. featuring Rihanna: “Live Your Life”
Ne-Yo: “Miss Independent”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Taylor Swift: “You Belong With Me”
Kelly Clarkson” “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Katy Perry: “Hot ‘N Cold”
Pink: “So What”

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Eminem: “We Made You”
Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
Flo Rida: “Right Round”
Asher Roth: “I Love College”
Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”

BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Britney Spears: “Womanizer”
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: “Good Girls Go Bad”
Lady Gaga: “Poker Face”
Wisin y Yandel: “Abusadora”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Kings Of Leon: “Use Somebody”
Green Day: “21 Guns”
Fall Out Boy: “I Don’t Care”
Paramore: “Decode”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake: “Love Sex Magic”
AR Rahman & Pussy Cat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger: “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)”
Kristina DeBarge: “Goodbye”

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Green Day: “21 Guns”
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester: “Good Girls Go Bad”
Britney Spears: “Circus”

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
Miley Cyrus: “7 Things”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Eminem: “We Made You”
Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson: “Paranoid”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”
Green Day: “21 Guns”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”

BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Britney Spears: “Circus”
Lady Gaga: “Paparazzi”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Coldplay: “Viva La Vida”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Death Cab For Cutie: “Grapevine Fires”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Anjulie: “Boom”
Cold War Kids: “I’ve Seen Enough”
Chairlift: “Evident Utensil”
Bat For Lashes: “Daniel
Major Lazer: “Hold The Line”
Passion Pit: “The Reeling”
Matt & Kim: “Lessons Learned”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Heads Will Roll”

BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)
U2: “Where The Streets Have No Name”
Dr Dre: “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
Beastie Boys: “Sabotage”
Bjork: “Human Behavior”
Radiohead: “Karma Police”
George Michael: “Freedom”
Foo Fighters: “Everlong”
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: “Into The Great Wide Open”
OK Go: “Here It Goes Again”
David Lee Roth: “California Girls”

 

[Youth N Asia]

Wow. I don't even know where to see videos anymore outside of Youtube. I've seen 3 of these vids tops, and the Em video is the worst thing he's ever done.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

That last category is an interesting one. 5 years ago I'd say it would go to "Sabotage," because the video for it is still fantastic, but now? It wouldn't surprise me to see OK Go get it. I'm not knocking the video for "Here It Goes Again," but it's no "Sabotage."

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Whatever happened to that "Quadruple Threat" award from a couple years ago? Probably the worst name for an award in history.

Any word on who's performing this year? Not that I'll watch, but I'm sure they'll never be able to top "fat" Britney Spears from a couple years ago.

 

[bps21]

I just had to look up what the fuck video beat Sabotage out... And it was Cryin by Aerosmith. Alicia Silverstone's popularity just couldn't be denied.

 

[dx1997]

Is this show still known for controversial stuff like two girls kissing, and stuff like that?

I haven't watched this show in a few years.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

3 AM and Crack a Bottle were both better videos than We Made You.

The last category is interesting.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

No Metallica whatsoever? Dumb.

 

[CBright7831]

I just had to look up what the fuck video beat Sabotage out... And it was Cryin by Aerosmith. Alicia Silverstone's popularity just couldn't be denied.

Yeah, Sabotage got a shitload of nominations and didnt win one single award:

Video of the Year
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Viewer's Choice
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Best Direction in a Video
Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Director: Marty Callner)
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage" (Director: Spike Jonze)
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby" (Director: Tarsem)
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" (Director: Jake Scott)

Best Group Video
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Green Day — "Longview"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Best Rap Video
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Coolio — "Fantastic Voyage"
Dr. Dre — "Let Me Ride"
Snoop Doggy Dogg — "Doggy Dogg World"

Breakthrough Video
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Björk — "Human Behaviour"
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby"
Nine Inch Nails — "Closer"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Best Rap Video
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Coolio — "Fantastic Voyage"
Dr. Dre — "Let Me Ride"
Snoop Doggy Dogg — "Doggy Dogg World"

The fuck!? Really!? That music video was terrible!

 

[Shooting Star]

Does this show still get good ratings? No one I know watches it but that probably has to do with the generational change.

 

[Youth N Asia]

MTV itself has turned away so many fans by ignoring music. I haven't watched this show in years, and I used to make it a point to catch these shows.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I'm not sure how Death Cab, Gnarls Barkley or even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs qualify for Breakthrough Video but hooray MTV!

 

[AA484]

I just had to look up what the fuck video beat Sabotage out... And it was Cryin by Aerosmith. Alicia Silverstone's popularity just couldn't be denied.

Yeah, Sabotage got a shitload of nominations and didnt win one single award:

Video of the Year
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Viewer's Choice
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Best Direction in a Video
Aerosmith — "Amazing" (Director: Marty Callner)
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage" (Director: Spike Jonze)
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby" (Director: Tarsem)
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" (Director: Jake Scott)

Best Group Video
Aerosmith — "Cryin'"
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Green Day — "Longview"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Best Rap Video
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Coolio — "Fantastic Voyage"
Dr. Dre — "Let Me Ride"
Snoop Doggy Dogg — "Doggy Dogg World"

Breakthrough Video
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Björk — "Human Behaviour"
Deep Forest — "Sweet Lullaby"
Nine Inch Nails — "Closer"
R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts"

Although a lot of this stuff isn't too great, it still far surpasses the nominations for this year's awards. Is popular music really this bad now?

 

[luke-o]

Is it just me, or aside from the last catagory, there's only about 8 or 9 songs being nominated and have just been nominated in every single category?

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

Best Special Effects? Really? That's a music video award? I thought I was looking at the Movie Awards wuth that category.

 

[pbone]

I'm not sure how Death Cab, Gnarls Barkley or even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs qualify for Breakthrough Video but hooray MTV!

Why?

 

[Czech]

This whole thread is kind of a why.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I'm not sure how Death Cab, Gnarls Barkley or even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs qualify for Breakthrough Video but hooray MTV!

Why?

To me, Breakthrough would be just making their name. Death Cab and Gnarls Barkley have had popular songs in the mainstream for a few years. Between Wedding Crashers, The O.C. and radio play, Sound of Settling has been around for like 5 years now. Crazy was really popular by Gnarls in like 2006. I don't have an extreme amount of music knowledge but I've heard of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from a while back now too. None of those I would consider being breakthrough acts, but Czech is right too, pretty much everything about this is why. Bizarre choices for awards that really have no significance, especially in current times.

 

[BUTT]

Except that breakthrough video is supposed to mean it features some sort of revolutionary technical or creative achievement not that it was an act's first big hit and you didn't even bother to Google it before you complained about it did you LivingLegendGaryColeman

 

[BUTT]

Also, I suppose LLGC's complaint was this year's version of "Best New Artist? I knew about them two years ago!" which comes up in every year's version of this thread.





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[foleyfanforever88]

Why the fuck is Russell Brand hosting this shit again? He was horrible last year.

 

[Youth N Asia]

The show itself is unwatchable. So it doesn't matter what dipshit they throw out there to host.

 

[CBright7831]

FUN FACT: Despite being nominated four times, Michael Jackson never won a VMA for Best Video of the Year.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

So.Kanye West.

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

Yes! "Sabotage" FINALLY gets the VMA it so rightly deserved 15 years ago!

 

[J]

I'm not watching the VMAs, but Facebook has exploded in Kanye West hate. What'd he do?

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

He interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to say "I just wanna say Beyonce made the best video ever!" He then left. Taylor Swift looked like she was about to cry.

 

[Smartly Pretty]

He's the man.

 

[Smues]

He's just grumpy because he doesn't understand why he is a gay fish.