MTV Video Music Awards Nominees

MTV Video Music Awards 2015 will be held on August 30, 2015.

Video of the Year




Best Male Video
Nick Jonas
Chains
Kendrick Lamar
Alright
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
The Weeknd
Earned It

Best Female Video
Beyonce
7/11
Ellie Goulding
Love Me Like You Do
Nicki Minaj
Anaconda
Sia
Elastic Heart
Blank Space

Artist to Watch
James Bay
Hold Back the River
George Ezra
Budapest
Fetty Wap
Trap Queen
FKA Twigs
Pendulum
Vance Joy
Riptide

Best Pop Video
Beyonce
7/11
Sugar
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
Blank Space

Best Rock Video
Arctic Monkeys
Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Fall Out Boy
Uma Thurman
Florence  the Machine
Ship to Wreck
Hozier
Take Me to Church
Walk the Moon
Shut Up and Dance

Best Hip-Hop Video
Big Sean (featuring E-40)
I Don't F**k with You
Fetty Wap
Trap Queen
Kendrick Lamar
Alright
Nicki Minaj
Anaconda
Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth)
See You Again

Best Collaboration
Ariana Grande and The Weeknd
Love Me, Harder,
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj
Bang Bang
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood
Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth)
See You Again

Best Direction
Childish Gambino
Sober – Director: Hiro Murai
Hozier
Take Me to Church – Directors: Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson
Kendrick Lamar
Alright – Directors: Colin Tilley and the Little Homies
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk – Directors: Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood – Director: Joseph Kahn

Best Choreography
Beyonce
7/11 – Choreographers: Beyonce, Chris Grant and Gabriel Valenciano
Chet Faker
Gold – Choreographer: Ryan Heffington
Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Never Catch Me – Choreographers: Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid
OK Go
I Won't Let You Down – Choreographer: OK Go, air: man and Mori Harano
Ed Sheeran
Don't – Choreographers: Nappytabs

Best Visual Effects
Childish Gambino
Telegraph Ave - Visual Effects: Gloria FX
FKA Twigs
Two Weeks - Visual Effects: Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy
Skrillex and Diplo (featuringJustin Bieber)
Where Are U Now - Visual Effects: Brewer
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood - Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios
Tyler, The Creator
F**king Young/Death Camp - Visual Effects: Gloria FX

Best Art Direction
The Chemical Brothers
Go - Art Director: Michel Gondry
Skrillex and Diplo (featuringJustin Bieber)
Where Are U Now - Art Director: Brewer
Snoop Dogg
So Many Pros - Art Director: Jason Fijal
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood - Art Director: Charles Infante
Jack White
Would You Fight for My Love - Art Director: Jeff Peterson

Best Editing
A$AP Rocky
L$D – Editor: Dexter Navy
Beyonce
7/11 РEditors: Beyonc̩, Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing
Ed Sheeran
Don't – Editor: Jacquelyn London
Skrillex and Diplo (featuringJustin Bieber)
Where Are U Now – Editor: Brewer
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood – Editor: Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street

Best Cinematography
Alt-J
Left Hand Free - Director of Photography: Mike Simpson
FKA Twigs
Two Weeks - Director of Photography: Justin Brown
Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Never Catch Me - Director of Photography: Larkin Seiple
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud - Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Bad Blood - Director of Photography: Christopher Probst

Best Video with a Social Message
Big Sean (featuring Kanye West and John Legend)
One Man Can Change the World
Colbie Caillat
Try
Jennifer Hudson
I Still Love You
American Oxygen
Wale
The White Shoes