MTV Video Music Awards Nominees
MTV Video Music Awards 2015 will be held on August 30, 2015.
Video of the Year
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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 |
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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 – Editors: Beyoncé, 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 |
