Από εννιά υποψηφιότητες συγκέντρωσαν Beyonce για το «Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)» και Lady GaGa για το «Poker Face», μπαίνοντας επικεφαλείς στη φετινή κούρσα για τα MTV Video Music Awards. Κατά πόδας τις ακολουθεί η Britney Spears, που διεκδικεί επτά βραβεία με το «Womanizer». Την πεντάδα στην μεγάλη κατηγορία του καλύτερου video clip για το 2009 συμπληρώνουν οι Kanye West («Love Lockdown») και Eminem («We Made You»). Μεταξύ των υποψηφίων βρίσκονται επίσης οι: Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, T.I., Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Pink, Flo Rida, Asher Roth, Coldplay, Green Day, Kings of Leon και Fall Out Boy.

Η τελετή απονομής των Video Music Awards θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 13 Σεπτεμβρίου στο Radio City Music Hall της Νέας Υόρκης. Οικοδεσπότης της φετινής απονομής θα είναι ο Βρετανός κωμικός Russell Brand.

Η πλήρης λίστα των υποψηφιοτήτων ανά κατηγορία έχει ως εξής:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyonce: “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
Beyonce: “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
Beyonce: “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 DonΆt Care”
Paramore: “Decode”

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

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

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

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

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Death Cab For Cutie: “Grapevine Fires”
Gnarls Barkley: “WhoΆs Gonna Save My Soul”
Anjulie: “Boom”
Cold War Kids: “IΆve 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: “NuthinΆ But A ΅GΆ 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”