MTV VMAs 2012 Nominations

Video of the Year
‪Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"

‪Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know"

‪Rihanna, "We Found Love"

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"

‪M.I.A., "Bad Girls"


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Best New Artist

‪Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"

‪Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"

‪Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"

‪One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"

‪The Wanted, "Glad You Came"


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Best Hip-Hop Video

‪Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat"

‪Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR"

‪Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy"

‪Watch the Throne, "Paris"

Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"




Best Male Video

‪Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"

‪Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"

Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"

‪Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"

‪Usher, "Climax"




Best Female Video

‪Rihanna, "We Found Love"

‪Katy Perry, "Part of Me"

‪Beyonce, "Love on Top"‬

‪Nicki Minaj, "Starships"

‪Selena Gomez & The Scene, "Love You Like a Love Song"


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Best Pop Video

‪One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"

‪Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"

‪Rihanna, "We Found Love"

‪Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"

‪Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"


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Best Rock Video

‪Coldplay, "Paradise"

‪The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"

‪Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"

‪Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"

‪Imagine Dragons, "It's Time"

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Best Electronic Dance Music Video‬

‪Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"

‪Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close"

‪Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)"

‪Martin Solveig, "The Night Out"

‪Avicii, "Le7els"‬




Best Video With a Message

‪Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper"

‪Rise Against, "Ballad of Hollis Brown"

‪Kelly Clarkson, "Dark Side"

‪Gym Class Heroes, "The Fighter"

K'Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, "Is Anybody Out There?"

Lil Wayne, "How to Love"
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Best Art Direction

‪Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"

‪Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"

‪Regina Spektor, "All the Rowboats"

‪Of Monsters & Men, "Little Talks"




Best Choreography

‪Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"

‪Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"

‪Beyonce, "Countdown"

‪Avicii, "Le7els"

‪Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, "Dance Again"
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Best Cinematography

‪M.I.A., "Bad Girls"

‪Adele, "Someone Like You"

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"

‪Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"

‪Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"


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Best Direction

‪M.I.A., "Bad Girls"

‪Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"

‪Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"

‪Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"

‪Watch the Throne, "Otis"

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Best Editing

‪Beyonce, "Countdown"

‪A$AP Rocky, "Goldie"

‪Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"

‪Watch the Throne, "Paris"

‪Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, "Mercy"


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Best Visual Effects

‪Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"

‪Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"

‪David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On"

‪Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"‬

These have turned into an absolute joke. I thought last year was bad when Adele got all those nominations for sitting on her fat ass on a chair for 4 minutes but this year takes the biscuit (no pun intended) altogether

Beyoncé for best female video? Sorry but why? That video was probably the worst video on the "4" Shitology Video Collection. Nicki Minaj? Her walking along a beach wearing a huge ass diaper? If you turned the "music" off it was basically porn with ugly people.

What about Lana Del Rey? Born to Die was an amazing video which everyone thought was great as was National Anthem. Yet they go with the crowd favourites. Beyonce getting any nominations in any categories is nothing short of favouritism and a hope that she will be there. While other more deserving artists that have put out great videos have been overlooked or put in categories that aren't even televised at the show itself. One Direction nominated purely for the pre-teens and the Peter Files of the world as that video consists of them walking up and down a beach while making special hand signs and waves whilst lip synching badly.

#RantOverForNow

The VM.. what? I yawned so hard my jaw clicked.

This show stopped being exciting ten years ago.

Gary wrote: Nicki Minaj? Her walking along a beach wearing a huge ass diaper? If you turned the "music" off it was basically porn with ugly people.

I can't. Gary, when you're mad, you're hilarious!

Well, it's a shame what these awards have become. They used to be so exciting but now they're a joke. Nice to see Bad Girls and Born To Die getting some nominations though. Lana totally deserved a nomination for Video of the Year. Sigh.

@ best choreography category. What a joke. Gone are the days when videos with REALLY good choregraphies were nominated: Beat It, Thriller, Rhythm Nation, Straight Up, Baby One More Time, etc.