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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 2, 2015 8:46:09 GMT -5
The MTV Video Music Awards are slated for August 30, 2015. Not sure where.
"Blank Space" has got to be the frontrunner (or is it "Bad Blood"?). I think "Uptown Funk" will also get a Video of the Year nomination. When is the eligibility cutoff? Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" and Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money" would be good inclusions in the top category as well.
Nominations: Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 10am
Ceremony: Sunday, August 30, 2015
Host: Miley Cyrus
Contenders below
Beyonce - "7/11"
Big Sean - "IDFWU," "Blessings"
Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"
Florence + The Machine - "What Kind of Man"
Ariana Grande - "Break Free," "Love Me Harder"
Hozier - "Take Me to Church"
iLoveMakonnen - "Tuesday"
jack U - "Where Are U Now"
Nick Jonas - "Jealous"
Kendrick Lamar - "i," "King Kunta," "Alright"
Madonna - "Bitch, I'm Madonna"
Maroon 5 - "Sugar," "Animals"
Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda," "Feeling Myself"
Omi - "Cheerleader"
One Direction - "Steal My Girl"
Rihanna - "FourFiveSeconds," "Bitch Better Have My Money"
Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk"
Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"
Sia - "Elastic Heart," "Big Girls Cry," "Fire Meets Gasoline"
Britney Spears - "Pretty Girls"
Taylor Swift - "Blank Space," "Bad Blood (Remix)," "Shake it Off"
Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass"
Walk the Moon - "Shut Up and Dance"
The Weeknd - "Earned It"
Kanye West - "Only One," "All Day"
Wiz Khalifa - "See You Again"
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Post by Wave. on Jul 2, 2015 9:44:56 GMT -5
A lot of interesting videos this year. Anxious to see who's performing, and who's getting nominated. Taylor could possibly sweep.
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Post by chillpill on Jul 2, 2015 16:20:39 GMT -5
I wonder who will be the random Video of the Year nominee they tend to have every year.
2003 - Johnny Cash "Hurt"
2004 - none
2005 - none
2006 - "Ain't No Other Man" was kinda random
2007 - Justice "DANCE"
2008 - All nominees were so WTF and random in a bad way. Such a messy year.
2009 - none
2010 - "Dog Days Are Over"
2011 - Tyler the Creater for eating a cockroach.
2012 - "Bad Girls"
2013 - none
2014 - none
Ok, so maybe the year of random nominee will not happen this year but I hope.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 2, 2015 23:11:39 GMT -5
It made sense when I read last year's nominees but at the very least, I was pleasantly surprised to see "Chandelier" nominated...so that could count? It continued to grow after the nomination, it wasn't the CLASSIC it is now at this time a year ago.
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 3, 2015 1:49:52 GMT -5
Random Nominee-Carly Rae Jepsen-I Really Like You. MTV likes to surprise with always random nominee. Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" will dominate the night with tons of wins. Nothing comes close to it.
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Post by chillpill on Jul 6, 2015 18:54:49 GMT -5
It made sense when I read last year's nominees but at the very least, I was pleasantly surprised to see "Chandelier" nominated...so that could count? It continued to grow after the nomination, it wasn't the CLASSIC it is now at this time a year ago. Yeah, that one could count since "Chandelier" was still new at that time. |
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Post by wjr15 on Jul 7, 2015 11:50:20 GMT -5
I can see the video of the year nominations being:
Blank Space
Uptown Funk
All About That Bass
Take Me To Church
Anaconda
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 8, 2015 6:29:33 GMT -5
I wonder who will be the random Video of the Year nominee they tend to have every year. 2003 - Johnny Cash "Hurt" That wasn't random at all if you watched MTV back then, it also won a Grammy |
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 8, 2015 11:20:12 GMT -5
My off-the-top-of-my-head prediction is
Video of the Year
"Trap Queen" by Fetty Wap
"Alright" by Kendrick Lamar
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
"Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
"All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor
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Post by hitseeker. on Jul 8, 2015 13:29:46 GMT -5
I'm expecting either "Uptown Funk" or a Taylor Swift video to win VOTY. Taylor will probably have the most nods.
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Post by chillpill on Jul 8, 2015 14:17:08 GMT -5
I wonder who will be the random Video of the Year nominee they tend to have every year. 2003 - Johnny Cash "Hurt" That wasn't random at all if you watched MTV back then, it also won a Grammy It was random to me since that was around the time when quality videos were no longer getting nominated for Video of the Year. As long as you had a hit song, a nomination in that category was guaranteed and "Hurt" was not a hit song and it was also from a country artist. |
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 9, 2015 1:19:56 GMT -5
Well one can disagree if it was a hit song or not, I'd say it was, but not a traditional pop hit on radio of course. It certainly made its mark.
But what you said about randomness in 2008 is very true. The male video category was much better than the Video of the year category.
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Post by Dylan :) on Jul 9, 2015 16:25:37 GMT -5
Take Me To Church and Elastic Heart are likely to be nominated, I think
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 20, 2015 9:44:14 GMT -5
Nominees will be reveled Tuesday, July 21 at 10am EST via the Beats1 Chart show on Apple Music.
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Post by Live Your Life on Jul 20, 2015 18:18:03 GMT -5
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jul 20, 2015 20:43:45 GMT -5
Well come through then Miley
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jul 20, 2015 20:45:14 GMT -5
So excited for Miley hosting. I'd love it if it meant a new single premiere or something.
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2015 23:54:47 GMT -5
Yay possibly the perfect host available
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Post by Wave. on Jul 21, 2015 9:18:22 GMT -5
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 21, 2015 9:28:52 GMT -5
Taylor Swift 9 MTV VMA Nominations!!!  |
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jul 21, 2015 10:00:37 GMT -5
Come through Beysus!!
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Post by The Upper Hand on Jul 21, 2015 11:17:04 GMT -5
Video of the Year
Beyoncé, “7/11”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Best Collaboration
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Ariana Grande feat. the Weeknd, “Love Me Harder”
Jessie J feat. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, “Bang Bang”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Best Video With a Social Message
Jennifer Hudson, “I Still Love You”
Colbie Calliat, “Try”
Big Sean, “One Man Can Change the World”
Rihanna, “American Oxygen”
Wale, “The White Shoes”
Best Hip-Hop Video
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, “See You Again”
Big Sean, “I Don’t F—k With You”
Best Rock Video
Hozier, “Take Me To Church”
Fall Out Boy, “Centuries”
Florence + the Machine, “Ship to Wreck”
Walk the Moon, “Shut Up and Dance”
Arctic Monkeys, “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High”
Best Female Video
Beyoncé, “7/11″
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Sia, “Elastic Heart”
Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do”
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Best Male Video
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Big Sean, “I Don’t F–k With You”
Nick Jonas, “Chains”
The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Best Pop Video
Beyoncé, “7/11”
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Maroon 5, “Sugar”
Artist to Watch
Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen”
Vance Joy, “Riptide”
George Ezra, “Budapest”
James Bay, “Hold Back The River”
FKA Twigs, “Pendulum”
Best Art Direction
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood” (Charles Infante, art dir.)
Snoop Dogg, “So Many Pros” (Jason Fijal, art dir.)
Jack White, “Would You Fight For My Love?” (Jeff Peterson, art dir.)
The Chemical Brothers, “Go” (Michel Gondry, art dir.)
Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (Brewer, art dir.)
Best Choreography
Beyonce, “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, choreographers; Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano”)
OK Go, “I Won’t Let You Down” (OK Go, air:man, Mori Harano, choreographers)
Chet Faker, “Gold” (Ryan Heffington, choreographer)
Ed Sheeran, “Don’t” (Nappy Tabs, choreographer)
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me” (Keone, Mari Madrid, dir.)
Best Cinematography
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me” (Larkin Seiple, DP)
Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud” (Daniel Pearl, DP)
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood” (Christopher Probst, DP)
FKA Twigs, “Two Weeks” (Justin Brown, DP)
Alt-J, “Left Hand Free” (Mike Simpson, DP)
Best Direction
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood” (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk” (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
Kendrick Lamar, “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)
Hozier, “Take Me To Church” (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost, dir.)
Childish Gambino, “Sober” (Hiro Murai, dir.)
Best Editing
Beyonce, “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing, editors)
Ed Sheeran, “Don’t” (Jacquelyn London, editor)
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood” (Chancler Haynes @ Cosmo Street, editor)
A$AP Rocky, “L$D” (Dexter Navy, editor)
Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (Brewer, editor)
Best Visual Effects
Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood” (Ingenuity Studios, vfx)
FKA Twigs, “Two Weeks” (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, & Max Chyzhevskyy, vfx)
Childish Gambino, “Telegraph Ave” (Gloria FX, vfx)
Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber, “Where Are U Now” (Brewer, vfx)
Tyler, the Creator, “F*cking Young/Death Camp” (Gloria FX, vfx)
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 21, 2015 11:24:10 GMT -5
So counting features, Kendrick Lamar is the most nominated artist.
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Post by Wave. on Jul 21, 2015 11:49:56 GMT -5
Cmon Nicki!
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 21, 2015 13:10:04 GMT -5
Those nominations are very good. If only they had had Blank Space nominated for VOTY (because it's a lot better video than BB)
Taylor will obviously perform too, she has a small break from tour.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jul 21, 2015 13:26:10 GMT -5
Who's gonna be performing?! This could be an exciting VMAs potentially
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 21, 2015 13:33:59 GMT -5
We know who is NOT attending:
Janet
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Post by when the pawn... on Jul 21, 2015 13:40:34 GMT -5
I assume
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
Kendrick Lamar
Ariana Grande (new single by then?)
Kanye West (new music by then?)
The Weeknd
Florence + The Machine
Who else is slated for new albums this Fall?
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 21, 2015 13:47:56 GMT -5
I'd add Drake.. or Future/Meek Mill/NIcki/Fetty Wap.. A rapper anyway Could Lil Wayne get a slot? |
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Post by hitseeker. on Jul 21, 2015 15:09:01 GMT -5
Taylor will sweep and fake surprise. What's new? lmfao And 7/11 for Pop Video? Gurrll
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