Aug 30, 2015

Video of the Year

• Beyoncé — "7/11"
• Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
• Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
• Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
• Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"

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

• Beyoncé — "7/11"
• Ellie Goulding — "Love Me like You Do"
• Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
• Sia — "Elastic Heart"
• Taylor Swift — "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

• Beyoncé — "7/11"
• Maroon 5 — "Sugar"
• Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
• Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
• Taylor Swift — "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--- with You"
• Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
• Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
• Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
• Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"
• Silento - "Watch Me Whip (Nae/Nae)"

Best Collaboration

• Ariana Grande and The Weeknd — "Love Me Harder"
• Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj — "b--- b---"
• 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

• Beyoncé — "7/11" (Choreographers: Beyoncé, 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 (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are U Now" (Visual Effects: Brewer)
• Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
• Tyler, The Creator — "f---ing Young/Death Camp" (Visual Effects: Gloria FX)

Best Art Direction

• The Chemical Brothers — "Go" (Art Director: Michel Gondry)
• Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin 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)
• Beyoncé — "7/11" (Editors: Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing)
• Ed Sheeran — "Don't" (Editor: Jacquelyn London)
• Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin 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 Sieple)
• 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"
• Rihanna — "American Oxygen"
• Wale — "The White Shoes"

Song of Summer

• 5 Seconds of Summer — "She's Kinda Hot"
• Fetty Wap — "My Way"
• Fifth Harmony (featuring Kid Ink) - "Worth it"
• Selena Gomez (featuring ASAP Rocky) — "Good for You"
• David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Hey Mama"
• Demi Lovato — "Cool for the Summer"
• Major Lazer — "Lean On"
• OMI — "Cheerleader"
• Silento — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
• Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are U Now"
• Taylor Swift — "Bad Blood"
• The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award[edit]

• Kanye West

Who do you think will win the most?
My bet is on Taylor Swift, but i really want kendrick to take out all his

 

Aug 30, 2015

King Kendrick will win everything there

 

Aug 30, 2015

It's gonna be so bs. Watch.

 

Aug 30, 2015

Haven't watched one of these in at least a decade, are they still decent? Any good performances at least?

 

Aug 30, 2015

Kanye's performance is closing, he might perform a new song

 

Aug 30, 2015

I literally don't even give a f--- about this, I just wanna watch tøp perform and leave. I might check out what Kanye does too

 

Aug 30, 2015

I wonder what Miley has up her sleeve this time.

(that's if she wears clothes)

 

Aug 30, 2015

her tounge is just everywhere

what does she have up her sleeve? yeah its her tounge mate

 

Aug 30, 2015

I believe she does have something in store for us, no doubt she wants to be the talking point of the show.

 

Aug 30, 2015

Unless......

Video of the Year

• Beyoncé — "7/11"
• Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
• Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
• Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
• Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"

 

Aug 30, 2015

hope kendrick wins that s---

 

Aug 30, 2015

Does anyone know what kanyes going to perform?

 

Aug 30, 2015

I read somewhere special guests with him are Rihanna, Macca, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé. So probably fourfivesseconds then hopefully something new

 

Aug 30, 2015

A song from SWISH?

 

Aug 30, 2015

Might watch this because it's always a fun train wreck

 

Aug 30, 2015

Is Kendrick going to this?

 

Aug 30, 2015

@Koolo A thread has already been made, it's all good

 

Aug 30, 2015

ready for eminem to announce he's retiring

 

Aug 30, 2015

Maximus always on top of things

 

Aug 30, 2015

Hiw many hours left?