Pharrell Williams și Macklemore & Ryan Lewis se numără printre cei care vor concerta pe scena MTV Video Music Awards, pe 30 august, la Microsoft Theatre din Los Angeles, unde deja se știe cine va câștiga premiul special „Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award”.

Rapperul american Kanye West va primi acest premiu pentru videoclipurile și spectacolele sale memorabile.

Show-ul de cca. două ore ce va fi difuzat în direct pe MTV duminică, 30 august, îi va mai avea pe scenă pe trupele și artiștii The Weeknd, Demi Lovato, A$AP Rocky, Tori Kelly și Twenty One Pilots, iar prezentatoarea va fi nimeni alta decât Miley Cyrus.

Printre cei mai nominalizaţi artişti sunt Taylor Swift (9 nominalizări), Beyoncé (6 nominalizări) şi Ed Sheeran (5 nominalizări).

LISTA NOMINALIZAȚILOR:

VIDEOCLIPUL ANULUI
Beyoncé – 7/11
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar – Alright

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP AL UNUI ARTIST
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
The Weeknd – Earned It
Nick Jonas – Chains

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP AL UNEI ARTISTE
Beyoncé – 7/11
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Sia – Elastic Heart
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP HIP-HOP
Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Big Sean ft. E-40 – IDFWU

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP POP
Beyoncé – 7/11
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Maroon 5 – Sugar

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP ROCK
Hozier – Take Me To Church
Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
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?

ARTIST DE URMĂRIT
Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
Vance Joy – Riptide
George Ezra – Budapest
James Bay – Hold Back The River
FKA Twigs – Pendulum

CEA MAI BUNĂ COLABORARE
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd – Love Me Harder
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang

CEL MAI BUN VIDEOCLIP CU UN MESAJ SOCIAL
Jennifer Hudson – I Still Love You
Colbie Caillat – Try
Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend – One Man Can Change the World
Rihanna – American Oxygen
Wale – The White Shoes

CEA MAI BUNĂ REGIE ARTISTICĂ
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg – So Many Pros (Jason Fijal)
Jack White – Would You Fight For My Love’(Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers – Go (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo – Where Are U Now feat. Justin Bieber (Brewer)

CEA MAI BUNĂ COREGRAFIE
Beyoncé – 7/11 (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go – I Won’t Let You Down (OK Go, air:man şi Mori Harano)
Chet Faker – Gold (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran – Don’t (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me (Keone şi Mari Madrid)

CINEMATOGRAFIE
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs – Two Weeks (Justin Brown)
Alt-J – Left Hand Free (Mike Simpson)

CEL MAI BUN REGIZOR
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar – Alright (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Hozier – Take Me To Church (Brendan Canty, Conal Thomson)
Childish Gambino – Sober (Hiro Murai)

CEL MAI BUN MONTAJ
Beyoncé – 7/11 (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran – Don’t (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky – L$D (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo – Where Are U Now feat. Justin Bieber (Brewer)

CELE MAI BUNE EFECTE VIZUALE
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs – Two Weeks (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi ŞI Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino – Telegraph Ave (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo – Where Are U Now feat. Justin Bieber (Brewer)
Tyler, The Creator – F****** Young/Death Camp (Gloria FX)