Perry, West, Adele dominate VMA nominations

22 July 2011

Katy Perry, Kanye West and Adele lead the nominations of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, with the dark, simple clip for Yonkers (watch below) scoring Tyler the Creator a surprise nod for Video of the Year.

Perry leads the field with nine nominations, but the gong for most-honoured video goes to Adele’s Rolling In The Deep, with all seven of her nods - Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Direction and Best Editing - being for the clip. Yeezy collects four for the Hype Williams-directed, non-epileptic-friendly clip for All of the Lights; he also contributed a verse to Perry’s E.T., which was nominated for five awards.

Other multiple nominees include Bruno Mars (four), Beyonce, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Thirty Seconds to Mars (three each), and two apiece for the Beastie Boys, Chris Brown, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, Tyler, Foster the People and Manchester Orchestra. A couple of indie favourites also made the cut, with Mumford & Sons, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Chromeo, and Death Cab for Cutie’s “recorded live” clip for You Are A Tourist (watch below) all nabbing one nod each.

For the full list, see below. The award show will take place on Monday August 29^th, 11am AEST.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘Yonkers’
Katy Perry – ‘Firework’
Bruno Mars – ‘Grenade’
Beastie Boys – ‘Make Some Noise’

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Katy Perry – ‘Firework’
Beyoncé – ‘Run The World (Girls)’
Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’
Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’

BEST MALE VIDEO
Cee Lo Green – ‘F*** You’
Eminem feat. Rihanna – ‘Love The Way You Lie’
Bruno Mars – ‘Grenade’
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – ‘All Of The Lights’
Justin Bieber – ‘You Smile’

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz – ‘6’7’’
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – ‘All Of The Lights’
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’
Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’
Lupe Fiasco – ‘The Show Goes On’

BEST NEW ARTIST
Foster The People – ‘Pumped Up Kicks’
Wiz Khalifa – ‘Black and Yellow’
Tyler, The Creator – ‘Yonkers’
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown – ‘My Last’
Kreayshawn – ‘Gucci Gucci’

BEST POP VIDEO
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Bruno Mars – ‘Grenade’
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack – ‘Give Me Everything’
Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’
Britney Spears – ‘Till The World Ends’

BEST ROCK VIDEO
The Black Keys – ‘Howlin For You
Foo Fighters – ‘Walk’
Foster The People – ‘Pumped Up Kicks’
Mumford & Sons – ‘The Cave’
Cage The Elephant – ‘Shake Me down’


BEST COLLABORATION
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack – ‘Give Me Everything’
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – ‘Look At Me Now’
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – ‘All Of The Lights’
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – ‘E.T.’
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake – ‘Moment 4 Life’

BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – ‘E.T.’
Lady Gaga – ‘Judas’
Kanye West – ‘Power’
Death Cab For Cutie – ‘You Are A Tourist’

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – ‘Run The World (Girls)’
Britney Spears – ‘Till The World Ends’
Lady Gaga – ‘Judas’
Bruno Mars – ‘The Lazy Song’
LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – ‘Party Rock Anthem’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Beyoncé – ‘Run The World (Girls)’
Eminem feat. Rihanna – ‘Love The Way You Lie’
Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘Hurricane’

BEST DIRECTION
Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Beastie Boys – ‘Make Some Noise’
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – ‘E.T.’
Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘Hurricane’
Eminem feat. Rihanna – ‘Love The Way You Lie’

BEST EDITING
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – ‘E.T.’
Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘Hurricane’ Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – ‘All Of The Lights’
Manchester Orchestra – ‘Simple Math’

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Manchester Orchestra – ‘Simple Math’
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – ‘E.T.’
Kanye West – ‘Power’
Linkin Park – ‘Waiting For The End’
Chromeo – ‘Don’t Turn The Lights On’