TV: MTV: MTV VIdeo Music Awards: 2009Beyonce and Lady Gaga Tied With Nine '2009 MTV Video Music Awards' Nominations While Britney Spears Comes in a Close Second With Seven NodsKanye West, Eminem and Coldplay Vie for Four Awards Each, Green Day Gets Three Nominations While Jay-Z Grabs Two
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The 26th Annual Awards Show Will Broadcast Live From New York City On Sunday, September 13 at 9:00PM (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT)NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV today announced the nominees for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards." The ladies lead the pack as Beyonce and Lady Gaga earn nine nominations each for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)," "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi" respectively. Britney Spears follows with an impressive seven combined nominations for "Womanizer" and "Circus." Jay-Z, Green Day, Eminem, Kanye West and Coldplay will each find themselves vying for several moonmen on the big night. In addition, Latin Grammy(R) award-winning Puerto Rican duo Wisin Y Yandel, rapper Drake and rockers Kings of Leon are a few of the artists who have received their first VMA nomination. Included in the impressive line-up of first-time nominees is rapper Asher Roth, who finds himself up against one of today's most notorious artists, Eminem, in the "Best Hip-Hop" category. As previously announced, Russell Brand will host and set to perform are Green Day, P!nk, Taylor Swift and Muse. Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford are confirmed presenters. The "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" will air live on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT) and on Sunday, September 20 at 5pm ET with Spanish subtitles on MTV Tr3s. MTV will announce additional performers, nominees and presenters on a later date. "I'm excited and honored to be tied for most nominated for the VMAs. I've been blessed this year to have 'Single Ladies' become a video people really connected with and responded to. I've spent so much time watching all the great versions people created all around the world. It's beautiful to feel you touch people and bring a song to life with a video." - Beyonce "After years of hustle in New York City, where we made our art videos in bars, myself and the Haus of Gaga are honored to receive 9 nominations for the 2009 VMAs. We believe in the immensity and the promise of 'showbiz' and will continue to give it mouth-to-mouth, till its vomiting return. All you need is a camcorder, a flashlight, and one truly GREAT idea. Thank you MTV for being our video flagship, and for supporting this bunch of inspired kids, who love to get wasted and make art, together."- Lady Gaga and the Haus Viewers can vote for general VMAs categories, including "Best New Artist," by visiting vma.mtv.com beginning Tuesday, August 4. "Best New Artist" voting continues through the show, live on September 13. In addition, Verizon Wireless subscribers can vote by texting VMA to 97979 (standard message rates apply). MTV, Pepsi and Rock Band(TM) have created a new category at this year's VMAs, "Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video" that allows fans, for the first time, to win their very own Moonman. This summer, contestants entered their original Rock Band(TM) music videos, which fans will then vote on to select the ultimate winner. Viewers can help decide which band will travel to the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards," walk the red carpet, receive their Moonman, and be featured in an MTV produced promotional spot airing the night of the show by logging on to www.PepsiRockBand.com from August 8 - September 1, 2009. Shugoll Research and Telescope are the Official Business Advisors of the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" Nominee and Winner Voting periods. Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards." Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Garrett English is co-Executive Producer/Executive in Charge of Production. Amy Doyle is co-Executive Producer. Joanna Bomberg is Executive in Charge of Music and Talent. Jen Jones is Producer. Hamish Hamilton is Director. Robin Reinhardt-Locke is Celebrity Talent Executive. Official sponsors of the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" are 5 (R) Gum, Febreze, Pepsi, Rhapsody (R), Sears, Taco Bell (R), U.S. Army and Verizon Wireless. The "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.2 billion people via MTV's global network of 68 channels reaching 577 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV's more than 200 digital media properties around the world. About MTV:MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music, creativity and youth culture. For over 27 years, MTV has evolved, challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every platform and screen. On-air, MTV is the number one rated full-day ad-supported cable network for P12-24. Online, MTV.com averaged 21.7 million monthly unique visitors during the first quarter of 2009 -- up +7% from the 4Q/2008. Total video streams for the first quarter of 2009 increased by 13% from 4Q/2008 and by 21% over the same time period last year. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE: VIA.B) , one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know more? Come on in ... www.mtvpress.com. |
Following are the nominees for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards":VIDEO OF THE YEARBeyonce Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE Director: Jake Nava Label: Music World Music/Columbia Production Company: Anonymous Content Producer: John Winter Lady Gaga Eminem Kanye West Britney Spears BEST NEW ARTIST Title: Best I Ever Had Album: So Far Gone Mixtape Director: Kanye West Label: Young Money/ Universal Republic Production Company: GhostTown Media Producer: Justin Benoliel 3OH!3 Kid Cudi Asher Roth BEST MALE VIDEOEminem Kanye West Jay-Z T.I. featuring Rihanna Ne-Yo BEST FEMALE VIDEOKaty Perry Beyonce Kelly Clarkson Lady Gaga Taylor Swift P!nk BEST HIP HOP VIDEOEminem Kanye West Jay-Z Asher Roth Flo Rida BEST POP VIDEOBeyonce Lady Gaga Britney Spears Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester Wisin y Yandel BEST ROCK VIDEOColdplay Kings of Leon Green Day Fall Out Boy Paramore BEST CHOREOGRAPHYBeyonce Britney Spears Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake AR Rahman & Pussy Cat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger Kristina DeBarge |
BEST DIRECTIONBeyonce Lady Gaga Green Day Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester Britney Spears BEST EDITINGBeyonce Britney Spears Miley Cyrus Coldplay Lady Gaga BEST SPECIAL EFFECTSBeyonce Gnarls Barkley Lady Gaga Eminem Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYBeyonceTitle: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE Director: Jake Nava Label: Music World Music/Columbia Production Company: Anonymous Content Producer: John Winter Cinematographer: Jim Fealy Coldplay Lady Gaga Green Day Britney Spears BEST ART DIRECTIONBeyonce Britney Spears Lady Gaga Gnarls Barkley Coldplay BREAKTHROUGH VIDEODeath Cab For Cutie Gnarls Barkley Cold War Kids Anjulie Chairlift Bat For Lashes Major Lazer Passion Pit Matt & Kim Yeah Yeah Yeahs BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)U2 Beastie Boys Bjork Radiohead George Michael Foo Fighters Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers OK Go Title: California Girls Album: Crazy From The Heat Director: Pete Angelus and David Lee Roth Label: Warner Bros. Records |
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