The MTV Video Music Award honors the year’s best videos tonight and this time MTV takes over New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall for the broadcast, with brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans as hosts, reported ABC online.
The nominees span all types of music: alternative rock-rap veterans Red Hot Chili Peppers have five nods, along with pop starlet Christina Aguilera, headbangers Metallica and singer Sisqo, whose claim to fame is the Thong Song. Britney Spears is close behind with four nominations, including three for Oops … I Did It Again.
Following is the list of nominees for tonight’s bash:
Video of the Year
- Blink 182, “All The Small Things”
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
Best Male Video
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- Kid Rock, “Cowboy”
- Moby, “Natural Blues”
- Ricky Martin, “Shake Your Bon Bon”
Best Female Video
- Aaliyah, “Try Again”
- Britney Spears, “Oops! ... I Did It Again”
- Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”
- Macy Gray, “I Try”
- Toni Braxton, “He Wasn’t Man Enough”
Best Group Video
- Blink 182, “All The Small Things”
- Destiny’s Child, “Say My Name”
- Foo Fighters, “Learn to Fly”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
Best Rap Video
- DMX, “Party Up”
- Dr. Dre w/ Eminem, “Forgot About Dre”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- Eve w/ Faith Evans, “Love Is Blind”
- Jay-Z w/ U.G.K, “Big Pimpin’”
Best R&B Video
- Brian McKnight, “Back At One”
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
- Destiny’s Child, “Say My Name”
- Toni Braxton, “He Wasn’t Man Enough”
Best Hip-Hop Video
- Juvenile, “Back That Thing Up”
- Lauryn Hill, “Everything Is Everything”
- Limp Bizkit f/ Method Man, “N 2 gether now”
- Q-Tip, “Vivrant Thing”
- Sisqo, “Thong Song”
Best Dance Video
- Britney Spears, “(You Drive Me) Crazy”
- Jennifer Lopez, “Waiting For Tonight”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
- Ricky Martin, “Shake Your Bon Bon”
- Sisqo, “Thong Song”
Best Rock Video
- Creed, “Higher”
- Kid Rock, “Cowboy”
- Korn, “Falling Away From Me”
- Limp Bizkit, “Break Stuff”
- Metallica, “I Disappear”
- Rage Against The Machine, “Sleep Now in the Fire”
Best Pop Video
- Blink 182, “All The Small Things”
- Britney Spears, “Oops! ... I Did It Again”
- Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”
- Destiny’s Child, “Say My Name”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
Best New Artist in a Video
- Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”
- Macy Gray, “I Try”
- Papa Roach, “Last Resort”
- Pink, “There You Go”
- Sisqo, “Thong Song”
Best Video From a Film
- Aaliyah, “Try Again” (Romeo Must Die)
- Aimee Mann, “Save Me” (Magnolia)
- Metallica, “I Disappear” (Mission: Impossible 2)
- R.E.M., “The Great Beyond” (Man On The Moon)
- Sisqo, “Thong Song (remix)” (The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps)
Viewer’s Choice
- Britney Spears, “Oops! ... I Did It Again”
- Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
- Sisqo, “Thong Song”
Breakthrough Video
- Bjِrk, “All Is Full Of Love”
- Blur, “Coffee And TV”
- Chemical Brothers, “Let Forever Be”
- Nine Inch Nails, “Into The Void”
- Supergrass, “Pumping On Your Stereo”
Best Direction in a Video
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- Foo Fighters, “Learn to Fly”
- Lauryn Hill, “Everything Is Everything”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
Best Choreography in a Video
- Aaliyah, “Try Again”
- Alanis Morissette, “So Pure”
- Christina Aguilera, “What a Girl Wants”
- Jennifer Lopez, “Waiting For Tonight”
- ’N Sync, “Bye, Bye, Bye”
Best Special Effects in a Video
- Bjِrk, “All Is Full Of Love”
- Lauryn Hill, “Everything Is Everything”
- Metallica, “I Disappear”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
- Supergrass, “Pumping On Your Stereo”
Best Art Direction in a Video
- Filter, “Take A Picture”
- Macy Gray, “Do Something”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Californication”
- Supergrass, “Pumping On Your Stereo”
Best Editing in a Video
- Aimee Mann, “Save Me”
- Blaque, “I Do”
- Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady”
- Metallica, “I Disappear”
- R.E.M., “The Great Beyond”
Best Cinematography in a Video
- Filter, “Take A Picture”
- Macy Gray, “Do Something”
- Madonna, “American Pie”
- Metallica, “I Disappear”
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Sour Girl”
In the Middle East, the show will air at +3 GMT on all MTV stations on Thursday early morning-Albawaba.com.
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