The nominations for this year's MTV Video Music Awards have been revealed. Three of pops most popular ladies, Britney, Beyonce and Lady GaGa, will go up against two rappers Eminem and Kanye West for the top prize of 'Video of The Year', while Ms Knowles and Lady GaGa lead the nominations by appearing in a whopping nine categories each.
The award ceremony will take place on September 13th in New York. It will be hosted by Russell Brand and feature performances from P!nk and Green Day.
The full list of nominations is as follows:
Video of The Year:
Britney Spears – Womanizer
Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Eminem – We Made You
Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Best Pop Video:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Britney Spears – Womanizer
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester – Good Girls Go Bad
Wisin and Yandel – Abusadora
Best Female Video:
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Kelly Clarkson – My Life Would Suck Without You
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Taylor Swift – Belong With Me
Pink – So What
Best Male Video:
Eminem – We Made You
Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Jay-Z – D.O.A
T.I. featuring Rihanna – Live Your Life
Ne-Yo – Miss Independent
Best New Artist:
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Drake – Best I Ever Had
3OH!3 –Don’t Trust Me
Kid Cudi – Day N’ Nite
Asher Roth – I Love College
Best Rock Video:
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Green Day – 21 Guns
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
Paramore - Decode
Best Hip-Hop Video:
Eminem – We Made You
Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Jay-Z – D.O.A
Asher Roth – I Love College
Flo Rida – Right Round
Best Choreography:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Britney Spears - Circus
Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic
Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger – Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
Kristina DeBarge – Goodbye
Best Direction:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Green Day – 21 Guns
Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester – Good Girls Go Bad
Britney Spears – Circus
Best Editing:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Britney Spears – Circus
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Miley Cyrus – 7 Things
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Best Special Effects:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Gnarls Barkley – Who's Gonna Save My Soul
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Eminem – We Made You
Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson – Paranoid
Best Cinematography:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Green Day – 21 Guns
Britney Spears – Circus
Best Art Direction:
Beyonce Knowles – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Britney Spears – Circus
Gnarls Barkley – Who's Gonna Save My Soul
Breakthrough Video:
Death Cab For Cutie – Grapevine Fires
Cold War Kids – I've Seen Enough
Chairlift – Evident Utensil
Bat For Lashes – Daniel
Major Lazer – Hold The Line
Passion Pit – The Reeling
Matt and Kim – Lessons Learned
You can register and vote for your favourites online over at https://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/, or let us know what you think in the comments below.
