Thursday, September 06, 2012

2012 Video Music Awards Winners (Full List)

Video of the Year

   
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — “Take Care”
    Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — “Somebody That I Used to Know”
    M.I.A. — “Bad Girls”
    Katy Perry — “Wide Awake”
    ***WINNER*** Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — “We Found Love”


Best Male Video

   
Justin Bieber — “Boyfriend”
    ***WINNER*** Chris Brown — “Turn Up the Music”
    Drake (featuring Rihanna) — “Take Care”
    Frank Ocean — “Swim Good”
    Usher — “Climax”

Best Female Video

  
  Beyoncé — “Love on Top”
    Selena Gomez & the Scene — “Love You Like a Love Song”
    ***WINNER*** Nicki Minaj — “Starships”
    Katy Perry — “Part of Me”
    Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — “We Found Love”

Best New Artist

   
fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — “We Are Young”
    Carly Rae Jepsen — “Call Me Maybe”
    Frank Ocean — “Swim Good”
    ***WINNER*** One Direction — “What Makes You Beautiful”
    The Wanted — “Glad You Came”

Best Pop Video
    Justin Bieber — “Boyfriend”
    fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — “We Are Young”
    Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — “Payphone”
    ***WINNER*** One Direction — “What Makes You Beautiful”
    Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — “We Found Love”

Best Rock Video

   
The Black Keys — “Lonely Boy”
    ***WINNER*** Coldplay — “Paradise”
    Imagine Dragons — “It’s Time”
    Linkin Park — “Burn It Down”
    Jack White — “Sixteen Saltines”

Best Hip-Hop Video

   
Childish Gambino — “Heartbeat”
    ***WINNER*** Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) — “HYFR”
    Jay-Z and Kanye West — “Paris”
    Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — “Beez in the Trap”
    Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — “Mercy”

Best Electronic Dance Music Video

 
   Avicii — “Levels”
    Duck Sauce — “Big Bad Wolf”
    ***WINNER*** Calvin Harris — “Feel So Close”
    Skrillex — “First of the Year (Equinox)”
    Martin Solveig — “The Night Out”

Best Direction in a Video

   
Coldplay and Rihanna — “Princess of China” (Director: Adria Petty and Alan Bibby)
    Duck Sauce — “Big Bad Wolf” (Director: Keith Schofield)
    Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) — “Otis” (Director: Spike Jonze)
    ***WINNER*** M.I.A. — “Bad Girls” (Director: Romain Gavras)
    Frank Ocean — “Swim Good” (Director: Nabil Elderkin)

Best Choreography in a Video

   
Avicii — “Levels” (Choreographers: Richy Greenfield and Petro Papahadjopoulos)
    Beyoncé — “Countdown” (Choreographers: Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson Jr., Beyoncé and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)
    ***WINNER*** Chris Brown — “Turn Up the Music” (Choreographer: Anwar “Flii” Burton)
    Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — “Dance Again” (Choreographer: JR Taylor)
    Rihanna — “Where Have You Been” (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)

Best Visual Effects in a Video

   
David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — “Turn Me On” (Visual Effects: Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott    Metzger and Vico Sharabani)
    Linkin Park — “Burn It Down” (Visual Effects: Ghost Town Media)
    Katy Perry — “Wide Awake” (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Engine)
    Rihanna — “Where Have You Been” (Visual Effects: BAKED FX)
    ***WINNER*** Skrillex — “First of the Year (Equinox)” (Visual Effects: Deka Brothers and Tony “Truand” Datis)

Best Art Direction in a Video

   
Lana Del Rey — “Born to Die” (Art Directors: Anna Brun and Audrey Malecot)
    Drake (featuring Rihanna) — “Take Care” (Art Director: Charles Infante)
    Of Monsters and Men — “Little Talks” (Art Director: Mihai Wilson and Marcella Moser)
    ***WINNER*** Katy Perry — “Wide Awake” (Art Director: Benji B)
    Regina Spektor — “All the Rowboats” (Art Director: Anthony Henderson)

Best Editing in a Video

   
A$AP Rocky — “Goldie” (Editor: Samantha Lecca)
    ***WINNER*** Beyoncé — “Countdown” (Editors: Alexander Hammer and Jeremiah Shuff)
    Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Editor: Natasha Pincus)
    Jay-Z and Kanye West — “Niggas in Paris” (Editors: Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson and Derek Lee)
    Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — “Mercy” (Editor: Eric Greenburg)

Best Cinematography in a Video

   
Adele — “Someone Like You” (Director of Photography: David Johnson)
    Coldplay and Rihanna — “Princess of China” (Director of Photography: Stéphane Vallée)
    Lana Del Rey — “Born to Die” (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)
    Drake (featuring Rihanna) — “Take Care” (Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen)
    ***WINNER*** M.I.A. — “Bad Girls” (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)

Best Video with a Message

   
Kelly Clarkson — “Dark Side”
    Gym Class Heroes (featuring Ryan Tedder) — “The Fighter”
    K’naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) — “Is Anybody Out There?”
    Lil Wayne — “How to Love”
    ***WINNER*** Demi Lovato — “Skyscraper”
    Rise Against — “Ballad of Hollis Brown”

Most Share-Worthy Video

   
Beyoncé — “Countdown”
    Justin Bieber — “Boyfriend”
    Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — “Somebody That I Used to Know”
    Carly Rae Jepsen — “Call Me Maybe”
   ***WINNER*** One Direction — “What Makes You Beautiful”

Best Latino Artist

   
Juanes
    Jennifer Lopez
    Pitbull
    ***WINNER*** Romeo Santos
    Wisin & Yandel

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