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MTV Video Music Awards 2012 Nominees Announced‬

The MTV Video Music Awards 2012 Nominees have been announced and below is a list of competitors who qualify for Gold, Silver and Bronze this olympic year in terms of number of nominations:

Gold: Rihanna and Drake lead with five award nominations each.

Silver: Katy Perry has been nominated for four awards.

Bronze: Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, M.I.A., The Throne, and Coldplay qualify with three nominations each.

The MTV Video Music Awards 2012 will be take place at the Staples Centre LA: with live performances on the evening from Alicia Keys and One Direction. ‬

Check out the full list of categories and nominees below:

Video of the Year

‪Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

‪Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know”

‪Rihanna, “We Found Love”

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

‪M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

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Best New Artist

‪Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”

‪Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

‪Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

‪One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”

‪The Wanted, “Glad You Came”

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Best Hip-Hop Video

‪Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”

‪Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR”

‪Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, “Mercy”

‪Watch the Throne, “Paris”

Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, “Beez in the Trap”

Best Male Video

‪Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

‪Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

‪Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”

‪Usher, “Climax”

Best Female Video

‪Rihanna, “We Found Love”

‪Katy Perry, “Part of Me”

‪Beyonce, “Love on Top”‬

‪Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

‪Selena Gomez & The Scene, “Love You Like a Love Song”

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Best Pop Video

‪One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”

‪Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”

‪Rihanna, “We Found Love”

‪Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

‪Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”

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Best Rock Video

‪Coldplay, “Paradise”

‪The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”

‪Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”

‪Jack White, “Sixteen Saltines”

‪Imagine Dragons, “It’s Time”

Best Electronic Dance Music Video‬

‪Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”

‪Calvin Harris, “Feel So Close”

‪Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”

‪Martin Solveig, “The Night Out”

‪Avicii, “Le7els”‬

Best Video With a Message

‪Demi Lovato, “Skyscraper”

‪Rise Against, “Ballad of Hollis Brown”

‪Kelly Clarkson, “Dark Side”

‪Gym Class Heroes, “The Fighter”

K’Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, “Is Anybody Out There?”

Lil Wayne, “How to Love”
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Best Art Direction

‪Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

‪Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”

‪Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”

‪Of Monsters & Men, “Little Talks”

Best Choreography

‪Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”

‪Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”

‪Beyonce, “Countdown”

‪Avicii, “Le7els”

‪Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, “Dance Again”
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Best Cinematography

‪M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

‪Adele, “Someone Like You”

‪Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

‪Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”

‪Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”

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Best Direction

‪M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

‪Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”

‪Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”

‪Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

‪Watch the Throne, “Otis”

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Best Editing

‪Beyonce, “Countdown”

‪A$AP Rocky, “Goldie”

‪Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”

‪Watch the Throne, “Paris”

‪Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, “Mercy”

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Best Visual Effects

‪Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

‪Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”

‪David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”

‪Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”‬

By C

Based in Notting Hill, London. Clifford is the creator/editor of I-likeitalot.com. A Media and Communications (Bsc) he collaborates with other talented creatives/ ex scene kids to create original in house content (interviews, editorials and more)

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