2009 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees


This year seems to be the year of female empowerment – at least in the eyes of MTV. The MTV Video Music Award nominees were announced this week – with Lady Gaga and Beyoncé leading the pack with the most VMA nominations: 9. Close behind is Britney Spears with her musical comeback at 7 nods.

All three ladies will compete in the Video of the Year category – Lady Gaga for the addictive “Poker Face,” Beyoncé for the also addictive “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and Britney Spears for the slightly hypnotizing “Womanizer.”

Beyoncé said on behalf of her nomination: “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.” Lady Gaga, on the other hand, had a bit more of a bizarre statement by thanking MTV “for being our video flagship, and for supporting this bunch of inspired kids, who love to get wasted and make art, together." 

The contenders for Video of the Year in addition to those single ladies are Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” and Eminem’s “We Made You.”

Other nominees included Coldplay (“Viva La Vida”) and Kings of Leon (“Use Somebody”) in the Best Rock Video category, Jay-Z (“Death of Auto-Tune”) and Asher Roth (“I Love College”), and Katy Perry (“Hot n’ Cold’) and Kelly Clarkson (“My Life Would Suck Without You”).

The VMAs are on September 13th at Radio City Music Hall, hosted by British funnyman Russell Brand.

You can check out the complete list of categories and nominees here.


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