VMA Awards 2009 Winners and Replay

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards held on September 13, 2009 (9PM ET) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Russell Brand hosted the awards and Janet Jackson made a special appearance at the VMA to pay tribute to her late brother Michael Jackson.

2009 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees and Winners
(Winners in italic text - Courtesy of Wikipedia.org)

Video of the Year
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Eminem — "We Made You"
Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
Kanye West - "Love Lockdown"

Best Male Video
Eminem — "We Made You"
Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Ne-Yo — "Miss Independent"
T.I. (featuring Rihanna) — "Live Your Life"
Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

Best Female Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Kelly Clarkson — "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Katy Perry — "Hot N Cold"
Pink — "So What"
Taylor Swift — "You Belong with Me"

Best New Artist
3OHi3 — "Don't Trust Me"
Drake — "Best I Ever Had"
Kid Cudi — "Day 'n' Nite"
Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Asher Roth — "I Love College"

Best Pop Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) — "Good Girls Go Bad"
Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Britney Spears — "Womanizer"
Wisin & Yandel — "Abusadora"

Best Rock Video
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"
Fall Out Boy — "I Don't Care"
Green Day — "21 Guns"
Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"
Paramore — "Decode"

Best Hip-Hop Video
Eminem — "We Made You"
Flo Rida (featuring Kesha) — "Right Round"
Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Asher Roth — "I Love College"
Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

Breakthrough Video
Matt and Kim — "Lessons Learned"
Anjulie — "Boom"
Bat for Lashes — "Daniel"
Chairlift — "Evident Utensil"
Cold War Kids — "I've Seen Enough"
Death Cab for Cutie — "Grapevine Fires"
Gnarls Barkley — "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
Major Lazer — "Hold the Line"
Passion Pit — "The Reeling"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Heads Will Roll"

Best Direction in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director: Jake Nava)
Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) — "Good Girls Go Bad" (Director: Kai Regan)
Green Day — "21 Guns" (Director: Marc Webb)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Director: Francis Lawrence)

Best Choreography in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight)
Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake) — "Love Sex Magic" (Choreographers: Jamaica Craft and "Marty")
Kristinia DeBarge — "Goodbye" (Choreographer: Jamaica Craft)
A.R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) — "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Choreographer: Andre Fuentes)

Best Special Effects in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Special Effects: VFX Effects and Louis Mackall V)
Eminem — "We Made You" (Special Effects: Ingenuity Engine)
Gnarls Barkley — "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Special Effects: Gradient Effects and Image Metrics)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Special Effects: Chimney Pot)
Kanye West (featuring Mr Hudson) — "Paranoid" (Special Effects: Wizardflex)

Best Art Direction in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Art Director: Niamh Byrne)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Art Director: Gregory de Maria)
Gnarls Barkley — "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Art Director: Zach Matthews)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Art Director: Jason Hamilton)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Art Directors: Laura Fox and Charles Varga)

Best Editing in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Editor: Hype Williams)
Miley Cyrus — "7 Things" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Editors: Danny Tull and Jonas Åkerlund)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Best Cinematography in a Video
Beyonce — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director of Photography: Jim Fealy)
Coldplay — "Viva la Vida" (Director of Photography: John Perez)
Green Day — "21 Guns" (Director of Photography: Jonathan Sela)
Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi" (Director of Photography: Eric Broms)
Britney Spears — "Circus" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)

Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)
Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
Bjork — "Human Behaviour"
Dr. Dre — "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"
Foo Fighters — "Everlong"
George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
OK Go — "Here It Goes Again"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Into the Great Wide Open"
Radiohead — "Karma Police"
David Lee Roth — "California Girls"
U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video
Blaq Star — "Shining Star"
Nerds in Disguise — "My Own Worst Enemy"
One WoMan Band — "Bad Reputation"
The Sleezy Treezy — "Here It Goes Again"
Synopsis — "The Kill"

Best Breakout New York City Artist Award
MeTalkPretty
Red Directors
The Shells

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