TODAY: MTV Video Music Awards 2011 – My Winners

Cobra Starship (featuring Sabi) — “You Make Me Feel…”

Main show

Adele
Tony Bennett (tribute to Amy Winehouse)
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo and Nayer)
Young the Giant
Tribute to Britney Spears
Kanye West and Jay-Z

House artist

Jessie J

Presenters

Jack Black
Drake
Will Ferrell
Selena Gomez
Kevin Hart
Jonah Hill
Joe Jonas
Victoria Justice
Kim Kardashian
Taylor Lautner
Jennifer Lawrence
Jared Leto
Nicki Minaj
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All
Seth Rogen
Rick Ross
Zoe Saldana
J. B. Smoove

Video of the Year

Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Beastie Boys — “Make Some Noise”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Tyler, the Creator — “Yonkers”

I like Adele’s and Katy’s videos, too, but Tyler’s video is just more special.

Best Male Video

Justin Bieber — “U Smile”
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie”
Cee-Lo Green — “Fuck You!”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights”

Everyone with epilepsy strongly disagrees with me…

Best Female Video

Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)”
Lady Gaga — “Born This Way”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Bass”
Katy Perry — “Firework”

The dancing, the look, the song, there’s really no other choice than Beyoncé!

Best New Artist

Big Sean (featuring Chris Brown) — “My Last”
Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks”
Kreayshawn — “Gucci Gucci”
Tyler, the Creator — “Yonkers”
Wiz Khalifa — “Black and Yellow”

So many rappers in this category. Again, Tyler’s video is just cooler than the others.

Best Pop Video

Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Katy Perry — “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) — “Give Me Everything”
Britney Spears — “Till the World Ends”

This one goes to Katy! The video of “LAst Friday Night” is just so hilarious and cute! I love it!

Best Rock Video

The Black Keys — “Howlin’ for You”
Cage the Elephant — “Shake Me Down”
Foo Fighters — “Walk”
Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks”
Mumford & Sons — “The Cave”

Mumford & Sons are one of my most favourite bands! Still, where the hell is Linkin Park???

Best Hip-Hop Video

Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — “Look at Me Now”
Lupe Fiasco — “The Show Goes On”
Lil Wayne (featuring Cory Gunz) — “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Bass”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights”

I have to admit I don’t know the other ones…*hides in shame*

Best Collaboration

Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — “Look at Me Now”
Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake) — “Moment 4 Life”
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.”
Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack) — “Give Me Everything”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna) — “All of the Lights”

Again “All of the lights” cause it has the best artist line up. I bet this was a hard category, cause everyone seems to collaborate with other artists now.


Best Direction in a Video

30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Director: Bartholomew Cubbins)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Director: Sam Brown)
Beastie Boys — “Make Some Noise” (Director: Adam Yauch)
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie” (Director: Joseph Kahn)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Director: Floria Sigismondi)

This one’s hard, cause I don’t know so much about directing music videos. I choose Joseph Khan cause I like him.

Best Choreography in a Video

Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)” (Choreographer: Frank Gatson)
Lady Gaga — “Judas” (Chroeographer: Laurieann Gibson)
LMFAO (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) — “Party Rock Anthem” (Choreographer: Hokuto Konishi)
Bruno Mars — “The Lazy Song” (Choreographers: Bruno Mars and Poreotics)
Britney Spears — “Till the World Ends” (Choreographer: Brian Friedman)

This one’s crystal clear, I mean she flew in some African Dance Crew to show her the dance routine!

Best Special Effects in a Video

Chromeo — “Don’t Turn the Lights On” (Special Effects: The Mill)
Linkin Park — “Waiting for the End” (Special Effects: Ghost Town Media)
Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math” (Special Effects: DANIELS)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects)
Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — “Power” (Special Effects: Nice Shoes and ArtJail)

I must admit that Kanye’s “Power” has some cool effects, too, but I’m still a die hard Linkin Park fan and their videos are very well made. So Linkin Park it is.

Best Art Direction in a Video

Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Art Director: Nathan Parker)
Death Cab for Cutie — “You Are a Tourist” (Art Directors: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi and Anthony Maitz)
Lady Gaga — “Judas” (Art Director: Amy Danger)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — “Power” (Art Director: Babak Radboy)

Again, I don’t know much about art directing, but I thought it unfair that I haven’t chosen Adele, yet, though the song and video are great.

Best Editing in a Video

30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Editors: Jared Leto, Frank Snider, Michael Bryson, Stefanie Visser and Daniel Carberry)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Editor: Art Jones at Work)
Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math” (Editor: DANIELS)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights” (Editor: Hadaya Turner)

Great video by 30 Seconds to Mars. They definitely deserve to get an award for it!

Best Cinematography in a Video

30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Directors of Photography: Benoît Debie, Jared Leto, Rob Witt and Daniel Carberry)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)
Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)” (Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball)
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie” (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
Katy Perry — “Teenage Dream” (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)

No real reason, I just love the video.

Best Video with a Message

Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie”
Lady Gaga — “Born This Way”
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Pink — “Fuckin’ Perfect”
Rise Against — “Make It Stop (September’s Children)”
Taylor Swift — “Mean”

I think the “Firework” video has a great message and it deserves this award!

Best Latino Artist of 2011

Don Omar and Lucenzo — “Danza Kuduro”
Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) — “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
Maná — “Lluvia al Corazón”
Prince Royce — “Corazón Sin Cara”
Wisin & Yandel — “Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas”