MTV Video Music Awards 2009

MTV Video Music Awards 2009
Awarded for	MTV Video Music Awards
date	September 13, 2009
Moderation	Russell Brand
Loan location	Radio City Music Hall , New York City
Country	United States
Awarded by	MTV
Most of the nominations	Beyoncé and Lady Gaga (9 each)
website	mtv.com/vma

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards were held on September 13, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City . The comedian Russell Brand was the presenter as in 2008. Madonna opened the show with an obituary for Michael Jackson . Then Janet Jackson danced live on stage while the video Scream with Michael Jackson was playing in the background.

The nominations were presented on August 4th. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga were nominated in nine categories each and Britney Spears in seven.

While Taylor Swift accepted her award and gave her acceptance speech, Kanye West jumped on stage, interrupted her, and snatched the microphone from her. Then he said Beyoncé made one of the best videos of all time with Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) . Taylor Swift was shocked and Beyoncé also looked shocked. West was booed by the audience for his failure. West's behavior was criticized even by President Barack Obama on a television show.

Video of the Year

Beyoncé - 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 - DOA (Death of Auto-Tune)
Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
TI (featuring Rihanna ) - Live Your Life
Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Best Female Video

Beyoncé - 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

3OH! 3 - 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

Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester ) - Good Girls Go Bad
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Britney Spears - Womanizer
Wisin y 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 - Right Round
Jay-Z - DOA (Death of Auto-Tune)
Asher Roth - I Love College
Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Breakthrough video

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
Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned
Passion Pit - The Reeling
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Best Direction in a Video

Beyoncé - 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

Beyoncé - 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)
AR 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

Beyoncé - 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 - Love Lockdown (Special Effects: Wizardflex and Ghost Town Media)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Beyoncé - 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

Beyoncé - 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

Beyoncé - 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
Björk - Human Behavior
Dr. Dre - Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang
Foo Fighters - Everlong
George Michael - Freedom! '90
OK Go - Here It Goes Again
Tom Petty & 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 (Wo) Man Band - Bad Reputation
The Sleezy Treezy - Here It Goes Again
Synopsis - The Kill

Best Breakout New York City Artist Award

Presenters

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : MTV Video Music Awards 2009 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official VMA 2009 page

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[2] Spiegel Online