MTV VMA NOMIE'S

BEYONCé AND LADY GAGA ARE TIED FOR THE MOST VMA NOMINATIONS:

MTV announced the nominations for this year's Video Music Awards yesterday, and BEYONCé is tied with LADY GAGA for the most nominations, with nine each. BRITNEY SPEARS came in second with seven nominations.

All of Beyoncé's nominations were for her "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" video. Lady Gaga was recognized for her "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi" videos . . . and Britney was nominated for her "Womanizer" and "Circus" videos.

All three of them are up for the Video of the Year award...along with KANYE WEST for "Love Lockdown...and EMINEM for "We Made You".

Kanye and Eminem were both nominated for four VMAs in the same four categories. In addition to Video of the Year, the other three are: Best Male Video, Best Hip-Hop Video, and Best Special Effects.

In addition to all the usual categories this year, MTV is giving classic videos a chance to win a VMA "Moonman" award...in retrospect. There are 10 nominees for that, including the BEASTIE BOYS' "Sabotage" video.

As previously announced, RUSSELL BRAND will host for the second straight year . . . and the confirmed performers are: GREEN DAY, PINK, TAYLOR SWIFT and MUSE. (More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.)


This year's "MTV Video Music Awards" will air live on Sunday, September 13th.


--Here are your nominees . . .



VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
--Eminem, "We Made You"
--Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"
--Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"



BEST MALE VIDEO:

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


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



BEST NEW ARTIST:

--3Oh!3, "Don't Trust Me"
--Asher Roth, "I Love College"
--Drake, "Best I Ever Had"
--Kid Cudi, "Day N' Nite"
--Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"



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:

--Asher Roth, "I Love College"
--Eminem, "We Made You"
--Flo Rida, "Right Round"
--Jay-Z, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
--Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"



BEST POP VIDEO:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
--Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), "Good Girls Go Bad"
--Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
--Wisin y Yandel, "Abusadora"



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 and Kim, "Lessons Learned"
--Passion Pit, "The Reeling"
--Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll"



BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A "MOONMAN" AWARD):

--Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
--Bjork, "Human Behaviour"
--David Lee Roth, "California Girls"
--Dr. Dre, "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"
--Foo Fighters, "Everlong"
--George Michael, "Freedom"
--OK Go, "Here It Goes Again"
--Radiohead, "Karma Police"
--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Into the Great Wide Open"
--U2, "Where the Streets Have No Name"



BEST ART DIRECTION:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Circus"
--Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
--Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
--Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"



BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:

--A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Circus"
--Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Love Sex Magic"
--Kristinia DeBarge, "Goodbye"



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Circus"
--Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
--Green Day, "21 Guns"
--Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"



BEST DIRECTION:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Circus"
--Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), "Good Girls Go Bad"
--Green Day, "21 Guns"
--Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"



BEST EDITING:

--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Britney Spears, "Circus"
--Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
--Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
--Miley Cyrus, "7 Things"



BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:


--Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
--Eminem, "We Made You"
--Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
--Kanye West (featuring Mr. Hudson), "Paranoid"
--Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"



Fan voting opened yesterday at VMA.MTV.com. You'll be able to vote for your favorites anytime up through August 21st.


They actually have a cool site set up . . . where you can hit up each category and check out all the videos that have been nominated. Here's the link . . .)


http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/categories.jhtml