"Wrecking Ball" bersaing dalam video of the year melawan Beyonce dan Jay Z dengan lagunya "Drunk in Love," Iggy Azalea dan Charli XCX dengan "Fancy," lagu nominasi Oscar "Happy" milik Pharrell Williams dan Sia dengan "Chandelier".
Beyonce mendominasi seluruh nominasi MTV Video Music Awards 2014 dengan total delapan nominasi.
Beyonce juga menerima Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award dan ikut berpartisipasi dalam acara yang berlangsung pada Minggu malam (24/8), di The Forum di Inglewood, California.
Eminem dan Iggy Azalea berada dibelakangnya dengan masing-msing meraih tujuh nominasi.
Acara ini dimeriahkan oleh penampilan Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj yang berkolaborasi dengan Ariana Grande dan Jessie J, Taylor Swift, Azalea yang berduet dengan Rita Ora, 5 Seconds of Summer, Usher, Sam Smith, Charli XCX dan Fifth Harmony.
Berikut nominasi dan pemenang MTV Video Music Awards 2014.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball" (PEMENANG)
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy"
Beyonce ft. Jay Z - "Drunk in Love"
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
Sia - "Chandelier"
BEST LYRIC
5 Seconds of Summer - "Don't Stop" (PEMENANG)
Katy Perry - "Birthday"
Demi Lovato - "Really Don't Care"
Austin Mahone ft. Pitbull - "Mmm Yeah"
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - "Problem"
MTV ARTIST TO WATCH
Fifth Harmony - "Miss Movin On" (PEMENANG)
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me"
5 Seconds of Summer -"She Looks So Perfect"
Charli XCX - "Boom Clap"
Schoolboy Q - "Man of the Year"
BEST ROCK
Lorde - “Royals” (PEMENANG)
Imagine Dragons - "Demons"
Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know"
The Black Keys - "Fever"
Linkin Park - "Until It's Gone"
BEST HIP HOP
Drake ft. Majid Jordan - "Hold On (We're Going Home)" (PEMENANG)
Eminem - "Bezerk"
Childish Gambino - "3005"
Kanye West - "Black Skinhead"
Wiz Khalifa - "We Dem Boyz"
BEST POP
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - "Problem" (PEMENANG)
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy"
Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz - "Talk Dirty"
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - "Wake Me Up"
BEST MALE
Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell - "Sing" (PEMENANG)
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
John Legend - "All of Me"
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me"
Eminem ft. Rihanna - "Monster"
BEST FEMALE
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - "Dark Horse" (PEMENANG)
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy"
Beyonce - "Partition"
Lorde - "Royals"
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - "Problem"
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyonce ft. Jay Z - "Drunk in Love" (PEMENANG)
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea - "Problem"
Pitbull ft. Kesha - "Timber"
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga - "Loyal"
Eminem ft. Rihanna - "Monster"
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J - "Dark Horse"
MTV CLUBLAND AWARD
Zedd ft. Hayley Williams - "Stay the Night" (PEMENANG)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - "Turn Down for What"
Calvin Harris - "Summer"
Martin Garrix - "Animal"
Disclosure - "Grab Her!"
BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
Beyonce - “Pretty Hurts” (PEMENANG)
Angel Haze ft. SIA - “Battle Cry“
Avicii - “Hey Brother”
J. Cole ft. TLC - “Crooked Smile”
Kelly Rowland - “Dirty Laundry”
David Guetta ft. Mikky Ekko - “One Voice”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyonce - "Pretty Hurts" (PEMENANG)
30 Seconds to Mars - "City of Angels"
Arcade Fire - "Afterlife"
Gesaffelstein - "Hate or Glory"
Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"
BEST EDITING
Eminem - "Rap God" (PEMENANG)
MGMT - "Your Life Is a Lie"
Zedd ft. Hayley Williams - "Stay the Night"
Beyonce - "Pretty Hurts"
Fitz and The Tantrums - "The Walker"
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Sia - "Chandelier" (PEMENANG)
Beyonce - "Partition"
Usher - “Good Kisser"
Michael Jackson ft. Justin Timberlake - "Love Never Felt So Good"
Jason Derulo ft. 2Chainz - "Talk Dirty"
KIESZA - “Hideaway”
BEST DIRECTION
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - "Turn Down for What" (PEMENANG)
OK Go - "The Writing's on the Wall"
Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball"
Beyonce - "Pretty Hurts"
Eminem ft. Rihanna - "The Monster"
BEST ART DIRECTION
Arcade Fire - "Reflektor" (PEMENANG)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - "Turn Down For What"
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - "Fancy"
Eminem - "Rap God"
Tyler, The Creator - "Tamale"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
OK Go - "The Writing's On the Wall" (PEMENANG)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - "Turn Down For What"
Disclosure - "Grab Her!"
Eminem - "Rap God"
Jack White - "Lazaretto"
Penerjemah: Arindra Meodia
Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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