VMA 2009: I Vincitori

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 — "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

* 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 & 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 — "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

* 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)
* 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

* 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 (featuring Mr Hudson) — "Paranoid" (Special Effects: Wizardflex)

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 in a Video

* 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 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"