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(featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"* Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — "Payphone"* Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"===Best Rock Video===* The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"* Imagine Dragons — "It's Time"* Linkin Park — "Burn It Down"* Jack White — "Sixteen Saltines"===Best Hip-Hop Video===* Childish Gambino — "Heartbeat"* Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris"* Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Beez in the Trap"* Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy"===Best Electronic Dance Music Video===* Avicii — "Levels"* Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf"* Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)"* Martin Solveig — "The Night Out"===Best Direction===* Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) — "Princess of China" (Director: Adria Petty and Alan Bibby)* Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf" (Director: Keith Schofield)* Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) — "Otis" (Director: Spike Jonze)* Frank Ocean — "Swim Good" (Director: Nabil Elderkin)===Best Choreography===* Avicii — "Levels" (Choreographers: Richy Greenfield and Petro Papahadjopoulos)* Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Choreographers: Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson, Beyoncé and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)* Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "Dance Again" (Choreographer: JR Taylor)* Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)===Best Visual Effects===* David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Turn Me On" (Visual Effects: Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott Metzger and Vico Sharabani)* Linkin Park — "Burn It Down" (Visual Effects: Ghost Town Media)* Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Engine)* Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Visual Effects: BAKED FX)===Best Art Direction===* Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Art Directors: Anna Brun and Audrey Malecot)* Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Art Director: Jeff Higinbotham)* Of Monsters and Men — "Little Talks" (Art Director: Mihai Wilson and Marcella Moser)* Regina Spektor — "All the Rowboats" (Art Director: Anthony Henderson)===Best Editing===* ASAP Rocky — "Goldie" (Editor: Samantha Lecca)* Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor: Natasha Pincus)* Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris" (Editors: Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson and Derek Lee)* Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy" (Editor: Eric Greenburg)===Best Cinematography===* Adele — "Someone Like You" (Director of Photography: David Johnson)* Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) — "Princess of China" (Director of Photography: Stéphane Vallée)* Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)* Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen)===Best Video with a Message===* Kelly Clarkson — "Dark Side"* Gym Class Heroes (featuring Ryan Tedder) — "The Fighter"* K'naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) — "Is Anybody Out There?

– "Bad Girls" (Regisseur: Romain Gavras)* Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) – "Princess of China" (Regisseur: Adria Petty)* Duck Sauce – "Big Bad Wolf" (Regisseur: Keith Schofield)* Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) – "Otis" (Regisseur: Spike Jonze)* Frank Ocean – "Swim Good" (Regisseur: Nabil Elderkin)=== Best Choreography in a Video ===Chris Brown – "Turn Up the Music" (Choreograf: Anwar "Flii" Burton)* Avicii – "Levels" (Choreografen: Richy Greenfield und Petro Papahadjopoulos)* Beyoncé – "Countdown" (Choreografen: Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson Jr., Beyoncé und Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)* Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) – "Dance Again" (Choreograf: JR Taylor)* Rihanna – "Where Have You Been" (Choreograf: Hi-Hat)=== Best Visual Effects in a Video ===Skrillex – "First of the Year (Equinox)" (Visuelle Effekte: Deka Brothers und Tony T. Datis)* David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) – "Turn Me On" (Visuelle Effekte: Copa Network)* Linkin Park – "Burn It Down" (Visuelle Effekte: Ghost Town Media)* Katy Perry – "Wide Awake" (Visuelle Effekte: Ingenuity Engine)* Rihanna – "Where Have You Been" (Visuelle Effekte: George Lucas)=== Best Art Direction in a Video ===Katy Perry – "Wide Awake" (Art Director: Benji Bamps)* Lana Del Rey – "Born to Die" (Art Directors: Anna Brun and Audrey Malecot)* Drake (featuring Rihanna) – "Take Care" (Art Director: Charles Infante)* Of Monsters and Men – "Little Talks" (Art Director: Mihai Wilson)* Regina Spektor – "All the Rowboats" (Art Director: Anthony Henderson)=== Best Editing in a Video ===Beyoncé – "Countdown" (Editors: Jeremiah Shuff und Alex Hammer)* A$AP Rocky – "Goldie" (Editor: Samantha Lecca)* Gotye (featuring Kimbra) – "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor: Natasha Pincus)* Jay-Z and Kanye West – "Niggas in Paris" (Editor: unbekannt)* Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) – "Mercy" (Editor: unbekannt)=== Best Cinematography in a Video ===M.I.A.