MTV Video Music Awards 2012

• Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break

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• Rihanna (featuring ASAP Rocky und Calvin Harris) – Cockiness (Love It)/We Found Love
• P!nk – Get the Party Started (Intro)/Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
• Frank Ocean – Thinkin’ Bout You
• One Direction – One Thing
• Lil Wayne und 2 Chainz – Yuck!/No Worries
• Green Day – Let Yourself Go
• Alicia Keys (featuring Nicki Minaj) – Girl on Fire (mit Gabby Douglas)
• Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

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• Calvin Harris

• Sway Calloway – präsentierte ‘Best Video with a Message’
• James Montgomery – präsentierte ‘Best Electronic Dance Music Video’
• Jim Cantiello und Ton Do-Nguyen – präsentierten ‘Most Share-Worthy Video’

• Katy Perry – präsentierte ‘Best Pop Video’
• Dwight Howard – präsentierte die nächsten Laudatoren
• Miley Cyrus und Mac Miller – präsentierten P!nk
• Demi Lovato und Rita Ora – präsentierten ‘Best Male Video’
• Zoë Saldaña – präsentierte Frank Ocean
• Rashida Jones und Andy Samberg – präsentierten ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’
• The Wanted und Rebel Wilson – präsentierten ‘Best Female Video’
• Psy – präsentierte die nächsten Laudatoren
• Ezra Miller und Emma Watson – präsentierten Green Day
• Ke$ha und Wiz Khalifa – präsentierte ‘Best New Artist’
• The Fierce Five (Alexandra Raisman, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber und Kyla Ross) – präsentierten Alicia Keys
• Kevin Hart – präsentierte ‘Video of the Year’

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Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – We Found Love

• Drake (featuring Badgirlriri) – Take Care
• Gotye (featuring Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used to Know
• M.I.A. – Bad Girls
• Katy Perry – Wide Awake

Chris Brown – Turn Up the Music

• Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
• Drake (featuring Rihanna) – Take Care
• Frank Ocean – Swim Good
• Usher – Climax

Nicki Minaj – Starships

• Beyoncé – Love on Top
• Katy Perry – Part of Me
• Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – We Found Love
• Selena Gomez & the Scene – Love You Like a Love Song

One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

• Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) – We Are Young
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
• Frank Ocean – Swim Good
• The Wanted – Glad You Came

One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

• Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
• Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) – We Are Young
• Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) – Payphone
• Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – We Found Love

Coldplay – Paradise

• The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
• Imagine Dragons – It’s Time
• Linkin Park – Burn It Down
• Jack White – Sixteen Saltines

Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) – HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)

• Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
• Jay-Z and Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
• Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) – Beez in the Trap
• Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) – Mercy

Calvin Harris – Feel So Close

• Skrillex – First of the Year (Equinox)
• Avicii – Levels
• Duck Sauce – Big Bad Wolf
• Martin Solveig – The Night Out

M.I.A. – 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

M.I.A. – Bad Girls (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)

• 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)

Demi Lovato – Skyscraper

• Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side
• Gym Class Heroes – The Fighter
• K’naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) – Is Anybody Out There?
• Lil Wayne – How to Love
• Rise Against – Ballad of Hollis Brown

One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

• Beyoncé – Countdown
• Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
• Gotye (featuring Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used to Know
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

Vereinigte Staaten Romeo Santos[7]

• Kolumbien Juanes
• Vereinigte Staaten Jennifer Lopez
• Vereinigte Staaten Pitbull
• Puerto Rico Wisin y Yandel