2013 MTV Music Awards Nominees Announced

2013 MTV Music Video Awards

The 2013 "MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" nominees have been announced, and this year's leaders include JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, each with six nods a piece. TAYLOR SWIFT, BRUNO MARS, PINK, DRAKE and more all make the list as well. 

The full list includes:

Video of the Year

• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, "Mirrors"
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. WANZ, "Thrift Shop"
• BRUNO MARS, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I. and PHARRELL, "Blurred Lines"
• TAYLOR SWIFT, "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Best Hip Hop Video

• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. RAY DALTON, "Can't Hold Us"
• DRAKE, "Started From The Bottom"
• KENDRICK LAMAR, "Swimming Pools"
• A$AP ROCKY feat. DRAKE, 2 CHAINZ and KENDRICK LAMAR, "F--kin' Problems"
• J. COLE feat. MIGUEL, "Power Trip"

Best Male Video

• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, "Mirrors"
• ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I. and PHARRELL, "Blurred Lines"
• BRUNO MARS, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• ED SHEERAN, "Lego House"
• KENDRICK LAMAR, "Swimming Pools"

Best Female Video

• RIHANNA feat. MIKKY EKKO, "Stay"
• TAYLOR SWIFT, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
• MILEY CYRUS, "We Can't Stop"
• PINK feat. NATE RUESS, "Just Give Me A Reason"
• DEMI LOVATO, "Heart Attack"

Best Pop Video

• BRUNO MARS, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, "Mirrors"
• FUN., "Carry On"
• MILEY CYRUS, "We Can't Stop"
• SELENA GOMEZ, "Come and Get It"

Artist To Watch, Presented by Taco Bell

• Twenty One Pilots, "Holding On To You"
• ZADD feat. FOXES, "Clarity"
• AUSTIN MAHONE, "What About Love"
• THE WEEKND, "Wicked Games"
• IGGY AZALEA, "Work"

Best Collaboration

• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• PITBULL feat. CHRISTINA AGUILERA, "Feel This Moment"
• CALVIN HARRIS feat. ELLIE GOULDING, "I Need Your Love"
• ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I. and PHARRELL, "Blurred Lines"
• PINK feat. NATE RUESS, "Just Give Me A Reason"

Best Video With A Social Message

• KELLY CLARKSON, "People Like Us"
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, "Same Love"
• SNOOP LION, "No Guns Allowed"
• MIGUEL, "Candles in the Sun"
• BEYONCE, "I Was Here"

Best Rock Video

• IMAGINE DRAGONS, "Radioactive"
• FALL OUT BOY, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" 
• MUMFORD & SONS, "I Will Wait"
• THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, "Up in the Air"
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND, "DIANE YOUNG"

Best Art Direction

• CAPITAL CITIES, "Safe and Sound"
• THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, "Up in the Air"
• JANELLE MONAE feat. ERYKAH BADU, "Q.U.E.E.N"
• LANA DEL REY, "National Anthem"
• ALT-J, "Tesselate"

Best Choreography

• CHRIS BROWN, "Fine China"
• CIARA, "Body Party"
• JENNIFER LOPEZ feat. PITBULL, "Live It Up"
• WILL.I.AM feat. JUSTIN BIEBER, "#thatPOWER"
• BRUNO MARS, "Treasure"

Best Cinematography

• THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, "Up in the Air"
• LANA DEL REY, "Ride"
• YEAH YEAH YEAHS, "Sacrilege"
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. RAY DALTON, "Can't Hold Us"
• A-TRAK & TOMMY TRASH, "Tuna Melt"

Best Direction

• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. RAY DALTON, "Can't Hold Us"
• YEAH YEAH YEAHS, "Sacrilege"
• FUN., "Carry On"
• DRAKE, "Started From The Bottom"

Best Editing

• PINK feat. NATE RUESS, "Just Give Me A Reason"
• CALVIN HARRIS feat. FLORENCE WELCH, "Sweet Nothing"
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. RAY DALTON, "Can't Hold Us"
• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, "Mirrors"
• MILEY CYRUS, "We Can't Stop"

Best Visual Effects

• CAPITAL CITIES, "Safe and Sound"
• DUCK SAUCE, "It's You"
• FLYING LOTUS, "Tony Tortures"
• SKRILLEX feat. THE DOORS, "Breakn' a Sweat"
• THE WEEKND, "Wicked Games"

See the show live from BROOKLYN's BARCLAYS CENTER on MTV SUNDAY, AUGUST 25th at 9p (ET). 

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