MTV ha annunciato le nomination dei Video Music Awards del 2017. Nell’edizione di quest’anno sono state inserite alcune nuove categorie – Artist of the Year, Best Fight Against The System – e altre sono state eliminate: il miglior video, infatti, non è più sdoppiato in versione maschile e femminile, ma è diventato un premio unico e senza connotazioni di genere.
Come prevedibile, l’artista con più nomination è Kendrick Lamar, con il suo (pazzesco) video di HUMBLE. Il rapper di Compton dovrà vedersela con Katy Perry, Lorde, Dj Khaled, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran e tanti altri. La cerimonia si terrà il 27 agosto, ecco la lista completa di premi e candidati:
Video of the Year
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
Alessia Cara: Scars to Your Beautiful
DJ Khaled: Wild Thoughts [ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller]
The Weeknd: Reminder
Artist of the Year
Bruno Mars
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
The Weeknd
Lorde
Best New Artist
SZA
Khalid
Kodak Black
SZA
Young M.A
Julia Michaels
Noah Cyrus
Best Collaboration
Charlie Puth: We Don’t Talk Anymore [ft. Selena Gomez]
DJ Khaled: Wild Thoughts [ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller]
D.R.A.M.: Broccoli [ft. Lil Yachty]
The Chainsmokers: Closer [ft. Halsey]
Calvin Harris: Feels [ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean]
Zayn and Taylor Swift: I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
Best Pop Video
Shawn Mendes: Treat You Better
Ed Sheeran: Shape of You
Harry Styles: Sign of the Times
Fifth Harmony: Down [ft. Gucci Mane]
Katy Perry: Chained to the Rhythm [ft. Skip Marley]
Miley Cyrus: Malibu
Best Hip Hop Video
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Big Sean: Bounce Back
Chance the Rapper: Same Drugs
D.R.A.M.: Broccoli [ft. Lil Yachty]
Migos: Bad and Boujee [ft. Lil Uzi Vert]
DJ Khaled: I’m the One [ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne]
Best Dance Video
Zedd and Alessia Cara: Stay
Kygo and Selena Gomez: It Ain’t Me
Calvin Harris: My Way
Major Lazer: Cold Water [ft. Justin Bieber and MØ]
Afrojack: Gone [ft. Ty Dolla $ign]
Best Rock Video
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Fall Out Boy: Young And Menace
Twenty One Pilots: Heavydirtysoul
Green Day: Bang Bang
Foo Fighters: Run
Best Fight Against the System
Logic: Black SpiderMan
The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
Big Sean: Light
Alessia Cara: Scars to Your Beautiful
Taboo: Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL [ft. Shailene Woodley]
John Legend: Surefire
Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Imagine Dragons: Thunder
Ed Sheeran: Castle on the Hill
DJ Shadow: Nobody Speak [ft. Run the Jewels]
Halsey: Now or Never
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Katy Perry: Chained to the Rhythm [ft. Skip Marley]
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
Alessia Cara: Scars to Your Beautiful
The Weeknd: Reminder
Best Art Direction
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
Katy Perry: Bon Appetit [ft. Migos]
DJ Khaled: Wild Thoughts [ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller]
The Weeknd: Reminder
Best Visual Effects
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
A Tribe Called Quest: Dis Generation
KYLE: iSpy [ft. Lil Yachty]
Katy Perry: Chained to the Rhythm [ft. Skip Marley]
Harry Styles: Sign of the Times
Best Choreography
Kanye West: Fade
Ariana Grande: Side to Side [ft. Nicki Minaj]
Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
Sia: The Greatest
Fifth Harmony: Down [ft. Gucci Mane]
Best Editing
Future: Mask Off
Young Thug: Wyclef Jean
Lorde: Green Light
The Chainsmokers: Closer [ft. Halsey]
The Weeknd: Reminder