MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Winners

List of MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Winners

Video of the year

• Beyonce, “Single Ladies”  Winner!
• Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
• Eminem, “We Made You”
• Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
• Britney Spears, “Womanizer”

Best Female Video

• Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”  Winner!
• Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
• Beyonce, “Single Ladies”
• Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”
• Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You”
• Pink, “So What”

Best Male Video

• T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life”  Winner!
• Eminem, “We Made You”
• Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
• Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
• Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”

Best Pop Video

• Britney Spears, “Womanizer”  Winner!
• Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
• Beyonce, “Single Ladies”
• Cobra Starship, “Good Girls Go Bad”
• Wisin Y Yandel, “Abusadora”

Best New Artist

• Lady Gaga  Winner!
• Drake
• Kid Cudi
• Asher Roth
• 3OH!3

Best Rock Video

• Green Day, “21 Guns”  Winner!
• Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
• Fall Out Boy, “I Don’t Care”
• Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
• Paramore, “Decode”

Best Hip Hop Video

• Eminem, “We Made You”  Winner!
• Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
• Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
• Asher Roth, “I Love College”
• Flo Rida, “Right Round”

Best Breakthrough Video

• Matt & Kim: “Lessons Learned”  Winner!
• Death Cab For Cutie: “Grapevine Fires”
• Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
• Anjulie: “Boom”
• Cold War Kids: “I’ve Seen Enough”
• Chairlift: “Evident Utensil”
• Bat For Lashes: “Daniel
• Major Lazer: “Hold The Line”
• Passion Pit: “The Reeling”
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Heads Will Roll”

Best Video That Should Have Won A Moonman

• Beastie Boys, “Sabotage”  Winner!
• Bjork, “Human Nature”
• David Lee Roth, “California Girls”
• Dr. Dre, “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
• Foo Fighters, “Everlong”
• George Michael, “Freedom”
• OK Go, “Here It Goes Again”
• Radiohead, “Karma Police”
• Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Into the Great Wide Open”
• U2, “Where The Streets Have No Name”

Best Direction

• Green Day "21 Guns" (Director: Marc Webb)
• Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director: Jake Nava)
• Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) "Good Girls Go Bad" (Director: Kai Regan)
• Lady Gaga "Paparazzi" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)
• Britney Spears "Circus" (Director: Francis Lawrence)

Best Choreography

• Beyonce – "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 Kudelka)
• 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

• Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi" (Special Effects: Chimney Pot)
• Beyonce – "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)
• Kanye West (featuring Mr Hudson) – "Paranoid" (Special Effects: Wizardflex and Ghost Town Media)

Best Art Direction

• Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi" (Art Director: Jason Hamilton)
• Beyonce – "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)
• Britney Spears – "Circus" (Art Directors: Laura Fox and Charles Varga)

Best Editing

• Beyonce – "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

• Green Day – "21 Guns" (Director of Photography: Jonathan Sela)
• Beyonce – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director of Photography: Jim Fealy)
• Coldplay – "Viva la Vida" (Director of Photography: John Perez)
• Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi" (Director of Photography: Eric Broms)
• Britney Spears – "Circus" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)