NEW YORK, NY—MTV today announced the nominees for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards." The ladies lead the pack as Beyonce Knowles and Lady Gaga earn nine nominations each for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)," "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi" respectively. Britney Spears follows with an impressive seven combined nominations for "Womanizer" and "Circus." Jay-Z, Green Day, Eminem, Kanye West and Coldplay will each find themselves vying for several moonmen on the big night. In addition, Latin Grammy award-winning Puerto Rican duo Wisin Y Yandel, rapper Drake and rockers Kings of Leon are a few of the artists who have received their first VMA nomination. Included in the impressive line-up of first-time nominees is rapper Asher Roth, who finds himself up against one of today's most notorious artists, Eminem, in the "Best Hip-Hop" category. As previously announced, Russell Brand will host and set to perform are Green Day, P!nk, Taylor Swift and Muse. Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and "Gossip Girl's" Chace Crawford are confirmed presenters. The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards" will air live on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT) and on Sunday, September 20 at 5pm ET with Spanish subtitles on MTV Tr3s. MTV will announce additional performers, nominees and presenters on a later date.

"I'm excited and honored to be tied for most nominated for the VMAs. I've been blessed this year to have 'Single Ladies' become a video people really connected with and responded to. I've spent so much time watching all the great versions people created all around the world. It's beautiful to feel you touch people and bring a song to life with a video." - Beyonce



"After years of hustle in New York City, where we made our art videos in bars, myself and the Haus of Gaga are honored to receive 9 nominations for the 2009 VMAs. We believe in the immensity and the promise of'showbiz' and will continue to give it mouth-to-mouth, till its vomiting return. All you need is a camcorder, a flashlight, and one truly GREAT idea. Thank you MTV for being our video flagship, and for supporting this bunch of inspired kids, who love to get wasted and make art, together."- Lady Gaga and the Haus

Viewers can vote for general VMAs categories, including "Best New Artist," by visiting vma.mtv.com beginning Tuesday, August 4. "Best New Artist" voting continues through the show, live on September 13. In addition, Verizon Wireless subscribers can vote by texting VMA to 97979 (standard message rates apply).

MTV, Pepsi and Rock Band have created a new category at this year's VMAs, "Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video" that allows fans, for the first time, to win their very own Moonman. This summer, contestants entered their original Rock Band music videos, which fans will then vote on to select the ultimate winner. Following are the nominees for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards":

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Poker Face
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Ray Kay
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: Rockhard Films
    Producer: Jil Hardin

    Eminem
    Title: We Made You
    Album: Relapse
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo

    Kanye West
    Title: Love Lockdown
    Album: 808's and Heartbreak
    Director: Simon Henwood
    Label: hiphopsince1978/Roc-A-Fella
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Hagai Shaham

    Britney Spears
    Title: Womanizer
    Album: Circus
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo

    BEST NEW ARTIST
    Lady Gaga
    Title: Poker Face
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Ray Kay
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: Rockhard Films
    Producer: Jil Hardin

    Drake
    Title: Best I Ever Had
    Album: So Far Gone Mixtape
    Director: Kanye West
    Label: Young Money/ Universal Republic
    Production Company: GhostTown Media
    Producer: Justin Benoliel

    3OH!3
    Title: Don't Trust Me
    Album: Want
    Director: Steve Jocz
    Label: Photo Finish Records
    Production Company: Dignity & Shame
    Producer: Travis Kopach

    Kid Cudi
    Title: Day N'Nite
    Album: Man On The Moon
    Director: SoMe
    Label: G.O.O.D Music/Fool's Gold
    Production Company: Snoop Talk
    Producer: Stuart Leed

    Asher Roth
    Title: I Love College
    Album: Asleep in the Bread Aisle
    Director: Jay Lia/Scooter Braun
    Label: SRC/Universal Motown/Schoolboy
    Production Company: Soundis Azaiz
    Producer: Jonathan Lia Pruductions

    BEST MALE VIDEO
    Eminem
    Title: We Made You
    Album: Relapse
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo

    Kanye West
    Title: Love Lockdown
    Album: 808's and Heartbreak
    Director: Simon Henwood
    Label: hiphopsince1978/Roc-A-Fella
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Hagai Shaham

    Jay-Z
    Title: D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)
    Album: The Blueprint 3
    Director: Anthony Mandler
    Label: Roc Nation
    Production Company: Les Enfants Terribles
    Producer: Ciarro Pardo

    T.I. featuring Rihanna
    Title: Live Your Life
    Album: Paper Trail
    Director: Anthony Mandler
    Label: Atlantic Reords
    Production Company: Les Enfants Terribles
    Producer: Gina Leonard

    Ne-Yo
    Title: Miss Independent
    Album: The Year of the Gentleman
    Director: Chris Robinson
    Label: Def Jam
    Production Company: Robot Films
    Producer: Megan Gutman

    BEST FEMALE VIDEO
    Katy Perry
    Title: Hot n Cold
    Album: One of The Boys
    Director: Alan Ferguson
    Label: Capitol Records
    Production Company: Frank The Plumber/Anonymous Content
    Producer: Melissa Larsen

    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I Am ... Sasha Fierce
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter

    Kelly Clarkson
    Title: My Life Would Suck Without You
    Album: All I Ever Wanted
    Director: Wayne Isham
    Label: RCA
    Production Company: Razor Factory
    Producer: Craig Fanning

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Poker Face
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Ray Kay
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: Rockhard Films
    Producer: Jil Hardin

    Taylor Swift
    Title: You Belong With Me
    Album: Fearless
    Director: Roman White
    Label: Big Machine Records
    Production Company: Revolution Pictures
    Producer: Randy Brewer

    P!nk
    Title: So What
    Album: Funhouse
    Director: Dave Meyers
    Label: LaFace Records
    Production Company: Radical Media
    Producer: Derek Roberto

    BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
    Eminem
    Title: We Made You
    Album: Relapse
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo

    Kanye West
    Title: Love Lockdown
    Album: 808's and Heartbreak
    Director: Simon Henwood
    Label: hiphopsince1978/Roc-A-Fella
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Hagai Shaham

    Jay-Z
    Title: D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)
    Album: The Blueprint 3
    Director: Anthony Mandler
    Label: Roc Nation
    Production Company: Les Enfants Terribles
    Producer: Ciarro Pardo

    Asher Roth
    Title: I Love College
    Album: Asleep in the Bread Aisle
    Director: Jay Lia/Scooter Braun
    Label: SRC/Universal Motown/Schoolboy
    Production Company: Soundis Azaiz
    Producer: Jonathan Lia Pruductions

    Flo Rida
    Title: Right Round
    Album: R.O.O.T.S.
    Director: Malcolm Jones
    Label: Atlantic Records/Poe Boy Ent.
    Production Company: Jason Valens
    Producer: Café 451            BEST POP VIDEO
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I Am ... Sasha Fierce
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Poker Face
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Ray Kay
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: Rockhard Films
    Producer: Jil Hardin

    Britney Spears
    Title: Womanizer
    Album: Circus
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo

    Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester
    Title: Good Girls Go Bad
    Album: Hot Mess
    Director: Kai Regan
    Label: Fueled By Ramen/DecayDance
    Production Company: East Pleasant Pictures
    Producer: Xander Strohm

    Wisin y Yandel
    Title: Abusadora
    Album: La Revolucion
    Director: Jessy Terrero
    Label: Machete Music
    Production Company: Terrero Films
    Producer: Josh Goldstein

    BEST ROCK VIDEO
    Coldplay
    Title: Viva La Vida
    Album: Viva La Vida
    Director: Hype Williams
    Label: Capitol
    Production Company: Naailia Entertainment
    Producer: Hype Williams

    Kings of Leon
    Title: Use Somebody
    Album: Only By the Night
    Director: Sophie Muller
    Label: RCA
    Production Company: Oil Factory
    Producer: Grant Jue

    Green Day
    Title: 21 Guns
    Album: 21st Century Breakdown
    Director: Marc Webb
    Label: Reprise Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Michael Angelos

    Fall Out Boy
    Title: I Don't Care
    Album: Folie A Deux
    Director: Alan Ferguson Hemingway
    Label: Island
    Production Company: Frank The Plumber
    Producer: Melissa Larsen

    Paramore
    Title: Decode
    Album: Twilight, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    Director: Shane Drake
    Label: Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen/Chop Shop
    Production Company: Red Van Pictures
    Producer: Brandon Bonfiglio

    BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter
    Choreographer: Jaquel Knight & Frank Gatson Jr.

    Britney Spears
    Title: Circus
    Album: Circus
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Label: Jive Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Heather Heller
    Choreographer: Andre Fuentes

    Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake
    Title: Love Sex Magic
    Album: Fantasy Ride
    Director: Diane Martel
    Label: LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Jil Hardin
    Choreographer: Jamaica Craft & "Marty" James Martin Kudelka

    AR Rahman & Pussy Cat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger
    Title: Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
    Album: Doll Domination 2.0
    Director: Thomas Kloss
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Michael Angelos
    Choreographer: Robin Antin & Mikey Minden

    Kristina DeBarge
    Title: Goodbye
    Album: Exposed
    Director: Ray Kay
    Label: Island/Def Jam
    Production Company: Rockhard Films
    Producer: Nicole Acacio
    Choreographer: Jamaica Craft

    BEST DIRECTION
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Paparazzi
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Label: Interscope/Konlive/Streamline
    Production Company: Factory Films Ltd.
    Producer: Steven Johnson

    Green Day
    Title: 21 Guns
    Album: 21st Century Breakdown
    Director: Marc Webb
    Label: Reprise Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Michael Angelos

    Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester
    Title: Good Girls Go Bad
    Album: Hot Mess
    Director: Kai Regan
    Label: Fueled By Ramen/DecayDance
    Production Company: East Pleasant Pictures
    Producer: Xander Strohm

    Britney Spears
    Title: Circus
    Album: Circus
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Label: Jive Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Heather Heller

    BEST EDITING
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter
    Editor: Jarrett Fijal

    Britney Spears
    Title: Circus
    Album: Circus
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Label: Jive Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Heather Heller
    Editor: Jarrett Fijal

    Miley Cyrus
    7 Things
    Album: Breakout
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Label: Hollywood Records
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Skot Bradford
    Editor: Jarrett Fijal

    Coldplay
    Title:Viva La Vida
    Album: Viva La Vida
    Director: Hype Williams
    Label: Capitol
    Production Company: Naailia Entertainment
    Producer: Hype Williams
    Editor: Hype Williams

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Paparazzi
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Label: Interscope/Konlive/Streamline
    Production Company: Factory Films Ltd.
    Producer: Steven Johnson
    Editor: Danny Tull & Jonas Akerlund

    BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter
    Special Effects: VFX Effects/Louis Mackall V

    Gnarls Barkley
    Title: Who's Gonna Save My Soul
    Album: The Odd Couple
    Director: Chris Milk
    Label: Atlantic Records/Downtown
    Production Company: Radical Media Inc
    Producer: Anne Johnson
    Special Effects: Gradient Effects/Image-Metrics

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Paparazzi
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Label: Interscope/Konlive/Streamline
    Production Company: Factory Films Ltd.
    Producer: Steven Johnson
    Special Effects: Chimney Pot

    Eminem
    Title: We Made You
    Album: Relapse
    Director: Joseph Kahn
    Label: Interscope
    Production Company: HSI Productions
    Producer: Mary Ann Tanedo
    Special Effects: Ingenuity Engine

    Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson
    Title: Paranoid
    Album: 808's and Heartbreak
    Director: NABIL
    Label: hiphopsince/Roc-A-Fella
    Production Company: Partizan
    Producer: Justin Benoliel and Kathleen Heffernan
    Special Effects: Wizardflex

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter
    Cinematographer: Jim Fealy

    Coldplay
    Title: Viva La Vida
    Album: Viva La Vida
    Director: Hype Williams
    Label: Capitol
    Production Company: Naailia Entertainment
    Producer: Hype Williams
    Cinematographer: John Perez

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Paparazzi
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Label: Interscope/Konlive/Streamline
    Production Company: Factory Features
    Producer: Steven Johnson
    Cinematographer: Eric Broms

    Green Day
    Title: 21 Guns
    Album: 21st Century Breakdown
    Director: Marc Webb
    Label: Reprise Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Michael Angelos
    Cinematographer: Jonathan Sela

    Britney Spears
    Title: Circus
    Album: Circus
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Label: Jive Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Heather Heller
    Cinematographer: Thomas Kloss

    BEST ART DIRECTION
    Beyonce
    Title: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Album: I AM ... SASHA FIERCE
    Director: Jake Nava
    Label: Music World Music/Columbia
    Production Company: Anonymous Content
    Producer: John Winter
    Art Director: Niamh Byrne

    Britney Spears
    Title: Circus
    Album: Circus
    Director: Francis Lawrence
    Label: Jive Records
    Production Company: DNA Inc
    Producer: Heather Heller
    Art Director: Laura Fox & Charles Varga

    Lady Gaga
    Title: Paparazzi
    Album: The Fame
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Label: Interscope/Konlive/Streamline
    Production Company: Factory Features
    Producer: Steven Johnson
    Art Director: Jason Hamilton

    Gnarls Barkley
    Title: Who's Gonna Save My Soul
    Album: The Odd Couple
    Director: Chris Milk
    Label: Atlantic Records/Downtown
    Production Company: Radical Media Inc
    Producer: Anne Johnson
    Art Director: Zach Matthews

    Coldplay
    Title: Viva La Vida
    Album: Viva La Vida
    Director: Hype Williams
    Label: Capitol
    Production Company: Naailia Entertainment
    Producer: Hype Williams
    Art Director: Gregory De Maria

    BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Title: Grapevine Fires
    Album: Narrow Stairs
    Director: Walter Robot
    Label: Atlantic
    Production Company: Merge @ Crossroads
    Producer: Walter Robot

    Gnarls Barkley
    Title: Who's Gonna Save My Soul
    Album: The Odd Couple
    Director: Chris Milk
    Label: Atlantic Records/Downtown
    Production Company: Radical Media
    Producer: Anne Johnson

    Cold War Kids
    Title: I've Seen Enough
    Album: Loyalty to Loyalty
    Director: Vern Moan
    Label: Downtown Records
    Production Company: Vern Moon
    Producer: Vern Moon

    Anjulie
    Title: Boom
    Album: Anjulie
    Director: Adria Petty
    Label: Concord
    Production Company: Harves
    Producer: Scott Howard

    Chairlift
    Title: Evident Utensil
    Album: Does You Inspire You
    Director: Ray Tintori
    Label: Columbia/Kanine Records
    Production Company: Court 13 Omnimedia
    Producer: Bob Weisz

    Bat For Lashes
    Title: Daniel
    Album: Two Suns
    Director: Johan Renck
    Label: Astralwerks
    Production Company: RAF/RSA Film
    Producer: Eva Templeman

    Major Lazer
    Title: Hold The Line
    Album: Guns Don't Kill People Lazers Do
    Director: Ferry Gouw
    Label: Downtown Records
    Production Company: Ferry Gouw
    Producer: Ferry Gouw

    Passion Pit
    Title: The Reeling
    Album: Manners
    Director: Humble
    Label: Columbia/Frenchkiss Records
    Production Company: Humble
    Producer: Kim Koby

    Matt & Kim
    Title: Lessons Learned
    Album: Grand
    Director: Taylor Cohen & Otto Arsenault
    Label: Fader
    Production Company: FVNMO
    Producer: Taylor Cohen, Otto Arsenault

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Title: Heads Will Roll
    Album: It's Blitz!
    Director: Richard Ayoade
    Label: D G C/Interscope
    Production Company: Warp Films
    Producer: Jon Adams

    BEST VIDEO (THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN)
    U2
    Title: Where The Streets Have No Name
    Album: Joshua Tree
    Director: Miert Avis
    Label: Island

    Dr Dre
    Title: Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang
    Album: The Chronic
    Director: Andre Young (Dr. Dre)
    Label: Interscope/The Atlantic Group

    Beastie Boys
    Title: Sabotage
    Album: III Communication
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Label: Grand Royal/Capitol Records

    Bjork
    Title: Human Behavior
    Album: Debut
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Label: Elektra Entertainment

    Radiohead
    Title: Karma Police
    Album: OK Computer
    Director: Jonathan Glazer
    Label: Capitol Records

    George Michael
    Title: Freedom
    Album: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
    Director: David Fincher
    Label: Columbia Records

    Foo Fighters
    Title: Everlong
    Album: The Colour And The Shape
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Label: Capitol Records/Roswell

    Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
    Title: Into The Great Wide Open
    Album: Into The Great Wide Open
    Director: Jeff Stein
    Label: MCA Records

    OK Go
    Title: Here It Goes Again
    Album: Oh No
    Director: OK GO & Trish Sie
    Label: Capitol Records

    David Lee Roth
    Title: California Girls
    Album: Crazy From The Heat
    Director: Pete Angelus and David Lee Roth
    Label: Warner Bros. Records

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Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards." Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Garrett English is co-Executive Producer/Executive in Charge of Production. Amy Doyle is co-Executive Producer. Joanna Bomberg is Executive in Charge of Music and Talent. Jen Jones is Producer. Hamish Hamilton is Director. Robin Reinhardt-Locke is Celebrity Talent Executive.