Video of the Year
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care"
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls"
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

Best Male Video
Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"
Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care"
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
Usher — "Climax"

Best Female Video
Beyoncé — "Love on Top"
Selena Gomez & the Scene — "Love You Like a Love Song"
Nicki Minaj — "Starships"
Katy Perry — "Part of Me"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

Best New Artist
fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
The Wanted — "Glad You Came"

Best Pop Video
Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — "Payphone"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"
Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

Best Rock Video
The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"
Coldplay — "Paradise"
Imagine Dragons — "It's Time"
Linkin Park — "Burn It Down"
Jack White — "Sixteen Saltines"

Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino — "Heartbeat"
Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) — "HYFR"
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "Paris"
Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Beez in the Trap"
Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy"

Best Electronic Dance Music Video
Avicii — "Levels"
Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf"
Calvin Harris — "Feel So Close"
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig — "The Night Out"

Best Direction in a Video
Coldplay and Rihanna — "Princess of China" (Director: Adria Petty and Alan Bibby)
Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf" (Director: Keith Schofield)
Jay-Z and Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) — "Otis" (Director: Spike Jonze)
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Director: Romain Gavras)
Frank Ocean — "Swim Good" (Director: Nabil Elderkin)

Best Choreography in a Video
Avicii — "Levels" (Choreographers: Richy Greenfield and Petro Papahadjopoulos)
Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Choreographers: Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson Jr., Beyoncé and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)
Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music" (Choreographer: Anwar "Flii" Burton)
Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "Dance Again" (Choreographer: JR Taylor)
Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)

Best Visual Effects in a Video
David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Turn Me On" (Visual Effects: Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott Metzger and Vico Sharabani)
Linkin Park — "Burn It Down" (Visual Effects: Ghost Town Media)
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Engine)
Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Visual Effects: BAKED FX)
Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)" (Visual Effects: Deka Brothers and Tony "Truand" Datis)

Best Art Direction in a Video
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 and Marcella Moser)
Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Art Director: Benji Bamps)
Regina Spektor — "All the Rowboats" (Art Director: Anthony Henderson)

Best Editing in a Video
A$AP Rocky — "Goldie" (Editor: Samantha Lecca)
Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Editors: Alexander Hammer and Jeremiah Shuff)
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Editor: Natasha Pincus)
Jay-Z and Kanye West — "*****s in Paris" (Editors: Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson and Derek Lee)
Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz) — "Mercy" (Editor: Eric Greenburg)

Best Cinematography in a Video
Adele — "Someone Like You" (Director of Photography: David Johnson)
Coldplay and 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)
M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Director of Photography: André Chemetoff)

Best Video with a Message
Kelly Clarkson — "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes (featuring Ryan Tedder) — "The Fighter"
K'naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) — "Is Anybody Out There?"
Lil Wayne — "How to Love"
Demi Lovato — "Skyscraper"
Rise Against — "Ballad of Hollis Brown"

Most Share-Worthy Video
Beyoncé — "Countdown"
Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"

Best Latino Artist
Juanes
Jennifer Lopez
Pitbull
Romeo Santos
Wisin & Yandel