It’s the end of August, which means school is in session and MTV’s annual Video Music Awards has arrived. Like every single installment, the 2013 version promises a mix of fascinating, extremely eccentric performances, a steady crop of awards all involved only care about vaguely and some conceited and absurd speeches we’ll all laugh about in the morning. If all goes according to plan, we may actually get a reunion too.
Because it’s not exactly the Academy Awards, the VMAs will be broadcast on tape delay in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. As such, if you’re stuck on the West Coast or if you’re only vaguely interested in the ceremony enough to be interested in the winners without devoting any real time to it, we’re going to go ahead and update the list of nominees below with the winners.
For convenience sake, we’re going to leave all the losers in black and make the winner’s name red. So, follow along, reload the page and root for your favorites…
Video of the Year
Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) — "Thrift Shop"
Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"
Taylor Swift — "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Artist To Watch
Austin Mahone — "What About Love"
Iggy Azalea — "Work"
The Weeknd — "Wicked Games"
Twenty One Pilots — "Holding on to You"
Zedd (featuring Foxes) — "Clarity"
Best Male Video
Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"
Kendrick Lamar — "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"
Ed Sheeran — "Lego House"
Best Female Video
Miley Cyrus — "We Can't Stop"
Pink (featuring Nate Ruess) — "Just Give Me A Reason"
Demi Lovato — "Heart Attack"
Taylor Swift — "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Rihanna (featuring Mikky Ekko) — "Stay"
Best Pop Video
Fun. — "Carry On"
Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"
Miley Cyrus — "We Can't Stop"
Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
Selena Gomez — "Come & Get It"
Best Rock Video
Fall Out Boy — "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
Imagine Dragons — "Radioactive"
Mumford & Sons — "I Will Wait"
Thirty Seconds To Mars — "Up In The Air"
Vampire Weekend — "Diane Young"
Best Hip-Hop Video
J. Cole (featuring Miguel) — "Power Trip"
Drake — "Started from the Bottom"
A$AP Rocky (featuring 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar) — "Fuckin' Problems"
Kendrick Lamar — "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) — "Can't Hold Us"
Best Collaboration[edit]
Pink (featuring Nate Ruess) — "Just Give Me A Reason"
Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell) — "Blurred Lines"
Calvin Harris (featuring Ellie Goulding) — "I Need Your Love"
Justin Timberlake (featuring Jay-Z) — "Suit & Tie"
Pitbull (featuring Christina Aguilera) — "Feel This Moment"
Best Video with a Message
Beyoncé — "I Was Here"
Kelly Clarkson — "People Like Us"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert) — "Same Love"
Miguel — "Candles in the Sun"
Snoop Lion (featuring Drake & Cori B.) — "No Guns Allowed
Best Choreography
Chris Brown - "Fine China"
Ciara - "Body Party"
Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull - "Live It Up"
will.i.am featuring Justin Bieber - "#thatPOWER
Bruno Mars - "Treasure"
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