Loud As You Can
The YouTube Music Awards have released this year’s nominees today, October 22 and some of our favorite stars are nominated. This is the first year YouTube is doing a music award show.
Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, One Direction, Demi Lovato, and Justin Bieber were all nominated for “Video of the Year”, while Taylor Swift, One Direction, and Justin were nominated for “Artist of the Year”.
Fifth Harmony, along with Boyce Avenue, were nominated for “Response of the Year”, while Taylor’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” was nominated for “YouTube Phenomenon”.
To see the full list of nominees check under the jump! Voting is happening now on YouTube.com. The winners will be announced on November 3rd!
Video of the Year
Epic Rap Battles of History, “Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney”
Demi Lovato, “Heart Attack”
Girls Generation, “I Got a Boy”
Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj, “Beauty and a Beat”
Lady Gaga, “Applause”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert, “Same Love”
Miley Cyrus, “We Can’t Stop”
One Direction, “Best Song Ever”
PSY, “Gentleman”
Selena Gomez, “Come & Get It”
Artist of the Year
Eminem
Epic Rap Battles of History
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
PSY
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Response of the Year
Boyce Avenue feat. Fifth Harmony, “Mirrors”
Jayesslee, “Gangnam Style”
Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix, “Radioactive”
ThePianoGuys, “Titanium / Pavane”
Walk Off the Earth feat. KRNFX, “I Knew You Were Trouble”
YouTube Phenomenon
“Diamonds”
“Gangnam Style”
“Harlem Shake”
“I Knew You Were Trouble”
“Thrift Shop”
YouTube Breakthrough
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Naughty Boy
Passenger
Rudimental
Innovation of the Year
Anamanaguchi, “Endless Fantasy”
Atoms for Peace, “Ingenue”
Bat For Lashes, “Lilies”
DeStorm, “See Me Standing”
Toro Y Moi, “Say That”