MTV Japan today announced nominees for the 8th annual MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (MTV VMAJ 09), taking place at the Saitama Super Arena on Saturday, May 30 and hosted this year by stand-up comedian, Gekidan Hitori. Coldplay, NE-YO and Namie Amuro each received three nominations, while Franz Ferdinand, Katy Perry and Britney Spears all received two nominations apiece. Making the trip to Japan to perform at the MTV VMAJ 09 show are Green Day, BLACK EYED PEAS and Katy Perry, as well as local artists EXILE and 9mm Parabellum Bullet. Guest celebrities attending include (in alphabetical order) AI, Blue Man Group, Girl Next Door, Kimaguren, Maximum The Hormone, Meisa Kuroki, Natsuki Kato, Shonan No Kaze, Thelma Aoyama, and w-inds. Additional performing acts and guest celebrities will be announced accordingly.
The MTV VMAJ 09 awards are decided by the viewers and music fans who can vote for either Japanese or international artists nominated in the same category. The voting period is from March 18 through May 1 and can be accessed via web and mobile at www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj.
The 8th annual show will premiere live on MTV Japan, Saturday May 30 at 18h to over 7.2 million homes in Japan. (Portions of the program will be aired on MTV Asia and MTV China, air dates and times will be announced later.)
The complete lists of nominees for the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2009 are: Best Male Video KANYE WEST "Heartless"
KREVA "Akasatanahamayarawawon"
MOTOHIRO HATA "Forever Song"
NE-YO "Closer"
USHER "Love in This Club feat. YOUNG JEEZY"
Best Female Video BEYONCE "If I Were a Boy"
BRITNEY SPEARS "Womanizer"
HIKARU UTADA "Prisoner Of Love"
NAMIE AMURO "NEW LOOK"
THELMA AOYAMA "Nandomo"
Best Group Video EXILE "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"
FRANZ FERDINAND "Ulysses"
SHONAN NO KAZE "Koishigure"
THE KILLERS "Human"
TOHOSHINKI "Jumon -MIROTIC-"
Best New Artist Video DUFFY "Mercy"
GIRL NEXT DOOR "Guzen no Kakuritsu"
KATY PERRY "I Kissed a Girl"
KIMAGUREN "LIFE"
MIHO FUKUHARA "CHANGE"
Best Video of the Year BRITNEY SPEARS "Womanizer"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida"
EXILE "Ti Amo (Chapter2)"
NAMIE AMURO "NEW LOOK"
SOUTHERN ALL STARS "I AM YOUR SINGER"
Best Rock Video ACIDMAN "I stand free"
FALL OUT BOY "I Don't Care"
FRANZ FERDINAND "Ulysses"
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE "Tsume Tsume Tsume"
9MM PARABELLUM BULLET "Living Dying Message"
Best Pop Video IKIMONOGAKARI "Kimagure Romantic"
KATY PERRY "I Kissed a Girl"
LILY ALLEN "The Fear"
PERFUME "Dream Fighter"
RIP SLYME "Taiyo to Bikini"
Best R&B Video AKON "Right Now (NaNaNa)"
JUJU feat. Spontania "Sunao ni Naretara"
MILIYA KATO "19 Memories"
NAMIE AMURO "Sexy Girl"
Ne-Yo "Miss Independent"
Best Hip Hop Video KANYE WEST "Heartless"
KREVA "Akasatanahamayarawawon"
LIL WAYNE "Lollipop feat.STATIC"
TERIYAKI BOYZ® "ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes"
T.I. "Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA"
Best Reggae Video HAN-KUN "HOTTER THAN HOT"
KARDINAL OFFISHALL "Dangerous feat. AKON"
MIGHTY JAM ROCK "U.P. STAR"
NATTY "Cold Town"
RYO the SKYWALKER "EVER GREEN"
Best Dance Video DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
KRAAK & SMAAK "Squeeze Me feat. BEN WESTBEECH"
THE BPA "Toe Jam feat. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL"
TOWA TEI "Mind Wall feat. Miho Hatori"
UKAWANIMATION! feat. Takkyu Ishino x Kenichi Hagiwara "Wakusei no Portrait 5 Okuman Gaso"
Best Video from a Film AI "Okuribito" from "Okuribito(Departures)"
JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYS "Another Way to Die" from "Quantum of Solace"
MADONNA "4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND" from "Get Smart"
MONOBRIGHT "Ano Toumeikan to Shonen" from "Afterschool"
REMIOROMEN "Yume no Tsubomi" from "Kansen Retto"
Best Collaboration Video ANNA TSUCHIYA feat. AI "Crazy World"
MADONNA "4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND"
NELLY and FERGIE "Party People"
SCHADARAPARR+KAELA KIMURA "Hey! Hey! Alright"
T.I. "Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA"
Best Album of the Year AYAKA "Sing to the Sky"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends"
HIKARU UTADA "Heart Station"
Mr.Children "Supermarket Fantasy"
NE-YO "Year of the Gentleman"
Best Karaokee! Song AQUA TIMEZ "Niji"
COLDPLAY "Viva La Vida"
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS "Kibou no Uta"
KIMAGUREN "LIFE"
MARIAH CAREY "Touch My Body"
--mtvasia
The Japan Gold Disc Award, launched in 1987, honoring the artists and their works which had made great contribution based on objective criteria with the actual sales in development of the music recording industry every year, is a music award intended to let music fans recognize the achievement. Artist of the Year
EXILE
New Artist of the Year
Shuuchishin
Best 10 New Artists Aladdin
GIRL NEXT DOOR
KIMAGUREN
Yuusaku Kiyama
Kusuo
JERO
Shouta Shimizu
Shuuchishin
flumpool
Lil'B
Best Enka Artists JERO
Kiyoshi Hikawa
Best Enka Artist [special] Junko Akimoto
Single of the Year
Arashi - Truth / Kaze no Mukou E
Best 10 Singles Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Arashi - truth / Kaze no mukou e
Arashi - One Love
Arashi - Beautiful days
KAT-TUN - DON'T U EVER STOP
KAT-TUN - LIPS
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Southern All Stars - I AM YOUR SINGER
Mr.Children - HANABI
Mr.Children - GIFT
Chaku-uta song of the year GReeeeN - KISEKI
Best 5 chaku-uta songs Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
EXILE - The Birthday ~Ti Amo~
GReeeeN - KISEKI
JUJU feat.Spontania - Sunao ni naretara
Fujimoto-Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi - Gake no ue no Ponyo
Chaku-uta Full song of the year Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Best 5 Chaku-uta Full songs Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
EXILE - The Birthday ~Ti Amo~
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Fujimoto-Fujimaki & Nozomi Ohashi - Gake no ue no Ponyo
PC download song of the year Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Best 5 PC download songs Thelma Aoyama feat. SoulJa - Soba ni iru ne
Hikaru Utada - Prisoner of Love
KIMAGUREN - LIFE
GReeeeN - KISEKI
Superfly - Ai wo komete hanataba wo
Album of the year
EXILE - EXILE BALLAD BEST
Best 10 albums Namie Amuro - BEST FICTION
Hikaru Utada - HEART STATION
EXILE - EXILE BALLAD BEST
EXILE - EXILE ENTERTAINMENT BEST
EXILE - EXILE CATCHY BEST
GReeeeN - Aa, domo. O hisashiburi desu.
Mariya Takeuchi - Expressions
Ayumi Hamasaki - A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~
B'z - B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"
Mr.Children - SUPERMARKET FANTASY
VA - R35 Sweet J-Ballads
Classic album of the year V.A. - image7
Jazz album of the year Chihiro yamanaka - After Hours
Instrumental album of the year Joe Hisaishi - Piano Stories Best 88-08
Soundtrack album of the year Joe Hisaishi - Gake no Ue no Ponyo Soundtrack
Animation album of the year BLEACH - BLEACH BEST TUNES
Traditional Japanese Music album of the year Hideki Togi - Every Little Life ~Ikitoshi ikeru mono e~
Special Product album of the year Hexagon All Stars - WE LOVE Heaxgon
Best Music Video Arashi - ARASHI SUMMER TOUR 2007 FINAL Time ~Kotoba no chikara~
SOUTHERN ALL STARS - Manatsu no Kanshasai
SMAP - SMAP 2008 super.modern.artistic.performance tour
--golddisc.jp