Vanguard Award/Lifetime Achievement:
Whitney Houston
Etta James
Jenni Rivera
Donna Summer
Ravi Shankar
Mariah Carey
Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason,
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Elton
John
Santana
Arnaldo
Batista, Rita Lee & Sérgio Dias (Os Mutantes)
Field 1 – General
1.0 Critics’ Choice:
Gabrielle Aplin
1.1 Video of the Year:
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
Director: Romain Gravras
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
Director: Ben Knechtel
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
Director: PSY
"Little
Talks"
Of Monsters And Men
Directors: Mihai Wilson & Marcella Moser
"Ride"
Lana Del Rey
Directors: Lana Del Rey & Anthony Mandler
"We
Found Love"
Rihanna & Calvin Harris
Director: Melina Matsoukas
1.2 Single of the Year:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
Songwriters: Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay &
Tavish Crowe; Producer: Josh Ramsay
Track from: Kiss
[604/Schoolboy/Interscope]
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
Songwriters: Park Jae-Sang & Yoo Gun Hyung;
Producers: Park Jae-Sang & Yoo Gun Hyung
Track from: PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1
[YG/Universal Republic/Schoolboy]
"Payphone"
Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
Songwriters: Adam Levine, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik,
Dan Omelio, Shellback & Cameron Thomaz; Producers: Shellback & Benny
Blanco
Track from: Overexposed
[A&M/Octone]
"Somebody
That I Used To Know"
Gotye & Kimbra
Songwriters: Wally de Backer; Producer: Wally de
Backer
Track from: Making Mirrors
[Eleven]
"Starships"
Nicki Minaj
Songwriters: Onika Maraj, Nadir Khayat, Carl Falk,
Rami Yacoub & Wayne Hector; Producers: RedOne, Rami Yacoub & Carl Falk
Track from: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
[Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic]
"We
Are Young"
fun. & Janelle Monáe
Songwriters: Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff
& Jeffrey Bhasker; Producer: Jeffrey Bhasker
Track from: Some Nights
[Fueled by Ramen/Nettwerk/Atlantic]
1.3 Record of the Year:
"Blown
Away"
Carrie Underwood
Producer: Mark Bright
Track from: Blown Away
[Arista Nashville/19 Recordings]
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
Producers: Madonna, Benny Benassi & Alle Benassi
Track from: MDNA
[Live Nation/Interscope]
"Little
Talks"
Of Monsters And Men
Producers: Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar
Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Kristján Páll
Kristjánsson, Aron Þór Arnarsson
Track from: My Head Is An Animal
[Universal]
"Never
Let Me Go"
Florence + The Machine"
Producer: Paul Epworth
Track from: Ceremonials
[Universal Island]
"Somebody
That I Used To Know"
Gotye & Kimbra
Producer: Wally de Backer
Track from: Making Mirrors
[Eleven]
1.4 Song of the Year:
"Born
To Die"
Songwriters: Lana Del Rey & Justin Parker (Lana
Del Rey)
Track from: Born To Die
[Interscope/Polydor/Stranger]
"Constant
Conversations"
Songwriters: Michael Angelakos (Passion Pit)
Track from: Gossamer
[Columbia]
"Duquesne
Whistle"
Songwriters: Bob Dylan & Robert Hunter (Bob Dylan)
Track from: Tempest
[Columbia]
"Never
Let Me Go"
Songwriters: Florence Welch, Paul Epworth & Tom
Hull (Florence + The Machine)
Track from: Ceremonials
[Universal Island]
"Over
You"
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton (Miranda
Lambert)
Track from: Four The Record
[RCA Records Nashville]
1.5 Album of the Year:
"Blown
Away"
Carrie Underwood
Producer: Mark Bright
[Arista Nashville/19 Recordings]
"Blunderbuss"
Jack White
Producer: Jack White
[Third Man/XL Recordings/Columbia]
"Born
To Die"
Lana Del Rey
Producers: Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide,
Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop & Al Shux
[Stranger/Interscope/Polydor]
"My
Head Is An Animal"
Of Monsters And Men
Producers: Of Monsters And Men, Aron Arnarsson &
Jacquire King [Universal]
"Our
Version Of Events"
Emeli Sandé
Producers: Naughty Boy, Craze & Hoax, Mike
Spencer, Emile Haynie, Paul Herman, Ash Millard, Mojam, Alicia Keys & Gavin
Powell
[Virgin]
1.6 Best New Artist:
Hunter
Hayes
Jake
Bugg
The
Lumineers
Niki
& The Dove
Of
Monsters And Men
1.7 Best Collaboration:
"Endless
Love"
Lionel Richie & Shania Twain
Track from: Tuskegee
"Give
Me All Your Luvin'"
Madonna, Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Track from: MDNA
"Good
Time"
Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
Track from: The Midsummer Station/Kiss
"Safe
& Sound"
Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
Track from: The Hunger Games: songs from District 12
and Beyond
"Take
Care"
Drake & Rihanna
Track from: Take Care
1.8 Artist of the Year:
Adele
Ed
Sheeran
Florence
+ The Machine
Lana
Del Rey
Rihanna
1.9 Best Male:
Drake
Ed
Sheeran
Gotye
Jason
Aldean
Tiziano
Ferro
1.10 Best Female:
Adele
Carrie
Underwood
Emeli
Sandé
Lana
Del Rey
Madonna
1.11 Best Duo or Group:
Arctic
Monkeys
Coldplay
Florence
+ The Machine
Green
Day
Of
Monsters And Men
1.12 Breakthrough Act:
Carly
Rae Jepsen
The
Civil Wars
fun.
Gotye
M83.
Madeon
Field 2 – Music Video
2.1 Best Music Video:
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
Director: Romain Gavras
[Self released/Interscope]
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
Directors: Mert and Marcus
[Live Nation/Interscope]
"Houdini"
Foster The People
Directors: Daniels
[Columbia/Startime]
"Little
Talks"
Of Monsters And Men
Directors: Mihai Wilson & Marcella Moser
[Universal]
"We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift
Director: Declan Whitebloom
[Big Machine]
2.2 Best Choreography In A Video:
"As
Long As You Love Me"
Justin Bieber & Big Sean
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"Turn
Up The Music"
Chris Brown
"What
Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)"
Kelly Clarkson
"Where
Have You Been"
Rihanna
2.3 Best Editing:
"Die
Young"
Ke$ha
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"Houdini"
Foster The People
"Mercy"
Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz
"Run
Boy Run"
Woodkid
2.4 Best Art Direction:
"Born
To Die"
Lana Del Rey
"Spectrum"
Florence + The Machine
"Take
Care"
Drake & Rihanna
"We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
2.5 Best Cinematography:
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
"Born
To Die"
Lana Del Rey
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"Take
Care"
Drake & Rihanna
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
2.6 Best Special Effects:
"Burn
It Down"
Linkin Park
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"Little
Talks"
Of Monsters And Men
"Run
Boy Run"
Woodkid
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
2.7 Best Direction:
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
"Born
To Die"
Lana Del Rey
"Give
Me All Your Luvin’"
Madonna, Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
"Houdini"
Foster The People
"Princess
Of China"
Coldplay & Rihanna
Field 3 - Pop
3.1 Best Pop Performance, Solo:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Domino"
Jessie J
"Die
Young"
Ke$ha
"Starships"
Nicki Minaj
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
3.2 Best Pop Performance, Duo or Group:
"Give
Me All Your Luvin'"
Madonna, Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
"Good
Time"
Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
"Payphone"
Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
"Settle
Down"
No Doubt
"Vacation"
Alphabeat
3.3 Best Adult Contemporary Performance, Pop:
"Ainda Bem"
Marisa
Monte
"Guardian"
Alanis
Morissette
"Reza"
Rita
Lee
"Per Dirti Ciao!"
Tiziano
Ferro
"Skyfall"
Adele
"The
Power Of Love"
Gabrielle Aplin
3.4 Best Pop Act:
Jessie
J
Kelly
Clarkson
Madonna
P!nk
Rihanna
3.5 Best Pop Song:
"Dark
Side"
Busbee & Alexander Geringas (Kelly Clarkson)
"Good
Time"
Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen & Brian Lee (Owl City
& Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Reza"
Rita
Lee & Roberto De Carvalho (Rita Lee)
"Rumour
Has It"
Adele Adkins & Ryan Tedder (Adele)
"Sakura Nagashi"
Utada
Hikaru & Paul Carter (Utada Hikaru)
3.6 Best Pop Album:
"Electra
Heart"
Marina and the Diamonds
"MDNA"
Madonna
Featured Artists: M.I.A. & Nicki Minaj
"Push
And Shove"
No Doubt
Featured Artists: Busy Signal & Major Lazer
"The
Truth About Love"
P!nk
Featured Artists: Nate Ruess, Lily Rose Cooper &
Eminem
"Unapologetic"
Rihanna
Featured Artists: Eminem, Future, David Guetta, Mikky
Ekko & Chris Brown
Field 4 – Dance
4.1 Best Dance Performance:
"Call
My Name"
Cheryl
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"Something
New"
Girls Aloud
"Timebomb"
Kylie Minogue
"Where
Have You Been"
Rihanna
Field 5 – Electronic
5.1 Best Electronic Performance:
"Bangarang"
Skrillex & Sirah
"Silhouettes"
Avicii
"Spectrum"
Zedd & Matthew Koma
"The
City"
Madeon
"Titanium"
David Guetta & Sia
Field 6 – Urban
6.1 Best Hip-Hop Performance:
"212"
Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
"Mercy"
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"No
Lie"
2 Chainz & Drake
"The
Motto"
Drake & Lil Wayne
"Thrift
Shop"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Wanz
6.2 Best R&B Performance:
"Feelin’
Single"
R. Kelly
"Next
To Me"
Emeli Sandé
"Nothing’s
Real But Love"
Rebecca Ferguson
"Take
Care"
Drake & Rihanna
"Thinkin
‘Bout You"
Frank Ocean
6.3 Best Urban Act:
Drake
Emeli
Sandé
Frank
Ocean
Jay-Z
& Kanye West
Jill
Scott
6.4 Best Urban Song:
"Don’t
Mind"
Mary J. Blige, Priscilla Renea & Jerry Duplessis (Mary
J. Blige)
"No
Church In The Wild"
Kanye West, Shawn Carter, Christopher Breaux, Charles
Njapa, Michael Dean, Terius Nash, Gary Wright, Phil Manzanera, James Brown
& Joseph Roach (Jay-Z & Kanye West & Frank Ocean)
"Nothing’s
Real But Love"
Rebecca Ferguson & Eg White (Rebecca Ferguson)
"Take
Care"
Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib, Anthony Palman, James
Smith & Brook Benton (Drake & Rihanna)
"Thinkin’
Bout You"
Christopher Francis Ocean (Frank Ocean)
6.5 Best Urban Album:
"Channel
Orange"
Frank Ocean
Featured Artists: Earl Sweatshirt, John Mayer, André
3000 & Tyler, The Creator
"Heaven"
Rebecca Ferguson
"The
Heist"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Featured Artists: Lyndsey Starr, Ray Dalton, Wanz,
Buffalo Madonna, Mary Lambert, Allen Stone, The Teaching, ScHoolboy Q, Hollis,
Ab-Soul, Evan Roman, Eighty4 Fly & Ben Bridwell
"Life
Is Good"
Nas
Featured Artists: Large Professor, Rick Ross, Mary J.
Blige, Anthony Hamilton, Miguel, Swizz Beatz, Victoria Monet & Amy
Winehouse
"Our
Version Of Events"
Emeli Sandé
Featured Artist: Naughty Boy
Field 7 – Country
7.1 Best Country Performance, Male:
"A
Woman Like You"
Lee Brice
"Drunk
On You"
Luke Bryan
"Fly
Over States"
Jason Aldean
"Springsteen"
Eric Church
"Wanted"
Hunter Hayes
7.2 Best Country Performance, Female:
"American
Heart"
Faith Hill
"Blown
Away"
Carrie Underwood
"Ours"
Taylor Swift
"Over
You"
Miranda Lambert
"Why
Ya Wanna"
Jana Kramer
7.3 Best Country Performance, Duo or Group:
"Angel
Eyes"
Love And Theft
"Even
If It Breaks Your Heart"
Eli Young Band
"(Kissed
You) Good Night"
Gloriana
"Pontoon"
Little Big Town
"Safe
& Sound"
Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars
7.4 Best Country Act:
The
Band Perry
Carrie
Underwood
Hunter
Hayes
Jason
Aldean
Luke
Bryan
7.5 Best Country Album:
"Blown
Away"
Carrie Underwood
"Changed"
Rascal Flatts
"Night
Train"
Jason Aldean
Featured Artists: Luke Bryan & Eric Church
"Tornado"
Little Big Town
"Tuskegee"
Lionel Richie
Featured Artists: Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Darius
Rucker, Little Big Town, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Jennifer Nettles, Tim
McGraw, Shania Twain, Billy Currington, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Jimmy
Buffett & Coral Reefer Band
7.6 Best Country Song:
"Blown
Away"
Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear (Carrie Underwood)
"Even
If It Breaks Your Heart"
Will Hoge & Eric Paslay (Eli Young Band)
"Over
You"
Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton (Miranda Lambert)
"Safe
& Sound"
Taylor Swift, Joy Williams, John Paul White &
T-Bone Burnett (Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars)
"Wanted"
Hunter Hayes & Troy Verges (Hunter Hayes)
Field 8 - Indie/Alternative
8.1 Best Alternative Pop Performance:
"Closer"
Tegan And Sara
"Constant
Conversations"
Passion Pit
"Every
Single Night"
Fiona Apple
"Houdini"
Foster The People
"Never
Let Me Go"
Florence + The Machine
"Ride"
Lana Del Rey
8.2 Best Alternative Rock Performance:
"Black
Treacle"
Arctic Monkeys
"I
Will Wait"
Mumford & Sons
"Little
Talks"
Of Monsters And Men
"Sixteen
Saltlines"
Jack White
"Yet
Again"
Grizzly Bear
8.3 Best Alternative Act:
Arctic
Monkeys
Florence
+ The Machine
Gotye
Jack
White
Lana
Del Rey
8.4 Best Alternative Album:
"Babel"
Mumford & Sons
"Born
To Die"
Lana Del Rey
"Gossamer"
Passion Pit
"Blunderbuss"
Jack White
"My
Head Is An Animal"
Of Monsters And Men
8.5 Best Alternative Song:
"Constant
Conversations"
Michael Angelakos (Passion Pit)
"Every
Single Night"
Fiona Apple (Fiona Apple)
"Myth"
Victoria Legrand (Beach House)
"Never
Let Me Go"
Florence Welch,
Paul Epworth & Tom Hull (Florence + The Machine)
"R
U Mine?"
Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
"Ride"
Lana Del Rey & Justin Parker (Lana Del Rey)
Field 9– Rock
9.1 Best Rock Performance:
"Blood
For Poppies"
Garbage
"Doom
And Gloom"
The Rolling Stones
"Gold
On The Ceiling"
The Black Keys
"Look
Around"
Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Lost
In The Echo"
Linkin Park
"Oh
Love"
Green Day
9.2 Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
"Absolute
Zero"
Stone Sour
"Chalk
Outline"
Three Days Grace
"Higher"
P.O.D.
"Leathers"
Deftones
"Piss"
Pantera
"Days
Go By"
The Offspring
9.3 Best Pop Rock Performance:
"Be
Your Everything"
Boys Like Girls
"Blow
Me (One Last Kiss)"
P!nk
"Everybody
Talks"
Neon Trees
"Some
Nights"
fun.
"What
Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)"
Kelly Clarkson
9.4 Best Adult Contemporary Performance, Rock:
"Charlie
Brown"
Coldplay
"Drive
By"
Train
"Duquesne
Whistle"
Bob Dylan
"We
Take Care Of Our Own"
Bruce Springsteen
"What
Could Have Been Love"
Aerosmith
9.5 Best Rock Act:
The
Black Keys
Bob
Dylan
Green
Day
Neil
Young & Crazy Horse
Stone
Sour
9.6 Best Rock Album:
"House
Of Gold & Bones – Part 1"
Stone Sour
"Koi
No Yokan"
Deftones
"Psychedelic
Pill"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
"Tempest"
Bob Dylan
"Uno!"
Green Day
9.7 Best Rock Song:
"Brendan’s
Death Song"
Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith & Josh
Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
"Bridge
Burning"
Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins, Chris
Shiflett & Pat Smear (Foo Fighters)
"Duquesne
Whistle"
Bob Dylan & Robert Hunter (Bob Dylan)
"Gold
On The Ceiling"
Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney & Brian “Danger
Mouse” Burton(The Black Keys)
"Oh
Love"
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
10. Extra Categories
10.1 Most Addictive Song:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
"Part
Of Me"
Katy Perry
"Starships"
Nicki Minaj
"Where
Have You Been"
Rihanna
10.2 Guilty Pleasure of the Year:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
"Lost
In The Echo"
Linkin Park
"Pound
The Alarm"
Nicki Minaj
"We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift
10.3 Cover Of The Year:
"Come
Together" (originally performed by The Beatles)
Arctic Monkeys
"Empire
State Of Mind" (originally performed by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
Ed Sheeran
"Princess
Of China" (originally performed by Coldplay & Rihanna)
Kelly Clarkson
"Somebody
That I Used To Know" (originally performed by Gotye & Kimbra)
fun. & Hayley Williams
"We
Found Love" (originally performed by Rihanna & Calvin Harris)
Jessie J
10.4 Worst Record of the Year:
"Balada"
Gusttavo
Lima
"Don’t Wake Me Up"
Chris Brown
"Rack
City"
Tyga
"Sorry
For Party Rocking"
LMFAO
"Whistle"
Flo Rida
10.5 Best Live Performance:
"Blown
Away" (Live at 2012’s Billboard Music Awards)
Carrie Underwood
"Express
Yourself/Born This Way" (Live at 2012’s MDNA Tour)
Madonna
"No
Light, No Light" (Live at 2012’s Brit Awards)
Florence + The Machine
"Rolling
In The Deep" (Live at 2012’s Grammy Awards)
Adele
"Stay/We
Found Love" (Live at 2012’s The X-Factor UK Finale)
Rihanna
11. Viewer’s Choice
11.1 Viewer's Choice – Song:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Payphone"
Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
"Somebody
That I Used To Know"
Gotye & Kimbra
"We
Are Young"
fun. & Janelle Monáe
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
11.2 Viewer's Choice - Music Video:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
"Somebody
That I Used To Know"
Gotye & Kimbra
"We
Are Young"
fun. & Janelle Monáe
"We
Found Love"
Rihanna & Calvin Harris
11.3 Viewer’s Choice – Pop Song:
"Call
Me Maybe"
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Die
Young"
Ke$ha
"Payphone"
Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
"We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Taylor Swift
"Wide
Awake"
Katy Perry
11.4 Viewer’s Choice – Urban Song:
"Bad
Girls"
M.I.A.
"Girl
On Fire"
Alicia Keys & Nicki Minaj
"Niggas
In Paris"
Jay-Z & Kanye West
"Take
Care"
Drake & Rihanna
"Thinkin
‘Bout You"
Frank Ocean
11.5 Viewer’s Choice – Dance Song:
"Call
My Name"
Cheryl
"Gangnam
Style"
PSY
"Glad
You Came"
The Wanted
"Girl
Gone Wild"
Madonna
"We
Found Love"
Rihanna & Calvin Harris
11.6 Viewer’s Choice – Country Song:
"Blown
Away"
Carrie Underwood
"Drunk
On You"
Luke Bryan
"Over
You"
Miranda Lambert
"Springsteen"
Eric Church
"Wanted"
Hunter Hayes
11.7 Viewer’s Choice – Alternative Song:
"Ho
Hey"
The Lumineers
"Shake
It Out"
Florence + The Machine
"Somebody
That I Used To Know"
Gotye
& Kimbra
"Video Games"
Lana
Del Rey
"We
Are Young"
Fun. & Janelle Monáe
11.8 Viewer’s Choice – Rock Song:
"Charlie
Brown"
Coldplay
"Lonely
Boy"
The Black Keys
"Lost
In The Echo"
Linkin Park
"Madness"
Muse
"Oh
Love"
Green Day
11. Movies
11.1 Best Movie:
"Hugo"
Directed by Martin Scorsese; Starring Asa Butterfield,
Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helen McCrory, Richard
Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Jude Law &
Chistopher Lee
Countries: United Kingdom, United States & France
"The
Hunger Games"
Directed by Gary Ross; Starring Jennifer Lawrence,
Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson & Liam Hemsworth
Country: United States
"The
Intouchables"
Directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano;
Starring François Cluzet & Omar Sy.
Country: France
"Toutes
Nos Envies"
Directed by Philippe Loret; Starring: Vincent Lindon
& Marie Gillain
Country: France
"Tropicália"
Directed
by Marcelo Machado; Starring Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Rita Lee & Tom Zé
Country:
Brazil
