MTV VMA 2009 winners: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was held last September 13 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. The event had been broadcast live on MTV from 8 p.m. onwards. It was a starry night, as the who’s who of the music industry turned up at the event, making it a night to remember for the whole year.
The night showcased brilliant performances by such biggies of the entertainment world as Beyonce, Green Day, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z and a host of such others. A touching moment in the show arose at the time when Janet Jackson came up on stage to pay a starry tribute to her late brother, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The Queen of Pop, Madonna, too paid a teary homage to the late star.
Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga topped this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
2009 MTV VMA Nominees & Winners:
Video of the Year
Winner:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies”
Nominees:
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Eminem, “We Made You”
Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
Best Female Video
Winner:
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
Nominees:
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Beyonce, “Single Ladies”
Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”
Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Pink, “So What”
Best Male Video
Winner:
T.I. featuring Rihanna, “Live Your Life”
Nominees:
Eminem, “We Made You”
Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”
Best Pop Video
Winner:
Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
Nominees:
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Beyonce, “Single Ladies”
Cobra Starship, “Good Girls Go Bad”
Wisin Y Yandel, “Abusadora”
Best New Artist
Winner:
Lady Gaga
Nominees:
Drake
Kid Cudi
Asher Roth
3OH!3
Best Rock Video
Winner:
Green Day, “21 Guns”
Nominees:
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida”
Fall Out Boy, “I Don’t Care”
Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Paramore, “Decode”
Best Hip Hop Video
Winner:
Eminem, “We Made You”
Nominees:
Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Asher Roth, “I Love College”
Flo Rida, “Right Round”
Best Breakthrough Video
Winner:
Matt & Kim: “Lessons Learned”
Nominees:
Death Cab For Cutie: “Grapevine Fires”
Gnarls Barkley: “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
Anjulie: “Boom”
Cold War Kids: “I’ve Seen Enough”
Chairlift: “Evident Utensil”
Bat For Lashes: “Daniel
Major Lazer: “Hold The Line”
Passion Pit: “The Reeling”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Heads Will Roll”
Best Video That Should Have Won A Moonman
Winner:
Beastie Boys, “Sabotage”
Nominees:
Bjork, “Human Nature”
David Lee Roth, “ California Girls”
Dr. Dre, “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
Foo Fighters, “Everlong”
George Michael, “Freedom”
OK Go, “Here It Goes Again”
Radiohead, “Karma Police”
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “Into the Great Wide Open”
U2, “Where The Streets Have No Name”