Bowie, Beyonce and Radiohead among UK Music Video Awards nominees

Bowie, Beyonce and Radiohead among UK Music Video Awards nominees

David Bowie, Beyoncé, Radiohead, Massive Attack, OK Go, Coldplay and Jamie xx have each picked up multiple nominations in this year’s UK Music Video Awards, which takes place at the Roundhouse in London on Thursday, October 20.

The most nominated videos at this year’s awards include Massive Attack’s Voodoo In My Blood, directed by Ringan Ledwidge and starring Rosamund Pike; Jamie xx’s Gosh, directed by Romain Gavras; Miike Snow’s Genghis Khan, directed by Ninian Doff; and Hurts’ Lights directed by Dawn Shadforth

Bowie’s Blackstar and Lazarus are both up for Best Rock/Indie Video, while Radiohead have two videos – Burn The Witch and Daydreaming – up for Best Alternative Video. Beyonce’s Formation is among the nominees for Best Urban Video – International.

Hosted once again by BUG frontman Adam Buxton, the awards will shine a spotlight on videos that demonstrate the highest levels of creativity and technical excellence.

UK Music Video Awards editorial director, David Knight, said: “The nominations at this year’s UK Music Video Awards confirm that it’s been a fantastic year for music video creativity, here in the UK and across the world. We’re now in our ninth year, and we can safely say that as the music video has become more important to the music industry over that time, it has reemerged as a focus of creativity and entertainment. The UKMVAs is where the craft, creativity and the love that goes into making music videos is celebrated like nowhere else in the world – in London, the spiritual home of music videos.”  

See below for the full rundown.

Best Pop Video – UK, in association with Rushes

Adele – Hello
Hurts – Lights
JONES – Melt
Laura Mvula ft Nile Rodgers – Overcome
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man in a White World
The 1975 – A Change of Heart

Best Pop Video – International

Christine and The Queens – Tilted
Miike Snow – Genghis KhanMiike Snow – My Trigger
MØ – Kamikaze
OK Go – Upside Down & Inside Out
The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra

Best Pop Video – Newcomer

Casi – Lion
Connie Constance – Lose My Mind
Kloe – Touch
MS MR – Wrong Victory
Skylar Spence – I Can't Be Your Superman
Will Joseph Cook – Take Me Dancing

Best Rock/Indie Video – UK, in association with Locomotion

Bring Me The Horizon – True Friends
Coldplay – Up&Up
David Bowie – Blackstar
David Bowie – Lazarus
PJ Harvey – The Community of Hope
The Kills – Doing It To Death

Best Rock/Indie Video – International

De Staat – Witch Doctor
Hinds – Warts
Radkey – Glore
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better
The Dead Weather – I Feel Love
Wintersleep – Amerika

Best Rock/Indie Video – Newcomer  

Captains – Heavy Metal Works
Girl Band – In Plastic
Honeyblood – Ready For Magic
Small Black – Boy's Life
Tim Aminov ft Pete Josef – One Lone Survivor
Vant – Fly-By Alien

Best Alternative Video – UK

Jamie xx – Gosh
Massive Attack ft Young Fathers – Voodoo In My Blood
Metronomy – Old Skool
Radiohead – Burn The Witch
Radiohead – Daydreaming
Stealing Sheep – Apparition

Best Alternative Video – International

John Grant – Down Here
Klyne – Don’t Stop
The Blaze – Virile
The Shoes ft Blaine Harrison – Submarine
The Shoes ft Dominic Lord – 1960's Horror
Yeasayer – I Am Chemistry

Best Alternative Video – Newcomer

FOXTROTT – Shaky Hands
Holy Fuck – Tom Tom
Jono McCleery – This Idea of Us
Lil Silva ft Kent Jamz – De Ja
Sheep, Dog & Wolf – Breathe
The Shoes – Drifted

Best Dance Video – UK

99 Souls ft Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine
Calvin Harris ft Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
Delta Heavy – White Flag
Disclosure ft Lorde – Magnet
SG Lewis ft Gallant – Holding Back
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck – Wide Open

Best Dance Video – International

Baauer – GoGo!
Breakbot – My Toy
GTA ft Sam Bruno – Red Lips (Skrillex remix)
Kaytranada – Lite Spots
Major Lazer ft Nyla & Fuse ODG- Light It Up (Remix)
Valentino Khan – Deep Down Low

Best Dance Video – Newcomer

Antony & Cleopatra - Love Is A Lonely Dancer
Beardyman – Mountainside
Gabriels – Amethyst
Lone – Backtail Was Heavy
Mura Masa – What If I Go?
Vessels – Are You Trending?

Best Urban Video – UK

Dusky ft Wiley – Sort It Out Sharon
Kano – This Is England
Nao – Bad Blood
Rejjie Snow – Blakkst Skn
Roots Manuva – Crying
Spyro ft Big H, Bossman Birdie & President T – Side By Side

Best Urban Video – International

Beyoncé – Formation
DJ Shadow ft Run The Jewels – Nobody Speak
KCPK – Who Wants It?
Leon Bridges – RiverMykki Blanco ft Woodkid – High School Never Ends
Run The Jewels ft Gangsta Boo – Love Again

Best Urban Video – Newcomer

A.CHAL – Round Whippin'
Dead Players – Drenching
Ichon – Fils de Pute
Jesse James Solomon – YPT
LarzRanda – Lifeguard
Ray BLK – 5050

Best Production Design in a Video

David Bowie – Blackstar
Fergie – M.I.L.F. $
Miike Snow – Genghis Khan
Radiohead – Burn The Witch
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better
The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra

Best Styling in a Video, in association with i-D

Beyoncé – Formation
Hurts – Lights
Jamie xx – Gosh
Metronomy – Old Skool
Mykki Blanco ft Woodkid – High School Never Ends
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better

Best Choreography in a Video

Christine and the Queens – Tilted
Florence + The Machine – Delilah
Massive Attack ft Young Fathers – Voodoo in my Blood
OK Go – Upside Down & Inside Out
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem

Best Cinematography in a Video, in association with Panalux

Holy Fuck – Tom Tom
Hurts – Lights
Jamie xx – Gosh
Miike Snow – Genghis Khan
Nao – Bad Blood
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better

Best Colour Grade in a Video, in association with CHEAT

Jamie xx – Gosh
Miike Snow – Genghis Khan
Tom Odell – Magnetised
Izzy Bizu – Give Me Love
Vince Staples – Lift Me Up
Wild Beasts – Get My Bang

Best Editing in a Video

Hurts – Lights
Leon Bridges – River
Massive Attack ft Young Fathers – Voodoo In My Blood
Run The Jewels ft Gangsta Boo – Love Again
Seafret – Wildfire
The Shoes ft Dominic Lord – 1960's Horror

Best Visual Effects in a Video

Baauer – GoGo!
Cassius – The Missing
Coldplay – Up&Up
Massive Attack ft Young Fathers – Voodoo In My Blood
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck – Wide Open
The Shoes ft Blaine Harrison – Submarine

Best Animation in a Video

De Staat – Witch Doctor
Mr Oizo ft Charli XCX – Hand In The Fire
Radiohead – Burn The Witch
Radkey – Glore
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck – Wide Open
Yeasayer – I Am Chemistry

Best Interactive Video, in association with The Mill

Cassius – The Missing
Mind Enterprises – Chapita
Naïve New Beaters ft Izia – Heal Tomorrow
Netsky – Work It Out
Polar Youth – Searching/The Future of Music
Reeps One – Does Not Exist

Best Live Music Coverage, in association with Procam

Catfish and The Bottlemen – Live at the Brighton Dome
Ed Sheeran – Jumpers For Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium
Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Imagine Dragons: Smoke & Mirrors Live
Rudimental Live Acoustic Session
The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon

Best Music Documentary

Blur: New World Towers
Breaking A Monster
Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Goodnight Brooklyn - The Story of Death By Audio
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

Best New Director, in association with Electric Theatre Collective

Holly Blakey
John Merizalde
Oscar Hudson
Pedro Martin-Calero
Thunderlips
Youth Hymns

Best Director, in association with MPC

CANADA
Hiro Murai
Ian Pons Jewell
Ninian Doff
Sam Pilling
Vincent Haycock

Best Producer, in association with Worldwide Production Agency

Dobi Manolova
Nathan Scherrer
Rachel Rumbold
Roman Pichon Herrera
Sarah Boardman & Rik Green  
Tom Birmingham

Best Commissioner

Elizabeth Doonan
Emily Tedrake
James Hackett
Jane Third
Phil Lee
Sam Seager

Best Video Artist

Beyoncé
Christine and The Queens
Massive Attack
Miike Snow
Radiohead
Years & Years

 

 



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