Remember..these are VIDEO awards. Not songs. Though the voters forget that most of the time. Anyway...I've put in BOLD the videos I think should win; and in ITALICS the ones I think will win. Feel free to add your choices! !!!


The VMAs will air live on MTV from Miami on Aug. 29.

Here's a rundown of all the nominees:

Video of the Year: OutKast, "Hey Ya! Britney Spears , "Toxic" Jay-Z, "99 Problems" Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah" D12, "My Band"

Best Male Video: Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah" Justin Timberlake , "Senorita" Prince, "Musicology" Jay-Z, "99 Problems" Kanye West with Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down"

Best Female Video: Britney Spears, "Toxic" Beyonce "Naughty" Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You" Christina Aguilera , "The Voice Within" Jessica Simpson, "With You"

Best Group Video: No Doubt, "It's My Life" Hoobastank, "The Reason" Good Charlotte, "Hold On" D12 "My Band" Maroon 5, "This Love"

Best Rap Video: Jay-Z, "99 Problems" D12, "My Band" Ludacris, "Stand Up" 50 Cent featuring Snoop Dogg & G-Unit, "P.I.M.P. Remix" Lil Jon & The East Side Boys featuring Ying Yang Twins, "Get Low"

Best Dance Video Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah" Beyonc, "Naughty Girl" Missy Elliot, "I'm Really Hot" Black Eyed Peas, "Hey Mama" Britney Spears, "Toxic"

Best R&B Video: Usher, "Burn" Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You" Brandy featuring Kanye West, "Talk About Our Lov" R. Kelly, "Step in the Name of Love" Beyonce, "Me, Myself and I"

Best Hip-Hop Video: OutKast, "Hey Ya," Kanye West with Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down" Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, "Holidae In" Black Eyed Peas, "Hey Mama" Nely with P. Diddy and Murphy Lee, "Shake Ya Tailfeather"

Best Rock Video: Jet, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" The Darkness, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Hoobastank, "The Reason" Linkin Park, "Breaking the Habit" Evanescence, "My Immortal"

Best Pop Video: Britney Spears, "Toxic" Jessica Simpson, "With You" Hilary Duff, "Come Clean" Avril Lavigne , "Don't Tell Me" No Doubt, "It's My Life"

Best New Artist in a Video: Jet, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" JoJo, "Leave (Get Out)" Yellowcard, "Ocean Avenue" Maroon 5, "This Love" Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down" The Darkness, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"

MTV2 Award: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Maps" Yellowcard, "Ocean Avenue" Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out" Elephant Man, "Pon De River" Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx , "Slow Jamz" all crap!

Breakthrough Video: Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out" Kayne West featuring Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down" White Stripes, "The Hardest Button to Button" Modest Mouse, "Float On" New Found Glory, "All Downhill from Here" Steriogram, "Walkie Talkie Man" anyone but Modest Mouse

Here's mine:

Video of the Year: OutKast, "Hey Ya! (such a creative video; love the many Andres)

Best Male Video: Prince, "Musicology" (just because his was different from the norm and I loves that man. )

Best Female Video: Britney Spears, "Toxic" or Christina Aguilera , "The Voice Within" (If Britney doesn't win at least one this year, she'll really be considered a joke. She's nothing but a video artist anyway; but she hasn't won a single VMA since her non-deserving career was established. Let's face it, without the music videos, she wouldn't have a career, so, she has no choice; her videos have to be good. I really want Christina to win, because her video wasn't too much and it went great with the song.)

Best Group Video: No Doubt, "It's My Life" (awesome video and good re-make)

Best Rap Video: Ludacris, "Stand Up" (Ludacris always has interesting, creative videos. He should win just for having the big animated afro in this video)

Best Dance Video: Missy Elliot, "I'm Really Hot" (I like the Chinese fighting in this video. But, Missy always makes creative, mind-blowing videos)

Best R&B Video: Usher, "Burn" or Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You" ("Burn" was actually a very creative video. I like the part where the girl jumped into the pool and it caught fire. I like the Alicia Keys video only because Method Man is in it.)

Best Hip-Hop Video: OutKast, "Hey Ya," or Kanye West with Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down" (I like how the Kanye had the video filmed from his eye view. I like the metal detector part.)

Best Rock Video: The Darkness, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
(This video has to be the most interesting, mind-boggling video on the VMAs. Very Creative.)

Best Pop Video: No Doubt, "It's My Life"

Best New Artist in a Video: Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down" or The Darkness, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"

MTV2 Award: Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx , "Slow Jamz"
(Only song I liked out of the other contenders)

Breakthrough Video: Kayne West featuring Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down"

It's not hard to tell who will win. Whoever has constant video play and is almost always on TRL will win something or whoever's label pays the most money to the network. That's how MTV works. So, Beyonce, Usher, Britney, Kanye, D12, OutKast, and Jay-Z will most likely be the big winners this year.
[This message was edited Tue Jul 27 23:06:34 2004 by estelle1981]

anyone know who's performing?

I predict Usher will sweep the awards. It's his year (unfortunately) but I guess it could be worse.....alot worse. He lost me when his head inflated to the size of Jupiter.

My choices that I would like to see win...

VIDEO OF THE YEAR-Britney...not a fan but video was hot!
MALE-Obvious
FEMALE-Alicia or Beyonce
GROUP-No Doubt all the way!
RAP-Dont care...not a fan of rap...but if I had to choose...Jigga
DANCE-Ok..I do love Missy!
R&B-Alicia
HIP HOP-Black Eyed Peas
ROCK-Jet
POP-No Doubt
NEW ARTIST-Jet
MTV2-Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

Funny, I didn't know Mtv still played videos.

I want these people to win...(even though I think the MTV Awards have become completely valueless)

The VMAs will air live on MTV from Miami on Aug. 29.

Here's a rundown of all the nominees:

Video of the Year: OutKast, "Hey Ya!

Best Male Video: Prince, "Musicology"

Best Female Video: Beyonce "Naughty Girl"

Best Group Video: No Doubt, "It's My Life"

Best Rap Video: Ludacris, "Stand Up"

Best Dance Video: Black Eyed Peas, "Hey Mama"

Best R&B Video: Brandy featuring Kanye West, "Talk About Our Love"

Best Hip-Hop Video: Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, "Holidae In"

Best Rock Video: NONE OF THEM VIDEOS.

Best Pop Video: No Doubt, "It's My Life"

Best New Artist in a Video: Maroon 5, "This Love"

MTV2 Award: Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out" (The video sucks, but I love the song.)

Breakthrough Video: NONE OF THEM VIDEOS.