Best New Artist
» Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
» Drake, "Best I Ever Had"
» 3OH!3, "Don't Trust Me"
» Kid Cudi, "Day 'N' Nite"
» Asher Roth, "I Love College"
 

Best Male Video
» Eminem, "We Made You"
» Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent"
» Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"
» T.I. (featuring Rihanna), "Live Your Life"
» Jay-Z, "D.O.A."
 

Best Female Video
» Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Katy Perry, "Hot N Cold"
» Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
» Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me"
» Pink, "So What"
 

Best Hip-Hop Video
» Eminem, "We Made You"
» Flo Rida, "Right Round"
» Kanye West, "Love Lockdown"
» Asher Roth, "I Love College"
» Jay-Z, "D.O.A."

 

Best Pop Video
» Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
» Wisin y Yandel, "Abusadora"
» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), "Good Girls Go Bad"
 

Best Rock Video
» Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
» Paramore, "Decode"
» Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody"
» Green Day, "21 Guns"
» Fall Out Boy, "I Don't Care"
 

Breakthrough Video
» Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll"
» Matt and Kim, "Lessons Learned"
» Passion Pit, "The Reeling"
» Bat for Lashes, "Daniel"
» Anjulie, "Boom"
» Cold War Kids, "I've Seen Enough"
» Death Cab for Cutie, "Grapevine Fires" 
» Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
» Chairlift, "Evident Utensil"
» Major Lazer, "Hold the Line"
 

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)
» David Lee Roth, "California Girls"
» Foo Fighters, "Everlong"
» U2, "Streets Have No Name"
» George Michael, "Freedom"
» OK Go, "Here It Goes Again"
» Tom Petty, "Into the Great Wide Open"
» Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Dogg), "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"
» Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
» Björk, "Human Behavior"
» Radiohead, "Karma Police"
 

Best Choreography
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Kristinia DeBarge, "Goodbye"
» Britney Spears, "Circus"
» Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Love Sex Magic"
» A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger), "Jai Ho!"
 

Best Direction
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
» Britney Spears, "Circus"
» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), "Good Girls Go Bad"
» Green Day, "21 Guns"
 

Best Editing
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
» Britney Spears, "Circus"
» Miley Cyrus, "7 Things"
» Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
 

Best Special Effects
» Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
» Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Eminem, "We Made You"
» Kanye West (featuring Mr. Hudson), "Paranoid"
 

Best Cinematography
» Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
» Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
» Britney Spears, "Circus"
» Green Day, "21 Guns"
» Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"
 

Art Direction
» Beyonce "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"<
» Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"
» Britney Spears, "Circus"
» Gnarls Barkley, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
» Coldplay, "Viva la Vida"