July 2012

2012 MTV VMA Nominees Announced

Nominations are out for the annual MTV Video Music Awards.  This years slate could have some extra drama since the leading nominees Rihanna and Drake have some history, and there's also a Drake vs Chris Brown rematch in the Best Male category. Expect at least one joke at the awards to involve bottles.

Stay tuned for director credits. See below for the nominee list:

2012 MTV VMAs Nominations:

Video of the Year 

Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"

Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know"

Rihanna, "We Found Love"

Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"

M.I.A., "Bad Girls"

 

Best New Artist 

Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"

Has image overtaken music?

That's a foregone conclusion for readers of this blog.  Perhaps 30 years late to the game, but CNN is running with it as the lead story on their site this morning.  

Key quote: 

"Sell-out" doesn't come up much anymore. Musicians are artists. But they don't need to be starving artists."

Coming on the heels of the news that songwriters and music publishers are now getting a cut of music video sales, it makes for an interesting read.  Check it out here.

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