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2024 Grammy Nominees: Music Video

Congrats to everyone nominated in the Best Music Video category for the 2024 Grammy Awards.

Nominees are:

I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles  | Em Cooper, video director; Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin & Laura Thomas, video producers

In Your Love - Tyler Childers | Bryan Schlam, video director; Kacie Barton, Silas House, Nicholas Robespierre, Ian Thornton & Whitney Wolanin, video producers

What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish | Billie Eilish, video director; Michelle An, Chelsea Dodson & David Moore, video producers

Count Me Out - Kendrick Lamar | Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers

Rush - Troye Sivan | Gordon Von Steiner, video director; Kelly McGee, video producer

The 2024 Grammys will air live on CBS and Paramount+. Visit the Grammy website for full nominees and more info.

2023 MTV VMA Nominees

Nominees have been announced for the annual MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift leads the field with eight nominations, followed by SZA with six noms, and several acts checking in with five nods: Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith.

Voting for most categories is open at vote.mtv.com.

The awards show airs live from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Tuesday, September 12th at 8PM ET/PT across 150+ countries globally. 

Read more for the nominees!

Grammy Awards 2023: Sunday, Feb 5

The 2023 GRAMMYs take place Sunday, Feb. 5, broadcasting live 8 – 11:30pm ET on CBS and on-demand on Paramout+ from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena. The Music Video category shakes out as follows:

  • Adele "Easy On Me" Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan & Nancy Grant, video producers
  • BTS "Yet To Come" Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer
  • Doja Cat "Woman" Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin & Isaac Rice, video producers
  • Kendrick Lamar "The Heart Part 5" Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
  • Harry Styles "As It Was" Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter & Alexa Haywood, video producers
  • Taylor Swift "All Too Well: The Short Film" Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer

Good luck to all the nominees!

Grammy Awards 2023: Music Video Nominations

2023 Grammy Nominations have been announced. The Music Video category is as follows:

  • Adele "Easy On Me" Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan & Nancy Grant, video producers
  • BTS "Yet To Come" Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer
  • Doja Cat "Woman" Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin & Isaac Rice, video producers
  • Kendrick Lamar "The Heart Part 5" Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
  • Harry Styles "As It Was" Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter & Alexa Haywood, video producers
  • Taylor Swift "All Too Well: The Short Film" Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer

Takeoff of Migos, Dead at 28

Tragedy again strikes hip-hop with Migos rapper Takeoff shot to death in Houston, TX, last night, per reports in TMZ and many other news outlets. He was 28. 

Takeoff was currently supporting a joint release with fellow Migos member Quavo, with their most recent video "Messy" just dropping.

2022 UK MVA Winners

Last night's UK Music Video Awards celebrated some of the best videos from all around ther world.

The video for Pharrell’s "Cash In Cash Out" was the most awarded video, nabbing four awards, including the most prestigious prize of all — Video Of The Year — with the video for Little Simz’s "Point & Kill" close behind with three wins. Other winners include Harry Styles, Rosalía, Michael Kiwanuka, Doechii, Sam Fender, and black midi.

On the production side, big winners on the night included Ukranian director Tanu Muino – who won the prize for Best Director for the second year running; Ebeneza Blanche, who directed the Little Simz "Point & Kill" video and won the Best New Director award; and Jules de Chateleux and Division Paris, the producer and the production company, respectively, behind the Pharrell "Cash In Cash Out" video, winning Best Producer and Best Production Company awards..

Read more for a full list of winners, including full credits, and all the special categories.

Congratulations to all the winners and to the UK MVAs!

UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2022 NOMINATIONS

Shortlists for the 2022 edition of UK Music Video Awards have been announced. FKA Twigs leads all nominees with 8 nominations, followed by Black Midi and Little Simz with six apiece. Other multiple nominees include British acts Adele, Arlo Parks, alt-J, black midi, FKA twigs, Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, IDLES, Jeshi, Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware, Little Simz, Loyle Carner, Wet Leg and Yard Act, plus International acts Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, Lil Nas X, Pharrell (ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator), Stromae and Tove Lo. The winners at this year’s UKMVAs will be announced at the awards ceremony at London's Magazine, a new state-of-the-art events venue, on October 27th. Tickets for the awards show at are on sale now at www.ukmva.com. Read more for the full nomination list, or visit the UKMVA's website.

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Remembering Tom Richmond

Videostatic was saddened to learn of the recent passing of cinematographer and video veteran Tom Richmond, who's DP credits range from the cult film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist to the classic Pearl Jam "Jeremy" music video, plus an impactful hand in the founding and development of leading indie label Hopeless Records.

Condolences to his friends, colleagues and family.

2022 MTV VMA Nominees

Nominees are announced and public voting is now open for the 2022 MTV VMA Awards, to be held on Sunday, August 28 at Newark, NJ's Prudential Center. Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Nas X lead this year’s show in nominations, followed closely by Doja Cat and Harry Styles. Voting is open at vma.mtv.com. Read more for the full list of nominees.