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Metallica Video Bonanza

Notice all those Metallica videos? The metal legends dropped a ton of new videos yesterday to make sure there was a visual for each and every song on new album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. The rundown is as follows:

Plus the previously unleashed:

PS: New album in stores.

UK MVA Winners 2016

The UK Music Video Awards took place last night at London's Roundhouse, honoring Ninian Doff as Best Director, Massive Attack as Best Video Artist, and granting the Best Video award to Jamie XX "Gosh," directed by Romain Gavras.

In the special categories,, British director Vaughan Arnell was presented with the Icon Award for his 30 years of video work with the likes of Robbie Williams, George Michael, The Spice Girls, All Saints, Olly Murs and James Blunt, and Sony Music UK VP of Creator Miles O'Keefe received the Outstanding Achievement Award.

Read more for a full list of winners.

Camerimage Music Video Nominees

Camerimage has announced the 21 music video selections for their annual Cinematography convention and Film Festival. All these clips will be screened on November 17 on-location in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with winners for Best Music Video and Best Cinematography announced at the closing ceremony.

Details on attending are at: camerimage.pl and read on for this year's line-up of selection in the music video competition...

2016 UK MVA Nominees

UK MVA nominations have been unleashed, with David Bowie, Beyoncé, Radiohead, Massive Attack, OK Go, Coldplay and Jamie xx amongst the acts receiving multiple nods.

Read on for all the nominations, and mark your calenders for Thursday, October 20 when the awards take place at London's Roundhouse. Ticket info is available at ukmva.com.

And the nominees are...

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MTV Hits Becomes NickMusic

MTV and Nickeloden has announced the revamp of video channel MTV Hits into NickMusic, which will continue with a 24/7 music video schedule, but focus on a mix of Top 40 hits, newcomers, and established artists that appeal to kids. N

See below for the press releas, and tune in September 9 for the launch!

NICKELODEON INTRODUCES NICKMUSIC TV CHANNEL,

MUSIC VIDEO DESTINATION FOR KIDS  

2016 MTV VMA Winners

The winner — yes, not plural — for the 2016 MTV VMAs was Beyonce, who got nearly all the awards, had the kind of performance that should have had Kanye walking out during nearly any other segment to let them finish, but remind us all that we may have just see the greatest of all time. 

MTV VMA WINNERS

Video of the Year

Best Female Video

  • Beyoncé “Hold Up" (Jonas Akerlund, Beyonce Knowles Carter, dir.)

Best Male Video

Best Hip Hop Video

Best Pop Video

Best Rock Video

Best New Artist

  • DNCE

Best Electronic Video

Best Collaboration Video

Breakthrough Long Form Video

  • Beyonce "Lemonade"

MTV VMA PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

BEST DIRECTION

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Missed them? Miss them? Go watch the show at MTV.com

First Annual Radar Awards Winners

Winners have been announced for the first ever Radar Music Video Awards, celebrating up-and-coming music video talent. Prizes included web features on VEVO and various websites, plus mentorships at a mix of leading production companies

All the winners can be checked out at this handy playlist, with the list below!

Best Director Girl Band "Paul" Dir: Bob Gallagher 

Best Artist Fakear "Animal" Dir: Antoine Besse   

Art Department / Styling Girl Band "Paul" Dir: Bob Gallagher 

Animation / VFX    De Staat "Witch Doctor" Dir: Studio Smack   

Cinematography / lighting Hammock "In the Middle of this Nowhere" Dir: Seth Fuller    

Concept / Narrative Death From Above 1979 "Virgins" Dir: Eva Michon  

Edit   V V Brown "Lazarus" Dir: Daniel Price    

Live     Lady Leshurr  "Queens Speech 4"  Dir: Wowa

Location / Character Ojay Morgan - Zebra Katz  "BLK Diamond"  Dir: Elvar Gunnarsson  

Radar Commissioned Lea Porcelain "Out Is In Dir: Ethan Graham

Student  Øst  "Skræmmende Tomt" Dir: Emil Øllgaard Vilhelmsen

Dance     Fakear "Animal" Dir: Antoine Besse    

Grime / HipHop Open Mike Eagle "Celebrity Reduction Prayer" Dir: Ryan Calavano

Indie Susanne Sundfør "Accelerate" Dir: Stian Andersen

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2016 UK MVA's October 20 - Entry Deadline Extended to Aug 5

The UK Music Video Awards 2016 are scheduled for October 20, 2016 at London's famed venue The Roundhouse.

Entries have been extended through August 5, accepting submissions at http://www.ukmva.com from music video makers across the globe, and offering them a unique opportunity to gain recognition for their creative work.

Now in its ninth year the UKMVAs 2016 will be honouring the people who create the music videos enjoyed by millions around the world every day – from the blockbusters for the global superstars, to the low budget gems created for up and coming artists. With a range of awards covering different music genres and also various roles in the music video making process – including direction, production, camerawork, animation and post-production.

2016 MTV VMA Nominees

Full 2016 MTV VMA Nominations are below. Visit mtv.com/vma for more info and to vote.

MTV VMA NOMINEES

Video of the Year

Best Female Video

Best Male Video

Best Hip Hop Video

Best Pop Video

Best Rock Video

Best New Artist

  • Bryson Tiller
  • Desiigner
  • DNCE
  • Lukas Graham
  • Zara Larsson

Best Electronic Video

Best Collaboration Video

Breakthrough Long Form Video

  • Beyonce "Lemonade"
  • Chris Brown "Royalty"
  • Florence + The Machine "The Odyssey"
  • Justin Bieber "The Movement"
  • Troye Sivan "Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy"

read more for the professional categories

EXCLUSIVE: 2016 MTV VMA Professional Nominees

MTV VMA Nominations roll out today, but Videostatic again has the exclusive first look at the Professional Categories.

Congrats to all the nominees.  See below for details. Stay tuned for more!

MTV VMA PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

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BEST ART DIRECTION

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

BEST DIRECTION

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The 2016 MTV VMAs are Sunday, August 28 at NYC's legendary Madison Square Garden.

2016 UK MVA's October 20 - Entry Deadline August 2

The UK Music Video Awards 2016 are scheduled for October 20, 2016 at London's famed venue The Roundhouse.

Entries are now open through August 2, accepting submissions at http://www.ukmva.com from music video makers across the globe, and offering them a unique opportunity to gain recognition for their creative work.

Now in its ninth year the UKMVAs 2016 will be honouring the people who create the music videos enjoyed by millions around the world every day – from the blockbusters for the global superstars, to the low budget gems created for up and coming artists. With a range of awards covering different music genres and also various roles in the music video making process – including direction, production, camerawork, animation and post-production.