Video of the
Year
Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
Drake — "Hotline Bling"
Kanye West — "Famous"
Should win: “Formation”
Will win: “Sorry”
Best Male
Video
Drake — "Hotline Bling"
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna)
— "This Is What You Came For"
Bryson Tiller — "Don't"
Kanye West — "Famous"
Should win: “Hotline
Bling”
Will win: “Hotline
Bling”
Best Female
Video
Sia — "Cheap Thrills"
Should win: “Hold
Up”
Will win: “Work”
Best New
Artist
Should win: DNCE
Will win: DNCE
Best Pop Video
Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
Should win: “Sorry”
Will win: “Sorry”
Best
Collaboration Video
Beyoncé (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
— "Freedom"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
— "Work from Home"
Ariana Grande (featuring Lil Wayne)
— "Let Me Love You"
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna)
— "This Is What You Came For"
Should win: “Work”
Will win: “Work”
Breakthrough
Long Form Video
Should win: Lemonade
Will win:
Lemonade
Best Direction
Adele — "Hello"
(Director: Xavier Dolan)
Beyoncé — "Formation"
(Director: Melina Matsoukas)
David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Director: Johan Renck)
Coldplay — "Up&Up"
(Directors: Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia)
Tame Impala — "The Less I Know the Better" (Director: Canada)
Should win: “Lazarus”
Will win: “Formation”
Best Choreography
Beyoncé —
"Sorry" (Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana
Foglia, Anthony Burrell & Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
Missy Elliott (featuring Pharrell)
— "WTF (Where They From)" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
FKA Twigs — M3LL155X (Choreographer: Aaron Sillis,
Benjamin Milan, Kenrick Sandy and FKA Twigs)
Florence + The Machine — "Delilah" (Choreographer: Holly Blakey)
Should win: “Formation”
Will win: “Formation”
Best Visual
Effects
Adele — "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" (Visual Effects:
Jonathan Box and MPC)
Coldplay — "Up&Up"
(Visual Effects: Vania Heymann and GloriaFX)
The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face" (Visual Effects: Louis Mackall and
T.J. Burke)
Zayn — "Pillowtalk"
(Visual Effects: David Smith)
Should win: “Pillowtalk”
Will win: “Send
My Love (To Your New Lover)”
Best Art
Direction
David Bowie — "Blackstar"
(Art Director: Jan Houllevigue)
Drake — "Hotline Bling"
(Art Director: Jeremy MacFarlane)
Fergie — "M.I.L.F. $"
(Art Director: Alexander Delgado)
Should win: “Hotline
Bling”
Will win: “Hotline
Bling”
Best Editing
Adele — "Hello"
(Editor: Xavier Dolan)
David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
Fergie — "M.I.L.F. $"
(Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
Ariana Grande — "Into You" (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis)
Should win: “Into
You”
Will win: “Formation”
Best
Cinematography
Adele — "Hello"
(Director of Photography: André Turpin)
Alesso — "I
Wanna Know" (Director of Photography: Corey Jennings)
Beyoncé — "Formation"
(Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed)
David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Director of Photography: Crille Forsberg)
Ariana Grande — "Into You" (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)
Should win: “Into
You”
Will win: “Hello”
Song of Summer
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey)
— "Closer"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap)
— "All in My Head (Flex)"
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna)
— "This Is What You Came For"
Nick Jonas (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
— "Bacon"
Kent Jones — "Don't Mind"
Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber
and MØ) —
"Cold Water"
Sia — "Cheap Thrills"
Should win: “Can’t
Stop the Feeling!”
Will win: “Cold
Water”
