YouTube Music Awards 2013 Nominees, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Macklemore, Katy Perry & Many More
YouTube announced the nominees for its first Music Awards on Monday.
The online video company grouped the awards in six categories, including Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Response of the Year, YouTube Phenomenon, YouTube Breakthrough and Innovation of the Year. The nominees were chosen based on the amount of views they accumulated over the past 12 months. And, viewers are the ones who get to select the winner.
The show will be hosted by actor Jason Schwartzman, directed by Spike Jonez and set for a live webcast from New York City's Pier 36 on Nov. 3. Guest performances will also include Eminem, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Avicii and M.I.A.
YouTube Music Awards Nominations:
Video of the Year: Nominees represent the most fan engaged clips.
- Epic Rap Battles Of History - Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
- Demi Lovato - Heart Attack
- Girls' Generation - I Got A Boy
- Justin Bieber (featuring Nicki Minaj) - Beauty And A Beat
- Lady Gaga - Applause
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert) - Same Love
- Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
- One Direction - Best Song Ever
- PSY - Gentleman
- Selena Gomez - Come & Get It
Artist of the Year: Nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed to artists.
- Eminem
- Epic Rap Battles of History
- Justin Bieber
- Katy Perry
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Nicki Minaj
- One Direction
- PSY
- Rihanna
- Taylor Swift
Response of the Year: Best fan remix or parody video.
- Boyce Avenue (featuring Fifth Harmony) - Mirrors
- Jayesslee - Gangnam Style
- Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix - Radioactive
- ThePianoGuys - Titanium / Pavane
- Walk Off the Earth (featuring KRNFX) - I Knew You Were Trouble
YouTube Phenomenon: Songs that generated the most fan-made videos.
- Diamonds
- Gangnam Style
- Harlem Shake
- I Knew You Were Trouble
- Thrift Shop
YouTube Breakthrough: Focused on breakout acts with the biggest growth in views and subscribers.
- Kendrick Lamar
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Naughty Boy
- Passenger
- Rudimental
Innovation of the Year: Most creative videos on YouTube.
- Anamanaguchi - Endless Fantasy
- Atoms For Peace - Ingenue
- Bat For Lashes - Lilies
- DeStorm - See Me Standing
- Toro Y Moi - Say That