2009 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees

MTV has unveiled the nominations for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Beyoncé and Lady Gaga lead the way with nine nods a piece, following them is Britney Spears with seven, and Kanye West and Eminem are facing off in the same four categories.

All three ladies will compete for the honor of video of the year, with Beyonce earning a bid for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," Lady Gaga for "Poker Face" and Britney Spears for "Womanizer."

They square off against rappers Kanye West with "Love Lockdown" and Eminem for "We Made You" in the video of the year race. Honors will be given out at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 13 in a show hosted by British prankster Russell Brand.

The annual awards are one of the cable TV channel's most-watched programs, as much for the celebrity antics and performances as the awards themselves.

Spears is currently on tour and her video for the song "Circus" was nominated for best choreography.

New Yorker Lady Gaga's 2008 debut album, "The Fame," included the hit single "Just Dance" and was among the top five CDs in countries including the United States, Britain and Germany.

"Poker Face" earned Lady Gaga not only a video of the year nomination but also a nod for best female video, a category that pits her against Katy Perry with "Hot N Cold," Beyonce with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Kelly Clarkson with "My Life Would Suck Without You," Taylor Swift with "You Belong With Me" and Pink with "So What."

Eminem ("We Made You") and Kanye West ("Love Lockdown") will square off in the best male video category against hip hop star Jay-Z with "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," rapper T.I. (featuring Rihanna) with his "Live Your Life" and Ne-Yo with "Miss Independent."

A complete list of nominees follows:

Video of the Year
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
» Eminem “We Made You”
» Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
» Britney Spears “Womanizer”

Best New Artist
» Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
» Drake “Best I Ever Had”
» 3HO!3 “Don’t Trust Me”
» Kid Cudi “Day ‘N Nite”
» Asher Roth “I love College”

Best Male Video
» Eminem “We Made You”
» Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
» Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
» TI f/Rihanna “Live Your Life”
» Jay-Z “D.O.A.”

Best Female Video
» Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Katy Perry “Hot N Cold”
» Kelly Clarkson “My Life would suck without you”
» Taylor Swift “You Belong With Me”
» Pink “So What”

Best Hip-Hop Video
» Eminem “We Made You”
» Flo Rida “Right Round”
» Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
» Asher Roth “I Love College”
» Jay-Z “D.O.A.”

Best Pop Video
» Britney Spears “Womanizer”
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
» Wisin Y Yandel “Abusadora”
» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) “Goodgirls Go Bad”

Best Rock Video
» Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
» Paramore “Decode”
» Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”
» Green Day “21 Guns”
» Fall Out Boy “I Don’t Care”

Breakthrough Video
» Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll”
» Matt & Kim “Lessons Learned”
» Passion Pit- “The Reeling”
» Bat for Lashes “Daniel”
» Anjulie “Boom”
» Cold War Kids “I’ve Seen Enough”
» Death Cab for Cutie “Grapevine Fires”
» Gnarls Barkley “Who’s gonna save my soul”
» Chairlift “Evident Utensil”
» Major Lazer “Hold the Line”

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)
» David Lee Roth “California Girls”
» Foo Fighters “Everlong”
» U2 “Streets Have No Name”
» George Michael “Freedom”
» Ok Go “Here It Goes Again”
» Tom Petty “Into The Great Wide Open”
» Dre “Nothing But A ‘G’ Thang”
» Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
» Bjork “Human Behavior”
» Radiohead “Karma Police”

Best Choreography
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Kristinia DeBarge “Goodbye”
» Britney Spears “Circus”
» Ciara f/Justin Timberlake “Love Sex Magic”
» A.R. Rahman & PCD f/Nicole Schweisinger “Jai Ho!”

Best Direction
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears “Circus”
» Cobra Starship f/Leighton Meester “Goodgirls Go Bad”
» Green Day “21 Guns”

Best Editing
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears “Circus”
» Miley Cyrus “7 Things”
» Coldplay “Viva La Vida”

Best Special Effects
» Gnarls Barkley “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
» Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Eminem “We Made You”
» Kanye West (featuring Mr. Hudson) “Paranoid”

Best Cinematography
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
» Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears “Circus”
» Green Day “21 Guns”
» Coldplay “Viva La Vida”

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2009 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees