MTV Video Music Aid Jepang 2011

**2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan** diadakan di Chiba pada tanggal 25 Juni 2011 di Makuhari Messe. VMAJ adalah puncak dari kampanye MTV Jepang Music of Hope, respon multiplatform saluran ke 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011 penghargaan yang menandai peringatan sepuluh tahun dari MTV Video Music Awards Jepang.

Pada tanggal 1 Mei, pra-acara untuk mempromosikan penghargaan diadakan, mulai jam 4 sore (JST) di Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Pelaku termasuk penyanyi Nishino Kana dan boy band MBLAQ. Selain itu, MTV Jepang menyumbang 10 Yen per vote ke Palang Merah Jepang.

Lady Gaga membuka acara dengan terjebak dalam spider web raksasa untuk penampilannya dari "The Edge of Glory", singel terbaru dari album ketiga *[[Born This Way]]*, kemudian Gaga naik ke atas panggung untuk piano custom-made berbentuk laba-laba yang terinspirasi oleh *[[Maman]]*, sepuluh meter Louise Bourgeois patung yang terletak di Roppongi Hills di Tokyo, dan ia menampilkan "Born This Way".

Para pemenang diumumkan pada 2 Juli pada program khusus. Pemenang besar adalah Lady Gaga dengan tiga penghargaan termasuk Video of the Year.

## Awards
### Video of the Year
* Namie Amuro — "Break It"
* Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg — "California Gurls"
* **[[Lady Gaga]] — "[[Born This Way (lagu)|Born This Way]]"**
* Girls' Generation — "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"
* Hikaru Utada — "Goodbye Happiness"

### Album of the Year
* Eminem — *[[Recovery (album)|Recovery]]*
* Miliyah Kato — *[[Heaven (album)|Heaven]]*
* Linkin Park — *[[A Thousand Suns]]*
* **[[Kana Nishino]] — ''[[To Love (album)|To Love]]***
* [[Yui (singer)|Yui]] — *Holidays in the Sun*

=== Best Male Video ===
* *'Bruno Mars — "Just the Way You Are"**
* [[Kanye West]] featuring [[Pusha T]] — "[[Runaway (lagu)|Runaway]]"
* Saito Kazuyoshi — "Zutto Suki Datta"
* [[Shota Shimizu]] — "You & I"

=== Best Female Video ===
* [[Miliyah Kato]] — "X.O.X.O."
* **Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"**
* [[Rihanna]] — "[[Only Girl (In the World)]]"
* [[Taylor Swift]] — "[[Mine (lagu)|Mine]]"
* [[Yui (singer)|Yui]] — "[[Rain (lagu)|Rain]]"

=== Best Group Video ===
* [[The Black Eyed Peas]] — "[[The Time (Dirty Bit)]]"
* [[Ikimono-gakari]] — "Arigatō"
* [[Linkin Park]] — "[[The Catalyst]]"
* **Girls' Generation — "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)"**
* [[W-inds]] — "Let's Get It On"

=== Best New Artist ===
* [[B.o.B]] featuring [[Bruno Mars]] — "[[Nothin' on You]]"
* **Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris — "Baby"**
* [[Naoto Inti Raymi]] — "Takaramono (Kono Koe ga Naku Naru Made)"
* Sendaime J Soul Brothers — "On Your Mark (Hikari no Kiseki)"
* [[Shinsei Kamattechan]] — "Michinaru Hou e"

=== Best Rock Video ===
* [[Linkin Park]] — "[[The Catalyst]]"
* [[One Ok Rock]] — "Jibun Rock"
* [[Radwimps]] — "[[Dada (lagu)|Dada]]"
* **Tokio Hotel — "Dark Side of the Sun"**
* [[Vampire Weekend]] — "[[Cousins (lagu)|Cousins]]"

=== Best Pop Video ===
* **Ikimono-gakari — "Arigatō"**
* [[Juju (penyanyi)|Juju]] — "[[Kono Yoru o Tomete yo]]"
* [[Katy Perry]] featuring [[Snoop Dogg]] — "[[California Gurls]]"
* [[Kana Nishino]] — "[[Kimi tte]]"
* [[Taylor Swift]] — "[[Mine (lagu)|Mine]]"

=== Best R&B Video ===
* [[Ai (penyanyi)|Ai]] — "Nemurenai Machi"
* [[Miliyah Kato]] — "X.O.X.O."
* [[Ne-Yo]] — "[[Champagne Life]]"
* **Rihanna — "Only Girl (In the World)"**
* [[Usher]] featuring [[will.i.am]] — "[[OMG (lagu)|OMG]]"

=== Best Hip-Hop Video ===
* AK-69 — "Public Enemy"
* **Eminem — "Not Afraid"**
* [[Far East Movement]] featuring [[Cataracs]] dan [[Dev (penyanyi)|Dev]] — "[[Like a G6]]"
* [[Kanye West]] — "[[Power (lagu Kanye West)|Power]]"
* Seeda — "This Is How We Do It"

=== Best Reggae Video ===
* Fire Ball — "Dreamer"
* Han-Kun — "Touch The Sky"
* **Iyaz — "Replay"**
* [[Nas]] and [[Damian Marley]] — "[[As We Enter]]"
* Ryo the Skywalker — "Taiyou Ni Naritai Yo"

=== Best Dance Video ===
* Dorian — "Morning Calling"
* **Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"**
* [[Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.]] featuring [[Q-Tip]] dan [[MNDR]] — "[[Bang Bang Bang]]"
* The Backwoods — "Flying Bugz"
* [[Underworld (grup musik)|Underworld]] — "Always Loved a Film"

=== Best Video from a Film ===
* [[Asian Kung–Fu Generation]] — "[[Solanin (lagu)|Solanin]]" (dari ''[[Solanin]]'')
* **Avril Lavigne — "Alice" (dari *[[Alice in Wonderland (film 2010)|Alice in Wonderland]]*)**
* [[Daft Punk]] — "Derezzed" (dari **')
* Flumpool — "Kimi ni Todoke" (dari *Kimi ni Todoke*)
* Justin Bieber featuring Jaden Smith — "Never Say Never" (dari *[[The Karate Kid (film 2010)|The Karate Kid]]*)

### Best Collaboration
* Ai featuring Namie Amuro — "Fake"
* Brahman/Ego-Wrappin' — "We Are Here"
* **[[Eminem]] featuring [[Rihanna]] — "[[Love the Way You Lie]]"**
* Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg — "California Gurls"
* Nicki Minaj featuring will.i.am — "Check It Out"

### Best Karaokee! Song
* Avril Lavigne — "Alice"
* Ikimono-gakari — "Arigatō"
* Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris — "Baby"
* Kana Nishino — "Kimi tte"
* **[[Girls' Generation]] — "[[Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (lagu)|Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)]]"**

## Live performances
* Lady Gaga — "The Edge of Glory / Born This Way"
* AKB48 — "Beginner / Everyday, Kachūsha / Heavy Rotation"
* Girls' Generation — "The Great Escape / MR. TAXI"
* Shinee — "Replay (Kimi wa Boku no Everything)"
* Monkey Majik— "Mahou no Kotoba"
* One Night Only — "Can You Feel It Tonight"
* Namie Amuro featuring Ai dan Anna Tsuchiya — "Wonder Women"
* Kana Nishino — "Esperanza / Kimi tte"
* Tokio Hotel — "Dark Side of the Sun / Monsoon"
* Exile — "Victory / I Wish For You"

## Guest celebrities
* Ai
* AKB48
* Thelma Aoyama
* Beni
* Yuya Matsushita
* MiChi
* Naoto Inti Raymi
* The Shibuhara Girls
* Anna Tsuchiya
* Verbal
* W-inds

## Referensi

## Pranala luar
* MTV Video Music Awards Japan website