2009 mtv video music awards bertempat di september 13, 2009, di radio city music hall di new york city, memberi penghargaan kepada video musik terbaik dari 19 juni, 2008, sampai 19 juni, 2009.
komedian russell brand memimpin acara untuk kedua kalinya berturut-turut.
pengahragaan diadakan setelah beberapa bulan kematian michael jackson.
vmas mendedikasikan malam itu kepada jackson dengan sebuah retro-music video montage sebagai tribut.
madonna membuka acara dengan berbicara tentang jackson.
janet jackson tampil di vmas untuk membayar tribut kepada saudara laki-lakinya dan menghonor kariernya.
pada akhir acara, mereka menampilkan trailer michael jackson's this is it. janet jackson to pay tribute to michael at the vmas.
retrieved on sep 8, 2009.
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video of the year
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)"
eminem  "we made you"
lady gaga  "poker face"
britney spears  "womanizer"
kanye west  "love lockdown"
best male video
eminem  "we made you"
jay-z  "d.o.a. (death of auto-tune)"
ne-yo  "miss independent"
t.i. (featuring rihanna)  "live your life"
kanye west  "love lockdown"
best female video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)"
kelly clarkson  "my life would suck without you"
lady gaga  "poker face"
katy perry  "hot n cold"
pink  "so what"
taylor swift  "you belong with me"
best new artist
3oh!3  "don't trust me"
drake  "best i ever had"
kid cudi  "day 'n' nite"
lady gaga  "poker face"
asher roth  "i love college"
best pop video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)"
cobra starship (featuring leighton meester)  "good girls go bad"
lady gaga  "poker face"
britney spears  "womanizer"
yandel  "abusadora"
best rock video
coldplay  "viva la vida"
fall out boy  "i don't care"
green day  "21 guns"
kings of leon  "use somebody"
paramore  "decode"
best hip-hop video
eminem  "we made you"
flo rida (featuring kesha)  "right round"
jay-z  "d.o.a. (death of auto-tune)"
asher roth  "i love college"
kanye west  "love lockdown"
anjulie  "boom"
bat for lashes  "daniel"
chairlift  "evident utensil"
cold war kids  "i've seen enough"
death cab for cutie  "grapevine fires"
gnarls barkley  "who's gonna save my soul"
major lazer  "hold the line"
kim  "lessons learned"
passion pit  "the reeling"
yeah yeah yeahs  "heads will roll"
best direction in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (director: jake nava)
cobra starship (featuring leighton meester)  "good girls go bad" (director: kai regan)
green day  "21 guns" (director: marc webb)
lady gaga  "paparazzi" (director: jonas kerlund)
britney spears  "circus" (director: francis lawrence)
best choreography in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (choreographers: frank gatson and jaquel knight)
ciara (featuring justin timberlake)  "love sex magic" (choreographers: jamaica craft and "marty")
kristinia debarge  "goodbye" (choreographer: jamaica craft)
a.r. rahman and the pussycat dolls (featuring nicole scherzinger)  "jai ho! (you are my destiny)" (choreographers: robin antin and mikey minden)
britney spears  "circus" (choreographer: andre fuentes)
best special effects in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (special effects: vfx effects and louis mackall v)
eminem  "we made you" (special effects: ingenuity engine)
gnarls barkley  "who's gonna save my soul" (special effects: gradient effects and image metrics)
lady gaga  "paparazzi" (special effects: chimney pot)
kanye west (featuring mr hudson)  "paranoid" (special effects: wizardflex and ghost town media)
best art direction in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (art director: niamh byrne)
coldplay  "viva la vida" (art director: gregory de maria)
gnarls barkley  "who's gonna save my soul" (art director: zach matthews)
lady gaga  "paparazzi" (art director: jason hamilton)
britney spears  "circus" (art directors: laura fox and charles varga)
best editing in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (editor: jarrett fijal)
coldplay  "viva la vida" (editor: hype williams)
miley cyrus  "7 things" (editor: jarrett fijal)
lady gaga  "paparazzi" (editors: danny tull and jonas kerlund)
britney spears  "circus" (editor: jarrett fijal)
best cinematography in a video
beyonc  "single ladies (put a ring on it)" (director of photography: jim fealy)
coldplay  "viva la vida" (director of photography: john perez)
green day  "21 guns" (director of photography: jonathan sela)
lady gaga  "paparazzi" (director of photography: eric broms)
britney spears  "circus" (director of photography: thomas kloss)
best video (that should have won a moonman)
beastie boys  "sabotage"
bjrk  "human behaviour"
dr. dre  "nuthin' but a "g" thang"
foo fighters  "everlong"
george michael  "freedom!
ok go  "here it goes again"
tom petty and the heartbreakers  "into the great wide open"
radiohead  "karma police"
david lee roth  "california girls"
u2  "where the streets have no name"
best performance in a pepsi rock band video
blaq star  "shining star"
nerds in disguise  "my own worst enemy"
one (wo)man band  "bad reputation"
the sleezy treezy  "here it goes again"
synopsis  "the kill"
best breakout artist awards
new york city bay area atlanta chicago boston philadelphia washington, dc los angeles
of over 190 entries
time warner cable and mtv2
the new up
picture me broken
of 129 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout bay area artist
rantings of eva
of over 150 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout atlanta artist
of over 150 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout chicago artist
air traffic controller
of over 150 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout boston artist
of over 150 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout philly artist
of over 170 entries
comcast and mtv2 mtv vma best breakout dc artist
la banda skalavera
no way jose
south central skankers
of 116 entries
time warner cable and mtv tr3s mtv tr3s best breakout la artist
janet jackson with this is it back-up dancers  tribute to michael jackson featuring "thriller", "bad", "smooth criminal", and "scream"
katy perry and joe perry  "we will rock you"
taylor swift  "you belong with me"
30h!3  "don't trust me"
lady gaga  "poker face" intro/"paparazzi"
green day  "east jesus nowhere"
beyonc  "sweet dreams" intro/"single ladies (put a ring on it)"
muse  "uprising"
the all-american rejects  "gives you hell"
kid cudi  "remembering dj am"
pink  "sober"
alicia keys  "empire state of mind"
buzz aldrin  presented breakthrough video
sway calloway  presented best video (that should have won a moonman)
madonna  opened the show and paid tribute to michael jackson
shakira and taylor lautner  presented best female video
jack black and leighton meester  presented best rock video
miranda cosgrove and justin bieber  introduced taylor swift
pete wentz and gabe saporta  introduced lady gaga
nelly furtado and kristin cavallari  presented best pop video
megan fox and adam brody  introduced green day
robert pattinson, kristen stewart and taylor lautner  introduced an exclusive new moon sneak peek preview
chace crawford and ne-yo  introduced beyonc
diddy and jamie-lynn sigler  presented best male video
gerard butler and alexa chung  introduced muse
jennifer lopez  presented best hip-hop video
eminem and tracy morgan  presented best new artist
serena williams  introduced pink
jimmy fallon and andy samberg  presented video of the year
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