2010 MuchMusic Video Awards

The 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 20, 2010. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that Miley Cyrus will co-host the show.^[1] The artists with the most nominations are Drake and Hedley with six. For the 1st time since 2001, Fuse televised the MMVAs in the United States.^[2] Hedley and Justin Bieber tied for most wins at the 2010 MMVAs with 3 wins each.

Winners and nominees

Nominees for the People's Choice awards were announced in early May 2010. One "wildcard" nominee was to be chosen in each of these categories (as voted by the Much Music viewers). The complete list of nominees, plus the wildcard pics, were released May 18, 2010.^[3]

Video of the Year

• Hedley — "Perfect"
• Billy Talent — "Devil on My Shoulder"
• Danny Fernandes — "Addicted"
• Nickelback — "I'd Come For You"
• Stereos — "Summer Girl"

Post Production of the Year

• Hedley — "Perfect"
• Classified f. Maestro, Choclair & Moka Only — "Quit While You're Ahead"
• illScarlett f. Kardinal Offishall – "Milkshakes and Razorblades"
• Lights — "Saviour"
• Three Days Grace — "Break"

Cinematographer of the Year

• Trey Songz & Drake – "Successful"
• Alexisonfire – "The Northern"
• Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"
• Danny Fernandes – "Never Again"
• Hedley – "Perfect"

Director of the Year

• Billy Talent – "Saint Veronika" Director: Michael Maxxis
• Classified – "Oh Canada" Director: Cazhmere
• Hedley – "Perfect" Director: Kyle Davison
• k-os f. Saukrates – "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman" Director: X
• Shawn Desman – "Shiver" Director: RT!

Pop Video of the Year

• Hedley – "Cha-Ching"
• Down With Webster – "Your Man"
• Faber Drive – "G-Get Up and Dance"
• Marianas Trench – "Celebrity Status"
• Stereos – "Summer Girl"

MuchLOUD Rock Video of the Year

• Billy Talent – "Devil On My Shoulder"
• Alexisonfire – "Young Cardinals"
• Die Mannequin – "Bad Medicine"
• Nickelback – "I’d Come For You"
• Three Days Grace – "Break"

MuchVIBE Hip Hop Video of the Year

• Trey Songz & Drake – "Successful"
• Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"
• Classified – "Oh Canada"
• k-os f. Saukrates – "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman"
• Kardinal Offishall f. Riley – "We Gon Go"

VideoFACT Indie Video of the Year

• Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"
• Alexisonfire – "Young Cardinals"
• Arkells – "Pullin’ Punches"
• Metric – "Gold Guns Girls"
• Ten Second Epic f. Lights – "Every Day"

International Video of the Year - Artist

• Miley Cyrus – "Party in the U.S.A."
• Adam Lambert – "Whataya Want from Me"
• Eminem – "Beautiful"
• Jason Derulo – "Whatcha Say"
• Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – "Empire State of Mind"
• Katy Perry – "Waking Up in Vegas"
• Ke$ha – "Tik Tok"
• Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé – "Telephone"
• Rihanna – "Rude Boy"
• Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"

International Video of the Year - Group

• Jonas Brothers – "Paranoid"
• 3OH!3 f. Katy Perry – "Starstrukk"
• Cobra Starship f. Leighton Meester – "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Gorillaz – "Stylo"
• Green Day – "21 Guns"
• Kings Of Leon – "Notion"
• MGMT – "Flash Delirium"
• The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling"
• Tokio Hotel – "Automatic"
• Young Money – "BedRock"

International Video of the Year by a Canadian

• Justin Bieber – "One Time"
• Avril Lavigne – "Alice"
• Drake – "Over"
• Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – "Forever"
• Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris – "Baby"

MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video

Young Artists for Haiti - Wavin' Flag

UR Fave: Video

• Justin Bieber f. Ludacris — "Baby"
• Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem — "Forever"
• Hedley — "Perfect"
• Marianas Trench — "Celebrity Status"
• WILDCARD: Avril Lavigne - "Alice"

UR Fave: International Video

• Adam Lambert — "Whataya Want From Me"
• Ke$ha — "TiK ToK"
• Lady Gaga f. Beyonce — "Telephone"
• Miley Cyrus — "Party in the U.S.A."
• WILDCARD: Taylor Swift — "You Belong With Me"

UR Fave: New Artist

• Justin Bieber f. Ludacris — "Baby"
• Down With Webster — "Rich Girl$"
• Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem — "Forever"
• Stereos — "Summer Girl"
• WILDCARD: Carly Rae Jepsen — "Bucket"

Performances

The following performances are in chronological order.

• Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A. (Parking Lot Stage)
• Down With Webster - Your Man (Parking Lot Stage)
• Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me (John St. Stage)
• Marianas Trench - Celebrity Status (Rooftop Stage)
• Kesha - Tik Tok (Parking Lot Stage)
• Hedley - "Perfect" (John St. Stage)
• Katy Perry - California Gurls (Parking Lot Stage)
• Drake - Over (John St. Stage)
• Justin Bieber - "Somebody to Love" and "Baby" medley (Parking Lot Stage)
• Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed (Parking Lot Stage)

Appearances

• Leah Miller and Blake McGrath
• Charlotte Arnold
• Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Xavier Samuel
• Miranda Cosgrove
• Whitney Port
• Shailene Woodley, Daren Kagasoff and Megan Park
• Emily Osment
• Snooki and Pauly D
• Nina Dobrev
• Kristin Cavallari
• Perez Hilton
• Lights
• Faber Drive
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Girlicious
• Cobra Starship
• Karl Wolf
• Three Days Grace
• Bedouin Soundclash
• JLS
• Shenae Grimes
• Jonathan Toews
• Marianas Trench
• Miley Cyrus
• Carlos Alvarez

References

External links

• Official website