Sunday, August 25, 2013

2013 MTV VMA Predictions

The 30th annual MTV Video Music Awards is tonight, in Brooklyn, New York; damn, I wish I was going.

Whose going home with a moon man? Plenty of people will, and plenty of them will leave with more than just one. But which artists will leave with a moon man? I don't have a magic ball, but I have a -- sorta -- ball in my head that can predict some winners :D

Now before I start my predictions, when you think of music awards shows, you think the best "song" wins -- not the case for the VMAs. It's the best video. Not the best song. Which can get some people confused.

BEST POP VIDEO NOMINATIONS:
Bruno Mars - "Locked Out Of Heaven"
fun. - "Carry On"
Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"
Miley Cyrus - "We Can't Stop"
Selena Gomez - "Come & Get It"

Prediction Winner: BRUNO MARS 

Mars should win for this song. Maybe his video wasn't better than Miley Cyrus' overly odd video, or Selena Gomez's half Mexican/ half Indian video, but Mars should win it because it's the right thing. Give it to Mars.

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO NOMINATIONS:
A$AP Rocky feat. 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar - "F**kin Problems"
Drake - "Started From The Bottom"
J.Cole feat. Miguel - "Power Trip"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Macklemore - "Can't Hold Us"

Prediction Winner: MACKLEMORE 


BEST MALE VIDEO NOMINATIONS:
Bruno Mars - "Locked Out Of Heaven"
Ed Sheeran - "Lego House"
Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Robin Thicke feat. T.I & Pharrell - "Blurred Lines"

Prediction Winner: KENDRICK LAMAR


BEST FEMALE VIDEO NOMINATIONS:
Demi Lovato - "Heart Attack"
Miley Cyrus - "We Can't Stop"
Pink feat. Nate Ruess - "Just Give Me A Reason"
Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko - "Stay"
Taylor Swift - "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Prediction Winner: TAYLOR SWIFT 


BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE NOMINATIONS:
Beyonce - "I Was Here"
Kelly Clarkson - "People Like Us"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert - "Same Love"
Miguel - "Candles In The Sun"
Snoop Lion & Drake feat. Cori. B - "Guns Not Allowed"

Prediction Winner: MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS feat. MARY LAMBERT


BEST COLLABORATION NOMINATIONS:
Clavin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - "I Need Your Love"
Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z - "Suit & Tie"
Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera - "Feel This Moment"
Robin Thicke feat. T.I & Pharrell - "Blurred Lines" 

Prediction Winner: ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I & PHARRELL


BEST ROCK VIDEO NOMINATIONS:
Fall Out Boy - "My Song Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)"
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"
Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait"
Thirty Seconds Of Mars - "Up In The Ait"
Vampire Weekend - "Diane Young"

Prediction Winner: IMAGINE DRAGONS 


VIDEO OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS:
Bruno Mars - "Locked Out Of Heaven"
Justin Timberlake - "Mirrors"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - "Thrift Shop"
Robin Thicke feat. T.I & Pharrell - "Blurred Lines" 
Taylor Swift - "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Prediction Winner: ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I & PHARRELL