วิดีโอที่ชนะจะมีชื่อเป็นตัวหนา

วิดีโอแห่งปี

• Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
• Eminem — "We Made You"
• Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
• Britney Spears — "Womanizer"
• Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

วิดีโอชายยอดเยี่ยม

• 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"

วิดีโอหญิงยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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"

ศิลปินใหม่ยอดเยี่ยม

• 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"

วิดีโอป็อปยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
• Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) — "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
• Britney Spears — "Womanizer"
• Wisin & Yandel — "Abusadora"

วิดีโอร็อกยอดเยี่ยม

• Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"
• Fall Out Boy — "I Don't Care"
• Green Day — "21 Guns"
• Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"
• Paramore — "Decode"

วิดีโอฮิปฮอปยอดเยี่ยม

• Eminem — "We Made You"
• Flo Rida — "Right Round"
• Jay-Z — "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
• Asher Roth — "I Love College"
• Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"

ที่โดดเด่นไม่เหมือนใคร

• 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"
• Matt and Kim — "Lessons Learned"
• Passion Pit — "The Reeling"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs — "Heads Will Roll"

วิดีโอที่กำกับยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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 Åkerlund)
• Britney Spears — "Circus" (Director: Francis Lawrence)

วิดีโอที่มีการออกแบบท่าเต้นยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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)

วิดีโอที่มีเทคนิคพิเศษยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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)

วิดีโอที่มีการกำกับศิลป์ยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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)

วิดีโอที่มีการตัดต่อยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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 Åkerlund)
• Britney Spears — "Circus" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

วิดีโอที่มีการกำกับภาพยอดเยี่ยม

• Beyoncé — "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)

วิดีโอยอดเยี่ยม (ที่ควรจะได้รางวัลสักรางวัล)

• Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"
• Björk — "Human Behaviour"
• Dr. Dre — "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang"
• Foo Fighters — "Everlong"
• George Michael — "Freedom! '90"
• 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"

วิดีโอยอดเยี่ยมจากโครงการเป๊ปซี่ร็อกแบนด์

• 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"

ศิลปินจากเมืองนิวยอร์กที่ได้แจ้งเกิด

This is one of eight MTV Local Music Contests associated with the VMAs.[2] The following have received nominations for "Best Breakout New York City Artist Award":[3]

• MeTalkPretty
• Red Directors
• The Shells