Music

The 'Suit and Tie' chart-topper and the 'Thrift Shop' rap duo bag six nominations each to lead the race at the upcoming awards show.

• Jul 18, 2013

AceShowbiz - Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead this year's MTV Video Music Awards with six nominations each, MTV announces. The two acts are among the artists who will be hoping to win during the awards ceremony that will take place on August 25 at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Timberlake is basically vying under the merits of "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrors", with the former earning him the Best Collaboration and Best Direction nods, but the latter getting him majority of his nominations. "Mirrors" puts JT in the running for the coveted Video of the Year award, along with Best Male Video, Best Pop Video and Best Editing.

JT and other top nomination getter Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are pitted against three other nominees in three categories, with the funky pair's "Thrift Shop" featuring Wanz also gunning for the Video of the Year and "Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton up for Best Direction and Best Editing as well.

"Can't Hold Us", like "Mirrors" for JT, gets the rap duo most of their nominations by getting two more nods under the Best Hip Hop Video and Best Cinematography categories, while their video for "Same Love" is nominated for Best Video with a Social Message.

Another top nominee in this year's MTV VMA is Bruno Mars with four nods, his "Locked Out of Heaven" clip going against JT's "Mirrors" in the Video of the Year, Best Male Video and Best Pop video categories, and "Treasure" retro visuals earning him a Best Choreography nod.

With three nominations each are Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I., Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop", Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason" featuring Nate Ruess and 30 Seconds to Mars' "Up in the Air".

2013 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees Video of the Year

• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz, "Thrift Shop"
• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams, "Blurred Lines"
• Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Drake, "Started from the Bottom"
• Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools"
• A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar, "F--kin' Problems"
• J. Cole feat. Miguel, "Power Trip"

• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams, "Blurred Lines"
• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Ed Sheeran, "Lego House"
• Kendrick Lamar, "Swimming Pools"

• Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko, "Stay"
• Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me a Reason"
• Demi Lovato, "Heart Attack"

• Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Fun., "Carry On"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
• Selena Gomez, "Come and Get It"

• Twenty One Pilots, "Holding on to You"
• Zedd feat. Foxes, "Clarity"
• Austin Mahone, "What About Love"
• The Weeknd, "Wicked Games"
• Iggy Azalea, "Work"

• Justin Timberlake, feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera, "Feel This Moment"
• Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding, "I Need Your Love"
• Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams, "Blurred Lines"
• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me a Reason"

• Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Same Love"
• Snoop Dogg, "No Guns Allowed"
• Miguel, "Candles in the Sun"
• Beyonce Knowles, "I Was Here"

• Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
• Fall Out Boy, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
• Mumford & Sons, "I Will Wait"
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Vampire Weekend, "Diane Young"

• Capital Cities, "Safe and Sound"
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu, "Q.U.E.E.N"
• Lana Del Rey, "National Anthem"
• alt-J, "Tesselate"

• Chris Brown, "Fine China"
• Ciara, "Body Party"
• Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull, "Live It Up"
• will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber, "#thatPOWER"
• Bruno Mars, "Treasure"

• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Up in the Air"
• Lana Del Rey, "Ride"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Sacrilege"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• A-Trak & Tommy Trash, "Tuna Melt"

• Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z, "Suit & Tie"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Sacrilege"
• Fun., "Carry On"
• Drake, "Started from the Bottom"

• Pink feat. Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me a Reason"
• Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch, "Sweet Nothing"
• Macklemore & %cRyan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us"
• Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
• Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"

• Capital Cities, "Safe and Sound"
• Duck Sauce, "It's You"
• Flying Lotus, "Tony Tortures"
• Skrillex feat. The Doors "Breakn' a Sweat"
• The Weeknd "Wicked Games"