Beyonce scooped three awards at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the ceremony to mark the tearing down of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.
The singer was awarded the best female, best song for Halo, and the best video for Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It].
She told the audience: “I have to dedicate this award to all the other beautiful artists. Thank you MTV for this wonderful honour,” upon receiving her best female award.
Jay-Z, Beyonce’s hip-hop musician husband, won the best urban act category. He said: “I look forward to the day when all those walls come down.”
Beyonce stepped up after her husband’s speech and performed Sweet Dreams.
Eminem won best male act. He thanked his supporters in a video message.
Katy Perry hosted the prestigious event, which included a video tribute to the late king of pop, Michael Jackson.
MTV has decided that they will air ‘Gone Too Far’, the documentary series on young drug addicts that the late DJ AM finished just three days before he died from an accidental overdose. The network says that they got the consent and support of the late entertainer’s family before choosing to run the eight-episode series which features him working with real life drug addicts and their families to help them overcome substance abuse. MTV released a statement saying “It is our hope through airing this show that people will get to see the side of Adam that we knew and loved, not just the celebrity DJ, but the honest and caring person who gave so much of himself to help others.” The series will premiere on Monday.
MTV has revealed its nominees for the 2009 Note that the nominees for the category of Best European Act will be announced on October 12th. Lady GaGa and Kings of Leon have the most nominations with 5 each
Best Song
Beyonce Knowles – “Halo”
Black Eyed Peas – “I Got A Feeling”
David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland – “When Love Takes Over”
Kings of Leon – “Use Somebody”
Lady GaGa – “Poker Face”
Best Live Act
Beyonce Knowles
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Lady GaGa
U2
Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Green Day
Jonas Brothers
Kings of Leon
Tokio Hotel
Best New Act
Daniel Merriweather
La Roux
Lady GaGa
Pixie Lott
Taylor Swift
Best Female
Beyonce Knowles
Katy Perry
Lady GaGa
Leona Lewis
Shakira
Best Push Artist
Daniel Merriweather
Hockey
La Roux
Little Boots
Metro Station
Pixie Lott
The Veronicas
White Lies
Best Male
Eminem
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Mika
Robbie Williams
Best Urban
Ciara
Eminem
Jay-Z
Kanye West
T.I.
Best Rock
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
U2
Best Alternative
Muse
Paramore
Placebo
The Killers
The Prodigy
Best Video
Beyonce Knowles – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Britney Spears – “Circus”
Eminem – “We Made You”
Katy Perry – “Waking Up In Vegas”
Shakira – “She Wolf”
Best World Stage Performance
Coldplay
Kid Rock
Kings of Leon
Lady GaGa
Linkin Park
The All-American Rejects got busy in New York City this week starting off with a special performance of their hit single “Gives You Hell.”
They took the stage with house band Wale at MTV’s VMAs show where front man Tyson Ritter debuted a new glittery look. After rocking the proverbial house, Ritter caught up with MTV news
and confirmed the long standing rumor that he will in fact be teaming up with pop powerhouse Rihanna for a yet to be recorded track. With AAR’s stock rising by the day, it only made sense for the quartet to cap their week by ringing the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange
The All-American Rejects’ album When The World Comes Down featuring “Gives You Hell” and “I Wanna” is in stores now. For more information visit allamericanrejects.com
Madonna was at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards which were held at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall last Sunday. The 51-year old singer spoke during the Michael Jackson tribute at the beginning of the show and even introduced for Janet Jackson’s performance. The Queen of Pop spoke about her love of Michael and the things that were parallel in their lives. She said that the late singer was “so unique, so original, so rare. He was a king.” I only have one comment for Madonna though. When talking about someone you’re supposed to be paying a tribute to, I don’t think talking about yourself more is an appropriate thing to do.
Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland has praised Beyonce for how she acted at the recent MTV VMAs.
Beyonce, 28, won the video of the year award and gave up her stage time to 19-year-old Taylor Swift.
Kanye West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video to say he felt Beyonce deserved to win.
Rowland said: “Beyonce is such a classy, gracious woman. I actually Tweeted that, and everybody was like: ‘It’s so true.’”
She added that she thought Kanye’s interruption was “disturbing”.
She told USmagazine.com: “I think that as a music industry and a fellow artist, it’s important to know that there is room for everybody. Kanye is a genius – no one takes that away from him, but [he should] be moral and be a [good] person.”
The official remix EP for Lady Gaga’s smash single, “Paparazzi”, just dropped! Check out the tracklisting and official artwork below, then download them all at iTunes!
Keep spreading the word about Lady Gaga’s upcoming performance at the 2009 MTV VMAs Ceremony! Grab & post the HTML codes for her official promo banners to your web page! Check out all four right here! And the polls are still open! Cast your vote for Lady Gaga to win this year’s “Best New Artist” Award!
Death Cab for Cutie, the first official band to be penning a song for the movie soundtrack of ‘New Moon’, revealed that they were invited to a special screening of the movie – a five-hour long version of it. Guitarist Chris Walla, the only member of the band whose admitted to reading the books, explains that the cut didn’t include any “effects or Foley or music or anything” and they ended up declining the invite due to schedule conflicts. Death Cab for Cutie’s video for their ‘New Moon’ song ‘Meet Me on the Equinox’ will be released on MTV.com on September 13th.
Jennifer Lopez is currently busting her butt working on her upcoming film ‘The Back Up Plan’. Apparently, that’s not all the 39-year old actress is up to. The actress and singer is already working on her next album which could be out as early as this year. She recently told MTV News about it saying “I worked on music while I was pregnant and while I was at home, but now to really get into it and focus on it and to finish the project is exciting. You can’t help but put not only your kids into it, but to put anything you are going through in your music. That’s the only thing you can really sing or write is stuff that you know. The more music you make and the more that you get into it and the more you write, the more you realize that’s all you can write.”
It’s not like any of us thought otherwise but the butt-to-mouth incident between Eminem and Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Bruno at Sunday night’s 2009 MTV Movie Awards was all for show. Head writer Scott Aukerman confirmed on his blog that “Yes, the Eminem-Bruno incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress [rehearsal] and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show.” Insiders who attended the awards thought that “There’s no way it was an accident… You don’t let two stars collide without a detailed plan.” Of course it wasn’t! As far as Eminem walking out after the skit, most of the big names at the show bailed after they did their part presenting/accepting/performing.
Miley Cyrus attended the 2009 MTV Movie Awards which was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre this past Sunday in Universal City, California. The 16-year old ‘Hannah Montana’ star snagged herself one of those golden pop corn trophies for her hit song ‘The Climb’ from ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’ which won Best Song From a Movie. It’s pretty clear that tweenies had a majority vote in the awards ceremony considering there were songs in that category that was much more deserving of the win. Oh well, congratulations to Miley on the win regardless. It will probably be the only award she would win anyway.
MTV2 have premiered the video for 18 Days, the new single from Saving Abel. The clip was directed by Travis Kopach (Panic At The Disco, Black Tide) and features the band performing on the USS Hornet. The San Francisco based naval carrier won 9 battle stars for her service in WWII.
Saving Abel will be out on tour supporting Buckcherry and Avenged Sevenfold starting on November 4th. Check out the bands MySpace profile page for all of the dates.
MTV is ALL OVER Tokio Hotel. The band?s last Times Square takeover was so successful that they have been invited back to spend an entire week on TRL. Check out what MTV has to say about Tokio Hotel below.
?Just another reason why we should petition the U.S. government (they?re not busy, right?) to officially change ?August? to ?Tokio Hotel Month?; Bill, Gustav, Tom, and Georg ? collectively known as Tokio Hotel, and usually referred to between breathless gasps of OH MEIN GOTT! ? are bringing their cat eyes, impressive biceps, copious dreadlocks and brooding stares back to TRL for an entire week, beginning August 4.
Mark your calendars, phone a friend, and/or tattoo it on some inconspicuous part of your face before Tokio Hotel melts it off: Tokio Hotel, live and in the flesh, will be on TRL all week beginning Monday, August 4th.
Adam Levine and Rihanna took some time to pose for pictures during the taping of MTV?s ?FNMTV? on Wednesday in Hollywood. The pair, along with Adam?s band Maroon 5, sang their new duet version of ?If I Never See Your Face Again? off the re-release of Maroon 5?s album. ?FNMTV? is a music video program on MTV which is focused on premiering new music videos in an attempt to bring back music video programming on MTV. That?s right, get rid of shows like ?The Hills?. The show is hosted by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and it airs every Friday at 8PM ET/PT.
Tokio Hotel not only rocked a performance of ?Ready, Set, Go!? LIVE on MTV?s TRL but they also reached the coveted number one spot on the countdown! Fans lined the streets and packed the studio to catch the band?s first ever TV appearance in the U.S. and now you can see it here.
SCREAM featuring ?Ready, Set, Go!? is in stores NOW!
Tokio Hotel have just announced they will perform ?Ready, Set, Go!? on Late Night with Conan O?Brien on May 9th.
Thanks to the massive amounts of on-line votes, the diehard Tokio Hotel fans have booked the band another spot on TV with a #2 video (?Ready, Set, Go!?) today on MTV?s TRL.
Tokio Hotel will release the U.S. version of Scream on May 6th.
Tokio Hotel continues to work their way to household name status driven by a fire fueled fan base with an undying love for everything Tokio Hotel. Fans have been making their case for a Tokio Hotel U.S. invasion on message boards, MTV, fan sites, YouTube and everywhere in between with hundreds of thousands of views on videos along with tens of thousands of comments on Tokio Hotel blogs and interviews. The result ? an outpouring of acceptance and backing by both press and news outlets!
MTV?s Buzzworthy took notice and has posted a Tokio Hotel tour diary from their time in the U.S. Head over to MTV to check it out!
Tokio Hotel will release the U.S. version of Scream on May 6th.
Justin Timberlake created a phat video for his song “Run” with Gnarls Barkley. But you won’t be seeing it on television anytime soon.
According to the Associated Press, MTV has banned the video because of the strobe effects in it. Apparently, it doesn’t pass the Harding Test, which determines whether or not something will trigger epileptic seizures.
You can find the video in various places online, but you watch at your own risk!
