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winners & nominees

• video of the year

  winner:

  duck sauce – mesmerize
  director: keith schofield
  repped by caviar
  commissioner: katy eggleton for duck sauce

best pop video

• uk

  winner:

  dua lipa – love again
  director: lope serrano aka canada
  producers: karen saurí, oscar romagosa
  prod co: canada
  commissioner: katie dolan for warner records

  shortlist:

  joy crookes – feet don’t fail me now
  director: taz tron delix
  producer: ghandi el-chamaa
  prod co: compulsory
  commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment

  arlo parks – hope
  director: molly burdett
  producer: ersan beskardes
  prod co: spindle
  commissioner: artist commissioned

  mabel – let them know
  director: isaac rentz
  producer: ersan beskardes
  prod co: kode media
  commissioner: lisa foo for polydor records

  maisie peters – psycho
  director: louis bhose
  producer: frankie willcock
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: dan curwin for atlantic records

  little mix – sweet melody
  director: kc locke
  producers: lewis nicholson, meghan wilcox
  prod co: swords & eagles
  commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment

• international

  winner:

  lil nas x ft jack harlow – industry baby
  director: christian breslauer
  producers: andrew lerios, luga podesta,saul levitz,
  brandon bonfiglio
  prod co: london alley
  commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

  shortlist:

  saweetie – (fast) motion
  director: james larese
  producers: andrew lerios, luga podesta, brandon bonfiglio
  prod co: london alley
  commissioner: akila robinson for warner music group

  selena gomez, rauw alejandro – baila conmigo
  director: nogari
  producers: francesco colombo, henrique danieletto
  prod co: iconoclast
  commissioner: michelle an for interscope

  bella poarch – build a b*tch
  director: andrew donoho
  producer: valerie bush
  prod co: huffman creative
  commissioner: devin sarno for warner records

  lolo zouaï – galipette
  director: amber grace johnson
  producer: jeff kopchia
  exec producer: justin benoliel
  prod co: object & animal
  commissioner: artist commissioned

  lil nas x – montero (call me by your name)
  director: tanu muino
  producer: marco de molina
  prod co: underwonder content
  commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

• newcomer

  winner:

  drew sycamore – 45 fahrenheit girl
  director: jonatan egholm keis
  producer: jonatan egholm keis
  prod co: new land
  commissioner: jan-erik stig for warner music denmark

  shortlist:

  elsa y elmar – corazones negros
  director: daniel uribe
  producer: jaume rigual
  prod co: pandora | story:
  commissioner: gonzalo ferrari for sony music mexico

  nick wilson – lead me to the water
  director: franklin & marchetta (bjorn franklin & johnny marchetta)
  producer: gina burns
  prod co: lowkey films
  commissioner: orna lyons for never fade records

  between friends – lonely
  director: kevin clark
  producers: jack fahey, emily truong
  prod co: screens
  commissioner: artist commissioned

  terno rei – medo
  director: vira-lata
  producers: eduardo lubiazi, yuri maranhão, joão machado, vira-lata
  prod co: the youth
  commissioner: balaclava records

  yma – white peacock
  director: gui bohn
  producers: andre baitere, gui bohn
  prod co: iconoclast brasil

best r&b / soul video

• uk

  winner:

  celeste – tonight tonight
  director: noah lee
  producers: kate brady, suzan mustafa
  prod co: riff raff films
  commissioner: marco grey for polydor records

  shortlist:

  samm henshaw – all good
  director: max weiland
  producer: tom gardner
  prod co: somesuch
  commissioner: mother
  record company: dorm seven / awal

  disclosure ft kehlani & syd – birthday
  director: kid. studio
  producer: ryan hahn
  prod co: hpla
  commissioner: kevin kloecker for island records

  jorja smith ft shaybo – bussdown
  director: fenn o’meally
  producer: cora rodriguez
  prod co: smuggler
  commissioner: zubin irani for famm

  tendai – not around
  director: hector dockrill
  producers: bruno loureiro, dasha deriagina
  prod co: pulse films
  commissioner: nicola sheppard for 0207 def jam uk

  wesley joseph ft jorja smith – patience
  director: wesley joseph
  producer: india bradshaw
  exec producer: hannah bellil
  prod co: stink films
  commissioner: transgressive management for eeviltwinn / transgressive

• international

  winner:

  normani x cardi b – wild side
  director: tanu muino
  producer: jack winter
  prod co: underwonder content
  commissioners: camille yorrick & chris clavadetscher for rca records

  shortlist:

  bryson tiller – always forever
  director: kid. studio
  producer: ryan hahn
  prod co: hpla
  commissioner: camille yorrick for rca records

  beyoncé, blue ivy, saint jhn, wizkid – brown skin girl
  director: jenn nkiru
  producers: jean mougin, astrid edwards
  prod co: iconoclast
  commissioner: erinn williams for parkwood entertainment

  doja cat – streets
  director: christian breslauer
  producer: nick pistone
  prod co: luckybastards inc
  commissioner: sam houston for rca records

  the weeknd – take my breath
  director: cliqua
  producer: roisín audrey moloney
  prod co: somesuch
  commissioner: la mar taylor for xo records

  witch prophet – tesfay
  director: leah vlemmiks
  producer: laura johnson
  commissioner: witch prophet for heart lake records

• newcomer

  winner:

  bamao yendé & le diouck – marvin gueye
  director: vincent catel
  producer: roman pichon herrera & pierre-edouard sigwalt
  prod co: diplomats
  commissioner: max le disez for boukan records

  shortlist:

  odeal – 24/48
  director: chris chuky
  producer: jordi estapè
  prod co: creativs label
  commissioner: malaika carr-haji for warner music

  preditah ft wstrn – distant memory
  director: chirolles khalil
  producer: meghan willcox
  prod co: friend
  commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

  mykki blanco – free ride
  director: hannah rosselin
  producer: lola burelle
  prod co: division
  commissioner: matt lambert for transgressive records

  mansur brown – my prayer
  director: filmawi
  producer: joseph j. goldman
  prod co: compulsory
  commissioner: self commissioned for amai records

  eddy luna – still breathing
  director: waxxwork
  producer: luca chapman
  prod co: smuggler
  commissioner: lea ogunlami for sony music entertainment

best dance / electronic video

• uk

  winner:

  hot chip, jarvis cocker – straight to the morning
  director: réalité
  producer: karen saurí
  prod co: canada
  commissioner: john moule for domino recording co
  
  shortlist:

  good boys & imanbek – goodbye
  director: charlie robins
  producers: luke tierney, joseph j goldman
  prod co: friend
  commissioner: james hackett for emi records

  jungle – keep moving
  directors: j lloyd & charlie di placido
  producer: jordi estapé
  prod co: jfc worldwide
  commissioner: jungle for caiola records

  public service broadcasting ft eera – people, let’s dance
  director: chloe hayward
  producer: hugo holford
  prod co: greatcoat films
  commissioner: sean mayo for [pias]

  rudimental x skream – so sorry
  director: iain simpson
  producer: rachel bashford
  prod co: haus pictures
  commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

  eli brown, talk show – trouble
  director: brock neal-roberts
  producer: femi anderson
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: louis danckwerts for polydor records

• international

  winner:

  duck sauce – mesmerize
  director: keith schofield
  repped by caviar
  commissioner: katy eggleton for duck sauce

  shortlist:

  skrillex, starrah & four tet – butterflies
  director: ben strebel
  producer: adam farley
  prod co: biscuit filmworks uk
  commissioner: thien pham for owsla / atlantic

  mk – chemical
  director: aube perrie
  producer: anis gaiji
  prod co: wanda x mynd
  commissioner: elena argiros for sony music entertainment

  salvatore ganacci – fight dirty
  directors: will goodfellow, tom noakes & greg sharp
  producers: nina knežević, tom noakes, will goodfellow
  prod co: studio goono, truba animation
  commissioner: salvatore ganacci for refune music/mdlbeast records

  rysy – kilo
  director: filip zaluska
  producer: magdalena betlejewska
  prod co: moon films warsaw
  commissioner: wojtek urbański l for dyspensa records

  salvatore ganacci – step-grandma
  director: vedran rupic
  producers: christian kuosmanen, siamand masoodian
  prod co: business club royale
  commissioner: refune

• newcomer

  winner:

  modeselektor – mean friend
  director: abigail wilson
  producer: paulien voorkamp
  prod co: bwgtbld
  commissioner: matthias klein / c/o magick for sony music
  
  shortlist:

  welshy – all for you
  director: arthur studholme
  producer: conor duffy
  prod co: blood films
  commissioner: elena argiros for sony music entertainment

  fred again.. – dermot (see yourself in my eyes)
  director: loose
  producer: loose
  prod co: loose / stink films
  commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

  jimothy lacoste – describe my life
  director: stanley brock
  producer: stanley brock
  prod co: my accomplice
  commissioner: sofia petrides for atlantic records

  not waving ft marie davidson – hold on
  director: angelo cerisara
  producer: pavel buryak
  prod co: rafesthetic.tv
  commissioner: not waving for ecstatic recordings

  elderbrook – why do we shake in the cold?
  director: jára moravec
  producer: mojaš perović
  exec producer: carla mooney, delwyn mooney
  prod co: cardel
  commissioner: sam seager for parlophone

best rock video

• uk

  winner:

  beabadoobee – last day on earth
  director: arnaud bresson
  producer: théo gall
  prod co: division
  commissioner: chris melian for dirty hit records

  shortlist:

  sam fender – 17 going under
  director: brock neal-roberts
  producer: femi anderson
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

  doves – broken eyes
  director: colin read
  producer: francesco rizzo
  prod co: pulse films
  commissioner: paul mckee for emi records

  frank carter & the rattlesnakes ft lynks – go get a tattoo
  director: thomas davis
  producers: jake parker, ramy dance
  prod co: common people films
  commissioner: tom prideaux for awal

  wolf alice – how can i make it ok?
  director: jordan hemingway
  producer: ella girardot
  prod co: academy films
  commissioner: ed blow for dirty hit records

  shame – nigel hitter
  director: maxim kelly
  producer: stephanie paeplow
  prod co: caviar
  commissioner: robby morris for dead oceans

• international

  winner:

  biting elbows – boy is dead
  director: ilya naishuller
  prod co: versus pictures
  commissioner: mts

  shortlist:

  hedgehog – bat
  director: haonan wang
  producer: jinming zhong
  prod co: round2film
  commissioner: indie works for taihe music group

  the academic – kids (don’t end up like me)
  directors: ronan corrigan & hope kemp
  producer: tearjerker
  prod co: tearjerker
  commissioner: michael whitham for capitol records

  the parrots, c tangana – maldito
  director: rogelio
  producers: karen saurí, carla lapiedra
  prod co: canada
  commissioner: joan vich montaner

  space chaser – remnants of technology
  director: feedz (lucas fiederling)
  producers: bastian loewen, lucas fiederling
  prod co: peregrine films gmbh
  commissioners: peregrine films gmbh & initiative musik gmbh for metal blade records

  trash talk – something wicked
  director: derek schklar
  producers: nathan scherrer, scott lancer, derek schklar
  prod co: freenjoy / somesuch / the invisible hand production
  commissioner: trash talk collective

• newcomer

  winner:

  jeremy ivey – someone else’s problem
  director: kimberly stuckwisch
  producer: ian blair
  prod co: invisible inc
  commissioner: ryan marian for anti records
  
  shortlist:

  the bluestocking – never ready
  director: egor gavrilin
  producer: lucya kravtsova
  prod co: egor gavrilin
  commissioner: kira mikheeva

  tv priest – press gang
  director: joe wheatley
  producer: aidan robert brooks
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: david knight for sub pop

  middle kids – r u 4 me?
  director: w.a.m. bleakley
  producer: lizzie cater
  prod co: swag film
  commissioner: katie besgrove for domino recording co

  dry cleaning – scratchcard lanyard
  director: rottingdean bazaar
  producer: rottingdean bazaar
  prod co: blink productions
  commissioner: tim hampson for candy artists

  el columpio asesino – sirenas de mediodía
  director: amar hernández
  producers: amar hernández, daniel meré
  prod co: inlight
  commissioner: amaia santana for oso polita

best alternative video

• uk

  winner:

  james blake – say what you will
  director: bear damen
  producer: salim el arja
  prod co: couscous
  commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

  shortlist:

  kelly lee owens ft john cale – corner of my sky
  director: kasper hȁggstrӧm
  producers: daphne do, dom thomas (ep), morgan clement (ep)
  prod co: object & animal
  commissioner: clarisse quinn for smalltown supersound

  paul mccartney ft beck – find my way
  director: andrew donoho
  producer: ian blair
  prod co: skulley studios
  commissioner: byron atienza for capitol records

  texas ft wu tang – hi
  director: fenn o’meally
  producer: emma wellbelove
  prod co: smuggler
  commissioner: lisa foo for bmg

  bakar – noun
  director: machine operated
  producers: bruno loureiro, dasha deriagina
  prod co: pulse films
  commissioner: alex burford for black butter records

  steven wilson ft elton john – personal shopper
  director: lucrecia taormina
  producer: joseph j goldman
  prod co: friend
  commissioner: natalia maus for caroline international

• international

  winner:
  
  sansara – we will become better
  director: andzej gavriss
  producers: egor solomatin, mikhail marizov, evgeny primachenko, andrei gubaidullin, alexandra galius
  prod co: daddy’s film
  commissioner: egor solomatin for nepokoi

  shortlist:

  eels – are we alright again
  director: greg barnes
  producer: holly wolfers
  prod co: black dog films
  commissioner: john moule for [pias]

  badbadnotgood – beside april
  director: camille summers-valli
  producer: maddy perkins
  prod co: somesuch
  commissioner: caroline waxse for xl recordings

  cuco – forevermore
  director: cliqua
  producer: sho schrock
  prod co: trikon

  phoebe bridgers – i know the end
  director: alissa torvinen kouame
  producer: dilly gent
  line producer: barret hacia
  prod co: son&heir
  commissioner: dilly gent for dead oceans

  mcht – unknown world
  director: aisultan seitov
  producer: akzhan oxykbayeva
  prod co: partizan
  commissioner: vitaliy belov for roscoe

• newcomer

  winner:

  audiobooks – lalala it’s the good life
  director: rottingdean bazaar x annie collinge
  producer: rosie brear
  prod co: blink productions
  commissioner: danny mitchell & jeff barrett for heavenly recordings

  shortlist:

  tiberius b – big deal
  director: saskia dixie
  producer: celeste kennedy-doig
  prod co: object & animal
  commissioner: artist commissioned for zelig records

  tycho jones – don’t be afraid
  director: edd carr
  producer: globe town
  prod co: globe town
  record co: globe town

  califato ¾ – fandangô de carmen porter
  director: nono ayuso
  producer: nico cabuche
  prod co: landia & dude originals
  record co: breaking bass records

  memorial – a hero’s death (cover)
  director: jake dypka
  producer: ayomide alli
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: lucy rose for real nice records

  lava la rue – magpie
  director: milo blake
  producer: jordi estape
  prod co: em films
  commissioner: olivier massey for marathon records

best hip hop / grime / rap video

• uk

  winner:
  
  pa salieu ft backroad gee – my family
  director: femi ladi
  producer: freddie barrass, mike heath
  prod co: untold studios
  commissioner: oksi odedina for warner records
  
  shortlist:

  bree runway ft missy elliott – atm
  director: lucrecia taormina
  producer: joseph j goldman
  prod co: friend
  commissioners: anique cox & james hackett for emi

  slowthai ft james blake & mount kimbie – feel away
  director: oscar hudson
  producer: callum harrison
  prod co: pulse films
  commissioner: lewis levi for method records

  little simz – introvert
  director: salomon ligthelm
  producer: mrmr
  prod co: prettybird uk
  commissioners: bianca bhagat & cheyenne miller for awal

  aitch – learning curve
  director: kc locke
  producer: lewis nicholson
  prod co: swords & eagles
  commissioner: lisa foo for capitol records

  kano – teardrops
  director: aneil karia
  producer: nat baring
  prod co: somesuch
  commissioner: sam seager for parlophone

• international

  winner:

  megan thee stallion – thot shit
  director: aube perrie
  exec producer: boris labourguigne
  producer: sarah park & nick callais
  prod co: left productions
  commissioner: lucas prevost for 300 entertainment

  shortlist:

  vladimir cauchemar – brrr
  director: quentin deronzier
  producer: anna roudaut
  prod co: la pac
  commissioner: pierre le ny

  tyler, the creator – corso
  director: wolf haley (dir) luis perez (dop)
  producer: tara razavi
  prod co: happy place
  commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

  pharrell ft jay-z – entrepreneur (official video)
  director: calmatic
  producer: candice dragonas, tina pavlides, lola ridgell
  prod co: prettybird us
  commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

  travis scott ft young thug & mia – franchise
  director: travis scott, white trash tyler, jordan hemingway
  producer: nathan scherrer, randy donaldson. kevin schroeder & ella girardot
  prod co: freenjoy
  commissioner: sam lecca & gina harrell for epic records / cactus jack

  tommy cash – racked
  director: anna himma
  producer: johanna trass
  prod co: allfilm

• newcomer

  winner:

  homeboy sandman – monument
  director: pavel buryak
  producers: gretta wilson, pavel buryak
  rod co: rafesthetic.tv
  commissioner: angel del villar for mello music group

  shortlist:

  kam-bu x knucks – call me back
  director: jay green
  producer: jay green
  prod co: compulsory
  commissioner: olivia west for atlas artists / parlophone

  kaydy cain – hollywood
  director: miguel angulo
  producer: diego andrés
  prod co: international visual machine
  commissioner: san-son for honey money

  jeshi – look like trouble
  director: brock neal-roberts
  producer: femi anderson
  prod co: agile films
  commissioner: ed pearson for because music

  ichon ft yseult – mélange
  director: sophie jones
  producer: margaux manner
  prod co: partizan
  commissioner: alma for 911

  enny ft amia brave – peng black girls
  director: otis dominique
  producer: india bradshaw
  prod co: blackrush / amoury films
  commissioner: erin corrian-alexis for famm