MTV Video Music Awards 2012

Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

• Drake featuring Rihanna — "Take Care"
• Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
• M.I.A. — "Bad Girls"
• Katy Perry — "Wide Awake"

Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music"

• Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
• Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care"
• Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
• Usher — "Climax"

Nicki Minaj — "Starships"

• Beyoncé — "Love on Top"
• Selena Gomez and the Scene — "Love You Like a Love Song"
• Katy Perry — "Part of Me"
• Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"

• fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
• Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"
• Frank Ocean — "Swim Good"
• The Wanted — "Glad You Came"

One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"

• Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
• fun. (featuring Janelle Monáe) — "We Are Young"
• Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — "Payphone"
• Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) — "We Found Love"

Coldplay — "Paradise"

• The Black Keys — "Lonely Boy"
• Imagine Dragons — "It's Time"
• Linkin Park — "Burn It Down"
• Jack White — "Sixteen Saltines"

Nicki Minaj (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Beez in the Trap"

• Drake (featuring Lil Wayne) — HYFR

• Childish Gambino — Heartbeat
• Jay-Z et Kanye West — Paris
• Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean et 2 Chainz) — Mercy

Calvin Harris — "Feel So Close"

• Avicii — "Levels"
• Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf"
• Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)"
• Martin Solveig — "The Night Out"

M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (Réalisateur : Romain Gavras)

• Coldplay et Rihanna — "Princess of China" (Réalisateur : Adria Petty et Alan Bibby)
• Duck Sauce — "Big Bad Wolf" (Réalisateur : Keith Schofield)
• Jay-Z et Kanye West (featuring Otis Redding) — "Otis" (Réalisateur : Spike Jonze)
• Frank Ocean — "Swim Good" (Réalisateur : Nabil Elderkin)

Chris Brown — "Turn Up the Music" (Chorégraphe : Anwar "Flii" Burton)

• Avicii — "Levels" (Chorégraphes : Richy Greenfield et Petro Papahadjopoulos)
• Beyoncé — "Countdown" (Chorégraphes : Danielle Polanco, Frank Gatson Jr., Beyoncé et Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)
• Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "Dance Again" (Chorégraphe : JR Taylor)
• Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Chorégraphe : Hi-Hat)

David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Turn Me On" (Effets visuels: Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott Metzger et Vico Sharabani)

• Skrillex — "First of the Year (Equinox)" (Effets visuels: Deka Brothers et Tony "Truand" Datis)
• Linkin Park — "Burn It Down" (Effets visuels: Ghost Town Media)
• Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Effets visuels: Ingenuity Engine)
• Rihanna — "Where Have You Been" (Effets visuels: BAKED FX)

Katy Perry — "Wide Awake" (Directeur artistique: Benji Bamps)

• Lana Del Rey — "Born to Die" (Directeurs artistique: Anna Brun et Audrey Malecot)
• Drake (featuring Rihanna) — "Take Care" (Directeur artistique: Charles Infante)
• Of Monsters and Men — "Little Talks" (Directeurs artistique: Mihai Wilson et Marcella Moser)
• Regina Spektor — "All the Rowboats" (Directeur artistique: Anthony Henderson)

Beyoncé — "Countdown" (monteurs : Alexander Hammer et Jeremiah Shuff)

• A$AP Rocky — Goldie (monteur : Samantha Lecca)
• Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — Somebody That I Used to Know (monteur : Natasha Pincus)
• Jay-Z et Kanye West — Niggas in Paris (monteurs : Alexander Hammer, Peter Johnson et Derek Lee)
• Kanye West (featuring Pusha T, Big Sean et 2 Chainz) — Mercy (monteur : Eric Greenburg)

M.I.A. — "Bad Girls" (chef opérateur : André Chemetoff)

• Adele — Someone like You (chef opérateur : David Johnson)
• Coldplay et Rihanna — Princess of China (chef opérateur : Stéphane Vallée)
• Lana Del Rey — Born to Die (chef opérateur : André Chemetoff)
• Drake (featuring Rihanna) — Take Care (chef opérateur : Kasper Tuxen)

Demi Lovato — "Skyscraper"

• Kelly Clarkson — "Dark Side"
• Gym Class Heroes (featuring Ryan Tedder) — "The Fighter"
• K'naan (featuring Nelly Furtado) — "Is Anybody Out There?"
• Lil Wayne — "How to Love"
• Rise Against — "Ballad of Hollis Brown"

One Direction — "What Makes You Beautiful"

• Beyoncé — "Countdown"
• Justin Bieber — "Boyfriend"
• Gotye (featuring Kimbra) — "Somebody That I Used to Know"
• Carly Rae Jepsen — "Call Me Maybe"