Pre-show

• Fifth Harmony – Boss
• Charli XCX – Boom Clap

Hauptshow

• Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj und Jessie J – Break Free / Anaconda / Bang Bang
• Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
• Sam Smith – Stay with Me
• Usher und Nicki Minaj – She Came to Give It to You
• 5 Seconds of Summer – Amnesia
• Iggy Azalea und Rita Ora – Black Widow
• Maroon 5 – Maps / One More Night
• Beyoncé – Mine / Ghost & Pretty Hurts Interlude / Haunted / No Angel / Jealous / Blow / Drunk in Love / Rocket / Partition / ***Flawless & Superpower Interlude / ***Flawless / Yoncé / Blue / XO

Video of the Year

Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball

• Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) – Fancy
• Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) – Drunk in Love
• Sia – Chandelier
• Pharrell Williams – Happy

Best Male Video

Ed Sheeran (featuring Pharrell Williams) – Sing

• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) – The Monster
• John Legend – All of Me
• Sam Smith – Stay with Me
• Pharrell Williams – Happy

Best Female Video

Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) – Dark Horse

• Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) – Fancy
• Beyoncé – Partition
• Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) – Problem
• Lorde – Royals

Artist to Watch

Fifth Harmony – Miss Movin’ On

• 5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
• Charli XCX – Boom Clap
• Schoolboy Q – Man of the Year
• Sam Smith – Stay with Me

Best Pop Video

Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) – Problem

• Avicii (featuring Aloe Blacc) – Wake Me Up
• Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) – Fancy
• Jason Derulo (featuring 2 Chainz) – Talk Dirty
• Pharrell Williams – Happy

Best Rock Video

Lorde – Royals

• Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
• The Black Keys – Fever
• Imagine Dragons – Demons
• Linkin Park – Until It’s Gone

Best Hip-Hop Video

Drake (featuring Majid Jordan) – Hold On, We’re Going Home

• Childish Gambino – 3005
• Eminem – Berzerk
• Kanye West – Black Skinhead
• Wiz Khalifa – We Dem Boyz

MTV Clubland Award

Zedd (featuring Hayley Williams) – Stay the Night

• Disclosure – Grab Her!
• DJ Snake und Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
• Martin Garrix – Animals
• Calvin Harris – Summer

Best Collaboration

Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) – Drunk in Love

• Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne und Tyga) – Loyal
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) – The Monster
• Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) – Problem
• Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) – Dark Horse
• Pitbull (featuring Kesha) – Timber

Best Direction

DJ Snake und Lil Jon – Turn Down for What (Regisseure: DANIELS)

• Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts (Regisseurin: Melina Matsoukas)
• Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball (Regisseur: Terry Richardson)
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) – The Monster (Regisseur: Rich Lee)
• OK Go – The Writing’s on the Wall (Regisseure: Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy & Bob Partington)

Best Choreography

Sia – Chandelier (Choreograph: Ryan Heffington)

• Beyoncé – Partition (Choreographen: Svetlana Kostantinova, Philippe Decouflé, Danielle Polanco und Frank Gatson)
• Jason Derulo (featuring 2 Chainz) – Talk Dirty (Choreographin: Amy Allen)
• Michael Jackson und Justin Timberlake – Love Never Felt So Good (Choreographen: Rich und Tone Talauega)
• Kiesza – Hideaway (Choreographin: Ljuba Castot)
• Usher – Good Kisser (Choreographen: Jamaica Craft und Todd Sams)

Best Visual Effects

OK Go – The Writing’s on the Wall (Spezialeffekte: 1stAveMachine)

• Disclosure – Grab Her! (Spezialeffekte: Mathematic und Emile Sornin)
• DJ Snake und Lil Jon – Turn Down for What (Spezialeffekte: DANIELS und Zak Stoltz)
• Eminem – Rap God (Spezialeffekte: Rich Lee, Louis Baker, Mammal Studios, Laundry! und Sunset Edit)
• Jack White – Lazaretto (Spezialeffekte: Mathematic und Jonas & François)

Best Art Direction

Arcade Fire – Reflektor (Art Director: Anastasia Masaro)

• Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) – Fancy (Art Director: David Courtemarche)
• DJ Snake und Lil Jon – Turn Down for What (Art Director: Jason Kisvarday)
• Eminem – Rap God (Art Director: Alex Pacion)
• Tyler, The Creator – Tamale (Art Director: Tom Lisowski)

Best Editing

Eminem – Rap God (Editor: Ken Mowe)

• Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts (Editor: Jeff Selis)
• Fitz and the Tantrums – The Walker (Editor: James Fitzpatrick)
• MGMT – Your Life Is a Lie (Editor: Erik Laroi)
• Zedd (featuring Hayley Williams) – Stay the Night (Editor: Daniel Cloud Campos)

Best Cinematography

Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts (Kamera: Darren Lew und Jackson Hunt)

• Arcade Fire – Afterlife (Kamera: Evan Prosofsky)
• Lana Del Rey – West Coast (Kamera: Evan Prosofsky)
• Gesaffelstein – Hate or Glory (Kamera: Michael Ragen)
• 30 Seconds to Mars – City of Angels (Kamera: David Devlin)

Best Video with a Social Message

Beyoncé – Pretty Hurts

• Avicii – Hey Brother
• J. Cole (featuring TLC) – Crooked Smile
• David Guetta (featuring Mikky Ekko) – One Voice
• Angel Haze (featuring Sia) – Battle Cry
• Kelly Rowland – Dirty Laundry

Best Lyric Video

5 Seconds of Summer – Don’t Stop

• Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) – Problem
• Demi Lovato (featuring Cher Lloyd) – Really Don’t Care
• Austin Mahone (featuring Pitbull) – Mmm Yeah
• Katy Perry – Birthday

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Beyoncé