Nominations for 10th annual UK Music Video Awards 2017 reveal breadth of creativity in contemporary film-making

Artists from across the globe have picked up multiple nominations in the 10^th annual UK Music Video Awards, which takes place at the legendary Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London on Thursday October 26^th. Hosted once again by regular UKMVA compere, Adam Buxton, frontman of BUG; tickets are available to buy here for the unmissable event.

 

Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with 7 nominations for his videos for "HUMBLE." and "ELEMENT.", while alt-J equal that tally, winning 7 nominations for their videos for "3WW", "Deadcrush" and "In Cold Blood".

 

Bonobo racks up 5 nominations, for two videos released this past year, for "Kerala" and "No Reason". And Mercury Prize winner Sampha continues to pick up plaudits by racking up 4 nominations, including two for the album film, Process.

 

At the awards show that celebrates music video creativity at all levels and all over the world, young British artists feature strongly in a range of awards at the UKMVAs, including Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Loyle Carner, Mura Masa, Rag n’ Bone Man and Ray BLK.

 

In the international and professional craft categories, Jay-Z’s controversial videos for "The Story Of OJ" and "Moonlight" have both been nominated for awards, breakout French pop star Jain has three nominations for her South African-set video for "Makeba", the Russian band Leningrad faces off against Canada’s The Weeknd and Majid Jordan.

 

The nominations also reveal that artists across the generations continue to push the boundaries in music filmmaking creativity. Elton John and The Rolling Stones pick up multiple nominations for music videos, alongside Mura Masa, Dua Lipa and Charli XCX who each pick up two apiece, the latter for her self-directed video "Boys". Meanwhile, Björk, who was awarded Video of the Year at the first UK Music Video Awards in 2008 for the 3D video "Wanderlust", continues to break new ground with a nomination in the Best Interactive Video award for "Notget".

 

 

A number of celebrated directing talents feature in this year’s shortlists – including Kendrick Lamar’s visual collaborator, Dave Meyers; rock video legend Mark Romanek; longtime Gorillaz associate Jamie Hewlett; and previous UKMVA Icon Award winners Jonas Akerlund and Jamie Thraves – all lining up against more recently discovered talent.

 

Russian director Ilya Naishuller wins spots on the shortlist for his action-packed videos for Leningrad and The Weeknd, and French/Canadian duo Dent de Cuir are nominated for videos for Katy Perry and Metronomy. Meanwhile, the Best Director shortlist sees two siblings up against each other for the first time: Georgia Hudson, whose work this year includes videos for Pink and Loyle Carner is up against brother Oscar Hudson – director of videos for Bonobo and Young Martha, among others.

 

The music video work of up and coming artists and directors is also recognised in a set of Newcomer categories, with artists such as BadBadNotGood, Moses Sumney, Bossman Birdie and the Lemon Twigs in the running for awards.

 

This year’s UK Music Video Awards, as always judged by MVA jury members who predominantly work within music video production, also has reunited with Vevo to give an audience award voted by the public.  The Vevo MUST SEE Award delivers a shortlist which spans UK and US artists as Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Marika Hackman battle it out with Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Young Thug.

 

As well as honouring the best work in music videos, there are also awards at the UKMVAs for both longform and shortform live music performance films, with films of The Rolling Stones (on tour in South America), Metallica, Rammstein, The Killers and Toro y Moi nominated for the Live Concert category.

 

The UK Music Video Awards editorial director, David Knight, says, “It’s been a remarkable year for music videos in many ways and the nominations at this year’s UK Music Video Awards prove it. Music videos are so important as a medium of expression for music artists now that we’re seeing the conventional idea of the music video being tested and stretched by some of the world’s most popular artists.

 

“Music videos are intrinsically a celebration of the music that they visualise, and the UK Music Video Awards is a celebration of the best music videos and performances, simple as that. It’s the biggest of its kind in the world and we look forward to welcoming music video makers from all over the world to the Roundhouse on October 26^th." 

 

Here is the full list of nominations:

Aquilo – You Won’t Know Where You Stand / Silhouette

Charli XCX – Boys

Dua Lipa – New Rules

Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill

Elton John – Bennie and The Jets

Jessie Ware – Selfish Love

BICEP – Aura

Bonobo – Kerala

Bonobo – No Reason

Duke Dumont x Gorgon City ft Naations – Real Life

SOULS – Bad Girl

Stylo G + Jacob Plant – Bike Engine

All We Are – Animal / Dance

Coldplay – Everglow

Kasabian – God Bless This Acid House

Mick Jagger – England, Lost

Radiohead – I Promise

Royal Blood – Lights Out

alt-j – 3WW

alt-j – Deadcrush

alt-j – In Cold Blood

Metronomy ft Robyn – Hang Me Out To Dry

Sampha – Process

Young Fathers – Mr Martyr

Loyle Carner – Isle of Arran

Mura Masa & A$AP Rocky – Love$ick

Rag'N'Bone Man – Skin

Ray BLK – Patience

Sampha – (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

Tinie Tempah – Chasing Flies

Cassius ft Pharrell Williams & Cat Power – Go Up

HAIM – Want You Back

Katy Perry – Bon Appétit

Lorde – Green Light

Oren Lavie ft Vanessa Paradis – Did You Really Say No

The Weeknd – False Alarm

Jain – Makeba

Joris Delacroix – Start The Engine

Kanye West – Fade

Majid Jordan ft Somewhere Else – Move Together

The Avalanches – Because I'm Me

The Blaze – Territory

Every Time I Die – Map Change

Father John Misty – Things It Would Have Been Useful To Know Before The Revolution

Mourn – Irrational Friend

Naive New Beaters – Words Hurt

The All-American Rejects – Sweat

Twenty One Pilots – HeavyDirtySoul

Beck – Up All Night

Leningrad – Kolshik

Mashrou'Leila – Roman

Peder – Shadows Of My Mind

Polo & Pan – Coeur Croisé

The Avalanches – Subways

A$AP Mob ft A$AP Rocky, A$AP Nast, Yung Lord, Skepta – Money Man / Put That On My Set

Frank Ocean – Nikes

Jay-Z – Moonlight

Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT.

Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.

Young Thug – Wyclef Jean

Cartae – Long Time

Charlotte Cardin – Like It Doesn't Hurt

Lea Santee – Rollin’

Poppy Ajudha – Spilling Into You

Slang – What Happened To You

Stars and Rabbit – Man Upon The Hill

Cathedrals – Try To Fight

Courage – Latinman

Fabich ft Josh Barry – Hold On

Noga Erez – Dance While You Shoot

Obongjayar – Endless

Punctual – What I Love

Lemon Twigs – I Want To Prove To You

Marika Hackman – My Lover Cindy

Microwave – Vomit

The Shins – Half A Million

Ultrasound – Kon-Tiki

Willie J Healey – Would You Be

BadBadNotGood ft Kaytranada – Lavender

Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve – Black Crow

Bonnie Banane – L'Appétit

Cherry Glazerr – Told You I'd Be With The Guys

Ghostpoet – Freakshow

Moses Sumney – Worth It

Avelino ft Stormzy & Skepta – Energy

Bossman Birdie – Walk The Walk

Monster Florence – Resourceful

Newham Generals ft Wiley – Unruly

Oscar Worldpeace – Tate Modern, Wary, Pearls

Slick Don – Highs & Lows

Charli XCX – Boys

Dua Lipa – New Rules

Jay-Z – The Story of O.J.

Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.

Marika Hackman – My Lover Cindy

Young Thug – Wyclef Jean

Björk – Notget

Chainsmokers – Paris VR

Gorillaz – Saturnz Barz (Spirit House) 360

Naïve New Beaters – Words Hurt

N'to – Chez Nous (Fantasynth)

Portugual. The Man – Rich Friends

Bonobo – No Reason

Elton John – Bennie and the Jets

Frank Ocean – Nikes

Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.

Sampha – Process

Young Thug & Carnage: Young Martha ft Meek Mill – Homie

Beck – Up All Night

Frank Ocean – Nikes

Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT.

Police Dog Hogan – Tyburn Jig

Rosalía – De Plata

The Blaze – Territory

alt-j – Deadcrush

Everything Everything – Can't Do

Kanye West – Fade

P!nk – What About Us?

Polo & Pan – Coeur Croisé

Sia – The Greatest

alt-j – 3WW

Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill

Jimmy Whoo – Motel Music part ll

Kendrick Lamar – ELEMENT.

Placebo – Life's What You Make It

The Avalanches – Because I'm Me

Jain – Makeba

Jay-Z & Damian Marley – Bam

Majid Jordan ft Somewhere Else – Move Together

Mick Jagger – Gotta Get A Grip

Radiohead – I Promise

The Hamilton Mixtape – Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)

alt-j – Deadcrush

Bonobo – Kerala

Elton John – Bennie and the Jets

Leningrad – Kolshik

The Rolling Stones – Ride 'Em On Down

Young Thug – Wyclef Jean

Arcade Fire – Everything Everything

Jain – Makeba

Leningrad – Kolshik

Majid Jordan ft Somewhere Else – Move Together

Royal Blood – Lights Out

The Weeknd – False Alarm

Elton John – Rocket Man

Father John Misty – Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution

Jay-Z – The Story of O.J.

Kaada /Patton – Red Rainbow

Katie Melua – Perfect World

The Avalanches – Subways

Alicia Keys in Paris – A Take Away Show

J Hus – Common Sense (Four To The Floor, Channel4)

London Grammar – Rooting For You

Mr Jukes – Angels/Your Love (Live At The Church)

Mura Masa ft Damon Albarn – Blu (Live)

Vevo Presents: The Weeknd – False Alarm

HAIM – Behind The Album

Metallica – Hardwired at House of Vans

Rammstein – Paris

The Killers – Hyde Park

The Rolling Stones – Trip Across Latin America

Toro Y Moi – Love From Trona

Andrew Law

Elizabeth Doonan

James Hackett

John Moule

Phil Lee

Semera Khan

Amber Millington

Clemence Cuvelier

Katie Lambert

Natalie Arnett

Nathan Scherrer

Tom Birmingham

Agile Films

Caviar

Friend

Iconoclast

Pulse Films

Riff Raff Films

Hector Dockrill

Matilda Finn

Max Weiland

Salomon Ligthelm

Thomas James

Zhang + Knight

Dent de Cuir

Georgia Hudson

Jake Schreier

Oscar Hudson

Ryan Staake

Young Replicant

alt-j

Bonobo

Kendrick Lamar

Radiohead

Sampha

The Weeknd

 

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