Nominations announced for first-ever YouTube Music Awards

YouTube have announced the full nominations for their forthcoming Music Awards ceremony, set to take place on 3rd November.

The nominations for the Kia Motors-sponsored event, were a culmination of response from online viewers, who have grouped nominees into six categories, Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Response of the Year, YouTube Phenomenon, YouTube Breakthrough and Innovation of the Year.

The show, which will be streamed live globally, will be hosted by actor Jason Schwartzman, whilst live performances by Eminem, Lady Gaga, M.I.A., Avicii and Arcade Fire have also been confirmed.

Check out the full nominations for the YouTube Music Awards, below:

Video of the Year: Nominees represent the videos with the most fan engagement on YouTube over the last year.
– Epic Rap Battles Of History — “Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney”
– Demi Lovato — “Heart Attack”
– Girls’ Generation ­– “I Got A Boy”
– Justin Bieber (feat. Nicki Minaj) — “Beauty And A Beat”
– Lady Gaga ­– “Applause”
– Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert) — “Same Love”
– Miley Cyrus ­ — “We Can’t Stop”
– One Direction ­– “Best Song Ever”
– PSY ­– “Gentleman”
– Selena Gomez ­– “Come & Get It”

Artist of the Year: Focused on acts YouTube fans have made stars, nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed ­to artists.
– Eminem
– Epic Rap Battles
– Justin Bieber
– Katy Perry
– Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
– Nicki Minaj
– One Direction
– PSY
– Rihanna
– Taylor Swift

Response of the Year: Best fan remix, parody or response video, these nominees represent the top “unofficial” fan videos on YouTube based on views, shares and other social activity

– Boyce Avenue (feat. Fifth Harmony) ­– “Mirrors
– Jayesslee ­– “Gangnam Style”
– Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix ­– “Radioactive”
– ThePianoGuys ­– “Titanium / Pavane”
– Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX) — “I Knew You Were Trouble”

YouTube Phenomenon: Nominees are based on the phenomena that generated the most fan videos.

– Diamonds
– Gangnam Style
– Harlem Shake
– I Knew You Were Trouble
– Thrift Shop

YouTube Breakthrough: Focusing on breakout new acts, nominees represent the artists who experienced the biggest growth in views and subscribers.

– Kendrick Lamar
– Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
– Naughty Boy
– Passenger
– Rudimental

Innovation of the Year: Most creative and innovative music videos on YouTube.

– Anamanaguchi ­– “ENDLESS FANTASY”

– Atoms For Peace ­– “Ingenue”

– Bat For Lashes ­– “Lilies”

– DeStorm ­– “See Me Standing”

– Toro Y Moi — “Say That”