The nominations for the 4th UK Music Video Awards [MVA's] have been announced. Congratulating the excellence and creative flare in British and international music videos…

Chase & Status are set to lead the way for ‘Team UK’ as they are nominated for three categories including ’Best Dance Video’, for the mega Blind Faith and one for Hitz (with Tinie Tempah) but they are in close competition with US chart topper Adele as she her Rolling In The Deep, Directed by UK director Sam Brown, is up for three awards including ’Best Pop Video’.

Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Plan B, Tyler, The Creator, Wretch 32 and Wiley are also among the nominated for the UK Music Video Awards 2011, announced earlier today.

THE NOMINATIONS:

Best Pop Video – UK

Adele – Rolling in the Deep
Bruno Mars – Lazy Song
Jessie J – Do It Like A Dude
Kylie Minogue – Get Outta My Way
Mark Ronson feat. Boy George – Somebody To Love Me
Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light

Best Dance Video – UK

Calvin Harris feat Kelis – Bounce
Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey – Blind Faith
Grum – Through The Night
J Majik & Wickaman feat Dee Freer – In Pieces
Japanese Popstars – Let Go
Magnetic Man feat. John Legend – Getting Nowhere

Best Urban Video – UK, in association with East End Studios

Chase & Status feat. Tinie Tempah – Hitz
Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don’t Need You
Tinie Tempah feat. Ellie Goulding – Wonderman
Tricky – Murder Weapon
Wiley – Numbers in Action
Wretch 32 – Traktor

Best Indie/Rock Video – UK, in association with 3 Mills Studios 

Battles – Ice Cream
Foals – Blue Blood
Is Tropical – The Greeks
Little Comets – The Isles
Metronomy – The Bay
The Shoes – Stay The Same

Best Alternative Video – UK, in association with Smoke & Mirrors

Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Stargate remix)
James Blake – Lindisfarne
Klaxons – Twin Flames
Tom Vek – Aroused
Tyler The Creator – Yonkers
Yeasayer – Madder Red

Best Pop Video – International

Cassius – I Love You So
Justice – Civilization
Karl X Johan – Flames
Oh Land – White Nights
Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend
Woodkid – Iron

Best Dance Video – International

!!! – Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass
B Fleischmann – Playtime
Bag Raiders – Sunlight
Bonjay – Stumble
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Wolfgang Gartner – Illmerica

Best Urban Video – International

Beastie Boys feat. Santigold – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win
Eminem feat. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis
Raphael Saadiq – Good Man
Thunderclaps – Judgement Day ‘Todor & Petru’

Best Indie/Rock Video – International

El Guincho – Bombay
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
No Age – Fever Dreaming
The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You
The Good The Bad – 030
WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone

Best Alternative Video – International

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
MGMT – Congratulations
OK Go – All Is Not Lost
OK Go – White Knuckles
Royksopp – Senior Living
Spoek Mathambo – Control

Best Pop Video – Budget

Alex Clare – Relax My Beloved
Clean Bandit – Telephone Banking
Cool Fun – House
Duran Duran – Before The Rain
Josh Radin – I Missed You
Sébastien Tellier – Look

Best Dance Video – Budget

Clean Bandit – Mozart’s House
Craze Hoax – Wait For Me
Eskmo – We Got More
Etienne de Crecy – No Brain
Jaymo and Andy George feat J2k – Hold Me Back
Loose Fit – Table Beggar

Best Urban Video – Budget
Dels – Trumpalump
Dels feat. Roots Manuva & Joe Goddard – Capsize
Ghostpoet – Survive It
Jargon VA feat Tinie Tempah – Disappoint You
Riz MC – Get On It
Skillit feat T.B. & K-Nite 13 – The Truth

Best Indie/Rock Video – Budget

Fulton Lights – Staring Out The Window
Hollerado – Americanarama
Keaton Henson – Charon
Lasse Passage – Say Say Say
Maps & Atlases – Israeli Caves
Memory Tapes – Yes I Know

Best Alternative Video – Budget

Esben & The Witch – Marching Song
Ghostpoet – Liiines
Hauschka – Children
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bubble
Matta UK – Release The Freq
UNKLE – Runaway Pointman re-edit

Best Animation in a Video

Clinic – Bubblegum
Eskmo – We Got More
Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers
Is Tropical – The Greeks
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Bubble
Massive Attack – Atlas Air

Best Art Direction & Design in a Video

Adele – Rolling In The Deep
Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey – Blind Faith
Justice – Civilization
Oh Land – White Nights
Plan B – The Recluse
Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light

Best Choreography in a Video

Darwin Deez – DNA
Radiohead – Lotus Flower
SebastiAn – Embody
Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know
Wave Machines – Keep The Light On
Wiley – Numbers In Action

Best Cinematography in A Video, in association with Panalux

Adele – Rolling In the Deep
Battles – Ice Cream
Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
Chapel Club – Surfacing
J Majik & Wickaman feat Dee Freer – In Pieces
Jessie J – Do It Like A Dude

Best Editing in a Video

Battles – Ice Cream
Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don’t Need You
Little Comets – The Isles
Metronomy – The Bay
The Subways – We Don’t Need Money To Have a Good Time
Tom Vek – Aroused

Best Styling in a Video

Alpines – Cocoon
Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey – Blind Faith
Oh Land – White Nights
Paloma Faith – Smoke and Mirrors
Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light
Woodkid – Iron

Best Telecine in a Video

DJ Fresh – Louder
Plan B – Love Goes Down
Kylie Minogue – Get Out Of My Way
Liam Bailey – It’s Not The Same
Metronomy – The Bay
Plan B – The Recluse

Best Visual Effects in a Video, in association with BEAM

Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones – Black ’3 Dreams of Black’
Justice – Civilization
Klaxons – Twin Flames
Massive Attack – Atlas Air
Memory Tapes – Yes I Know
Woodkid – Iron

The Innovation Award 

Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Norah Jones – Black: ’3 Dreams of Black’
Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait: ‘The Wilderness Downtown’
OK Go – All Is Not Lost
Professor Green with Doritos – Coming To Get Me 360 degree interactive video
The Shoes – Cover Your Eyes
White Lies – Strangers web video

Best Live Music Coverage

Faithless – Passing The Baton
Jessie J – Live In London
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite Les Folies tour in 3D
Richard Ashcroft – Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Tinie Tempah – Ibiza Rocks
Various – Live From Abbey Road

Best Music Ad – TV or Online

BBC 6Music – Building
Fenech Soler – Minotaur (album launch viral)
Mark Ronson & The Business International – Record Collection
Ministry of Sound – Electronic 80s ll
Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy

Best Producer, in association with Rushes

Leanne Stott
Liz Kessler
Sarah Tognazzi
Tamsin Glasson
Tim Francis
Tom Berendsen

Best Commissioner, in association with IMD Fastrax

Ailsa Robertson
Dan Curwin
Daniel Millar
James Hackett
Phil Lee
Ross Anderson

Best New Director, in association with Locomotion

Bob Harlow
Chino Moya
Ian Pons Jewell
Sam Pilling
The General Assembly
Us

Best Director 

Canada
Daniel Wolfe
Daniels
David Wilson
Emil Nava
Saam Farahmand

Text by Jakob Gillespie