Salah satu ajang musik terbesar di Jepang, MTV Video Music Award Japan 2013 (VMAJ 2013) telah mengumumkan nama-nama yang masuk menjadi Nomiansi terbaik di tahun 2013 ini.
Ekspansi besar-besar musik KPOP yang juga melanda Jepang, tahun ini masih cukup terlihat men-dominasi dengan hadirnya nama-nama seperti 2PM, Bigbang, dll. Kehadiran musisi asal Korea ini tak membuat penyanyi-penyanyi asli negeri Sakura tersisihkan, hal ini terbukti dengan masih cukup banyak, penyanyi asal Jepang yang meraih nominasi. Sementara untuk artis-artis Internasional, nama-nama seperti Rihanna, One Direction, fun., dll juga laris manis disana.
Acara yang akan di gelar pada tanggal 22 Juni di Chiba Prefecture ini akan memunculkan nama-nama Bruno Mars, Fun., One Direction, Taylor Swift dan Kana Nishino sebagai peraih nominasi terbanyak, yakni masing-masing 3 Nominasi.
Tahun ini, aktor Nobuaki Kaneko dan aktris Atsuko Maeda, akan memandu acara yang juga akan di siarkan di chanel MTV di seluruh dunia ini.
Nominasi VMAJ 2013 :
Best Male Video
BRUNO MARS “Locked Out of Heaven” (Dir: Cameron Duddy)
EXILE ATSUSHI “MELROSE ~Aisanai Yakusoku~” (Dir: Tetsuo Inoue)
GOTYE “Somebody That I Used to Know feat. KIMBRA” (Dir: Natasha Pincus)
JUSTIN BIEBER “Beauty and a Beat feat. NICKI MINAJ” (Dir: Jon M. Chu)
Daichi Miura “Two Hearts” (Dir: tatsuaki)
Best Female Video
ALICIA KEYS “Girl on Fire feat. NICKI MINAJ” (Dir: Sophie Muller)
JUJU “Arigatou” (Dir: Tsugihisa Tanaka)
Kana Nishino “Always” (Dir: Nobu Sueyoshi)
RIHANNA “Diamonds” (Dir: Anthony Mandler)
TAYLOR SWIFT “We are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (Dir: Declan Whitebloom)
Best Group Video
FUN. “We are Young feat. JANELLE MONAE” (Dir: Marc Klasfeld)
MAROON 5 “Payphone feat. WIZ KHALIFA” (Dir: Samuel Bayer)
ONE DIRECTION “What Makes You Beautiful” (Dir: John Urbano)
TOHOSHINKI “Catch Me -If you wanna-“ (Dir: JAE-HYUK JANG)
J Soul Brothers III “Hanabi” (Dir: Mika Ninagawa)
Best New Artist Video
CARLY RAE JEPSEN “Call Me Maybe” (Dir: Ben Knechtel)
FUN. “We are Young feat. JANELLE MONAE” (Dir: Marc Klasfeld)
GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE “BRAVE IT OUT” (Dir: Shigeaki Kubo)
ONE DIRECTION “What Makes You Beautiful” (Dir: John Urbano)
SALU “The Girl On A Board feat. H.TEFRON” (Dir: SITE)
Best Video of the Year
Namie Amuro “In The Spotlight(TOKYO)(from ALBUM "Uncontrolled")” (Dir: Shigeaki Kubo)
BRUNO MARS “Locked Out of Heaven” (Dir: Cameron Duddy)
EXILE TRIBE “24karats TRIBE OF GOLD” (Dir: Shigeaki Kubo)
Mr.Children “Marshmallow day” (Dir: Shinji Kawamura+Kazuaki Seki+Kei Takahashi)
MUSE “Follow Me (Tekken Version)” (Dir: Tekken)
Best Rock Video
FUN. “We are Young feat. JANELLE MONAE” (Dir: Marc Klasfeld)
MAN WITH A MISSION “distance” (Dir: Takayuki Kojima)
MUSE “Follow Me (Tekken Version)” (Dir: Tekken)
ONE OK ROCK “The Beginning” (Dir: maxilla)
Sakanaction “Yoru no Odoriko” (Dir: Yusuke Tanaka)
Best Pop Video
GReeeeN “Orange” (Dir: Taro Okagawa)
JUSTIN BIEBER “Beauty and a Beat feat. NICKI MINAJ” (Dir: Jon M. Chu)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu “Fashion Monster” (Dir: Jun Tamukai)
NEGOTO “nameless” (Dir: Kazuaki Seki)
TAYLOR SWIFT “We are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (Dir: Declan Whitebloom)
Best R&B Video
ALICIA KEYS “Girl on Fire feat. NICKI MINAJ” (Dir: Sophie Muller)
Namie Amuro “In The Spotlight(TOKYO)(from ALBUM "Uncontrolled")” (Dir: Shigeaki Kubo)
FRANK OCEAN “Pyramids” (Dir: Nabil Elderkin)
MILIYAH KATO “LOVERS partII feat.waka-danna” (Dir: Tomoo Noda)
RIHANNA “Diamonds” (Dir: Anthony Mandler)
Best Hip Hop Video
AKLO “RED PILL” (Dir: Ryoji Kamiyama)
AK-69 “START IT AGAIN” (Dir: RIK CORDERO)
A$AP ROCKY “F**kin' Problems feat. DRAKE, 2 CHAINZ & KENDRICK LAMAR” (Dir: Sam Lecca)
KENDRICK LAMAR “Swimming Pools (Drank)” (Dir: JeromeD)
CYPRESS UENO & ROBERTO YOSHINO “YOKOHAMA SHIKA feat.OZROSAURUS” (Dir: GhettoHollywood)
Best Reggae Video
HAN-KUN “ROAD TO ZION” (Dir: Tsuyoshi Nakakuki)
lecca “Clown Love” (Dir: tatsuaki)
PUSHIM “Yuuhi” (Dir: PUSHIM)
SEAN KINGSTON “Back 2 Life (Live it Up) feat. T.I.” (Dir: Benny Boom)
SEAN PAUL “Dream Girl (Remix feat. lecca)” (Dir: Masaki Ohkita)
Best Dance Video
BIGBANG “FANTASTIC BABY -Ver. Final-” (Dir: Hyun Seung Seo)
group_inou “9” (Dir: Ryu Okubo)
livetune adding Megumi Nakajima “Transfer” (Dir: fantasista utamaro × Kazuma Ikeda)
SKRILLEX “Bangarang” (Dir: Tony T. Datis)
ZEDD “Spectrum feat. MATTHEW KOMA” (Dir: Petro)
Best Video from a Film
ADELE “Skyfall (Lyric Video)” from "Skyfall" (Dir: Nick Chappell)
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE “Breath of Life” from "Snow White and the Huntsman" (Dir: Scott Murray)
Mr.Children “Inori ~Namida no kidou” from "Bokura ga Ita Zenpen" (Dir: Genki Ito)
ONE OK ROCK “The Beginning” from "Rurouni Kenshin" (Dir: maxilla)
PITBULL “Back in Time (featured in "MEN IN BLACK III")” from "Men in Black 3" (Dir: David Rousseau)
Best Collaboration Video
BACK DROP BOMB “The Beginning and The End feat. AKLO” (Dir: Hiromasa Sasaki)
CALVIN HARRIS “Sweet Nothing feat. FLORENCE WELCH” (Dir: Vincent Haycock)
MAROON 5 “Payphone feat. WIZ KHALIFA” (Dir: Samuel Bayer)
MIYAVI vs YUKSEK “DAY 1” (Dir: Yasuhiko Shimizu)
Keiichiro Shibuya + Hiroki Azuma feat. Hatsune Miku “Initiation” (Dir: YKBX)
Best Album of the Year
CALVIN HARRIS “Sweet Nothing feat. FLORENCE WELCH” (Dir: Vincent Haycock)
MAROON 5 “Payphone feat. WIZ KHALIFA” (Dir: Samuel Bayer)
MIYAVI vs YUKSEK “DAY 1” (Dir: Yasuhiko Shimizu)
Keiichiro Shibuya + Hiroki Azuma feat. Hatsune Miku “Initiation” (Dir: YKBX)
Best Album of the Year
CARLY RAE JEPSEN “KISS”
LINKIN PARK “LIVING THINGS”
Kana Nishino “Love Place”
ONE DIRECTION “TAKE ME HOME”
2PM “LEGEND OF 2PM”
Best Karaokee! Song
BRUNO MARS “Locked Out of Heaven” (Dir: Cameron Duddy)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu “Fashion Monster” (Dir: Jun Tamukai)
Kana Nishino “Always” (Dir: Nobu Sueyoshi)
TAYLOR SWIFT “We are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (Dir: Declan Whitebloom)
J Soul Brothers III “Hanabi” (Mika Ninagawa)
Best Choreography
CHRIS BROWN “Turn Up the Music” (Dir: Chris Brown & Godfrey Tabarz)
Momoiro Clover Z “Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachiyo” (Dir: Hideki Kuroda)
P!NK “Try” (Dir: Floria Sigismondi)
WILLY MOON “Yeah Yeah” (Dir: Alex Courtes)
WORLD ORDER “PERMANENT REVOLUTON” (Dir: GENKI SUDO)
