NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Videos including U2's "Stuck In A Moment, Alicia Keys's "Fallin'," *NSYNC's "Pop," and P.O.D.'s "
Alive" are among the nominees announced
Thursday (April 4) for the 11th annual MVPA Awards. The MVPAs are produced by the
Music Video Production Association and judged by members of the industry with a goal of recognizing both artistic and technical merit in the year's clips.
Videos by countless big names across various music styles were singled out. Others include Elton John's "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore," Weezer's "Hash Pipe," David Gray's "Please Forgive Me," Jay-Z's "Guilty Until Proven Innocent," and Alison Krauss's "Let Me Touch You For Awhile."
Winners will be announced at ceremonies taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on May 22.
Nominations (partial list):
POP
Elton John - "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
Jamiroquai - "Little L"
*NSYNC - "Pop"
Nelly Furtado - "Turn Off The Light"
U2 - "Stuck In A Moment"
ROCK
Boy Hits Car - "Man Without Skin"
Mick Jagger - "God Gave Me Everything I Want"
Mushroomhead - "Solitaire Unraveling"
P.O.D. - "Alive"
The Strokes - "Last Night"
ALTERNATIVE
Badly Drawn Boy - "Spitting In The Wind"
Perry Farrell - "Song Yet To Be Sung"
Radiohead - "Knives Out"
Tori Amos - "Strange Little Girl"
Weezer - "Hash Pipe"
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
David Gray - "Please Forgive Me"
Jewel - "Standing Still"
R.E.M. - "Imitation of Life"
Sugar Ray - "When It's Over"
System Of A Down - "Chop Suey!"
HIP-HOP
Bell Biv Devoe - "Da Hot Sh-t"
Busta Rhymes featuring Kelis - "What It Is"
De La Soul - "Baby Phat" G-Dep - "Let's Get It" Jurassic 5 - "The Influence" Ludacris - "Roll Out"
R&B
Alicia Keys - "Fallin'"
Artists Against AIDS - "What's Going On"
India.Arie - "Video"
Janet Jackson - "Someone To Call My Lover"
Mary J. Blige - "No More Drama"
RAP
Afroman - "Because I Got High"
DMX - "Who We Be"
Jay-Z - "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"
Knocturnal f. Missy Elliott - "The Knoc"
P. Diddy - "Bad Boy For Life"
Trick Daddy - "I'm A Thug"
COUNTRY
Alison Krauss - "Let Me Touch You For Awhile"
Cross Canadian Ragweed - "Look At Me"
Martina McBride - "Blessed"
Robert Earl Keen - "Merry Christmas From The Family"
Willie Nelson/Lee Ann Womack - "Mendocino County"
ELECTRONIC
Air - "Radio #1"
Basement Jaxx - "Where's Your Head At?"
Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar"
Money Mark - "Information Contraband"
The Crystal Method - " Murder"
SOUNDTRACK
Marilyn Manson - "Tainted Love" (Not Another Teen Movie)
Mya, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim - "Lady Marmalade" (Moulin Rouge)
Robbie Williams - "We Are The Champions" (A Knight's Tale)
Rufus Wainwright - "Across The Universe" (I Am Sam)
U2 - "Elevation" (Tomb Raider)
BEST VIDEO PRODUCED FOR UNDER $25,000
Bad Religion - "Sorrow"
Dylan Hicks - "City Lights"
Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"
Money Mark - "Information Contraband"
Tahiti 80 - "Love From Outer Space"
Will.I.Am - "I Am"
