YouTube Music Awards Full List Of Winners and Nominees

YouTube, the only relevant source for new music videos online, recently launched its own award ceremony to reward outstanding artistes. The maiden edition of the YouTube Music Awards aired on a live stream yesterday (November 3rd). The awards show featured performances by Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, M.I.A., Earl Sweatshirt, Eminem, among others. The event was hosted by thesp Jason Schwartzman and comedian Reggie Watts.
YouTube, revealed the nominees were selected based purely on YouTube data from the last 1 year, and every time someone watched, shared, liked, or subscribed, you helped determine the final list. One area where the YTMAs did shine and stand out against its MTV rival was their relatively messy and unpredictable setup and creative director Spike Jonze’s picks for live performances; let’s see if the VMAs ever put  Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler the Creator on the line up to perform. Check out the full winners and nominees list below


Video of the Year Nominees
“Honoring the world’s most loved music videos, these nominees represent the videos with the most fan engagement on YouTube over the last year.”
Demi Lovato: “Heart Attack”
Epic Rap Battles of History: “Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney” Girls’ Generation: “I Got A Boy” – WINNER
Justin Bieber (feat. Nicki Minaj): “Beauty And A Beat”
Lady Gaga: “Applause”
Macklemore and 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 Nominees
“Honoring the acts YouTube fans have made stars, nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed-to artists on YouTube.”
Eminem – WINNER
Epic Rap Battles of History
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
PSY
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Response of the Year Nominees
“Honoring the best fan remix, parody or response video, these nominees represent the top ‘unofficial’ fan videos on YouTube based on your views, shares and other activity.”
Boyce Avenue (feat. Fifth Harmony): “Mirrors”
Jayesslee: “Gangnam Style” Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix: “Radioactive” – WINNER
ThePianoGuys: “Titanium / Pavane”
Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX): “I Knew You Were Trouble”
YouTube Phenomenon Nominees
“Recognizing the YouTube trends the world could not escape from, nominees are based on the phenomena that generated the most fan videos.”
Diamonds
Gangnam Style
Harlem Shake I Knew You Were Trouble – WINNER (really?)
Thrift Shop
YouTube Breakthrough Nominees
“Honoring the music world’s breakout new acts, nominees represent the artists who experienced the biggest growth in views and subscribers.”
Kendrick Lamar Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – WINNER
Naughty Boy
Passenger
Rudimental
Innovation of the Year Nominees
“Starting with videos selected by an international panel of musicians, YouTubers and creative luminaries, we then selected the creative video innovations that resonated most with fans on YouTube, based on views, likes, shares and comments.”
Anamanaguchi: “ENDLESS FANTASY”
Atoms For Peace: “Ingenue”
Bat For Lashes: “Lilies” DeStorm: “See Me Standing” – WINNER
Toro Y Moi: “Say That”