best pop music vedio: fun. f/ Janelle Monáe "We Are Young" Justin Bieber "Boyfriend" Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa "Payphone" One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful" Rihanna "We Found Love"
Best Hip-Hop Video: Childish Gambino "Heartbeat" Drake f/ Lil Wayne "HYFR" Kanye West f/ Pusha T, Big Sean, and 2 Chainz "Mercy" Nicki Minaj f/ 2 Chainz "Beez In The Trap" Watch The Throne "Paris"
Best New Artist: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" Frank Ocean "Swim Good" fun. f/ Janelle Monáe "We Are Young" One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful" The Wanted "Glad You Came"
Best Female Video: Beyoncé "Love On Top" Katy Perry "Part Of Me" Nicki Minaj "Starships" Rihanna "We Found Love" Selena Gomez & The Scene "Love You Like A Love Song"
2012 MTV Video Music Awards 日日的雨伞曾获此殊荣 Drake f/ Rihanna "Take Care" Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know" Katy Perry "Wide Awake" M.I.A. "Bad Girls" Rihanna "We Found Love"
Best Video With A Message : Demi Lovato "Skyscraper" Gym Class Heroes f/ Ryan Tedder "The Fighter" Kelly Clarkson "Dark Side" K'Naan f/ Nelly Furtado "Is Anybody Out There?" Lil Wayne "How To Love" Rise Against "Ballad Of Hollis Brown"