BIGBANG, EXILE, SUPERFLY AND W-INDS. TO PERFORM AT MTV JAPAN’S ANNUAL AWARDS SHOW SATURDAY, MAY 29 AT YOYOGI NATIONAL STADIUM IN TOKYO

03.31.2010 – MTV Japan today announced nominees and the first four performers to be featured in its newly rebranded music awards event, MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010, set to take place at the Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, on Saturday, May 29.

Pop queen Lady Gaga received five nominations while Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Asian diva Namie Amuro, Miliyah Kato, and JUJU all received three nominations each. Scheduled to perform live are four of the top groups in Asia: BIGBANG, EXILE, Superfly and w-inds.. Guest celebrities include (in alphabetical order) Miho Fukuhara, ICONIQ, JAY’ED, Juliet, Shonan no Kaze and VANNESS. Additional performers and guest celebrities will be announced in the weeks leading up to the big event, and nominations in all fifteen award categories are listed below.

MTV Video Music Awards Japan debuted in 2002 as one of the biggest music award shows in Japan, showcasing the best of both international and local artists and celebrities. This year, the awards show unites with MTV WORLD STAGE combining the award presentations and more live performances staged in front of a live audience of 10,000 music fans in Japan. MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010 will air live to over 7.5 million homes on MTV Japan Saturday 29 May at 6 pm and will be broadcast worldwide on MTV channels in June (exact air dates to be announced).

Winners of the MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010 awards are determined by viewers and music fans who vote for either Japanese or international artists nominated in each category. The voting period is from March 31 through May 9 and can be accessed via web and mobile www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj.

Big Bang's nominations:



The complete lists of nominees for the MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010 are:

Best Male Video
• JAY’ED “Everybody”
• JAY-Z “Empire State of Mind feat. ALICIA KEYS”
• KREVA “Shunkan speechless”
• SEAN PAUL “So Fine”
• Shota Shimizu “Utsukushiki Hibi yo”

Best Female Video
• Namie Amuro “FAST CAR”
• ayaka “Minna Sora no Shita”
• Kaela Kimura “Butterfly”
• LADY GAGA “Poker Face”
• RIHANNA “Russian Roulette”

Best Group Video
• BACKSTREET BOYS “Straight Through My Heart”
• BLACK EYED PEAS “I Gotta Feeling”
• Remioromen “Kachofugetsu”
• TOHOSHINKI “Share The World”
• Tokyo Jihen “Noudouteki Sanpunkan”

Best New Artist Video
• Mao Abe “Itsu no Hi mo”
• BIGBANG “Gara Gara GO!!”
• KERI HILSON “Knock You Down feat. NE-YO & KANYE WEST”
• TAYLOR SWIFT “You Belong with Me”
• the telephones “Monkey Discooooooo”

Best Video of the Year
• ALICIA KEYS “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
• Namie Amuro “FAST CAR”
• ayaka “Minna Sora no Shita”
• EXILE “Futatsu no Kuchibiru”
• LADY GAGA “Poker Face”

Best Rock Video
• GREEN DAY “Know Your Enemy”
• 9mm Parabellum Bullet “Inochi no Zenmai”
• MUSE “Uprising”
• RADWIMPS “Oshakashama”
• Superfly “Dancing On The Fire”

Best Pop Video
• BIGBANG “Koe wo Kikasete”
• Ikimono-gakari “YELL”
• Kumi Koda “Lick me♥”
• LEONA LEWIS “Happy”
• P!NK “Please Don’t Leave Me”

Best R&B Video
• ALICIA KEYS “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
• CHRIS BROWN “Crawl”
• JASMINE “sad to say”
• JUJU with JAY’ED “Ashita ga Kurunara”
• Miliyah Kato “Aitai”

Best Hip Hop Video
• EMINEM “We Made You”
• FLO RIDA “Right Round feat. KESHA”
• JAY-Z “Empire State of Mind feat. ALICIA KEYS”
• KREVA “Shunkan speechless”
• RHYMESTER “ONCE AGAIN”

Best Reggae Video
• HAN-KUN “KEEP IT BLAZING”
• PUSHIM “My Endless Love”
• RYO the SKYWALKER “Koko ni Aru Ima wo Tomo ni Aruki Dasou”
• SEAN KINGSTON “Fire Burning”
• SEAN PAUL “So Fine”

Best Dance Video
• COS / MES “Chaosexotica”
• DAVID GUETTA “When Love Takes Over feat. KELLY ROWLAND”
• LADY GAGA “Poker Face”
• LA ROUX “I’m Not Your Toy”
• Perfume “One Room Disco”

Best Video from a Film
• flumpool “MW ~Dear Mr. & Ms. Picaresque~” from “MW”
• JUJU with JAY’ED “Ashita ga Kurunara” from “Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome”
• LEONA LEWIS “I See You” from “Avatar”
• PARAMORE “Decode” from “Twilight”
• Shonan no Kaze “Tomo Yo” from “Drop”

Best Collaboration Video
• BEYONCE “Video Phone feat. LADY GAGA”
• JAY-Z “Empire State of Mind feat. ALICIA KEYS”
• JUJU with JAY’ED “Ashita ga Kurunara”
• Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu “Love Forever”
• w-inds. x G-DRAGON(BIGBANG) “Rain Is Fallin’”

Best Album of the Year
• Namie Amuro “PAST - FUTURE”
• BLACK EYED PEAS “THE E.N.D.”
• EXILE “Aisubeki Mirai e”
• GREEN DAY “21st Century Breakdown”
• Superfly “Box Emotions”

Best Karaoke Song
• BLACK EYED PEAS “I Gotta Feeling”
• Miliyah Kato x Shota Shimizu “Love Forever”
• Kaela Kimura “Butterfly”
• LADY GAGA “Poker Face”
• Kana Nishino “Motto…”

For more information about MTV World Stage VMAJ 2010 (Japanese language only), visit http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/top

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