The YouTube Music Awards begins at 6 p.m. ET. on Sunday, Nov. 3. Performers like Lady Gaga, Eminem, Arcade Fire, Avicii, CDZA, Lindsey Stirling, M.I.A., Tyler the Creator and Walk off the Earth will be performing during the hour and a half event. Spike Jonze is the show's director and he said that live music videos will be created during the event.

Nominees Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Fifth Harmony, Girls’ Generation and Epic Rap Battles of History will also make appearances throughout the night.

A pre-show will start airing at 5 p.m. ET.



The YouTube Music Awards has six categories, some of which are unique to the event, such as Response of the Year category, which recognizes the best covers, remixes and parodies.

They will choose their nominees based on musicians' YouTube stats including views, Likes, comments and channel subscriptions. The winners will be decided by share counts for each artist's nomination video on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

Actor Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts will be hosting the show. Here is the list of nominees in the six categories:

Video of the Year Nominees

YouTube: "Honoring the world’s most loved music videos, these nominees represent the videos with the most fan engagement on YouTube over the last year.
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Demi Lovato: "Heart Attack"

Epic Rap Battles of History: "Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney"

Girls' Generation: "I Got A Boy"

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

Youtube: "Honoring the acts YouTube fans have made stars, nominees represent the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed-to artists on YouTube."

Eminem

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

YouTube: "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"

ThePianoGuys: "Titanium / Pavane"

Walk Off the Earth (feat. KRNFX): "I Knew You Were Trouble"

YouTube Phenomenon Nominees

YouTube: "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

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

Naughty Boy

Passenger

Rudimental

Innovation of the Year Nominees

YouTube: "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"

Toro Y Moi: "Say That"