Charli XCX leads the nominations at this year’s UK Music Video Awards with a suite of attention-grabbing videos. The artist sees her videos for 360, Von Dutch and Guess, her collaboration with Billie Eilish, pick up a total of 7 shortlist places across the music genre and craft categories, the most by any single artist, in the annual celebration of music video creativity.
In hot pursuit, Jade wins 5 nominations, 4 for the official music video for Angel Of My Dreams by last year’s Best Director winner Aube Perrie, as well as a nod for the live version helmed by Theo Adams and Sophie Muller. Among the other British artists to make headlines in the shortlists, the ever-charismatic Raye and AntsLive pick up multiple nominations for their music videos and live videos, while Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. win a total of 5 mentions for their innovative videos for Here’s The Thing and Starburster. They head a list which includes multiple nods for Coldplay, James Blake, The Rolling Stones, The Chemical Brothers, Ezra Collective, IDLES, Mura Masa and Jeshi demonstrating the breadth of music video creativity over the past year.
Among the international artists, previous UKMVA multi-nominee Childish Gambino leads the way with 5 nominations and last year’s Video of the Year winner, Mette, scores 4 places for her video for Bet. The video for the collaboration between Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak for the track Gangsta also gains 4 nominations, while Camila Cabello, Jeremy Pope, Justice, Kamasi Washington, Rage Against The Machine, Wallace Cleaver and Yseult receive multiple mentions in this year’s list of nominations for over 35 awards, celebrating the best work in music videos in the UK and around the world, and the creative and technical talent behind them.
The winners at this year’s UKMVAs will be announced at the awards ceremony which takes place at Magazine London on October 24th, when directors and production companies will be celebrated for their outstanding creative work alongside other filmmaking talent in areas including Cinematography, Colour grading, Production Design, Choreography, Styling, Editing, Animation and Visual Effects.
Among the directors on this year’s list, Frenchman Aube Perrie leads the pack with a total of 9 nominations for his work with Jade, Fontaines D.C. and South Korean rapper RM, while British talent Aidan Zamiri and Tom Emmerson score multiple mentions for their work with Charli XCX and AntsLive respectively. They face off in the Best Director category against the multi-nominated François Rousselet and American director C Prinz, and previous two-time winner in the category, Tanu Muino.
Among the new directing talent on the list, British director Billy King leads the way with 5 nominations for his work with Konyikeh and AntsLive, closely followed by British brothers The Reids for their videos for James Blake’s Thrown Around and Mura Masa’s Rise, and French duo Sang Froid, recognised for their work with Paris-based rapper Wallace Cleaver. In the Best New Director category, they will contend with Jake Erland, Pedro Takahashi and Zac Dov Wiesel for the title. Other directors with multiple nominations are Otis Dominique for his collaboration with Raye on Genesis, London filmmaker Luna Carmoon for her video for Fontaines D.C.’s Here’s The Thing, and previous Best Director winner Hiro Murai returning to the shortlist with his video for Childish Gambino’s Little Foot Big Foot.
This year’s shortlist for the Best Performance in a Video category, designed to spotlight outstanding on-camera performances by artists, actors and ensembles in music videos, this year features stellar turns by AntsLive, Childish Gambino, Jade, Mette, Raye and two young actors portraying A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak in François Rousselet’s video for Gangsta.
The hotly-contested Best Production Company award, presented in association with Kodak, this year sees a face-off between 6 strong contenders, all renowned for their output of music videos: Riff Raff FIlms, Object & Animal, Pulse Films, Stink Films, DIVISION and Iconoclast.
Since its inception in 2008, the UKMVAs has grown into the leading global awards programme for music video creativity, the most important annual event in the calendar for the world of music video production. The global reach of the competition saw entries from 33 different territories. Tickets for the awards show at Magazine, London on October 24th are on sale now at www.ukmva.com.
UK Music Video Awards 2024 – Nominations
Best Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & Digital
Charli XCX – 360
Jade – Angel Of My Dreams
Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove
RAYE – Genesis
Dua Lipa – Illusion
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Best Dance / Electronic Video – UK
Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish – Guess
James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
Supermodel – Push
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck – Skipping Like a Stone
Fred again.. & Lil Yachty & Overmono – stayinit
James Blake – Thrown Around
Best R&B / Soul Video – UK
Sampha – Can’t Go Back
Ezra Collective ft Yazmin Lacey – God Gave Me Feet For Dancing
Mabel ft Shygirl – Look At My Body pt ll
Leigh-Anne – My Love
Anaiis – Openhearted
Olivia Dean – Time
Best Rock Video – UK
The Rolling Stones – Angry
IDLES – Dancer
IDLES – Gift Horse
Stone – Queen
Fat Dog – Running
Fat White Family – Work
Best Alternative Video – UK
The Irrepressibles – Be Wild
Skinny Pelembe – Don’t Be Another
Depeche Mode – People Are Good
The Smile – Wall of Eyes
Metronomy x Naima Bock x Joshua Idehen – With Balance
Joe Armon Jones & Hak Baker – Wrong Side Of Town
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK
AntsLive – Captain Ants
J Hus – Cream
Jeshi ft Fredwave, Louis Culture & J Caesar – Disconnect!
Unknown T ft Loyle Carner – Hocus Pocus
Meekz – Mini Me’s
Bashy – Sweet Boys Turned Sour
Best Pop Video – International
Mette – Bet
V – FRI(END)S
Camila Cabello ft Playboi Carti – I Luv It
Miki Matsubara – Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me
Olivia Rodrigo – Obsessed
Lisa (from BLACKPINK) – Rockstar
Best Dance / Electronic Video – International
Salvatore Ganacci & Tommy Cash – Ass & Titties
Yseult – Bitch You Could Never
Innellea x Flowdan – Forward Forever
Justice – Generator
Confidence Man – I Can’t Lose You
Apashe – Revenge Of The Orchestra
Best R&B / Soul Video – International
Kamasi Washington ft George Clinton, D Smoke – Get lit
Ravyn Lenae ft Childish Gambino – One Wish
Kamasi Washington – Prologue
Omar Apollo – Spite
Jeremy Pope – U Lost + What I Gotta Do
Moses Sumney – Vintage
Best Rock Video – International
Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing
Childish Gambino – Lithonia
Zach Bryan – Nine Ball
Falling In Reverse ft Tech N9ne – Ronald
Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now in the Fire
Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
Best Alternative Video – International
Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – Antenna
Nick Leng – Beetlebugs
Judeline – Inri
RM – LOST!
Mitski – My Love Mine All Mine
Jerry Paper – Scenic Route
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International
Mula B – Blokke Gepikt
Megan Thee Stallion – Cobra
Doja Cat – Demons
Travis Scott ft Playboi Carti – FEIN
Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak – Gangsta
Childish Gambino – Little Foot Big Foot
Best Pop / R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer
Rio Rainz – BAD
Konyikeh – Lie To Me
Matilda Mann – Meet Cute
Hillari – New Beginnings
Moonchild Sanelly – Scrambled Eggs
Joalin – Without You
Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer
FEUX – Angel
Siriusmo ft Mr Oizo – Doppelklick
Realo – Money Up Pants Down
Mura Masa – Rise
Elisa Delage – Shikaponk
Lydsten – You won’t / Burn / _Yourself
Best Rock / Alternative Video – Newcomer
Oracle Sisters – Alouette
Sam Akpro – Death by Entertainment
Honeyglaze – Don’t
Humane The Moon ft Jeshi – K9
Elbow – Lovers’ Leap
DEADLETTER – Mere Mortal
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
Audrey Nuna – Cellulite
John Glacier – Cows Come Home
AntsLive – Cutlery
Yvnnis – Gare du Nord
ONHA – Kodak
Wallace Cleaver – Plus rien n’est grave
Best Live Video
Jade – Angel Of My Dreams (live)
Omar Apollo – Dispose of Me
Yard Act – Live From Utopia
RAYE – Oscar Winning Tears (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Fred Again.. x Anderson. Paak ft Chika – Places To Be
Washed Out – Waking Up (Eclipse Live Session)
Best Special Visual Project
Baloji – Augure: infinite trolling
Childish Gambino – Bando Stone & The New World
Arssalendo – Chiamere Casa Sempre Lo Stesso Posto
Kamasi Washington ft George Clinton, D Smoke – Get Lit
Rage Against The Machine – Sleep Now in the Fire
The Avalanches – Yeah The Boys
Best Performance in a Video
Jade – Angel Of My Dreams
Mette – Bet
AntsLive – Captain Ants
Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak – Gangsta
RAYE – Genesis
Childish Gambino – Little Foot Big Foot
Best Production Design in a Video
Yseult – Bitch You Could Never
Porter Robinson – Cheerleader
Olly Alexander – Dizzy
Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak – Gangsta
Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish – Guess
RM – LOST!
Best Styling in a Video
Charli XCX – 360
Jade – Angel Of My Dreams
Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak – Gangsta
Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing
Fontaines D.C. – Starburster
Crystal Murray – Starmaniak
Best Choreography in a Video
Mette – Bet
Soprano – Facile À Danser
Ezra collective ft Yazmin Lacey – God Gave Me Feet For Dancing
Childish Gambino – Little Foot Big Foot
Molchat Doma – Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya
Jeremy Pope – U Lost + What I Gotta Do
Best Cinematography in a Video in association with Harbor
Justice – Generator
RAYE – Genesis
Lil Dicky – HAHAHA
Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing
Alaskan Tapes – Of Woods And Seas
James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
Best Cinematography in a Video – Newcomer
James Massiah – Charlie
Chameleon – I Never Knew You Well
Konikyeh – Lie To Me
Wallace Cleaver – Plus rien n’est grave
Stone – Queen
ĠENN – The Sister Of
Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM
Charli XCX – 360
Pink – All Out Of Fight
AntsLive – Captain Ants
Friedberg – My Best Friend
Alaskan Tapes – Of Woods And Seas
Cassie Marin – Tanto
Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer
Say Lou Lou – Dust
Nick Wilson – For You It Was Him
Konyikeh – Lie To Me
Downtown Kayoto – My Best
Wallace Cleaver – Plus rien n’est grave
Nia Archives – Unfinished Business
Best Editing in a Video in association with Digital Beauty Work
Jade – Angel Of My Dreams
Hyukoh, Sunset Rollercoaster – Antenna
Jeshi ft Fredwave, Louis Culture & J Caesar – Disconnect!
Camila Cabello ft Playboi Carti – I Luv It
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Joe Armon Jones & Hak Baker – Wrong Side Of Town
Best Editing in a Video – Newcomer
John Glacier – Cows Come Home
Yvnnis – Gare du Nord
ONHA – Kodak
21 Savage – Redrum
Mura Masa – Rise
KiLLOWEN x Tommy Villiers – Top Bins
Best Visual Effects in a Video
The Rolling Stones – Angry
Mette – Bet
Justice – Generator
RM – LOST!
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck – Skipping Like a Stone
Cassie Marin – Tanto
Best Animation in a Video
L’Impératrice – Danza Marilù
Elsa y Elmar – entre las piernas
Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove
HONNE – Girl In The Orchestra
Sad Night Dynamite – Wake Up, Pass Out
Danny Brown – Y.B.P.
Best Creative Commissioner
John Moule
Kat Cattaneo, Sony Music Entertainment UK
Louis Danckwerts, Polydor
Michael Lewin, Sony Music Entertainment UK
Scott Wright, XL Recordings
Theresa Adebiyi, Warner Music UK
Best Agent
Alex Brinkman, Object & Animal
Alexa Haywood, FreeAgent UK
Andre Reid-McKinley, REPmedia
Claire Stubbs & Connie Meade, Mouthpiece
Lee Fairweather, Leethal Reppin
Sarah Boardman, Joceline Gabriel & Camille Semprez, HANDS
Best Director in association with Electric Theatre Collective
Aidan Zamiri
Aube Perrie
C Prinz
François Rousselet
Tanu Muino
Tom Emmerson
Best New Director in association with LEAP
Billy King
Jake Erland
Pedro Takahashi
Sang Froid
The Reids
Zac Dov Wiesel
Best Producer in association with WPA UK
Chris Murdoch
Ernest Bouvier
Manoela Chiabai
Rowan Mackintosh King
Theo Hue Williams
Two Happy (Joseph J Goldman & Luke Tierney)
Best Executive Producer
Alex Brinkman, Object & Animal
Dom Thomas, Object & Animal
Dominic Mckiernan, Stink Films
Elena Argiros & Rik Green, Pulse Films
Frank Borin & Ivanna Borin, Underwonder Content
Jules de Chateleux, DIVISION
Best Production Company in association with Kodak
DIVISION
Iconoclast
Object & Animal
Pulse Films
Riff Raff Films
Stink Films
Video of the Year
To be announced on the night