2005 MTV Video Music Awards

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The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 28, 2005, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. The show was hosted by Diddy at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

Although the approach of a strong tropical storm (which became Hurricane Katrina prior to its first landfall just north of Miami) cancelled much of the pre-show activities, the show itself went on as scheduled after the storm passed. Later that year, the MTV VMAs for Latin America, scheduled for Cancún, were cancelled due to Hurricane Wilma (which later made an identical but reverse path across South Florida as Katrina did).

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound"
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Male Video

• 50 Cent — "Candy Shop"
• Beck — "E-Pro"
• John Legend — "Ordinary People"
• Usher — "Caught Up"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Female Video

• Amerie — "1 Thing"
• Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
• Kelly Clarkson — "Since U Been Gone"
• Shakira (featuring Alejandro Sanz) — "La Tortura"
• Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"

Best Group Video

• Black Eyed Peas — "Don't Phunk with My Heart"
• Destiny's Child (featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne) — "Soldier"
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• The Killers — "Mr. Brightside"
• U2 — "Vertigo"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Ciara (featuring Missy Elliott) — "1,2 Step"
• The Game — "Dreams"
• The Killers — "Mr. Brightside"
• John Legend — "Ordinary People"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"

Best Pop Video

• Kelly Clarkson — "Since U Been Gone"
• Lindsay Lohan — "Rumors"
• Jesse McCartney — "Beautiful Soul"
• Ashlee Simpson — "Pieces of Me"
• Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"

Best Rock Video

• Foo Fighters — "Best of You"
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• The Killers — "Mr. Brightside"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"
• Weezer — "Beverly Hills"

Best R&B Video

• Mariah Carey — "We Belong Together"
• Ciara (featuring Ludacris) — "Oh"
• Alicia Keys — "Karma"
• John Legend — "Ordinary People"
• Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"

Best Rap Video

• Eminem — "Just Lose It"
• The Game (featuring 50 Cent) — "How We Do"
• Ludacris — "Number One Spot"
• T.I. — "U Don't Know Me"
• Ying Yang Twins — "Wait (The Whisper Song)"

Best Hip-Hop Video

• Common — "Go"
• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"
• Nas (featuring Olu Dara) — "Bridging the Gap"
• Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Kanye West — "Jesus Walks"

Best Dance Video

• Ciara (featuring Missy Elliott) — "1, 2 Step"
• Destiny's Child — "Lose My Breath"
• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right"
• Shakira (featuring Alejandro Sanz) — "La Tortura"

Breakthrough Video

• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"
• Eminem — "Mosh"
• Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc."
• Sarah McLachlan — "World on Fire"
• U2 — "Vertigo"

Best Direction in a Video

• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control" (Directors: Dave Meyers and Missy Elliott)
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Director: Samuel Bayer)
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right" (Directors: Francis Lawrence and Diane Martel)
• U2 — "Vertigo" (Directors: Alex and Martin)
• The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid" (Director: Floria Sigismondi)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Amerie — "1 Thing" (Choreographer: Jamaica Scott)
• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control" (Choreographer: Hi Hat)
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right" (Choreographers: Richmond Talauega and Anthony Talauega)
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena" (Choreographer: Michael Rooney)
• Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl" (Choreographer: Kishaya Dudley)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound" (Special Effects: A52)
• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control" (Special Effects: Radium)
• Gorillaz — "Feel Good Inc." (Special Effects: Passion Pictures)
• Ludacris — "Number One Spot" (Special Effects: 20Twenty)
• The Mars Volta — "The Widow" (Special Effects: Artificial Army)
• U2 — "Vertigo" (Special Effects: Jam Abelenet)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Green Day — "American Idiot" (Art Director: Jan Roelfs)
• The Killers — "Mr. Brightside" (Art Director: Laura Fox)
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?" (Art Director: Zach Matthews)
• System of a Down — "B.Y.O.B." (Art Director: Jeremy Reed)
• The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid" (Art Director: Sue Tebbutt)

Best Editing in a Video

• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound" (Editor: Adam Pertofsky)
• Foo Fighters — "Best of You" (Editor: Nathan "Karma" Cox)
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Editor: Tim Royes)
• Jennifer Lopez — "Get Right" (Editor: Dustin Robertson)
• Simple Plan — "Untitled" (Editor: Richard Alarcron)
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?" (Editor: Dustin Robertson)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides)
• Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Director of Photography: Samuel Bayer)
• Modest Mouse — "Ocean Breathes Salty" (Director of Photography: Danny Hiele)
• Simple Plan — "Untitled" (Director of Photography: Michael Bernard)
• U2 — "Vertigo" (Director of Photography: Omer Ganai)
• The White Stripes — "Blue Orchid" (Director of Photography: Chris Soos)

Best Video Game Soundtrack

• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (Konami)
• Def Jam: Fight for NY (Electronic Arts)
• Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
• Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Rockstar Games)
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Activision)

MTV2 Award

• Akon (featuring Styles P) — "Locked Up"
• The Bravery — "An Honest Mistake"
• Daddy Yankee — "Gasolina"
• Fall Out Boy — "Sugar, We're Goin Down"
• Mike Jones (featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall) — "Still Tippin'"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"

Viewer's Choice

• Kelly Clarkson — "Since U Been Gone"
• Green Day — "American Idiot"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"
• Shakira (featuring Alejandro Sanz) — "La Tortura"
• Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot"

Performances

Pre-show

• Mike Jones (featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall) — "Still Tippin'"
• Rihanna — "Pon de Replay"
• Fall Out Boy — "Sugar, We're Going Down"

Main show

• Green Day — Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• Ludacris (featuring Bobby Valentino) — "Pimpin' All Over the World"
• MC Hammer — "U Can't Touch This"
• Shakira (featuring Alejandro Sanz) — "La Tortura"
• R. Kelly — "Trapped in the Closet"
• The Killers — "Mr. Brightside"
• Diddy and Snoop Dogg — "Tribute to Biggie"
• Don Omar — "Reggaeton Latino"
• Tego Calderón — "El Abayarde"
• Daddy Yankee — "Gasolina"
• Coldplay — "Speed of Sound"
• Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) — "Gold Digger"
• Mariah Carey (featuring Jadakiss and Jermaine Dupri) — "Shake It Off"/"We Belong Together"
• 50 Cent (featuring Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo) — "Disco Inferno"/"Outta Control"/"So Seductive"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"
• Kelly Clarkson — "Since U Been Gone"

Appearances

• Nelly and Lindsay Lohan — presented Best Male Video and Best Female Video
• Beavis and Butthead — appeared in different vignettes about voting procedures for the Viewer's Choice award
• Ciara and Missy Elliott — introduced Ludacris and Bobby Valentino
• Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst — presented Best Rock Video
• Grandmaster Flash — DJed after some commercial breaks and during the "dance-off" sequence
• Omarion and Luke (from 2 Live Crew) — appeared in a "dance-off" sequence with Diddy
• Ashlee and Jessica Simpson — presented Best R&B Video
• Jessica Alba, Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal — introduced Shakira and Alejandro Sanz
• Usher — introduced a "Clowning vs. Krumping" dance sequence and presented Best Dance Video
• Eric Roberts — introduced R. Kelly
• Hilary Duff and Joel Madden — introduced The Killers
• Lil' Kim and Jeremy Piven — presented Best Rap Video
• Common and Johnny Knoxville — presented the MTV2 Award
• Fat Joe — introduced the reggaeton performances and presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Pharrell — introduced Coldplay
• B5 introduced the next pair of presenters
• Ricky Martin and Joss Stone — presented Best Pop Video
• Alicia Keys and John Legend — introduced Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
• Snoop Dogg — introduced Dane Cook, who performed a short comic monologue, and presented Best New Artist in a Video with him
• Eva Longoria — introduced Mariah Carey
• Lil Jon and Paulina Rubio — presented Breakthrough Video
• Fergie and Will.I.Am — introduced 50 Cent
• Bow Wow and Paris Hilton — presented Viewer's Choice
• Jamie Foxx — introduced Destiny's Child and presented Video of the Year with them

External links

• Official MTV site