2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Nominees

Best Video of the Year

Best Male Video

Japan

• AK-69 — "Flying B"
• Daichi Miura — "Cry & Fight"
• Motohiro Hata — "Sumire"
• Rekishi — "Saigo no Shogun"
• Yu Takahashi — "Hikari no Hahen"

International

• Drake — "Hotline Bling"
• James Bay — "Let It Go"
• Justin Timberlake — "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
• The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"

Best Female Video

Japan

• Namie Amuro — "Mint"
• Juju — "What You Want"
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu — "Sai & Go"
• Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"

International

• Adele — "Hello"
• Beyoncé — "Formation"
• Rihanna — "Work"
• Sia — "Cheap Thrills "

Best Group Video

Japan

• Babymetal — "Karate"
• Perfume — "Flash"
• Vamps — "Inside of Me"
• The Yellow Monkey — "Alright"

International

• Coldplay — "Up&Up"
• Pentatonix — "Can't Sleep Love"
• The 1975 — "Ugh!"
• The Vamps — "Wake Up"

Best New Artist Video

Japan

• Ame no Parade — "You"
• Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi — "Newspeak"
• Faky — "Candy"
• Wednesday Campanella — "Tsuchinoko"

International

• Charlie Puth — "One Call Away"
• Halsey — "New Americana"
• Jack Garratt — "Breathe Life"
• Lukas Graham — "7 Years"

Best Album of the Year

Japan

• Back Number — Chandelier
• Bump of Chicken — Butterflies
• Kana Nishino — Just Love
• Perfume — ''Cosmic Explorer''

International

• Adele — 25
• Drake — Views
• Justin Bieber — Purpose
• Rihanna — ''Anti''

Best Rock Video

• Coldplay — "Up&Up"
• Radiohead — "Daydreaming"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dark Necessities"
• The Yellow Monkey — "Alright"

Best Metal Video

• Crossfaith — "Rx Overdrive"
• Deftones — "Prayers / Triangles"
• Iron Maiden — "Speed of Light"
• Trivium — "Silence in the Snow"

Best Pop Video

• Ariana Grande — "Into You"
• Fifth Harmony — "Work from Home"
• Justin Bieber — "What Do You Mean?"
• Kana Nishino — "Anata no Suki na Tokoro"

Best R&B Video

• Alessia Cara — "Here"
• Bryson Tiller — "Don't"
• Usher — "No Limit"
• The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"

Best Hip Hop Video

• Chance the Rapper — "Angels"
• Drake — "Hotline Bling"
• Desiigner — "Panda"
• Kanye West — "Famous"

Best Dance Video

• Calvin Harris — "This Is What You Came For"
• Disclosure — "Magnets"
• Kygo — "Stay"
• Mike Posner — "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)"

Best Choreography

• Beat Buddy Boi — "B-Boi Scramble"
• Fifth Harmony — "Work from Home"
• Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
• Sia — "Alive"

Special awards

Best Teen Choice Award

• Doberman Infinity — "Ga Ga Summer"
• Scandal — "Take Me Out"
• Sky-Hi — "Nanairo Holiday"
• Rei Yasuda — "Message"

Inspirational Award Japan