MMVA People’s Choice: Favourite International Video
May 12th, 2008
The People’s Choice Favourite International Video category is always a point of much debate, cause there are just SO many bands and videos to choose from when you open an award up to the globe. How did it get narrowed down? Well, it’s safe to say that these five artists have had a banger of a year. Read on…
Fall Out Boy The Take Over, The Break’s Over
Fall Out Boy have had quite a year. The band’s fourth album Infinity On High debuted at #1 on Billboard and has since been certified platinum (that’s a million copies, folks). Then they performed at the MTV VMAs in September with a gaggle of musical guests, and now they’re just finishing up a 47-date stint as headliners for the Honda Civic Tour. And somewhere in there, Pete Wentz became enamoured with - and later engaged to - punk-pop princess Ashlee Simpson. They’ve collaborated with both Kanye and Timbaland, namedropped Jay-Z, and released a rock ‘n roll cover of Mikey J.’s Beat It with the help of John Mayer. Huh? If these guys hadn’t already confirmed their ability to grab the attention of music royalty across the board, they sure have now.
Flo Rida Low f. T-Pain
Flo Rida was virtually unknown until Low stormed the charts in late 2007. Whether you’re a fan or not, the stats are truly mind-numbing: in addition to reaching #1 pretty much everywhere and holding the position longer than any other song in 2007, Low is currently the bestselling digital download of all time - over 3.3 million sales. W T F. Don’t try and tell me you didn’t have Low as your ringtone at some point in the past six months, cause I know the truth. Now it’s time for you guys to decide whether Flo Rida’s had his fifteen minutes or if he’s just getting started.
Kanye West Stronger
Kanye really, really wants to win something. He cried when he didn’t win any of the five MTV VMAs he was nominated for, vowing to never return to the awards show again. So maybe he’ll be comforted by the possibility of winning MMVA People’s Choice Favourite International Video? You gotta admit, Stronger IS a great jam, due in part to its sampling of one of Daft Punk’s most amazing songs, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. In September, Kanye pushed the release date for his third album, The Graduation, back a week so it’d coincide with 50 Cent’s album release date. A competition ensued, with 50 promising to end his career as a solo rapper if Kanye’s album sold more copies than his, but later retracted the statement since it clearly did (to date, 2.5 million for Kanye vs. 1.7 million for 50 Cent). Now Kanye’s busy touring North America as the headliner of his own Glow In The Dark Tour with Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D.
Rihanna Don’t Stop The Music
The last twelve months have really been a whirlwind for 20-year-old Rihanna. Her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad started out with the monster hit Umbrella, which was THE song of summer 2007 and has since been parodied and covered by dozens of artists, including Mandy Moore, Marie Digby, Travis Barker, Tegan And Sara and My Chemical Romance. Rihanna followed up Umbrella with four more explosive singles in ‘07/’08, insured her legs for a million bucks, got her hair cropped into an asymmetrical bob that was dubbed the year’s “Rachel” by a jillion magazines, and now she’s part of Kanye West’s 43 city Glow In The Dark tour with Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D. Phew.
Timbaland Presents OneRepublic Apologize
Attribute the song to whoever you want, but this song slowly crept up late last year and has since grown on everyone who’s heard it. OneRepublic’s original version lacked a bit of final polish that only a blockbuster producer like Timbaland could provide (notably, a stronger backbeat and a coupla “yeahs” thrown in there in case you doubted his involvement). The three-minute video is the fifth most watched YouTube video of all time with nearly 54 million views!
And Timothy Z. Mosley, aka Timbaland, was also extremely busy in 2007, recording a steady stream of “ticka-ticka” embellishments and lending his producer skills to artists like Madonna, Ashlee Simpson, Nell Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Pussycat Dolls, Coldplay and Bjork. And oh yeah - he also released his own album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value, which included the blockbuster hits The Way I Are, Give It To Me and of course, the remix of Apologize.
This award is entirely up to you guys, so go vote for your favourites from now until the night of the MMVAs (Sunday, June 15 @ 9pm ET)!
Posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 2:20 pm by Kat and is filed under MMVA2008.
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225 Responses to “MMVA People’s Choice: Favourite International Video”
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fall out boy
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FOB forever!!!! THEY ROCK DA HOUSE!!!! VOTE FOR THEM! OR ELSE DIE! nyahaha. lav yah PETER LEWIS KINGSTON WENTZ III!!!!
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umm yeaa fall out boy isn’t that good.
wow some ppl think they are good LOOKING
doesn’t mean they know how to make music.. well good music anyways. LOW is def the best song on here. lol. <3.
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fall out boy sucks rihanna all the way bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think that flo. rida owns all of those ppz up on that video list cause his the best!!! he got some major skills mang!!!
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I think that flo. rida owns all of those ppz up on that video list cause his the best!!! he got some major skills mang!!!
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pete wnetz is hot, but face it there music sucks ***!!!
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PETE WENTZ IS GAAAY.
AND EMO.
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VOTE FOR FALL OUT BOY.
cuz;
1.They’re an Amazing band
2. Their lyrics MEAN something (not rap.ew.)
3.Their aware of the environment
4.Pete wentz has a chairity (Invisible Children)
5.RAP IS SH*T.
6.they ACTUALLY write their OWN lyrics.
7.Their music is the sh*t
8.They’re all good looking ^_^
9.you can understand what the f*ck they’re singing/playing.
and..
#10. THEY DONT MAKE YOUR EARS BLEED :]
i think you get my point.
so
VOTE Mxtherrfxckkkker.
(:
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LONG LIVE THE CAR CRASH HEARTS.
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Bitchh. :]
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Fall out boy will win this!! there like only 5 votes for all the oder aartists and rianha sucks so does flow and kenye…they all suck rap suks and timbaland..well he dosn’t realy fit with one republic!! lol and i’m not voting for fall out boy just because pete is hot ok he’s hot so what?? he could be reallyyyy ugly and I would still like the band the their music ain’t shit!! gooo FOB!!!
PS: Who cares if their emo?? thats ok their aloud to have the style thei want
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Okayy well i think that…….
Rihanna or FOB SHould win!!!!!!!!! <3 <3
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of course! FALL OUT BOY the best band ever known!!
i voted for fall out boy about 10 times!
they’re gonna win!
i love peter wentz!!! -
what time is the award and what time should we b there if we want a good stand point?! and is it said were akon will be or rihanna as there is 3 different locations of the stages?!
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Vote for ANYBODY BUT FALL OUT BOY!!!! Pete agrees with me, Rap is the bomb!!!
P.S. Animal videos are SOOOOOO not Cool!
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OneRepublic<3
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i love RIHANNA she is sooooooooooooooooooooo cool and she knows how to move them’ hips!!!!!!
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FALL OUT BOY THE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEST!!!!!!Linkin Park’ll defeat!! to LeOnOff=)
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ALL THEM ROCK!
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I totally vote for Kanye West. He is awsome and the song “Stronger” Really rockas! Kanye West is so going to win! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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FALL OUT BOY SUCK AS HELL!!! CANADIAN’S EMOS…. RIGHT UR JUST A BUNCH OF CANDIAN’S CRAP WHO DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MUSIC… LET ME GUESS U ALSO LOVE RIHANA, AVRIL LAVIGNE AND SIMPLE PLAN!
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I LOVE ONE REPUBLIC!!!!!!!!!!Timbaland aint bad im kiddin he rocks too!!!!!!!
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Vote Fall Out Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Baby <3 i love them
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This shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
FOB ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
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FOB all the freaking way.
They better win. They deserve it the most.
They’re one of the best bands out there.
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