Who Won 2006 MTV Video Music Awards?
Aug 31, 2006
The 2006 VMA's were held on August 31 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, with Jack Black serving as the host. Panic! At the Disco won the best video of the year for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies." Shakira and the Red Hot Chili Peppers led in nominations with seven each, but each only won one award (choreography and art direction respectively). Gnarls Barkley and James Blunt were the only artists to win two awards.
| MTV Video Music Award - Video of the Year | |
| Panic! At the Disco (I Write Sins Not Tragedies) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man); Madonna (Hung Up); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Female Video | |
| Kelly Clarkson (Because Of You) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man); Madonna (Hung Up); Nelly Furtado (Promiscuous); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Group Video | |
| All-American Rejects (Move Along) | |
| Other Nominees: Fall Out Boy (Dance Dance); Gnarls Barkley (Crazy); Panic! At the Disco (I Write Sins Not Tragedies); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Male Video | |
| James Blunt (You're Beautiful) | |
| Other Nominees: Busta Rhymes (Touch It Remix); Kanye West (Gold Digger); Nick Lachey (What's Left of Me); TI (What You Know) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Dance Video | |
| Pussycat Dolls (Buttons) | |
| Other Nominees: Madonna (Hung Up); Nelly Furtado (Promiscuous); Sean Paul (Temperature); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Hip Hop Video | |
| Black Eyed Peas (My Humps) | |
| Other Nominees: Common (Testify); Daddy Yankee (Rompe); Kanye West (Gold Digger); Three 6 Mafia (Stay Fly) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Pop Video | |
| Pink (Stupid Girls) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man); Madonna (Hung Up); Nelly Furtado (Promiscuous); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best R&B Video | |
| Beyonce (Check On It) | |
| Other Nominees: Chris Brown (Yo Excuse Me Miss); Jamie Foxx (Unpredictable); Mariah Carey (Shake It Off); Mary J Blige (Be Without You ) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Rap Video | |
| Chamillionaire (Ridin') | |
| Other Nominees: 50 Cent (Window Shopper); Busta Rhymes (Touch It); TI (What You Know); Yung Joc (It's Goin' Down) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best Rock Video | |
| AFI (Miss Murder) | |
| Other Nominees: 30 Seconds to Mars (The Kill); Green Day (Wake Me Up When September Ends); Panic! At the Disco (I Write Sins Not Tragedies); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Best New Artist | |
| Avenged Sevenfold (Bat Country) | |
| Other Nominees: Angels and Airwaves (The Adventure); Chris Brown (Run It!); James Blunt (You're Beautiful); Panic! At the Disco (I Write Sins Not Tragedies); Rihanna (SOS) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Viewers Choice | |
| Fall Out Boy (Dance Dance) | |
| Other Nominees: Chris Brown (Run It!); Kelly Clarkson (Because of You); Rihanna (SOS); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Art Direction | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) | |
| Other Nominees: 10 Years (Wasteland); Common (Testify); Panic! At the Disco (I Write Sins Not Tragedies); Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Choreography | |
| Shakira (Hips Don't Lie) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man); Madonna (Hung Up); Pussycat Dolls (Buttons); Sean Paul (Temperature) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Cinematography | |
| James Blunt (You're Beautiful) | |
| Other Nominees: AFI (Miss Murder); Ashlee Simpson (Invisible); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California); Prince (Black Sweat) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Direction | |
| Gnarls Barkley (Crazy) | |
| Other Nominees: 10 Years (Wasteland); AFI (Miss Murder); Common (Testify); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Editing | |
| Gnarls Barkley (Crazy) | |
| Other Nominees: All-American Rejects (Move Along); Angels and Airwaves (The Adventure); Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California); U2 (Original of the Species) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Special Effects | |
| Missy Elliott (We Run This) | |
| Other Nominees: Angels and Airwaves (The Adventure); Beck (Hell Yes); Pearl Jam (Life Wasted); U2 (Original of the Species) | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Video Game Score | |
| Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | |
| Other Nominees: Hitman: Blood Money; Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter; Dreamfall: The Longest Journey; Eleckroplankton | |
| MTV Video Music Award - Video Game Soundtrack | |
| Marc Ecko's Getting Up | |
| Other Nominees: Final Night Round 3; Burnout Revenge; NBA 2K6; Driver: Parallel Lines | |