Jul 27, 2005 • 1 min read

Green Day top MTV VMA nominations

Green Day lead the MTV Video Music Awards nominations with eight, while Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott have six each and U2 five; the ceremony takes place in Miami on 28 Aug.

Green Day dominate in the nominations for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, announced yesterday, securing an impressive eight nominations. The band are up for Video Of The Year for the pop promo for 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams', and are also nominated for Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Pop Video, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.

Next up in the nomination stakes was Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott, who are both nominated for six awards. U2 get five nominations while My Chemical Romance get four.

Competing with Green Day for the coveted Video Of The Year award are Coldplay for 'Speed Of Sound', Kanye West for 'Jesus Walks', Gwen Stefani for 'Hollaback Girl' and Snoop Dogg for 'Drop It Like It's Hot'.

The ceremony will be hosted by P Diddy and will take place in Miami on 28 Aug. Full list of nominations at the bottom of today's CMU Daily.

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