2020 UK Music Video Awards

2020 UK Music Video Awards
2020 UK Music Video Awards
Date	5 November 2020
Location	Virtual
Hosted by	Becca Dudley
Website	www.ukmva.com

The 2020 UK Music Video Awards were held on 5 November 2020 to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide.[1] The nominees were announced on 29 September 2020.[2][3]

Four new categories were included, R&B/Soul Video (uk, international and newcomer) and Best Lockdown Video, to recognize videos produced during the lockdowns that took place during 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom the ceremony was held virtually.[4]

American producer DJ Shadow received the award for Video of the Year for "Rocket Fuel" alongside American hip-hop trio De La Soul, the video was directed by Sam Pilling.

Video of the Year

Video of the Year
DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" (Director: Sam Pilling)

Video Genre Categories

Best Pop Video - UK	Best Pop Video - International
Dua Lipa - "Break My Heart" (Director: Henry Scholfield) Harry Styles - "Adore You" Lewis Capaldi - "Before You Go" Ashnikko featuring Grimes - "Cry" Harry Styles - "Falling" Dua Lipa - "Physical"	The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" (Director: Anton Tammi) Rosalía - "A Palé" Tove Lo featuring MC Zaac - "Are U Gonna Tell Her?" Rosalía - "Juro Que" BTS - "ON" Rosalía and Travis Scott - "TKN"
Best Rock Video - UK	Best Rock Video - International
IDLES - "War" (Director: Will Dohrn) Sam Fender - "Borders" Michael Kiwanuka - "Hero" The 1975 - "People" Declan McKenna - "The Key to Life on Earth" Coldplay - "Trouble In Town"	Joywave - "Obsession" (Director: Dimitri Basil, Laura Gorun, Cooper Roussel) Håkan Hellström - "Alla drömmar är uppfyllda" The Strokes - "Bad Decisions" Broken Bells - "Good Luck" The Strokes - "Ode to the Mets" Leonard Cohen - "The Hills"
Best Alternative Video - UK	Best Alternative Video - International
Låpsley - "My Love Was Like The Rain" (Director: Camille Summers-Vallisfcoi) Ghostpoet - "Concrete Pony" Thom Yorke - "Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain)" FKA Twigs - "sad day" Moses Boyd - "Stranger Than Fiction" Mura Masa - "Teenage Headache Dreams"	Agoria - "Call of the Wild" (Director: Loïc Andrieu) Moses Sumney - "Cut Me" Meryem Aboulouafa - "Deeply" Ferran Palau - "Flora & Caic" Woodkid - "Goliath" Sheenah Ko - "Wrap Me Up"
Best Dance/Electronic Video - UK	Best Dance/Electronic Video - International
Disclosure featuring Aminé & slowthai - "My High" (Director: Simon Cahn) Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige and Tommy Theo - "Always" Prospa - "Control the Party" Mura Masa & slowthai - "Deal Wiv It" Disclosure - "Energy" Duke Dumont with Zak Abel - "My Power"	Salvatore Ganacci - "Boycycle" (Director: Vedran Rupic) Flight Facilities - "Better Than Ever" Piero Pirupa - "Brainhead (Heroin Kills)" Bronson - "Keep Moving" Chris Liebing and Charlotte de Witte - "Liquid Slow" Brodinski featuring ZelooperZ - "Master Selection"
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK	Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - International
Jme featuring Merky ACE - "Live" (Director: Matthew Walker) Stormzy featuring Headie One - "Audacity" Headie One & Fred Again - "Gang" Avelino - "Higher Power" Octavian - "Poison" slowthai - "Psycho"	DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" (Director: Sam Pilling) Flatbush Zombies - "Afterlife" A$AP Rocky - "Babushka Boi" Future featuring Drake - "Life Is Good" Run the Jewels featuring DJ Premier and Greg Nice - "Ooh La La" Tommy Cash - "Sdubid"
Best R&B/Soul Video - UK	Best R&B/Soul Video - International
Berwyn - "Trap Phone" (Director: Brock Neal Roberts) Jorja Smith - "By Any Means" FKA Twigs featuring Future - "Holy Terrain" Olivia Dean - "Password Change" Celeste - "Stop This Flame" Lola Young - "Woman"	Yseult - "Corps" (Director: Colin Solal Cardo) Tiwa Savage - "49-99" Beyoncé, Shatta Wale and Major Lazer - "Already" 070 Shake - "Nice to Have" Gregory Porter - "Revival" Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
Best Pop Video - Newcomer	Best Rock Video - Newcomer
Vagabon - "In a Bind" (Director: Maegan Houang) Babeheaven - "Cassette Beat" Ashnikko - "Drunk with My Friends" Nick Wilson - "Enough to Know You" filous - "Monday" Raine Allen-Miller - "Wank Wiggle"	Willie J Healey - "True Stereo" (Director: Joe Wheatley) The Academic - "Act My Age" Sports Team - "Camel Crew" beabadoobee - "I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus" Dream Wife - "So When You Gonna..." Kid Kapichi - "Thugs"
Best Alternative Video - Newcomer	Best Dance/Electronic Video - Newcomer
Zebra Katz - "Moor" (Director: Žanete Skarule and Ojay Morgan) María José Llergo - "A Través De Ti" Alaskan Tapes - "And, We Disappear" Midnight Tracks - "Anymore" L'Homme Statue - "Braços/Vela" LL Burns - "Get Me Back In The Game"	Mild Minds featuring Boats - "Walls" (Director: Colin Read) Leifur James - AAID" Samaran - "Allo" Raven - "Cass & Lex" Akwasi - "Extase" Saavan - "In My Head"
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - Newcomer	Best R&B/Soul Video - Newcomer
Jurdan Bryant - "Words For Thomas" (Director: Alonzo Hellerbach) Louis Culture - "Being Me" Spxxn P - "Complicació" KAM-BU featuring Lord Apex - "Different" Meekz - "Like Me" Flohio - "WAY2"	Greentea Pig - "Mr Sun (miss da sun)" (Director: Felix Brady) Jeshi featuring Celeste - "30,000 Feet" Arlo Parks - "Black Dog" Black Square featuring Laville - "Coral Blues" Fredwave - "Dust" Ni Houston featuring Darius Raheem - "Gemini"

Craft and Technical Categories

Best Production Design in a Video	Best Styling in a Video
Tommy Cash - "Sdubid" (Production Designer: Taivi Lippmaa) Michael Kiwanuka - "Hero" Dua Lipa - "Physical" Eden - "Projector" DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" AIGEL - "You're Born"	Beyoncé, Shatta Wale and Major Lazer - "Already" (Stylist: Zerina Akers) Tiwa Savage - "49-99" Raleigh Ritchie - "Aristocrats" Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century" Michael Kiwanuka - "Hero" Dua Lipa - "Physical"
Best Choreography in a Video	Best Cinematography in a Video
Sheenah Ko - "Wrap Me Up" (Stylist: Brittney Canda) Beyoncé, Shatta Wale and Major Lazer - "Already" Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige and Tommy Theo - "Always" Tove Lo featuring MC Zaac - "Are U Gonna Tell Her?" Christine and the Queens - "La Vita Nuova" Jessie Ware - "Step Into My Life"	FKA Twigs - "sad day" (Director of Photography: Llarkin Seiple) The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" Ferran Palau - "Flora & Caic" DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" IDLES - "War" AIGEL - "You're Born"
Best Color Grading in a Video	Best Editing in a Video
DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" (Colourist: Thomas Mangham) The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" Dua Lipa - "Break My Heart" Woodkid - "Goliath" Michael Kiwanuka - "Hero" Eden - "Projector"	DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" (Editor: Ellie Johnson) Jorja Smith - "By Any Means" Raven - "Cass & Lax" Disclosure featuring Aminé & slowthai - "My High" Dua Lipa - "Physical" IDLES - "War"
Best Visual Effects in a Video	Best Animation in a Video
Flatbush Zombies - "After Life" (VFX Artist: Machine Molle) Dua Lipa - "Break My Heart" Taylor Swift - "cardigan" Woodkid - "Goliath" Bronson - "Keep Moving" FKA Twigs - "sad day"	Ghetts featuring Jaykae and Moonchild Sanelly - "Mozambique" (Animator: Ruff Mercy) Jorja Smith - "Come Over" Coldplay - "Daddy" Moby - "My Only Love" Max Cooper - "Repetition" Yusuf/Cat Stevens - "Where Do the Children Play?"

Special Video Categories

Best Live Video	Best Lockdown Video
The Weeknd - "Heartless (Live)" (Director: Alex Lill) The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights (Live)" Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now (Live In L.A., 2019)" Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes - "Lift Off" Michael Kiwanuka - "Live At The Mildmay Club" Charlie Winston - "Lost in the Memory"	Bronson - "KeepMoving" (Director: Stylewar) Glass Animals - "Dreamland" Gracey featuring Ruel - "Empty Love" C. Tangana - "Guille Asesino" Anderson .Paak - "Lockdown" LYR Featuring Florence Pugh and Melt Yourself Down - "Lockdown (in aid of Refuge)"
Best Special Video Project	Best Music Film
Riz Ahmed - "The Long Goodbye" (Director: Aneil Karia) J.Views featuring Instagram - "Featuring" MASN - "How To Kill a Rockstar" Christine and the Queens - "La vita nuova" Nightmares on Wax - "Smoker's Delight" French Kiwi Juice - "They Saw The Sun First"	The Streets - "None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This LIVE Alive (Livestream)" (Director: James Barnes) Ludovico Einaudi - "Apple Music Live from The Steve Jobs Theatre" Beastie Boys - "Beastie Boys Story" Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Beyoncé - "Black Is King" Mark Ronson - "From The Heart"

Individual and Company Categories

Best Director	Best New Director
Anton Tammi Crowns & Owls Dave Meyers Diana Kunst Henry Scholfield Zhang & Knight	Arnaud Bresson Brock Neal-Roberts Douglas Bernardt Jocelyn Anquetil KC Locke Will Hooper
Best Commissioner	Best Producer
Caroline Clayton Kat Cattaneo Nicola Sheppard Sam Seager Scott Wright Semera Khan	Daniella Manca Horace de Gunzbourg Kareem Adeshina Karen Saurí Luke Tierney Mayling Wong
Best Production Company	Best Post-Production Company
Somesuch Blink CANADA COMPULSORY Division FRIEND	The Mill Black Kite Studios CHEAT Electric Theatre Collective Ingenuity Studios tenthree
Best Agent
Claire Stubbs Andy Roberts Barnaby Laws Joceline Gabriel Lee Fairweather Sam Davey

References

"DJ Shadow ft De La Soul's Rocket Fuel a big winner at UK Music Video Awards". Music.News. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
"UK Music Video Awards 2020: all the nominations!". Promonews. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
"UK Music Video Awards: Dua Lipa, The Weeknd and Beyonce lead nominations". Official Charts. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
"2020 UK MVA Awards Winners". VideoStatic. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

External links

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[1] "DJ Shadow ft De La Soul's Rocket Fuel a big winner at UK Music Video Awards". Music.News. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[2] "UK Music Video Awards 2020: all the nominations!". Promonews. Retrieved 2020-09-29.

[3] "UK Music Video Awards: Dua Lipa, The Weeknd and Beyonce lead nominations". Official Charts. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

[4] "2020 UK MVA Awards Winners". VideoStatic. Retrieved 2020-11-08.