PEOPLE'S CHOICE Favourite Canadian Artist
Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light
Remy Shand - Take A Message
Glenn Lewis - Don't You Forget It
Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean
David Usher - Black Black Heart
PEOPLE'S CHOICE Favourite Canadian Group
Swollen Members featuring Moka Only - Fuel Injected
Default - Wasting My Time
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Sum 41 - In Too Deep
Baby Blue Soundcrew featuring Jully Black and Baby Cham - The Day Before
PEOPLE'S CHOICE Favourite International Artist
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Ja Rule - Livin' It Up
Alicia Keys - A Woman's Worth
Pink - Get The Party Started
Shakira - Whenever Wherever
PEOPLE'S CHOICE Favourite International Group
*NSYNC with Nelly - Girlfriend
blink-182 - First Date
Creed - My Sacrifice
Linkin Park - In The End
U2 - Stuck In A Moment
Best Video
Chad Kroeger f/ Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Nina Dluhy
Production Company: A Band Apart
Nickelback - How You Remind Me (Capitol/EMI)
Director: The Brothers Strause
Producer: Brett Marx
Production Company: Clever Entertainment Inc.
Nickelback - Too Bad (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Lewis Weinstein
Production Companies: A Band Apart/Hoodoo Films Inc.
Sum 41 - What We're All About (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Marc Klasfeld
Producer: Charlotte Inman
Production Company: Rockhard Films
Swollen Members f/ Moka Only - Fuel Injected (Battleaxe)
Director: Wendy Morgan
Producer: Dawn Rubin
Production Company: Global Mechanics
Best Director
David Usher - Black Black Heart (original version) (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Craig Bernard
Producer: Michael Welch
Production Company: Blink Pictures Inc.
Nickelback - Too Bad (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Lewis Weinstein
Production Companies: A Band Apart/Hoodoo Films Inc.
Sloan - If It Feels Good, Do It (version 1) (Murderecords/BMG)
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Sum 41 - What We're All About (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Marc Klasfeld
Producer: Charlotte Inman
Production Company: Rockhard Films
Swollen Members f/ Moka Only - Fuel Injected (Battleaxe)
Director: Wendy Morgan
Producer: Dawn Rubin
Production Company: Global Mechanics
Best Post-Production
Chad Kroeger f/ Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)
Editor: Declan Whitebloom
SFX: Bruce Branit/Jeremy Hunt
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Nina Dluhy
Production Company: A Band Apart
David Usher - Black Black Heart (original version) (Capitol/EMI)
Editor: Kurt Ritchie
SPX: Jeff Campbell
Director: Craig Bernard
Producer: Michael Welch
Production Company: Blink Pictures Inc.
Default - Deny (TVT/Universal)
Editor: Mark Morton for School Editing
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Mark Hesselink
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Nickelback - Too Bad (Capitol/EMI)
Editor: Declan Whitebloom
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Lewis Weinstein
Production Companies: A Band Apart/Hoodoo Films Inc.
Sloan - If It Feels Good, Do It (version 1) (Murderecords/BMG)
Editor: Mark Morton for School Editing
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Best Cinematography
Chad Kroeger f/ Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)
D.O.P.: Vance Burberry
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Nina Dluhy
Production Company: A Band Apart
David Usher - Black Black Heart (original version) (Capitol/EMI)
D.O.P: Miroslaw Baszak
SPX: Jeff Campbell
Director: Craig Bernard
Producer: Michael Welch
Production Company: Blink Pictures Inc.
Default - Deny (TVT/Universal)
D.O.P.: Noble Jones
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Mark Hesselink
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Nickelback - Too Bad (Capitol/EMI)
D.O.P.: Vance Burberry
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Lewis Weinstein
Production Companies: A Band Apart/Hoodoo Films Inc.
Sloan - If It Feels Good, Do It (version 1) (Murderecords/BMG)
D.O.P.: Noble Jones
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Best Pop Video
Amanda Marshall - Sunday Morning After (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Stephen Scott
Producer: Mihkel Harilaid
Production Company: Black Walk Productions
David Usher - Black Black Heart (original version) (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Craig Bernard
Producer: Michael Welch
Production Company: Blink Pictures Inc.
Jordy Birch - Moola, Moola (Virgin)
Director: Don Allan
Producer: Link York
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Remy Shand - Take A Message (Motown/Universal)
Directors: Kedar Massenburg/Bille Woodruff
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Companies: Revolver Film Company/Geneva Films Inc.
Wave - Think It Over (Warner)
Director: Andrew MacNaughtan
Producer: Craig Flemming
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
MuchLOUD Best Rock Video
Chad Kroeger f/ Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Nina Dluhy
Production Company: A Band Apart
Default - Deny (TVT/Universal)
Director: Noble Jones
Producer: Mark Hesselink
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Nickelback - How You Remind Me (Capitol/EMI)
Director: The Brothers Strause
Producer: Brett Marx
Production Company: Clever Entertainment Inc.
Nickelback - Too Bad (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Nigel Dick
Producer: Lewis Weinstein
Production Companies: A Band Apart/Hoodoo Films Inc.
Sum 41 - What We're All About (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Marc Klasfeld
Producer: Charlotte Inman
Production Company: Rockhard Films
MuchVIBE Best Rap Video
Choclair f/ Jully Black - Light It Up (Virgin/EMI)
Director: Michael Douglas
Producer: Vicki Gryspeerdt
Production Company: Oz Media Group
Ghetto Concept f/ the 7 Bill$ Allstars - Still Too Much (7 Bill$/ViK.)
Director: Jessy Terrero
Producer: Exile Ramirez
Production Company: 7 Bill$ Entertainment
Jelleestone - Money Pt. 1 (R/X / Warner)
Director: Michael Douglas
Producer: Vicki Gryspeerdt
Production Company: Oz Media Group
K-OS - Heaven Only Knows (version 1) (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Don Allan
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Company: Revolver Film Company
Swollen Members f/ Moka Only - Fuel Injected (Battleaxe)
Director: Wendy Morgan
Producer: Dawn Rubin
Production Company: Global Mechanics
Best Independent Video
Free Agents f/ DJ Kemo - Clash Of The Titans (Figure IV)
Director: David Galloway
Producer: Lisa Wayne
Production Company: Dial 9 Film Company
G Stokes - Rock Da Block (Razor Fam/'Nuff)
Director: Randall Thorne
Producers: John Nadalin/Kevin De Freitas
Production Company: Eclipse Films Inc.
Robin Black & The Intergalactic Rock Stars - So Sick Of You (Sextant/EMI)
Director: Pablo Fairhall
Producer: Rob Wilson
Production Company: Black Walk Productions
Solitair - Easy 2 Slip (Beat Factory/ISBA)
Director: Harv
Producer: Erin Berry
Production Company: Black Walk Productions
Swollen Members f/ Moka Only - Fuel Injected (Battleaxe)
Director: Wendy Morgan
Producer: Dawn Rubin
Production Company: Global Mechanics
MuchMoreMusic Award
Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean (version 1) (Maverick/Warner)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Lynn Zekanis
Production Company: DNA Inc.
Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Ron Mohrhoff
Production Companies: FM Rocks/Pixel Envy
David Usher - Black Black Heart (original version) (Capitol/EMI)
Director: Craig Bernard
Producer: Michael Welch
Production Company: Blink Pictures Inc.
Nelly Furtado - On The Radio (Remember The Days) (Dreamworks/Universal)
Director: Hype Williams
Producer: Kate Sutherland
Production Company: CO3
Remy Shand - Take A Message (Motown/Universal)
Directors: Kedar Massenburg/Bille Woodruff
Producer: Jannie McInnes
Production Companies: Revolver Film Company/Geneva Films Inc.
Best French Video
Dumas - Miss Ecstasy (Tacca/Select)
Director: Maxime Giroux
Production Company: Nu Films
Okoumé - De la terre a la lune (Musi-Art/Gam)
Director: Robin Aubert
Producer: Michele Grondin
Production Company: Radar Films
Melanie Renaud - Ma liberté (Diffusion YFB/DEP)
Director: Bernard Nadeau
Production Company: Nu Films
Richard Petit - Kiss and Run (Disques Double/Select)
Director: Richard PetitProduction Company:
Dilemme - Par dessus tout (Independent/Local)
Director: Denis Germain
Production Company: Quatrom
Dilemme - Par dessus tout (Independent/Local)
Director: Denis Germain
Production Company: Quatrom
Best International Video - Artist
Enrique Iglesias - Hero (version 1) (Interscope/Universal)
Director: Joseph Kahn
Producer: Greg Tharp
Production Companies: Supermega Palomar
Ja Rule f/ Ashanti - Always On Time (Def Jam/Universal)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Tom Fanning
Production Company: FM Rocks
Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.) (Roc-A-Fella/Universal)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Tom Fanning
Production Company: FM Rocks
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Parlophone/EMI)
Director: Dawn Shadforth
Producer: Cindy Burnay
Production Company: Black Dog Films
Lil Bow Wow - Take Ya Home (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Ron Mohrhoff
Production Company: FM Rocks
Ludacris - Roll Out (Def Jam/Universal)
Director: Jeremy Rall
Producer: Catherine Finkenstaedt
Production Companies: Propaganda Films/Black Dog Films
Mary J. Blige - Family Affair (Def Jam/Universal)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Ron Mohrhoff
Production Company: FM Rocks
Pink - Get The Party Started (Arista/BMG)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Ron Mohrhoff
Production Company: FM Rocks
Shakira - Whenever Wherever (Epic/Sony)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Tim Kerrison
Production Company: DNA Inc.
Usher - U Don't Have To Call (Arista/BMG)
Director: Little X
Producer: Kate Sutherland
Production Company: Mars Media
Best International Video - Group
*NSYNC w/ Nelly - Girlfriend (Jive/Zomba)
Director: Marc Klasfeld
Producer: Charlotte Inman
Production Company: Rockhard Films
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (XL/Beggars Banquet)
Director: Traktor
Producer: Traktor
Production Company: Partizan Pictures
blink -182 - First Date (MCA/Universal)
Director: The Malloys
Producer: Youree Henley
Production Company: Propaganda Films
Korn - Here To Stay (Epic/Sony)
Director: The Hughes Brothers
Producer: J.P. Fox
Production Company: Oil Factory Films
Linkin Park - In The End (Warner)
Directors: Mr. Hahn/Nathan "Karma" Cox
Producer: Matt Caltabianco
Production Company: Anonymous Content, LLC
No Doubt f/ Bounty Killer - Hey Baby (Interscope/Universal)
Director: Dave Meyers
Producer: Ron Mohrhoff
Production Company: FM Rocks
Puddle of Mudd - Blurry (Interscope/Universal)
Director: Fred Durst
Producer: John Thorpe
Production Company: FM Rocks
System Of A Down - Chop Suey (Columbia/Sony)
Director: Marcos Siega
Producer: Angela Jones
Production Company: Palomar Pictures
Weezer - Island In The Sun (version 2) (Geffen/Universal)
Director: Spike Jonze
Producer: Vincent Landay
Production Company: Satellite Films
White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (V2/BMG)
Director: Michel Gondry
Producer: Julie Fong
Production Companies: Partizan Pictures/Midi Minuit
Posted by Jen on Monday, May 13, 2002 @ 06:04 p.m.
SEATTLE — "Let me take you to a place nice and quiet," Usher sang on "Nice and Slow" halfway through an hour-and-a-half headlining set at Key Arena Wednesday night.
"Nice" was all taken care of — and "nasty" got equal time, with Usher playing the roles of both sweet lover and triple-X seducer — but the Key was the furthest thing from quiet. The screams of thousands of lust-crazed female fans surged at every hip thrust and low croon, shaking the arena's foundations in a way even last year's 6.8 magnitude quake couldn't touch.
Boasting more outfit changes than Cher, the R&B star rocked it all, from a crystal-studded black tank with long leather shorts to flowy white pajamas and even denims with rhinestone-encrusted shoes that would make Michael Jackson's glove cry tears of jealousy. Glimpses of Usher's birthday suit, though, were by far the most popular look of the night.
Kicking off with "I Don't Know" and sprinkling the early part of his set with slow-burn jams like "If I Want To" off his latest, 8701, Usher acted as the eye of a sexed-up storm, surrounded by dancers who gyrated and moved up and down a stripper's pole with skills not learned at Arthur Murray.
Backed by a live band as well as some helpful DAT tapes, the artist kept his voice strong and sweet even through the most aerobic dance moves. Standing in place as the last notes of the emotional "Can't Let U Go" played out, he ripped his already-shredded shirt off his sweat-beaded body with one swift movement, causing the collective temperature of the room to go up several degrees.
Then he exited for yet another costume change as a video showed him and one of his dancers engaging in a dance seduction, fading to black just in PG-13 time. Next, donning a white fedora and coat, Usher emerged for "Bedtime" and "Nice and Slow." The latter found him searching the crowd for "the perfect girl," finally selecting one lucky lady and leading her to a king-size bed on the stage for a little one-on-one serenade. After handing her a gift box — thoughtfully filled with a pair of thong panties and tour T-shirt — he ignited some figurative fireworks as the pair engaged in a little horizontal dirty dancing. As she was sent off with a kiss and the stage darkened, real fireworks erupted overhead.
The bedroom antics were set aside for a tough-talking "My Way," though the loverman returned for "You Make Me Wanna ...," dropping trou at the end before changing into full denims for "U Remind Me."
Leading the crowd in a "U Don't Have to Call" sing-along, Usher quickly grew more sober as he asked the audience to remember loved ones they had lost, flashing the names of the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Aaliyah and the recently deceased Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes on an overhead screen as he segued into Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." After introducing his band and dancers, he got the crowd to flash peace and love signs.
Though there were also shout-outs to fallen comrades Tupac and Biggie, there was far less peace in the air for Nas' set, which preceded the headliner. He asked audience members to make very different gestures with their hands, from pointed guns to middle fingers, even the "black power" fist.
The King of Queensbridge proved he was Stillmatic, performing new material like the emphatic "One Mic," I Am's saucy "KI-SS-ING" and passionate "Hate Me Now," It Was Written's "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" with a sampled Lauryn Hill, and Illmatic's "The World Is Yours" before bringing out the "battle sh--" and showing the stuff that took down Jay-Z earlier this year. Greed Decade classics like Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" all got their time on the DJ's rotation, but the crowd seemed to know Nas' lyrics nearly as well as they knew the '80s oldies. The rapper rarely sang alone.
Biggie widow Faith Evans opened, looking ready for prime time in a denim corset and spiky auburn updo, though her artfully stitched jeans looked like they'd had a bad run-in with some Silly String. With her gospel-caliber voice and full Motown-style backup vocals, the first lady of Bad Boy filled up the arena, though she comes off much stronger laying the smackdown on a dishonest man, as on her hit "You Gets No Love," than mouthing the stock lyrics of her slower numbers, either pining for or praising yet another lover. Best to leave the praising to Usher, who's made a multiplatinum career out of knowing just what the ladies like to hear.
Posted by Jen on Monday, May 13, 2002 @ 12:59 p.m.
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