Artists Frank Ocean and Beck lead nominations for MTV, VH1 and CMT’s fourth annual O Music Awards, premiering next month.
The online-based awards, which honor the artists, innovators and fans that are impacting music, technology and counter culture, will be livestreamed June 19 beginning at 7 p.m., with online voting (OMusicAwards.com) launching today (May 16) and running through May 21st, said MTV officials.
Ocean and Beck lead all artists with two nominations. Categories include “Digital Genius Award,” “Fan Army FTW,” “Best Web-Born Artist,” “Must Follow Artist on Twitter,” “Best Music App,” “Too Much Ass For TV” and “Best Artist Instagram.”
The awards will play out June 19 during the course of a 24-hour “Live Music Day,” which will feature live performances from around the country. More than 50 bands will be showcased during the 24-hour period, said officials. Following the live performances, select clips will be available to view via each performer’s Artists MTV/VH1/CMT page.
O Award Nominees appear below:
Digital Genius Award (Winner: Artist)
Psy
Yoko Ono
Will.i.am
Trent Reznor
Pussy Riot
Best Web-Born Artist (Winner: Artist)
Kitty
Baauer
FIDLAR
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Angel Haze
Best Music App (Winner: Developer)
Scape
Vjay
Timbre
CrowdSYNC
Jukely
Best Interactive Music Video (Winner: Artist)
Linkin Park, “Lost in the Echo”
Beck & Chris Milk, “Sound and Vision”
Tanlines, “Not The Same”
Miranda Lambert, “Fastest Girl in Town”
Yung Jake, “e.m.-bed.de/d”
Fan Army FTW (Winner: Artist)
Tokio Hotel’s “Aliens”
Adam Lambert’s “Glamberts”
Ed Sheeran’s “Sheerios”
Justin Bieber’s “Beliebers”
Beyonce’s “Beyhive”
Demi Lovato’s “Lovatics”
Thirty Seconds to Mars’ “Echelon”
Selena Gomez’s “Selenators”
All Time Low’s “Hustlers”
Lil B’s “Task Force”
Best Music Hack (Winner: Developer)
Bonhamizer
Leap Orchestra
Maebe
Tweet Concrete
Boil the Frog
Must Follow Artist on Twitter (Winner: Artist)
Bruno Mars
?uestlove
Frank Ocean
Andrew W.K.
Erykah Badu
Grimes
Carrie Brownstein
Solange
Ryan Adams
Richard Marx
Best Artist Instagram (Winner: Artist)
Pictureplane
Tyler the Creator
Bon Iver
Mariah Carey
Riff Raff
Our Favorite Musical Cat (Winner: Cat)
Lil Bub
Keyboard Cat
Skifcha The Hipster Dubstep Cat
Collective Soul Cat
CatCERTO
Too Much Ass for TV (NSFW Music Videos) (Winner: Artist)
David Bowie, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”
Sigur Ros, “Valtari”
DIIV, “Wait”
Frank Ocean, “Pyramids”
Robin Thicke, “Blurred Lines”
Make a Band Famous
The So So Glos
Chill Moody
Syd Arthur
Striking Matches
Tatiana Owens
John & Jacob
Shy Glizzy
Fallulah
The Future
Darling Parade
Next Big Scene
PostDubStep
CloudRap
Beats
#Seapunk
Vaporwave
Analog Genius Award (Winner: Artist)
Jack White
Beck
Neil Young
Shone
Most Inspiring Fan Outreach (Winner: Artist)
Dan Deacon
Avicii x You
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
Alicia Keys
The “Friday, Friday” Award (Winner: Artist/Originator)
Harlem Shake (the faux dance)
Flash Mobs
Goats yelling like humans in music videos
Twerking
Lip Dubs
