Nominees for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards were announced yesterday, just a day before its 25th anniversary. Colombian cutie Shakira and California rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers got seven nominations including one each for Video of the Year while the diva Madonna, Pete Wentz’ prodigies Panic! At The Disco and pop princess Christina Aguilera got 4 nominations. Honourable mentions went to Chris Brown, AFI and Gnarls Barkley, taking three nods and Kanye West and Rihanna, who each got two nominations.

Performers set to take the stage of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony will include Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, The Killers, T.I., Ludacris and Panic! At The Disco. The Raconteurs have also been tapped to provide the soundtrack for the evening. No host or presenters have been named, and more performers are expected to be announced shortly.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Christina Aguilera – “Ain’t No Other Man”
• Madonna – “Hung Up”
• Panic! at the Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dani California”
• Shakira feat Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”

BEST MALE VIDEO

• Busta Rhymes feat Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX – “Touch It Remix”
• James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful”
• Kanye West feat Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
• Nick Lachey – “What’s Left Of Me”
• T.I. – “What You Know”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

• Christina Aguilera – “Ain’t No Other Man”
• Kelly Clarkson – “Because of You”
• Madonna – “Hung Up”
• Nelly Furtado feat Timbaland – “Promiscuous”
• Shakira feat Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”

BEST GROUP VIDEO

• The All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
• Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance”
• Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy”
• Panic! at the Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dani California”

BEST RAP VIDEO

• 50 Cent – “Window Shopper”
• Busta Rhymes feat Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX – “Touch It Remix”
• Chamillionaire – “Ridin’ “
• T.I. – “What You Know”
• Yung Joc feat Nitty – “It’s Goin’ Down”

BEST R&B VIDEO

• BeyoncĂ© feat Slim Thug – “Check on It”
• Chris Brown – “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”
• Jamie Foxx feat Ludacris – “Unpredictable”
• Mariah Carey – “Shake It Off”
• Mary J. Blige – “Be Without You”

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO

• Black Eyed Peas – “My Humps”
• Common – “Testify”
• Daddy Yankee – “Rompe”
• Kanye West feat Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
• Three 6 Mafia – “Stay Fly”

BEST DANCE VIDEO

• Madonna – “Hung Up”
• Nelly Furtado feat Timbaland – “Promiscuous”
• Pussycat Dolls feat Snoop Dogg – “Buttons”
• Sean Paul – “Temperature”
• Shakira feat Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”

BEST ROCK VIDEO

• 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”
• AFI – “Miss Murder”
• Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
• Panic! at the Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dani California”

BEST POP VIDEO

• Christina Aguilera – “Ain’t No Other Man”
• Madonna – “Hung Up”
• Nelly Furtado feat Timbaland – “Promiscuous”
• Pink – “Stupid Girls”
• Shakira feat Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”

BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO

• Angels and Airwaves – “The Adventure”
• Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
• Chris Brown feat Juelz Santana – “Run It!”
• James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful”
• Panic! at the Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
• Rihanna – “S.O.S.”

VIEWER’S CHOICE

• Chris Brown feat Juelz Santana – “Run It!”
• Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance”
• Kelly Clarkson – “Because of You”
• Rihanna – “S.O.S.”
• Shakira feat Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”

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