Best Rock
Coldplay - "A Head Full of Dreams" (Parlophone/Atlantic Records)
Fall Out Boy - "Young And Menace" (Island)
Twenty One Pilots - "Heavydirtysoul" (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic Records)
Green Day - "Bang Bang" (Warner Bros. Records)
Foo Fighters - "Run" (RCA Records)
Best Fight Against the System
Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson - "Black SpiderMan" (Race & LGBTQ) (Def Jam)
The Hamilton Mixtape - "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" (Immigration) (Atlantic Records)
Big Sean - "Light" (Race) (Def Jam)
Alessia Cara - "Scars To Your Beautiful" (Body image) (Def Jam)
Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley - "Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL" (Environment)
John Legend - "Surefire" (Immigration & Anti-Muslim hate) (Columbia Records)
Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE." (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) (Scott Cunningham)
Imagine Dragons - "Thunder" (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope) (Matthew Wise)
Ed Sheeran - "Castle On The Hill" (Asylum/Atlantic Records) (Steve Annis)
DJ Shadow ft. Run The Jewels - "Nobody Speak" (Mass Appeal Records LLC) (David Proctor)
Halsey - "Now or Never" (Astralwerks/Capitol) (Kristof Brandl)
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE." (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) (Dave Meyers & the little homies)
Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - "Chained To The Rhythm" (Capitol Records) (Mathew Cullen)
Bruno Mars - "24K Magic" (Atlantic Records) (Cameron Duddy & Bruno Mars)
Alessia Cara - "Scars To Your Beautiful" (Def Jam) (Aaron A)
The Weeknd - "Reminder" (XO/Republic Records) (Glenn Michael)