Justin Bieber, Rihanna and One Direction Nab Nominations at 2012 MuchMusic Awards

Nominees for this year's MuchMusic Video Awards have been announced. Canadian native Justin Bieber, Bajan singer Rihanna and British boyband One Direction are among the musicians who enter battles to win coveted prizes at the upcoming Canadian awards show.

Bieber is vying for International Video of the Year by a Canadian, thanks to his newly-premiered clip for single "Boyfriend". The teen is competing against Avril Lavigne ("Smile"), Drake ft. Riri ("Take Care"), Nickelback ("When We Stand Together") and Simple Plan ("Astronaut").

He's additionally listed in International Video of the Year - Artist through Chris Brown's "Next 2 You" where he serves as a featured guest. Other contenders in this category include Riri, Beyonce Knowles, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Lady GaGa and Nicki Minaj.

In the Group category for International Video of the Year, Harry Styles and his bandmates face stiff competition against Coldplay, The Wanted, Bad Meets Evil, LMFAO, Maroon 5 and Selena Gomez & The Scene.

Canadian rising star Carly Rae Jepsen scores two nods Video of the Year and Pop Video of the Year, thanks to her "Call Me Maybe" clip. In the former category, she faces off Drizzy, Down With Webster, Hedley and Marianas Trench.

2012 MuchMusic Video Awards will be held on June 17. Redfoo and SkyBlu are set to co-host the event, while Katy is scheduled to make a live performance.

Video of the Year:

Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"
Down With Webster - "She's Dope"
Drake - "Headlines"
Hedley - "Invincible"
Marianas Trench - "Fallout"

Post-Production of the Year:
Down With Webster - "Big Wheels"
Marianas Trench - "Fallout"
Shaun Boothe - "Let Me Go"
The New Cities - "Heatwave"
These Kids Wear Crowns - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"

Cinematography of the Year:
City and Colour - "Fragile Bird"
Hedley - "Invincible"
Kreesha Turner - "Rock Paper Scissors"
Marianas Trench - "Fallout"
Shawn Desman - "Moneyshot/Something Stupid"

Director of the Year:
Aleesia ft. Big Sean - "Kiss It Bye Bye"
Danny Fernadnes ft. Josh Ramsay and Belly - "Hit Me Up"
Down With Webster - "Royalty"
Marianas Trench - "Haven't Had Enough"
Nelly Furtado - "Big Hoops"

Pop Video of the Year:
Anjulie - "Brand New Chick"
Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"
Hedley - "Invincible"
Marianas Trench - "Haven't Had Enough"
Victoria Duffield - "Shut Up and Dance"

MuchLOUD Rock Video of the Year:
Arkells - "Michigan Left"
F*cked Up - "Queen of Hearts"
Sam Roberts Band - "I Feel You"
The Sheepdogs - "I Don't Know"
Theory of a Deadman - "Chick Came Back"

MuchVIBE Hip-Hop Video of the Year:
A-Game -"Cool Boyz"
Classified ft. Kayo and Jim Cuddy - "The Hangover"
Drake ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga - "The Motto"
Harvey Stripes ft. Lloyd - "Come On"
K'Naan ft. Nelly Furtado - "Is Anybody Out There?"
MuchFACT Indie Video of the Year:
Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
City and Colour - "Fragile Bird"
Danny Fernadnes ft. Josh Ramsay and Belly - "Hit Me Up"
Down With Webster - "She's Dope"
LIGHTS - "Banner"

International Video of the Year - Artist:
Beyonce Knowles - "Run The World (Girls)"
Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber - "Next 2 You"
David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj - "Turn Me On"
Flo Rida - "Good Feeling"
Katy Perry - "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)"
Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Lady GaGa - "Marry the Night"
Nicki Minaj - "Starships"
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - "We Found Love"

International Video of the Year - Group:
Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars - "Lighters"
Cobra Starship ft. Sabi - "You Make Me Feel"
Coldplay - "Paradise"
Foster the People - "Houdini"
Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine - "Stereo Hearts"
LMFAO - "Sexy and I Know It"
Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
One Direction - "One Thing"
Selena Gomez and The Scene - "Love You Like a Love Song"
The Wanted - "Glad You Came"

International Video of the Year by a Canadian:
Avril Lavigne - "Smile"
Drake ft. Rihanna - "Take Care"
Nickelback - "When We Stand Together"
Justin Bieber - "Boyfriend"
Simple Plan - "Astronaut"

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CHRIS BROWN & JUSTIN BIEBER TEAM UP FOR "NEXT TO YOU" MUSIC VIDEO

It’s a big day for music video premieres! Not only did new videos from Cody Simpson and Big Time Rush premiere, but now we have the new one from Chris Brown and Justin Bieber.

A rought, uncut version of the video for “Next to You” leaked last month, but now the official music video is online. The 6-minute music video makes us feel like we stepped into 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow. It’s quite interesting.

Check out the music video below and let us know what you think. Justin’s perfume, “Someday” hits stores next week and he’s up for some Much Music Video Awards this weekend as well.



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Justin Bieber, Chris Brown's 'Next 2 U' Video Leaks

Director Colin Tilley promised that the video for Chris Brown and Justin Bieber's "Next 2 U" would be "big," and a leaked early cut of the video is just that.

The whole thing plays out like a movie, complete with dialogue, drama lots of action, and of course, singing and dancing. It opens with Brown and his love interest dancing, kissing and joking around with one another. Justin Bieber is then seen hugging and kissing his girlfriend and telling her, "I've been waiting for you all day," before presenting her with a necklace. Things get dark when the pair are caught together by her dad, who then takes her away.

"I told you not to see him again," he tells his daughter. Bieber's story is intercut with Brown's. Brown is dreaming of his girl when he looks outside and sees that the world appears to be ending around them. Cars are exploding and people are running around in a panic.

As the destruction continues, Brown stands in the street singing the love song. Meanwhile, Bieber stands on a rooftop, pining for his lady, also singing the tune.

More shots of each of the happy couples play as reminders of times when things weren't so uncertain. Viewers are reminded of the destruction by the song's lyrics, "One day when the sky is falling/ I'll be standing right next to you/ Right next to you." The couples do eventually make their way back to one another, but it's not all peachy keen when they do. Just as Brown finally meets up with his love interest after running through the streets, she's hit by a car.

As the video closes out, a big dance break takes place as Bieber's lady runs around trying to find him. They meet up on the roof where he was singing, and it appears that both couples will somehow survive their tragedies.

Before the video leaked, Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, seemed confident that fans wouldn't be disappointed by the clip. He tweeted, "Just saw a rough cut of the #NEXT2YOU video with @justinbieber and @chrisbrown ! @ColinTilley is goin' in!!"

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New Set Pics of Chris Brown and Justin Bieber's 'Next 2 You' Video

Chris Brown gave his and Justin Bieber's fans a treat of the eyes with two photos from their collaborative music video for "Next 2 You". As reported, the music video is set in a future world where only two of them are left standing. Brown wrote underneath one picture, "Judgement day!!", and "The moment!!" in the other one.

Colin Tilley who directs the video said in an interview with MTV, "I can't tell you anything about that yet, but it's going to happen. It's gonna be big. It's gonna be big. I can't say anything else." Tilley is also the director for Brown's "Look at Me Now" video. "Before we do every video, I always talk to Chris to kind of feel where he's going with the song and just where his motivation was with the song," he said.

"Next 2 You" is a song from Brown's "F.A.M.E." which was released in March this year. The song debuted at No. 10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart and appeared at No. 26 on the Hot 100 chart.

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Justin Bieber, Chris Brown 'Next 2 You' Video Will Be 'Big,' Director Says

On Tuesday, fans immediately became excited by the news that Justin Bieber and Chris Brown have plans to shoot a video for Brown's F.A.M.E. track "Next 2 You." Luckily, that same day, MTV News had the pleasure of speaking with the video's director, Colin Tilley, who shared a bit about the clip.

"Tomorrow, I'm shooting New Boyz and Chris Brown ... then Justin Bieber and Chris Brown, together," he teased. "I can't tell you anything about that yet, but it's going to happen. It's gonna be big. It's gonna be big. I can't say anything else."

Tilley had more to say about working with Brown on his eye-popping video for "Look at Me Now." "I remember when we first got the song and Chris sent it to us: It was the first time I had heard the song, and it was so crazy to me," Tilley recalled. "Before we do every video, I always talk to Chris to kind of feel where he's going with the song and just where his motivation was with the song, and he actually sent me this one YouTube link ... It was this little '80s clip of these hip-hop dancers dancing.

"I would play it to the actual song, and at one point of the song, there were all these dancers dancing on these street elements like benches and tables and stuff like that," he continued. "From there, it just started to evolve from street elements and this whole underground vibe to just getting crazier and crazier. I wanted to make sure it was really exciting."

Visually, the video never stops, thanks to a saturated color palette, cameos from Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes (who are featured on the track), funky clothes and funkier dancing.

"Chris is just always down to make something different, so that was really it ... the mask came about from Diplo and the cage, and it all started to evolve to this awesome video," Tilley added.

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Chris Brown: Justin Bieber Reminds Me of Me

Chris Brown arrives at the Manhattan hotel wearing a shirt with the words Army VS Army on Friday (March 18) in New York City.

The 21-year-old R&B singer is in the middle of promoting his latest album F.A.M.E.

Chris teams up with Justin Bieber in one of the tracks “Next To You”. During a recent radio interview, the artist shared about his connection with Justin.

“He reminds me a lot of me when I was younger,” Chris said. “I kind of try and be the big brother and make him go the right way and have a great time.”

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New Chris Brown and Justin Bieber Duet 'Next 2 You' Unleashed

Chris Brown's songs from his upcoming studio effort "F.A.M.E." continue to flood the web ahead of the album release. The latest leak from the March 22 record is "Next 2 You" which features Justin Bieber. "I've heard that my album has leaked!!! That sucks!!!" Breezy tweeted a short message before removing it shortly afterwards.

Breezy kicks in, "You've got that smile, that only heaven can make/ I pray to God everyday, that you keep that smile." Bieber then takes over in the next lines, "You are my dream, There's not a thing I won't do/ I'll give my life up for you, cos you are my dream."

They later team up in the bridge and chorus, "And baby, everything that I have is yours, you will never go cold or hungry/ I'll be there when you're insecure, let you know that you're always lovely/ Girl, cos you are the only thing that I got right now/ One day when the sky is falling, I'll be standing right next to you, right next to you/ Nothing will ever come between us, I'll be standing right next to you, right next to you."

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