The following are the nominees for the general categories of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards:

Video of the Year
Christina Aguilera, “Ain’t No Other Man”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Dani California”
Madonna, “Hung Up”
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean), “Hips Don’t Lie”
Panic! At The Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

Best Male Video
Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX, “Touch It (Remix)”
Nick Lachey, “What’s Left Of Me”
James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
T.I., “What You Know”
Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx), “Gold Digger”

Best Female Video Christina Aguilera, “Ain’t No Other Man”
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland), “Promiscuous”
Kelly Clarkson, “Because of You”
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean), “Hips Don’t Lie”
Madonna, “Hung Up”

Best Group Video
The All-American Rejects, “Move Along”
Panic! At The Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
Fall Out Boy, “Dance Dance”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Dani California”
Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy”

Best Rap Video
50 Cent, “Window Shopper”
T.I. “What You Know”
Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX), “Touch It (Remix)”
Yung Joc (featuring Nitty), “It’s Goin’ Down”
Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), “Ridin’”
Best R&B Video
Beyoncé (featuring Slim Thug & Bun B), “Check On It (Pink Panther)”
Mariah Carey, “Shake It Off”
Chris Brown, “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”
Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You”
Jamie Foxx (featuring Ludacris), “Unpredictable”

Best Hip Hop Video
The Black Eyed Peas, “My Humps”
Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx), “Gold Digger”
Common, “Testify”
Three 6 Mafia, “Stay Fly”
Daddy Yankee, “Rompe”


Best Dance Video
Madonna, “Hung Up”
Sean Paul, “Temperature”
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland), “Promiscuous”
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean), “Hips Don’t Lie”
Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg, “Buttons”

Best Rock Video
30 Seconds To Mars, “The Kill”
Panic! At The Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
A.F.I., “Miss Murder”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Dani California”
Green Day, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”

Best Pop Video Christina Aguilera, “Ain’t No Other Man”
Pink, “Stupid Girls”
Madonna, “Hung Up”
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean), “Hips Don’t Lie”
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland), “Promiscuous”

Best New Artist In A Video
Angels And Airwaves, “The Adventure”
James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
Avenged Sevenfold, “Bat Country”
Panic! At The Disco, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana, “Run It”
Rihanna, “S.O.S.”

Viewer’s Choice
Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana, “Run It”
Rihanna, “S.O.S.”
Fall Out Boy, “Dance, Dance”
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean), “Hips Don’t Lie”
Kelly Clarkson, “Because of You”