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{{Infobox award
| name = 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
| image = 2013 MTV VMA Logo.png
| date = August 25, 2013
| location = [[Barclays Center]],
[[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]
| host =
| network = [[MTV]]
| previous = [[2012 MTV Video Music Awards|2012]]
| main = {{nowrap|[[MTV Video Music Award]]s}}
| next = [[2014 MTV Video Music Awards|2014]]
}}
The ”’2013 [[MTV Video Music Award]]s”’ will be held on August 25 at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1704268/vmas-2013-brooklyn-barclays-center.jhtml|title=MTV VMAs Coming To Brooklyn’s Barclays Center! – Music, Celebrity, Artist News |last=Kaufman|first=Gil |date=July 17, 2012 |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[Viacom]] |accessdate=July 18, 2013}} This will mark the 30th installment of this award show, and the first held in [[New York City]] not to use a venue within the [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Manhattan]]. Nominations were announced on July 17, 2013. Leading the nominees were [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] with six, followed by [[Pharrell Williams]] with five.

==Nominations==
Nominees were announced on July 17, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710689/vma-nominations-list-2013.jhtml|title=2013 MTV Video Music Awards: The Nominations Are In!|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=July 17, 2012 |work=MTV |publisher=Viacom |accessdate=July 18, 2013}}

===Video of the Year===
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Wanz]]) — “[[Thrift Shop (song)|Thrift Shop]]”
* [[Bruno Mars]] — “[[Locked Out of Heaven]]”
* [[Taylor Swift]] — “[[I Knew You Were Trouble]]”
* [[Robin Thicke]] (featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]]) — “[[Blurred Lines]]”
* [[Justin Timberlake]] — “[[Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)|Mirrors]]”

===Best Male Video===
* [[Kendrick Lamar]] — “[[Swimming Pools (Drank)]]”
* [[Bruno Mars]] — “[[Locked Out of Heaven]]”
* [[Ed Sheeran]] — “[[Lego House]]”
* [[Robin Thicke]] (featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]]) — “[[Blurred Lines]]”
* [[Justin Timberlake]] — “[[Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)|Mirrors]]”

===Best Female Video===
* [[Miley Cyrus]] — “[[We Can’t Stop]]”
* [[Demi Lovato]] — “[[Heart Attack (Demi Lovato song)|Heart Attack]]”
* [[P!nk]] (featuring [[Nate Ruess]]) — “[[Just Give Me a Reason]]”
* [[Rihanna]] (featuring [[Mikky Ekko]]) — “[[Stay (Rihanna song)|Stay]]”
* [[Taylor Swift]] — “[[I Knew You Were Trouble]]”

===Artist to Watch===
* [[Iggy Azalea]] — “[[Work (Iggy Azalea song)|Work]]”
* [[Austin Mahone]] — “[[What About Love]]”
* [[Twenty One Pilots]] — “[[Holding on to You]]”
* [[The Weeknd]] — “[[Wicked Games]]”
* [[Zedd (producer)|Zedd]] (featuring [[Foxes (singer)|Foxes]]) — “[[Clarity (Zedd song)|Clarity]]”

===Best Pop Video===
* [[Miley Cyrus]] — “[[We Can’t Stop]]”
* [[fun.]] — “[[Carry On (Fun song)|Carry On]]”
* [[Selena Gomez]] — “[[Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)|Come & Get It]]”
* [[Bruno Mars]] — “[[Locked Out of Heaven]]”
* [[Justin Timberlake]] — “[[Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)|Mirrors]]”

===Best Rock Video===
* [[30 Seconds to Mars]] — “[[Up in the Air (song)|Up in the Air]]”
* [[Fall Out Boy]] — “[[My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)]]”
* [[Imagine Dragons]] — “[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]”
* [[Mumford & Sons]] — “[[I Will Wait]]”
* [[Vampire Weekend]] — “[[Diane Young]]”

===Best Hip-Hop Video===
* [[ASAP Rocky|A$AP Rocky]] (featuring [[2 Chainz]], [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] and [[Kendrick Lamar]]) — “[[Fuckin’ Problems]]”
* [[J. Cole]] (featuring [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]]) — “[[Power Trip (song)|Power Trip]]”
* [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] — “[[Started from the Bottom]]”
* [[Kendrick Lamar]] — “[[Swimming Pools (Drank)]]”
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Ray Dalton]]) — “[[Can’t Hold Us]]”

===Best Collaboration===
* [[Calvin Harris]] (featuring [[Ellie Goulding]]) — “[[I Need Your Love (Calvin Harris song)|I Need Your Love]]”
* [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (featuring [[Nate Ruess]]) — “[[Just Give Me a Reason]]”
* [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] (featuring [[Christina Aguilera]]) – “[[Feel This Moment]]”
* [[Robin Thicke]] (featuring [[T.I.]] and [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]]) — “[[Blurred Lines]]”
* [[Justin Timberlake]] (featuring [[Jay-Z]]) — “[[Suit & Tie]]”

===Best Direction===
* [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] — “[[Started from the Bottom]]” (Directors: [[Director X]] and [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]])
* [[Fun (band)|Fun.]] — “[[Carry On (Fun song)|Carry On]]” (Director: [[Anthony Mandler]])
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Ray Dalton]]) — “[[Can’t Hold Us]]” (Directors: [[Ryan Lewis]], Jason Koenig and [[Jon Jon Augustavo]])
* [[Justin Timberlake]] (featuring [[Jay-Z]]) — “[[Suit & Tie]]” (Director: [[David Fincher]])
* [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] — “[[Sacrilege (song)|Sacrilege]]” (Director: Megaforce)

===Best Choreography===
* [[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]] — “[[Fine China (song)|Fine China]]” (Choreographers: Richmond Talauega, Anthony Talauega and Anwar “Flii” Burton)
* [[Ciara]] — “[[Body Party]]” (Choreographer: Jamaica Craft)
* [[Jennifer Lopez]] (featuring [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]) — “[[Live It Up (Jennifer Lopez song)|Live It Up]]” (Choreographers: J.R. Taylor and Beau Smart)
* [[Bruno Mars]] — “[[Treasure (Bruno Mars song)|Treasure]]” (Choreographer: [[Bruno Mars]])
* [[will.i.am]] (featuring [[Justin Bieber]]) — “[[thatPOWER|#thatPOWER]]” (Choreographers: [[Fatima Robinson]] and Ryo Noguchi)

===Best Visual Effects===
* [[Capital Cities (band)|Capital Cities]] — “[[Safe and Sound (Capital Cities song)|Safe and Sound]]” (Visual Effects: Grady Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson)
* [[Duck Sauce]] — “It’s You” (Visual Effects: Royal Post / Paris)
* [[Flying Lotus]] — “Tiny Tortures” (Visual Effects: Dustin Bowser)
* [[Skrillex]] (featuring [[The Doors]]) — “[[Breakn’ a Sweat]]” (Visual Effects: Bonnie Brae, BEMO, Jeff Dotson and Erik Lee)
* [[The Weeknd]] — “[[Wicked Games]]” (Visual Effects: Drop and Abel)

===Best Art Direction===
* [[30 Seconds to Mars]] — “[[Up in the Air (song)|Up in the Air]]” (Art Director: Floyd Albee)
* [[Alt-J]] — “[[Tessellate (song)|Tessellate]]” (Art Director: Charlie Lambros)
* [[Capital Cities (band)|Capital Cities]] — “[[Safe and Sound (Capital Cities song)|Safe and Sound]]” (Art Director: Teri Whittaker)
* [[Lana Del Rey]] — “[[National Anthem (song)|National Anthem]]” (Art Director: Lou Asaro)
* [[Janelle Monáe]] (featuring [[Erykah Badu]]) — “[[Q.U.E.E.N.]]” (Art Director: Veronica Logsdon)

===Best Editing===
* [[Miley Cyrus]] — “[[We Can’t Stop]]” (Editors: Paul Martinez and Nick Rondeau)
* [[Calvin Harris]] (featuring [[Florence Welch]]) — “[[Sweet Nothing (song)|Sweet Nothing]]” (Editors: Vincent Haycock and Ross Hallard)
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Ray Dalton]]) — “[[Can’t Hold Us]]” (Editors: [[Ryan Lewis]] and Jason Koenig)
* [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (featuring [[Nate Ruess]]) — “[[Just Give Me a Reason]]” (Editor: Jackie London at Sunset Edit)
* [[Justin Timberlake]] — “[[Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)|Mirrors]]” (Editors: Jarrett Fijal and Bonch LA)

===Best Cinematography===
* [[30 Seconds to Mars]] — “[[Up in the Air (song)|Up in the Air]]” (Director of Photography: David Devlin)
* [[A-Trak]] and [[Tommy Trash]] — “Tuna Melt” (Directors of Photography: TS Pfeffer and Robert McHugh)
* [[Lana Del Rey]] — “[[Ride (Lana Del Rey song)|Ride]]” (Director of Photography: [[Malik Hassan Sayeed|Malik Sayeed]])
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Ray Dalton]]) — “[[Can’t Hold Us]]” (Directors of Photography: Jason Koenig, [[Ryan Lewis]] and Mego Lin)
* [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] — “[[Sacrilege (song)|Sacrilege]]” (Director of Photography: Alexis Zabe)

===Best Video with a Social Message===
* [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] — “[[I Was Here (song)|I Was Here]]”
* [[Kelly Clarkson]] — “[[People Like Us (Kelly Clarkson song)|People Like Us]]”
* [[Macklemore]] and [[Ryan Lewis]] (featuring [[Mary Lambert]]) — “[[Same Love]]”
* [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]] — “Candles in the Sun”
* [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Lion]] (featuring [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] and Cori B.) — “No Guns Allowed”

===Best Song of the Summer===
* [[Miley Cyrus]] — “[[We Can’t Stop]]”
* [[Daft Punk]] (featuring [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]]) — “[[Get Lucky]]”
* [[Selena Gomez]] — “[[Come & Get It]]”
* [[Calvin Harris]] (featuring [[Ellie Goulding]]) — “[[I Need Your Love]]”
* [[One Direction]] — “[[Best Song Ever (song)|Best Song Ever]]”
* [[Robin Thicke]] (featuring Pharrell & [[T.I.]]) — “[[Blurred Lines]]”

===Best Latino Artist===
* {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Daddy Yankee]]
* {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Don Omar]]
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Jesse & Joy]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alejandro Sanz]]www.tr3s.com/micro/2013-vma-award-show

==Performers==
List of performers that have been confirmed:{{cite web|title=About the 2013 Video Music Awards|url=https://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/about.jhtml|publisher=[[MTV]]|accessdate=August 13, 2013}}
* [[Miley Cyrus]] – [[We Can’t Stop]]
* [[Lady Gaga]] — “[[Applause (song)|Applause]]”
* [[Katy Perry]] — “[[Roar (song)|Roar]]”
* [[Robin Thicke]] – “[[Blurred Lines]]”
* [[Kanye West]] — “[[Black Skinhead]]”

==Presenters==
List of presenters that have been confirmed:{{cite web|title=About the 2013 Video Music Awards|url=https://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/about.jhtml|publisher=[[MTV]]|accessdate=August 13, 2013}}
* [[One Direction]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/ Official VMA site]

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