The votes are in and the judging panels have met. And now the nominations for the UK Music Video Awards 2026 have been announced.

The shortlists in 39 categories at this year's UKMVAs are listed below, in the areas of best video by music genre, technical achievement, live, low budget, special project, and the individual and company award categories – all chosen by the MVA Jury Members, comprised mostly of members of the UK music video industry.

And the announcement of the shortlists at the UK Music Video Awards, the premier global celebration of music video creativity starts the countdown to the big night in a month's time - on Wednesday, November 4th at The Roundhouse in London.

Book your tickets now to the UKMVAs 2026 awards ceremony and aftershow party.

Here is the full list of nominations.

UK Music Video Awards 2026: THE NOMINATIONS

Best Pop Video – UK
Harry Styles – Aperture
Charli xcx – Camera
MEEK – Fabulous
FLO – Leak It
PinkPantheress + Zara Larsson – Stateside
Charli xcx – Wink Wink

Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – UK
Alewya – City of Symbols
Wesley Joseph ft Jorja Smith – July
Ezra Collective ft Pa Salieu – Only Love
Joy Crookes – Pain Killer
Tom Misch – Sisters With Me
Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Best Dance / Electronic Video – UK
Barry Can't Swim – Dance Dance Dance!
Fred again.., KETTAMA & Shady Nasty – Hardstyle 2
Bonobo – Me And You
Overmono – Pure devotion
A.G Cook - Residue
KETTAMA – Sort It Out

Best Rock Video – UK
Beabadoobee – All I Did Was Dream Of You
The Last Dinner Party – Count The Ways
Makeshift Art Bar – Discipline
The Rolling Stones – Jealous Lover
Wolf Alice – Just Two Girls
Charli xcx – Rock Music

Best Alternative Video – UK
Jim Legxacy – ‘06 wayne rooney
JJerome87 – Brush Me Like A Horse
James Blake – Death of Love
Novo Amor & Yvette Young – Monty
Wet Leg – pokemon
Truman ft Isabel – Tell Him

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK
AntsLive – Billie Holiday
Dave x Kano – Chapter 16
Wesley Joseph – Peace Of Mind
kwn – Risk it all
21 Savage ft Young Nudy – Stepbrothers
Dave – The Boy Who Played The Harp

Best Pop Video – International
ROSALÍA ft Björk & Yves Tumor – Berghain
Madonna – Confessions II
Theodora – Des Mythos
Tove Lo – I’m Your Girl, Right?
Sabrina Carpenter – Tears
Angèle ft Justice – What you want

Best R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – International
Amber Mark ft Anderson .Paak – Don’t Remind Me
Baby Keem – Good Flirts
Laufey – Madwoman
Ibeyi – Offerings
Kelsey Lu – Running to Pain
Ayra Starr – Tornado

Best Dance / Electronic Video – International
Povoa x madge – Beat Bunny
CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso & Fred again.. – Beto’s Horns (Fred remix)
Purple Disco Machine – Disco Cherry
Channel Tres – Medicine
Kneecap ft Paul Hartnoll – Sayōnara
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm

Best Rock Video – International
The Neighbourhood – Hula Girl
GURRIERS – Nothing Happens Twice
Foo Fighters – Of All People
Dillom – Rojo Profundo
Genesis Owusu – Stampede
ATARASHII GAKKO! – TTTTOKYO

Best Alternative Video – International
Alaskan Tapes – Holocene
Kneecap ft Kae Tempest – Irish Goodbye
Balming Tiger – Keep On
Apashe – Kyiv
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Boys
Mitski – Where's My Phone

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International
Mond – Bzns
Rich The Kid – Calling My Line
A$AP Rocky – Helicopter
A$AP Rocky – Punk Rocky
Asinine – Si le Soleil Existe
Tierra Whack – Wax Paper

Best Pop / R&B / Soul / Jazz Video – Newcomer
Ibeyi – Aset
Chiara Savasta – Cross Control Patrol
Béesau – Pas Encore
Ebony – Rage
MNEK – Reverse!!
Oklou ft FKA twigs – Viscus

Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer
gilm0re – another breathtaking melody
Shelter 12 & Benjamin Amaru – Everybody Feels That Way (From Time to Time)
Belaria – Losing Control
Venbee – Not My Day
LB aka LABAT & notinbed – Take Me Home
Logic 1000 x Christine & The Queens – The Only One

Best Rock / Alternative Video – Newcomer
American Football – Bad Moons
Bonnie Banane – Hoes of Na
Space Afrika – If This Is Hell
Common Saints - Illusions
Bilderbuch – Irgendwo
Keg – Call Me Satan

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
John Glacier – Bond Girl
BK – Castelos y Ruínas
Coast Contra – Don't Worry
Yvnnis – EMOTICONE
TR Gobrazy – FORREDUCI
corto.alto ft Mick Jenkins – WHODIS

Best Low Budget Video or Visualiser
Foule – Brigitte
ANDY – Can't Wait
Tamara Flores – Chingona
Makeshift Art Bar – Discipline
Shelter 12 & Benjamin Amaru – Everybody Feels That Way (From Time to Time)
Farmar – Rambla

​Best Live Video
Fred again.., Ezra Collective, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso – Beto’s Horns (Ezra remix)
James Blake – Death of Love
Anaiis – Devotion & The Black Divine (Live Session)
Nectar Woode – Live On The Rooftop With Friends
RAYE – Nightingale Lane - Live from Abbey Road Studios
Arca – XXXXX

Best Special Visual Project
André 3000 – 7 Piano Films
Madonna – Confessions II - The Film
War Child – Help 2
Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope
Kneecap ft Kae Tempest – Irish Goodbye
Ibeyi – Offerings

Best Performance in a Video
Harry Styles – Aperture
Charli xcx – Camera
Kneecap ft Kae Tempest – Irish Goodbye
Kneecap ft Paul Hartnoll – Sayōnara
Jungle – Someday, Somewhere
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm

Best Casting in a Video
Povoa x madge – Beat Bunny
Wallace Cleaver – Incendie
Kneecap ft Kae Tempest – Irish Goodbye
Tom Misch – Sisters With Me
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm
Truman ft Isabel – Tell Him

Best Production Design in a Video in association with radioaktive.film
Ariana Grande – hate that i made you love me
Novo Amor & Yvette Young – Monty
Taylor Swift – Opalite
Balming Tiger – Oui
Dave – The Boy Who Played The Harp
Olivia Rodrigo – The Cure

Best Styling in a Video in association with DAZED
ROSALÍA ft Björk & Yves Tumor – Berghain
Adéla – KGB
JADE – Church
Charli xcx – SS26
Tove Lo – I’m Your Girl, Right?
PinkPantheress + Zara Larsson – Stateside

Best Choreography in a Video
Povoa x madge – Beat Bunny
Love Spells – Don't Touch
FKA twigs – Hard
Adéla – KGB
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm
no na – Work

Best Cinematography in a Video
Mond – Bzns
Madonna – Confessions II
Charli xcx ft John Cale – House
Tove Lo – I’m Your Girl, Right?
Tamino – Raven
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm

Best Cinematography in a Video – Newcomer
Erin LeCount – Alice
Navy Blue – Commencement
Coast Contra – Don't Worry
Bilderbuch – Irgendwo
Joy Crookes – Pain Killer
Asinine – Si le Soleil Existe

Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM
Beabadoobee & The Marias – All I Did Was Dream Of You
Baby Keem – Good Flirts
Ezra Collective ft Pa Salieu – Only Love
Ariana Grande – Petal
Odeal – Pretty Girls
Charli xcx – Wink Wink

Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer
KOTA the Friend – Anyway
Henry Coke – I Want To Feel It In My Heart
Kneecap ft Kae Tempest – Irish Goodbye
Kelela – linknb
Adam Oh – STROKE
Reign Judge – Wouldn't You Like To Know

Best Editing in a Video in association with Shift
Povoa x madge – Beat Bunny
Charli xcx ft John Cale – House
A$AP Rocky – Punk Rocky
Kneecap ft Paul Hartnoll – Sayōnara
GENER8ION, starring Yung Lean – Storm
Olivia Rodrigo – The Book of Love

Best Editing in a Video – Newcomer
George Riley – Drip
Mura Masa – I'm Really Hot (For Myself)
Belaria – Losing Control
KETTAMA – Man With A Second Face
Joy Crookes – Pain Killer
Supermodel – Seventeen Days

Best Animation in a Video
Cassius – Dance On
Tinariwen – Erghad Afewo
Mr Bruce ft Brian Eno & Homeboy Sandman – How Will We Know
The Rolling Stones – Shame, Shame, Shame
Thundercat & Mac Miller – She Knows Too Much
Lex Amarni – The Kill 2

Best Visual Effects in a Video
Jim Legxacy – ‘06 wayne rooney
Rich The Kid – Calling My Line
Theodora – Des Mythos
A$AP Rocky – Helicopter
The Rolling Stones – In The Stars
J Cole – The Fall-Off is Inevitable

Best Director in association with Freenjoy
Aidan Zamiri
Folkert Verdoorn & Simon Becks
Jake Erland
Lee Suho
Olivia de Camps
Torso

Best New Director in association with Harbor
Alex Acy
Ben Harris
Billy King
Léa Esmaili
Melchior Leroux
Tanner K Williams

Best Agent
Alexa Haywood, Freeagent
André Reid, Rep Media
Claire Stubbs, Mouthpiece
Lee Fairweather, Leethal Reppin
Nikhil Sinh Smith, LUX Artists
Sam Davey, Hurry Sundown

Best Creative Commissioner
Emily Jeffery, Polydor
Jake Crossland, Partisan
Kat Cattaneo, Sony Music
Kim Jarrett
Michael Lewin, Sony Music
Ruth Morris, Warp Records

Best Executive Producer
Alex Brinkman
Elizabeth Doonan
Kiran Mandla
Morgan Clement
Nnena Nwakodo
Shelley Jones

Best Producer
Alice Wills
Chris Murdoch
Collin Druz
Maggie Curwin
Nathan Scherrer
Rowan Mackintosh King

Best Production Company in association with Kodak
Anonymous Content
CANADA
DIVISION
Iconoclast
Magna Studios
Object & Animal

Video of the Year
To be announced on the night

• UK Music Video Awards 2026 awards ceremony and aftershow party at The Roundhouse, 4th November 2026. Book your tickets now