MTV Adds for the Week of 3/10/08

MTV
MTV Adds:
30 Seconds to Mars "A Beautiful Lie" (Virgin)
All Time Low "Dear Maria, Count Me In" (Hopeless)
Danity Kane "Damage" (Bad Boy)
Day 26 "Got Me Going" (Bad Boy)
Gnarls Barkley "Run" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" (J)
Rick Ross f/ T-Pain "The Boss" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort & Mistah FAB "Life Of The Party" (Geffen)
Tokio Hotel "Ready Set Go" (Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
2 Pistols f/ T-Pain & Tay Dizm "She Got It" (Universal Republic)
All Time Low "Dear Maria, Count Me In" (Hopeless)
Linkin Park "Given Up" (Warner Bros.)
Rick Ross f/ T-Pain "The Boss" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
Sheek Louch "Good Love" (D-Block/Koch)
Snoop Dogg f/ Too $hort & Mistah FAB "Life Of The Party" (Geffen)
Soulja Boy "Let Me Get 'Em" (Interscope)
Tokio Hotel "Ready Set Go" (Universal)

MTVU Adds:
The Knux "Cappuccino" (HHH/Interscope)
Mayday Parade "When I Get Home, You're So Dead" (Fearless)
Minus The Bear "Throwin' Shapes" (Suicide Squeeze)
Rick Ross f/ T-Pain "The Boss" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
Tokio Hotel "Ready Set Go" (Universal)

MTV Jams Adds:
Glasses Malone f/ Akon "Certified" (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
The Knux "Cappuccino" (HHH/Interscope)
Pitbull "The Anthem" (TVT)
Snoop Dogg f/Too $hort & Mistah FAB "Life Of The Party" (Geffen)

March 5, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/03/08

MTV
MTV2 Adds:
Jay-Z "I Know" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Against Me! "Stop" (Sire)
Ray J f/ Yung Berg "Sexy Can I" (Koch/Deja34/Knockout)

MTVU Adds:
Against Me! "Stop" (Sire)
Ludo "Love Me Dead" (Island)
Pacific Division "F.A.T Boys '08" (Arts N Crafts/Two Tone Elephants)
Pete Rock "Till I Retire" (Nature)
Silversun Pickups "Little Lover's So Polite" (Dangerbird)

MTV Jams Adds:
Ashanti "The Way That I Love You" (The Inc./Universal Motown)
Consequence "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" (G.O.O.D.)
Estelle f/ Kanye West "American Boy" (Homeschool/Atlantic)
Jay-Z "I Know" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown "No Air" (Jive/ZLG)
Mariah Carey "Touch My Body" (Island Def Jam)
Pitbull "The Anthem" (TVT)
Tiffany Evans f/ Bow Wow "I'm Grown" (Columbia)

February 27, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/25/07

MTV
MTV2 Adds:
Angels & Airwaves "Secret Crowds" (Geffen)
Motion City Soundtrack "It Had To Be You" (Epitaph)
Talib Kweli "Hostile Gospel" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Angels & Airwaves "Secret Crowds" (Geffen)
Consequence "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" (G.O.O.D.)
Del The Funky Homosapien "Workin' It" (Hieroglyphics Imperium)
The Kills "U.R.A Fever" (Domino)
National Product "By All Means" (R&M Artist)
Nicole Atkins "Maybe Tonight" (Columbia)
Yael Naim "New Soul" (Atlantic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Jim Jones "Love Me No More" (Koch)
Rick Ross f/ T-Pain "The Boss" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam)
Trina "Single Again" (Slip-N-Slide) 

February 20, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/18/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
The Bravery "Believe" (Island Def Jam)
Flo Rida "Elevator" (Atlantic)
Kanye West "Flashing Lights" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Mario "Crying Out For Me" (Arista/J)

MTV2 Adds:
The Bravery "Believe" (Island Def Jam)
Flo Rida "Elevator" (Atlantic)
Kanye West "Flashing Lights" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
All Time Low "Dear Maria, Count Me In" (Hopeless)
Flo Rida "Elevator" (Atlantic)
The Raveonettes "Aly, Walk With Me" (Vice)
Talib Kweli "Hostile Gospel" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds:
2 Pistols f/ T-Pain & Tay Dizm "She Got It" (Universal Republic)
Flo Rida "Elevator" (Atlantic)
Kanye West "Flashing Lights" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Talib Kweli "Hostile Gospel" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)
Sheek Louch "Good Love" (D-Block/Koch)

February 13, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/11/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Panic At the Disco "Nine in the Afternoon" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)

MTV2 Adds:
Panic At the Disco "Nine in the Afternoon" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
Plies "I Am The Club" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
Rocko "Umma Do Me" (Island Urban/IDJMG)
Serj Tankian "Sky Is Over" (Serjical Strike/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Jill Scott "Hate On Me" (Hidden Beach)
Kate Nash "Pumpkin Soup" (Fiction)
Majestic Twelve "Cry" (Pandora's Legacy)
Motion City Soundtrack "It Had To Be You" (Epitaph)
Panic At the Disco "Nine in the Afternoon" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
Radiohead "Body Snatchers" (TBD)
Serj Tankian "Sky Is Over" (Serjical Strike/Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds:
Ghostface Killah f/ Kid Capri "We Celebrate" (Island Def Jam)
Lil Mama f/ Chris Brown & T-Pain "Shawty Get Loose" (Jive/ZLG)
Omar Cruz "I Hang With My Dogz" (Geffen)
Ray J f/ Yung Berg "Sexy Can I" (Koch/Deja34/Knockout)

February 6, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/04/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Erykah Badu "Honey" (Universal Motown)
Missy Elliott "Ching-A-Ling" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
OneRepublic "Stop and Stare" (Mosley Music/Interscope)
Shawty Lo "Dey Know" (Asylum)

MTV2 Adds:
30 Seconds to Mars "A Beautiful Lie" (Virgin)
Armor For Sleep "Hold The Door" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Coheed and Cambria "Feathers" (Columbia)
Dem Franchize Boyz "Talkin' Out Da Side Of Ya Neck" (So So Def/Virgin/Capitol)
Missy Elliott "Ching-A-Ling" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Queens Of The Stone Age "Make It Wit Chu" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
30 Seconds to Mars "A Beautiful Lie" (Virgin)
Chris Walla "Sing Again" (Barsuk)
Coheed and Cambria "Feathers" (Columbia)
Feist "I Feel It All" (Interscope)
Hot Chip "Ready For The Floor" (DFA/Astralwerks)
Jack Johnson "If I Had Eyes" (Brushfire/Universal)
Plain White Ts "Our Time Now" (Hollywood)
Queens Of The Stone Age "Make It Wit Chu" (Interscope)
Rookie Of The Year "Liars and Battlelines" (One Eleven)
Shawty Lo "Dey Know" (Asylum)

MTVU Adds:
Cherish "Killa" (Sho'nuff/Capitol)
DJ Felli Fel "Get Buck In Here" (So So Def/Island Def Jam)
Missy Elliott "Ching-A-Ling" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Plies "I Am The Club" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
Rocko "Umma Do Me" (Island Urban/IDJMG)

January 30, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 1/28/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Colbie Caillat "Realize" (Universal Republic)
Matt White "Best Days" (Geffen)
Michael Cera & Ellen Page "Anyone Else But You" (Rhino)
Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" (Island Def Jam)
Soulja Boy "Yahhh!" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Dolla f/ T-Pain "Who The **** Is That" (Konvict Muzik/Jive/ZLG)
Jimmy Eat World "Always Be" (Interscope)
Pop It Off Boyz "Crank Dat Batman" (Universal Motown)
Sick Puppies "My World" (Virgin)

mtvU Adds:
Colbie Caillat "Realize" (Universal Republic)
Daphne Loves Derby "Stranger, You and I" (Outlook)
Girl In A Coma "Say" (Blackheart)
Jimmy Eat World "Always Be" (Interscope)
Matt Costa "Mr. Pitiful" (Brushfire/Universal)
MGMT "Electric Feel" (Columbia)
Michael Cera & Ellen Page "Anyone Else But You" (Rhino)
Saul Williams "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Fader)
Secondhand Serenade "Fall For You" (Glassnote)
Sick Puppies "My World" (Virgin)
Sons And Daughters "Gilt Complex" (Domino)

January 23, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 1/21/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Kate Nash "Foundations" (Fiction)
Kid Rock "Amen" (Atlantic)

MTV 2 Adds:
Kid Rock "Amen" (Atlantic)
Soulja Boy "Yahhh!" (Interscope)

mtvU Adds:
The Cliks "Complicated" (Silver Label/Tommy Boy)
Hezekiah f/ Bilal "Keep Looking Up" (Soul Spazm)
Hurricane Chris f/ Boxie "Playas Rock" (Polo Grounds/J)
Maps "To The Sky" (Mute)
The Pipettes "Because It's Not Love" (Interscope)
The Raveonettes "Dead Sound" (Vice)
Secondhand Serenade "Fall For You" (Glassnote)
Simian Mobile Disco "Hustler" (Wichita)
Webbie "Independent" (Asylum)

MTV Jams Adds:
Pop It Off Boyz "Crank Dat Batman" (Universal Motown)
Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" (Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Take You There" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)

January 16, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 1/14/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Ashlee Simpson "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" (Geffen)
Cobra Starship "This City Is At War" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
The D.E.Y. "Give You The World" (Epic)
Fat  Joe f/ J. Holiday "I Won't Tell" (Imperial)
Janet "Feedback" (Island Def Jam)
Maroon 5 "Won't Go Home Without You" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
Natasha Bedingfield f/ Sean Kingston "Love Like This" (Epic)
Sara Bareilles "Love Song" (Epic)
Spill Canvas "All Over You" (Warner Bros.)
Vampire Weekend "A Punk" (XL/Beggars)

MTV2 Adds:
Cobra Starship "This City Is At War" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
Kid Sister "Pro Nails" (Fool's Gold)
Scarface "Girl You Know" (Asylum)
Shawty Lo "Dey Know" (Asylum)
Spill Canvas "All Over You" (Warner Bros.)
Vampire Weekend "A Punk" (XL/Beggars)
Webbie "Independent" (Asylum)

MTVU Adds:
!!! "Yadnus" (Warp)
Bjork "Declare Independence" (Atlantic)
Chrisette Michele "Be Ok" (Island Def Jam)
Cobra Starship "This City Is At War" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
The D.E.Y. "Give You The World" (Epic)
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low" (Atlantic)
Gorillaz "Rock It" (Virgin)
Jay-Z "American Dreamin'" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
John Legend "Show Me" (Columbia)
Kid Sister "Pro Nails" (Fool's Gold)
Metafore "Nah Mean" (Luckybug)
Sara Bareilles "Love Song" (Epic)
Serj Tankian "Honking Antelope" (Serjical Strike/Warner Bros.)
Tegan & Sara "The Con" (Vapor/Sire/Warner Bros.)
Tunng "Bullets" (Static Caravan)

MTV Jams Adds:
Janet "Feedback" (Island Def Jam)
Kid Sister "Pro Nails" (Fool's Gold)
Mike Jones f/ Hurricane Chris "Drop & Gimme 50" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Soulja Boy "Yah" (Interscope)
Webbie "Independent" (Asylum)

January 9, 2008 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV2 Subterranean Top 20 Videos

MTV2's indie rock show Subterranean is celebrating the top 20 videos of the year as voted by viewers and fans. Tune into the December 17 episode of Subterranean to see the top 10, or visit mtv.com to see 'em all. Number one honors went to Pinback "From Nothing To Nowhere" directed by Joshua Nichols. Nice.

MTV2 Subterranean Best of 2007:

  1. Pinback "From Nothing to Nowhere"
  2. Ted Leo "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb"
  3. Interpol "No I In Threesome"
  4. Queens of the Stone Age "Sick Sick Sick"
  5. Albert Hammond Jr. "101"
  6. 1990s "See You At the Lights"
  7. M.I.A. "Boyz"
  8. P.O.S. "Bleeding Hearts Club"
  9. Battles "Atlas"
  10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Down Boy"
  11. Cavil at Rest "Who's There"
  12. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova "Falling Slowly"
  13. The National "Apartment Story"
  14. Aesop Rock "None Shall Pass"
  15. Minus the Bear "Knights"
  16. The Shins "Australia"
  17. Interpol "The Heinrich Maneuver"
  18. Apples In Stereo "Energy"
  19. Chin Up Chin Up "This Harness Can't Ride Anything"
  20. Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye"

Visit mtv.com to watch some/all/none in whatever order you like. Nice, right?

December 19, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 12/24/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Britney Spears "Piece of Me" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Fat Joe f/ J. Holiday "I Won't Tell" (Imperial)
Shiny Toy Guns "Rainy Monday" (Universal Motown)

MTVU Adds:
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Sun Lips" (Graveface)
Celebration "Evergreen" (4AD)
Dem Hoodstarz "Uggh(remix)" (Lawless)
Fat Joe f/ J. Holiday "I Won't Tell" (Imperial)
Ludacris "Down In The Dirty" (DTP/Def Jam)
The Mars Volta "Wax Simulacra" (Strummer/Universal)
Rick Ross f/ R. Kelly "Speedin" (Def Jam)
Shiny Toy Guns "Rainy Monday" (Universal Motown)
Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)
Verbal Threat "Reality Check" (Throwback)

MTV Jams Adds:
Omarion & Bow Wow "Hey Baby" (Columbia)
Freeway f/ Rick Ross "Lights Get Low" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Hi-Tek "Ohio All Stars" (Babygrande)

December 19, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 12/17/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Chingy f/ Amerie "Fly Like Me" (DTP/Def Jam)
J. Holiday "Suffocate" (Capitol)
Seether "Fake It" (Wind-Up)
Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)
Styles P f/ Swizz Beatz "Blow Ya Mind" (Koch/D-Block)

MTV2 Adds:
Chevelle "I Get It" (Epic)
Chingy f/ Amerie "Fly Like Me" (DTP/Def Jam)
Escape The Fate "Situations " (Epitaph)
Hurricane Chris f/ Boxie "Playas Rock" (Polo Grounds/J)
Rick Ross f/ R. Kelly "Speedin" (Def Jam)
Simple Plan "When I'm Gone" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Andrew Bird "Imitosis" (Fat Possum)
Birdman "Hundred Million Dollars" (Cashmoney/Universal Motown)
Chevelle "I Get It" (Epic)
Escape The Fate "Situations " (Epitaph)
Graham Colton "Best Days" (Universal Republic)
Juanes "Me Enamora" (Universal Latino)
M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:
Cheri Dennis "Portrait Of Love" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Fat Joe f/ J. Holiday "I Won't Tell" (Imperial)
Hurricane Chris f/ Boxie "Playas Rock" (Polo Grounds/J)
Kia Shine "Wow" (Universal Motown)
Ludacris "Down In The Dirty" (DTP/Def Jam)
Ne-Yo "Go On Girl" (Def Jam)
Trap Starz Clik "Get It Big" (OnDeck/Universal Republic)
Tyra B "Givin' Me A Rush" (Reprise/Warner)

December 12, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 12/10/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
The Dream "Falsetto" (Island Def Jam)
Jordin Sparks "Tattoo" (Jive)
Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
Birdman "100 Million Dollars" (Cash Money/Universal Motown)

MTVU Adds:
Eastern Conference Champions "The Box" (Suretone/Geffen)
Fionn Regan "Be Good or Be Gone" (Lost Highway)
Guru f/ Slum Village "Cuz I'm Jazzy" (7 Grand)
Ingrid Michaelson "The Way I Am" (Cabin 24/Hollywood)
Iron And Wine "Boy With A Coin" (Sub Pop)
J. Holiday "Suffocate" (Capitol)
James Blunt "Same Mistake" (Custard/Atlantic)
LCD Soundsystem "Someone Great" (DFA/Capitol)
Powerspace "Right On, Right Now" (Fueled By Ramen)

MTV Jams Adds:
Rick Ross f/ R. Kelly "Speedin" (Def Jam)
Scarface "Girl You Know" (Asylum)
Shawty Lo "Dey Know" (Asylum)

December 5, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 12/03, 11/26/07

MTV
MTV Adds for the Week of 12/03/07: 
Chris Brown "With You" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds for the Week of 12/03/07: 
Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction" (Geffen)
The White Stripes "Conquest" (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds for the Week of 12/03/07:
Kid Sister
"Pro Nails" (Fool's Gold)
Luckyiam
"The Best I Can" (Legendary)
New Atlantic
"Cold-Hearted Town" (Eyeball)

MTV Jams Adds for the Week of 12/03/07: 
Chingy f/ Amerie "Fly Like Me" (DTP/Def Jam)
Chris Brown "With You" (Jive/ZLG)
Chris Brown "This Christmas" (Jive/ZLG)
Dolla f/ T-Pain "Who The **** Is That" (Konvict Muzik/Jive/ZLG)

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/26/07: 
Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (J)
Jay-Z "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Sean Kingston " Take You There" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)
Soulja Boy f/ I-15 "Soulja Girl" (Collipark/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds for the Week of 11/26/07: 
Jay-Z "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Pitbull "Go Girl" (TVT)
Styles P f/ Swizz Beatz "Blow Ya Mind" (Koch/D-Block)

MTVU Adds for the Week of 11/26/07: 
Aceyalone "Easy" (Project Blowed)
Dem Hoodstarz "Uggh(remix)" (Lawless)
Jay-Z "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
New Young Pony Club "Get Lucky" (Modular)
Paolo Nutini "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" (Atlantic)
Shout Out Louds "Impossible" (Merge)
The Spill Canvas "All Over You" (Warner Bros.)
Tabi Bonney "Syce It/Escalator" (Organized Rhyme)
We The Kings "Skyway Avenue" (S-Curve)
The White Stripes "Conquest" (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for the Week of 11/26/07: 
Birdman f/ Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross "Hundred Million Dollars" (Cashmoney/Universal Motown)
The Dream "Falsetto" (Island Def Jam)
J. Holiday "Suffocate" (Capitol)
Jay-Z "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..." (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Snoop Dogg "Sensual Seduction" (Geffen)
Tabi Bonney "Syce It/Escalator" (Organized Rhyme)

November 28, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/19/07

MTV
Adds:
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low" (Atlantic)
Lupe Fiasco "Superstar" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
Rilo Kiley "Silver Lining" (Warner Bros.)
Serj Tankian "Empty Walls" (Serjical Strike/Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent f/ Akon "I Still Will" (G Unit/Interscope)
Armor for Sleep "Williamsburg" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Korn "Hold On" (Virgin)
Sixx: A.M. "Life Is Beautiful" (10th St. Ent)
Soulja Boy f/ I-15 "Soulja Girl" (Collipark/Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (J)
Blue Scholars "Joe Metro" (Mass Line)
Kate Nash "Foundations" (Fiction)
Korn "Hold On" (Virgin)
Menomena "Evil Bee" (Barsuk)
Panacea "Pops Said" (Rawkus)
Schoolyard Heroes "Plastic Surgery Hall Of Fame" (Stolen Transmission)
Scissors for Lefty "Lay Down Your Weapons" (Eenie Meenie)
Styles P f/ Swizz Beatz "Blow Ya Mind" (Koch/D-Block)
The Killers "Shadowplay" (Island)
The National "Apartment Story" (Beggars Banquet)

MTV Jams Adds:
3 Deep "Watch My Shoes" (Trill/Asylum)
50 Cent f/ Akon "I Still Will" (G Unit/Interscope)
Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (J)
Beanie Sigel f/ R. Kelly "All Of The Above" (Roc-A-Fella)
DJ Khaled "I'm So Hood (remix)" (Terror Squad/Koch)
DJ Drama "5000 Ones" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Lil' Keke "I'm A G" (TF/Swishahouse)
Nas "Surviving The Times" (Columbia)
Pitbull "Go Girl" (TVT)
Wyclef f/ Akon & Lil Wayne "Sweetest Girl (remix)" (Columbia)

November 14, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: mtvU Woodies Recap

MtvU WoodiesUnless you were at NYC's Roseland Ballroom last night, you'll have to wait until Thursday, November 15 to check out the full mtvU Woodies Awards 2007.

Here's what you missed:

  • Performances by Lupe Fiasco, Rilo Kiley, Spank Rock, Tokyo Police Club and The Academy Is...
  • Appearances by Fall Out Boy, RJD2, Annie Lennox, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip and many other music celebs.
  • Awards, of course. Full details, video links and explanations are at mtvu.com's Woodie section, but here's the winners...
    • Woodie of The Year: Gym Class Heroes
    • The Breaking Woodie: Boys Like Girls
    • The Left Field Woodie: Madvillain
    • Best Video Woodie: Say Anything
    • The Good Woodie: Guster
    • The Alumni Woodie: Spoon
    • Best Performing Woodie: Muse
    • Viral Woodie: The Academy Is...
    • The Best Music On Campus: Stella On Starlight

If you're enrolled, or merely loiter at one of the more than 750 colleges that carries mtvU, you can tune in to watch the show November 15 at 8pm. If you're in the real world — not the reality show, necessarily — you can watch it via live streaming video at mtvu.com. And, lastly, if you just want the highlights — and I dearly hope one of them is Spank Rock's performance with some neon bikini clad hoodrat hoochie mamas — you can check out a half hour highlight show on MTV November 17 at 10pm or MTV2 November 18 at 12:30am.

November 9, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/12/07

MTV
Adds:
Boys Like Girls "Hero/Heroine" (Red Ink/Columbia)
Common "I Want You" (Geffen)
Keyshia Cole f/ Amina "Shoulda Let You Go" (Imani/Geffen)
Omarion & Bow Wow "Girlfriend" (Columbia)
Paramore
"CrushCrushCrush" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Playaz Circle "Duffle Bag Boy" (DTP/IDJMG)

MTV2 Adds:
Baby f/ Lil Wayne "Pop Bottles" (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low" (Atlantic)
Lupe Fiasco "Superstar" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
Nelly "Wadsyaname" (Derrty/Universal Motown)
Silversun Pickups "Well Thought Out Twinkles" (Dangerbird)   

MTVU Adds:
Babyshambles "French Dog Blues" (Parlophone)
Boys Like Girls "Hero/Heroine" (Red Ink/Columbia)
DJ Jazzy Jeff f/ Peedi Peedi "Brand New Funk 24/7" (!K7)
Say Anything "Baby Girl, I'm A Blur" (J Records)
She Wants Revenge "True Romance" (Geffen)
Sound The Alarm "Suffocating" (Geffen)
Vampire Weekend "Mansard Roof" (XL)

MTV Jams Adds:
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain "Low" (Atlantic)
Lyfe Jennings "Cops Up" (Columbia)
Raheem DeVaughn "Woman" (Jive/ZLG)

November 7, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/05/07

MTV
Adds:
Amy Winehouse "Back To Black" (Universal Republic)
Fergie "Clumsy" (A&M/Interscope)
Foo Fighters "Long Road To Ruin" (RCA)
Lil Mama "G-Slide" (Jive/ZLG)
Mary J. Blige "Just Fine" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
Foo Fighters "Long Road To Ruin" (RCA)
Seether "Fake It" (Wind-Up

MTVU Adds:
Common "I Want You" (Geffen)
Estelle "Wait A Minute (Just A Touch)" (Homeschool)
Foo Fighters "Long Road To Ruin" (RCA)
Keyshia Cole f/ Amina "Shoulda Let You Go" (Imani/Geffen)
Lupe Fiasco "Superstar" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
New Pornographers "Challengers" (Matador)
Regina Spektor "Better" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
The Pipettes "Pull Shapes" (Memphis Industries)

MTV Jams Adds:
Omarion & Bow Wow "Girlfriend" (Columbia)
Estelle "Wait A Minute (Just A Touch)" (Homeschool)
Lupe Fiasco "Superstar" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
Styles P f/ Swizz Beatz "Blow Ya Mind" (Koch/D-Block)
T-Pain "Church" (Jive/ZLG)
Young Ralph "   " (Universal Republic)

October 31, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/29/07

MTV
Adds:
Jay-Z "Blue Magic" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Jay-Z "Blue Magic" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Jimmy Eat World "Big Casino" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
A Fine Frenzy "Almost Lover" (Virgin/Capitol)
Aesop Rock "Coffee" (Definitive Jux)
Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" (Universal Republic)
Armor For Sleep "Williamsburg" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
The Hives "Tick Tick Boom" (Interscope)
Jay-Z "Blue Magic" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Scary Kids Scaring Kids "Faces" (Immortal)
Tim Williams "Novel" (Dovecote)

MTV Jams Adds:
Jay-Z "Blue Magic" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Ky-mani Marley "One Time" (Vox)
Mary J. Blige "Just Fine" (Geffen)
Mistah F.A.B. "Don't Spill It" (Thizz/Atlantic)
Nelly "Wadsyaname" (Derrty/Universal Motown)

October 24, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/22/07

MTV
Adds:
Chromeo "Bonafied Lovin" (Vice)
Feist "1234" (Interscope)
Flyleaf "All Around Me" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
Good Charlotte "I Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)" (Epic)
Linkin Park "Shadow Of The Day" (Warner Bros.)
The Starting Line "Island" (Virgin)
Timbaland f/ OneRepublic "Apologize" (Mosley/Blackground/Interscope)
Wyclef Jean "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Chromeo "Bonafied Lovin" (Vice)
Common "I Want You" (Geffen)
Kid Rock "So Hott" (Atlantic)
Linkin Park "Shadow Of The Day" (Warner Bros.)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Your Guardian Angel" (Virgin)
Sum 41 "Walking Disaster" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Band Of Horses "Is There A Ghost" (Sub Pop)
Linkin Park "Shadow Of The Day" (Warner Bros.)
Lupe Fiasco "Dumb It Down" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
Tegan& Sara "The Con" (Vapor/Sire/Warner Bros.)
The Winter Sounds "Windy City Nights" (Livewire)

MTV Jams Adds:
Common "I Want You" (Geffen)
Keyshia Cole f/ Amina "Shoulda Let You Go" (Imani/Geffen )
Lupe Fiasco "Dumb It Down" (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
The Pack "In My Car" (Jive/ZLG)
i15 "Lost In Love" (Zone 4/Interscope)

October 17, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTVU Woodies Performers Announced

MtvU WoodiesMTV's 24-hour college network mtvU announced the notorious Amy Winehouse as the headliner for the fourth annual mtvU Woodie Awards. The Academy Is... and Spank Rock are also set to perform at the ceremonies, to be held November 8 at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. The show will premiere simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com November 15th at 8pm ET.

The Woodies is the only award show to honor the music voted best by the college audience. See a full list of nominees here.

October 12, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/15/07

MTV
Adds:
Colbie Caillat "Bubbly" (Universal Republic)
Daughtry "Over You" (RCA)

MTV2 Adds:
Avenged Sevenfold
"Almost Easy" (Warner Bros.)
JaRule "Body" (Inc./Universal Motown)
Paramore "CrushCrushCrush" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Alicia Keys "No One" (J)
The Almost "Southern Weather" (Tooth & Nail/Virgin/Capitol)
Animal Collective "Peacebone" (Domino)
Dropkick Murphys "The State of Massachusetts" (Born & Bred)
Fabolous f/ Jermaine Dupri "Baby Don't Go" (Island Def Jam)
Jet Lag Gemini "Run This City" (Doghouse)
Mark Ronson f/ Lily Allen "Oh My God" (Columbia)
The Pack "In My Car" (Jive/ZLG)
Paramore "CrushCrushCrush" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Rich Boy "Let's Get This Paper" (Zone4/Interscope)
Rogue Wave "Lake Michigan" (Brushfire)

MTV Jams Adds:
Project Pat "Don't Call Me No Mo" (Koch)

October 10, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/08/07

MTV
Adds:
Britney Spears "Gimme More" (Zomba/Jive)
The Dream "Shawty Is A Ten" (Island Def Jam)
Kaya "Kiss And Make Up"
Kevin Michael "It Don't Make Any Difference..." (Atlantic)
The Last Goodnight "Pictures Of You" (Virgin)
The Naked Brothers Band "If That's Not Love" (Nick/Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Biffy Clyro "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies" (Roadrunner)
The Dream "Shawty Is A Ten" (Island Def Jam)
Hurricane Chris "The Hand Clap" (Polo Grounds/J)
Kenna "Say Goodbye To Love" (Interscope)
The Last Goodnight "Pictures Of You" (Virgin)
Plies feat. Akon "Hypnotized" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
All Time Low "Six Feet Under The Stars" (Hopeless)
Biffy Clyro "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies" (Roadrunner)
Coheed And Cambria "The Running Free" (Columbia)
The Dream "Shawty Is A Ten" (Island Def Jam)
Interpol "No I In Threesome" (Capitol) 
Kevin Michael 2007 VMA performance (Atlantic)
The Last Goodnight "Pictures Of You" (Virgin)
New Young Pony Club "Ice Cream" (Modular)
Pinback "From Nothing To Nowhere" (Touch & Go)

MTV Jams:
Boyz N Da Hood  "Everybody Know Me"  (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Federation "Happy I Met You" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Mario "Crying Out For Me" (Arista/J)
Rich Boy "Let's Get This Paper" (Zone4/Interscope)
Soulja Boy f/ I-15 "Soulja Girl" (Collipark/Interscope)
Yung Joc "Bottle Poppin" (Bad Boy) 

October 3, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/01/07

MTV
Adds:
Ashley Tisdale "He Said, She Said" (Warner Bros.)
Baby Bash f/ T-Pain "Cyclone" (Arista)
DJ Khaled "I'm So Hood" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Fabolous f/ T-Pain "Baby Don't Go"  (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Angels & Airwaves "Everything's Magic" (Geffen)
Cassidy "My Drink N' My 2 Step" (Full Surface/J)
Coheed And Cambria  "The Running Free" (Columbia)
Playaz Circle "Duffle Bag Boy" (DTP/IDJMG)
Wyclef f/ Akon & Lil Wayne "Sweetest Girl" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Angels & Airwaves "Everything's Magic" (Geffen)
Brother Ali "Take Me Home" (Rhymesayers)
Cassidy "My Drink N' My 2 Step" (Full Surface/J)
The Cool Kids "Black Mags" (C.A.K.E.)
The Go! Team "Grip Like A Vice" (Sub Pop)
Hot Hot Heat "Let Me In" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Kenna "Say Goodbye To Love" (Interscope)
Monty Are I "Between The Sheets" (Stolen Transmission) 
The Rocket Summer
"So Much Love" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams:
Alicia Keys "No One/Freedom" (VMA 07 performance)
Crime Mob "Circles" (BME/Reprise)
Hurricane Chris "The Hand Clap" (Polo Grounds/J)
Plies feat. Akon "Hypnotized" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
Ray Lavender "My Girl Gotta Best Friend" (Kon Live/Geffen)
Trey Songz "Can't Help But Wait" (Atlantic)
UNK f/ Baby D "Hit The Dance Floor" (Big Oomp /Koch) 

September 27, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: mtvU Woodies Nominees And Details

MtvU Woodies Looking for the inverse of MTV's VMAs? Well, look no further than MTV — well, mtvU to be exact.
MTV's college network celebrates its commitment to indie rock and emerging acts with the fourth annual mtvU Woodie Awards — scheduled for November 8 at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. The show will premier November 15 at 8pm ET simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com, with a rebroadcast on MTV2 November 18 at 12:30am ET.

The Shins lead all nominees Nominees with three nods, while Modest Mouse, Gym Class Heroes, Lily Allen, Justice, Linkin Park and The Academy Is... are each up for two apiece. Winners will be decided via online voting that runs through November 2 at mtvu.com.

Check out the full list of categories and nominees after the jump. As always, you should vote early and often.

Categories and nominees for the 2007 "mtvU Woodie Awards"are:

Woodie of the Year – (Artist of the Year)

The artists who made the biggest splash on mtvU and the college music scene this past year.

  • Amy Winehouse (Universal Republic)
  • Common (Geffen)
  • Gym Class Heroes (Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen)
  • Lily Allen (Capitol)
  • The Shins (Sub Pop)

The Breaking Woodie – (Best Emerging Artist)
mtvU is where new developing artists are test driven for the first time by the toughest critics around: college students.  One of this year’s newest artists will win the coveted “Breaking Woodie.”

  • Boys Like Girls (Columbia)
  • Peter Bjorn & John (Columbia)
  • Rich Boy (Interscope)
  • Silversun Pickups (Dangerbird)
  • Tokyo Police Club (Paper Bag)

Left Field Woodie – (Most Original Artist)
They’re genre-busters. They resist classification.  They came out of left field, and we’re still not sure what section of the record store to find them in.   

  • CSS (Sub Pop)
  • Klaxons (Geffen)
  • Madvillain (Stones Throw)
  • Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO)
  • The Knife (Mute)

Best Video Woodie  – (Best Video of the Year)
The music video that is so incredible, we’d watch it even without the music.

  • Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Downtown/Vice)
  • Motion City Soundtrack "Broken Heart" (Epitaph)
  • RJD2 "Work It Out" (XL)
  • Say Anything "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" (J)
  • TV on the Radio "Province" (Interscope)

The Good Woodie – (Greatest Social Impact)
The award for the artists whose commitment to a social cause has effected the greatest change this year. 

  • Alicia Keys "Keep a Child Alive"; promoting care for HIV/AIDS-infected children in Africa (J)
  • Guster "Reverb"; "greened" more than 600 concerts in the last three years (Warner Bros. Records)
  • Linkin Park  "Music for Relief"; aids victims of world catastrophes and combats global warming (Warner Bros.)
  • Red Jumpsuit Apparatus;  mental health awareness efforts (Capitol)
  • Thom Yorke – "Friends of the Earth"; fighting for legislation to prevent global warming (Beggars Group)

Performing Woodie – (Best Tour)
For those artists who take to the road and never let up, always giving that memorable live performance.

  • Daft Punk (Capitol)
  • Lil’ Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
  • Muse (Warner Bros.)
  • The Academy Is… (Atlanti/Fueled by Ramen)
  • The Rapture (Universal Motown)

Alumni Woodie – (a.k.a. The You’re Still OK in our Book Award)
For the artists who’ve graduated into the wide world of mega-stardom, but who haven’t forgotten where they came from.  And we’re proud to say, “We knew them when…”

  • Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek)
  • Modest Mouse (Epic)
  • Spoon (Merge)
  • Talib Kweli (Warner Bros.)
  • The Shins (Sub Pop)

Viral Woodie – (Most Downloaded, Streamed, Blogged, etc.)
A category for those acts that crashed servers and blew up the World Wide Interwebs all year long.  For the next four weeks, these artists will go toe-to-toe on mtvU.com, with college students propelling their favorites into the finals. The four artists left standing will battle it out for the (not contagious) “Viral Woodie.”

WEEK 1

  • Akon "Don't Matter" (Universal Motown)
  • Gym Class Heroes "Shoot Down the Stars" (Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen)
  • Lily Allen "Smile" (Capitol Records)
  • Linkin Park "What I've Done" (Warner Bros. Records)
  • The Shins "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop Records)

WEEK 2

  • The Academy Is… "We've Got a Big Mess On Our Hands" (Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen)
  • M.I.A. "Boyz" (Interscope)
  • Modest Mouse "Dashboard" (Epic)
  • The Decemberists "O Valencia! (contest version)" (Capitol)
  • T-Pain featuring Yung Joc "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Jive)

WEEK 3

  • Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" (Merge)
  • DJ Khaled, "We Takin’ Over"(Koch)
  • Fall Out Boy "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" (Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen)
  • Paramore "Misery Business" (Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen)
  • Shiny Toy Guns "You Are the One" (Universal Motown)

WEEK 4

  • Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up to Dry" (Downtown)
  • Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Downtown/Vice)
  • Meg & Dia "Monster" (Warner Bros./Doghouse)
  • My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" (Warner Bros.)
  • T.I. "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)' (Atlantic)

September 21, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 9/24/07

MTV
Adds:
Alicia Keys "No One/Freedom" (VMA 07 performance)
Chamillionaire "Hip-Hop Police/ Evening News" (Universal Motown) 
Chris Brown feat. T-Pain "Kiss Kiss" (Jive/ZLG)
Fall Out Boy "I'm Like A Lawyer..." (Island Def Jam)
J. Holiday "Bed" (Capitol)
Jennifer Lopez "Do It Well" (Epic)
Madina Lake "Here I Stand" (Roadrunner)
Nicole Scherzinger f/ Will.I.Am "Baby Love" (Interscope)
Rihanna f/ Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You" (Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Me Love" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch) 

MTV2 Adds:
The Academy Is... "Everything We Had" (Fueled By Ramen)
Against Me! "Thrash Unreal" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Fabolous f/ T-Pain "Baby Don't Go"  (Island Def Jam)
Fall Out Boy "I'm Like A Lawyer..." (Island Def Jam)
Gucci Mane "Freaky Gurl" (Asylum/Atlantic) 
Motion City Soundtrack "Broken Heart" (Epitaph)
Serj Tankian "Empty Walls" (Serjical Strike/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Calvin Harris "Merrymaking At My Place" (Flye Eye)
Emily King feat. Lupe Fiasco "Walk In My Shoes" (J)
Fall Out Boy "I'm Like A Lawyer..." (Island Def Jam)
Grayskul "Scarecrow" (Rhymesayers)
Jamie T "Sheila" (Caroline)
Motion City Soundtrack "Broken Heart" (Epitaph)
Paulson "Calling On You" (Doghouse)
Rilo Kiley "Silver Lining" (Warner Bros.)
White Rabbits "The Plot" (Say Hey) 
Wyclef f/ Akon & Lil Wayne "Sweetest Girl" (Columbia)

MTV Jams Adds:
50 Cent "Follow My Lead" (G Unit/Interscope)
Brisco Baby "In The Hood" (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 
Cassidy "My Drink N' My 2 Step" (Full Surface/J)
Chris Brown feat. T-Pain "Kiss Kiss" (Jive/ZLG)
DJ Envy /Red Cafe f/ Nina Sky "Things You Do" (Koch) 
The Dream "Shawty Is A Ten" (Island Def Jam)
Fabolous f/ T-Pain "Baby Don't Go"  (Island Def Jam)
Kelly Rowland f/ Snoop Dogg "Ghetto" (Music World/Columbia)
Lil Mama "€“G -Slide" (Jive/ZLG) 
Ne-Yo "Can We Chill"  (Island Def Jam) 
R. Kelly f/ Ludacris& Kid Rock "€“Rock Star" (Jive/ZLG)
Rihanna f/ Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You" (Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Me Love" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)
Wyclef f/ Akon & Lil Wayne "Sweetest Girl" (Columbia)

September 19, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV VMA Ratings Recap

The ratings for the 2007 MTV VMAs were up 23% from last year and were the "highest rated telecast on ad-supported cable year-to-date among P12-34." (translation: Ratings blew away anything else on basic cable this year except for that damn High School Musical 2, which debuted August 2 of this year and was the highest rated basic cable telecast of all time. HSM2 also scored records in the kid demo of ages 6-to-11 and those damn tweens aged 9-to-14. [source])

More importantly, I think, MTV.com set records for itself in terms of unique visitors and streams. The site garnered  2.6 million unique visitors to the site on Awards day — up 40% from last year — and overall traffic was 32% higher than their previous best day ever. As of 3:30 pm Monday, MTV.com had delivered six million streams of VMA related content. Less than one million of that number of streams occur ed on Awards night, so don't be surprised to watch that number keep growing at an impressive clip as people realize just how much content from the Awards show was not on the telecast.

All numbers and factual sorta stuff is from today's MTV Telecast Press Release.

Also, Britney Spears' live performance is still considered horrendous by all sentient human beings.

September 11, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

NEWS: MTV VMA Recap And Winners

The MTV Video Music Awards are dead, long live the MTV Video Music Awards.

The 2007 edition of the show — which generated way more pre-press and pontification than any I can remember in recent years — is the culmination of a deconstructive process that has been ongoing since the original 1984 installment. Besides the new award categories, the new venue and every other tweak, the show was noteworthy — if not revolutionary — for being a large-scale introduction to the concept of a "choose your own" event. The TV version you saw was just a sampler and the fact that it was a one time only broadcast is irrelevant:  There was no definitive show and it certainly wasn't designed to be a fixed TV event. It was designed to compel viewers to fire up their laptops and check out whatever turned them on — leading to tons of content available on-demand at mtv.com from the numerous concurrent performances that were barely hinted at on-air.

Tommy and PamKid Rock and No Pam If it was drama they were after, then MTV certainly got that. And it's kind of fitting that those moments — Kid Rock vs. Tommy Lee in the battle for Pamela or Kanye's latest demand for more respect and airtime no matter how much he's already been granted — happened largely off-camera. The show ain't about the show no more and maybe MTV is no longer about giving you the One Thing that everyone must consume, but rather giving everything and then letting the viewer — if we can call this participant/controller a mere "viewer" —  sort it all out. It certainly matches the fragmented, Internet-fueled zeitgeist of the moment. In that spirit — or more likely, due to my scattered, hungover brain after a long evening — I offer two lame puns to end this hungover recap of last night. Choose the one that floats your boat. 1) What happened in Vegas probably won't stay in Vegas, and/or, 2) VMAs 2.0 were a huge gamble (get it?) that may seem puzzling now, but could turn out to be as influential as version 1.0.

So, without further ado, here's the award winners and a recap from Video Static contributor Kevin Holy who dutifully watched the show and was kind enough to report on what he saw and what he thought.

2007 MTV VMA Winners:

  • Video of the Year: Rihanna f/ Jay-Z "Umbrella"
  • Male Artist of the Year: Justin Timberlake
  • Female Artist of the Year: Fergie
  • Best New Artist: Gym Class Heroes
  • Best Group: Fall Out Boy
  • Best Collaboration: Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
  • Quadruple Threat: Justin Timberlake
  • Monster Single of the Year: Rihanna f/ Jay-Z "Umbrella"
  • Best Direction: Samuel Bayer for Justin Timberlake: "What Goes Around ..."
  • Best Editing: Ken Mowe for Gnarls Barkley "Smiley Faces"
  • Best Choreography in a Video: Marty Kudelka for Justin Timberlake "My Love"

Kevin Holy's take:

When MTV's Video Music Awards rolled out its first low-rent red carpet in 1984, it was a makeshift bandwagon for the cutting edge, often threatening to fly the planet off as it collided musical acts far and wide on a single stage. It was an often-brilliant formula that worked for almost two decades, but the sheen has faded in recent years as MTV struggles to remain relevant in the face of a collapsing music industry and a new cultural revolution found in Blackberries and iPods.

With the 2007 Video Music Awards MTV has reinvigorated its flagship program, and possibly saved its own reputation as arbiter of youth culture, by throwing one of the livest parties in awards show history. Set inside the roaming hallways, luxury suites, clubs, and the Pearl theater of Las Vegas' Palms Resort Casino, the ghosts of artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna resonated not just literally - in Chris Brown's performance of "Billie Jean," for instance - but figuratively as the past, present and future of MTV collided in a pop culture supernova that seemed to vibrate the entire hotel.

JT And The VMABritney The show got off to an OMGWTFLOL start as Britney Spears awarded viewers the laziest performance in VMA history, slinking around on stage half-miming her comeback single "Gimme More," a performance which shut down PerezHilton.com for more than an hour last night.

The parties didn't stop as the performances and awards scrolled by without getting hyperactive or becoming a parody. There were challenges to MTV to play more videos - both by Justin Timberlake, numerous awkward moments that live shows thrive on, and countless moments of mind-blowing brilliance. The final award of the night, Video of the Year, went to Rihanna for "Umbrella" - a decidedly anti-climactic choice knowing that Kanye West was waiting somewhere to dis Justice. But nevermind. If we learned anything last night it's that, In the face of a rising tide of technology, MTV can still throw one hell of a party. Now about those missing categories...

[All photos from this post are from MTV.com. Visit their VMA photo section for lots more]

September 10, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

NEWS: MTV VMAs This Sunday Eve

2007 VMAs
The MTV Video Music Awards kick off Sunday at 9pm ET. Performers include Britney Spears, who has officially been confirmed to open the show, plus Kanye West, 50 Cent, Common, Akon, Foo Fighters, Gym Class Heroes, Mark Ronson, Rihanna and many others. Full list at MTV's VMA central.

Nominees can be found via Videostatic.com

September 6, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 9/03/07

MTV
Adds:
Akon "Sorry, Blame It On Me" (SRC/Universal Motown) 
Nicole Scherzinger f/ T.I. "Whatever U Like" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Atreyu "Becoming The Bull" (Hollywood)
DJ Khaled "I'm So Hood" (Terror Squad/Koch)
H.I.M. "Kiss Of Dawn" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Killswitch Engage "Holy Diver" (Roadrunner)
The Starting Line
"Island" (Virgin)

MTVU Adds:
The Academy Is... "Everything We Had" (Fueled By Ramen)
Limbeck "Big Drag" (Doghouse)
Metro Station "Kelsey" (Columbia)
The Receiving End Of Sirens "Smoke And Mirrors" (Triple Crown)

MTV Jams Adds:
B5 feat. Bow Wow "Hydrolics" (Bad Boy)
Playaz Circle "Duffle Bag Boy" (DTP/IDJMG)

August 29, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/27/07

MTV
Adds:
Common f/ Lily Allen "Drivin' Me Wild" (Geffen)
Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott & Lil Kim "Let It Go" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent f/ J. Timberlake "AYO Technology" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Common f/ Lily Allen "Drivin' Me Wild" (Geffen)
Diddy f/ Mario Winans "Through The Pain" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Swizz Beatz "Money In The Bank" (Universal Motown)

MTVU Adds:
Aesop Rock "None Shall Pass" (Definitive Jux)   
Against Me! "Thrash Unreal" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Akir f/ Immortal Technique "Treason" (Viper)
Bat For Lashes "What’s A Girl To Do?" (Caroline)
Common f/ Lily Allen "Drivin' Me Wild" (Geffen)
Foo Fighters "The Pretender" (RCA) 
Just Jack "Stars In Their Eyes" (TVT)
The Shins "Sleeping Lessons" (Sub Pop)
Sum 41 "Walking Disaster" (Island Def Jam)
Talib Kweli "Hot Thing" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)
TIMZ "Iraq" (unsigned)
Tokyo Police Club "Citizens Of Tomorrow" (Paper Bag)

MTV Jams Adds:
Common f/ Lily Allen "Drivin' Me Wild" (Geffen)
DJ Khaled "I'm So Hood" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Ludacris f/ Chingy "Celebrity Chick" (DTP/Def Jam)
Montana Da Mac f/ Unk "Rock On" (Savoir Fair/Koch)

August 22, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 8/13, 8/20/07

MTV
MTV Adds for week of 8/20:
Eve f/ Sean Paul "Give It To You" (Geffen)
Foo Fighters
"The Pretender" (RCA) 
Nickelback "Rockstar" (Roadrunner)
Soulja Boy "Crank Dat Soulja Boy" (Collipark/Interscope) 
UGK feat. OutKast "International Player's Anthem" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds for week of 8/20:
FooFighters –Pretender
Gorilla Zoe "Hood" (Bad Boy South/Atlantic)
Silverchair "Straight Lines" (EastWest)
Soulja Boy "Crank Dat Soulja Boy" (Collipark/Interscope) 
Talib Kweli "Hot Thing" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 8/20:
Baby f/ Lil Wayne "Pop Bottles" (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
Cashis "Lac Motion" (Shady/Interscope)
Talib Kweli "Hot Thing" (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.)
Twista "Give It Up" (Atlantic)

MTV
MTV Adds for week of 8/13:
Amy Winehouse "Tears Dry On Their Own" (Universal Republic)   
Avril Lavigne "When You’re Gone" (RCA)
Maroon 5 "Wake Up Call" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) 

MTV2 Adds for week of 8/13:
Finger Eleven "Paralyzer" (Wind-Up)
Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott & Lil Kim "Let It Go" (Geffen)
Mark Ronson "Stop Me" (Allido/RCA)
Three Days Grace "Never Too Late" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds for week of 8/13:
Akon "Sorry, Blame It On Me" (SRC/Universal Motown)
Anberlin "Godspeed" (Tooth & Nail)
Chromeo "Tenderoni" (Vice)
The Cribs  "Men's Needs" (Wichita)
Eve f/ Sean Paul "Give It To You" (Geffen)
Fujiya & Miyagi "Ankle Injuries" (DD&B)
Hawk Nelson "Zero" (Tooth & Nail)
J. Holiday "Bed" (Capitol)
Klaxons  "Magick" (DGC/Geffen)
Minus The Bear "Knights" (Suicide Squeeze)
The National "Mistaken For Strangers" (Beggars)
Peter Bjorn & John "Objects of My Affection" (Almost Gold/Columbia)
The Polyphonic Spree "Running Away" (TVT)
Ryan Adams "Off Broadway" (Lost Highway)
Silverchair "Straight Lines" (EastWest)
Swizz Beatz "Money In The Bank" (Universal Motown) 
Tegan & Sara "Back In Your Head" (Vapor/Sire/Warner Bros.)
Tiger Army "Forever Fades Away" (Hellcat/Epitaph)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 8/13:
David Banner "Speaker" (SRC/Universal Motown)
Gucci Mane "Freaky Gurl" (Asylum/Atlantic) 
Pretty Ricky "Love Like Honey" (Bluestar/Atlantic)
Slim Thug/Boss Hogg Outlawz "Recognize A Playa Boss" (Boss Hog/Koch)
Soulja Boy "Crank Dat Soulja Boy" (Collipark/Interscope) 
Tum Tum "Square Bizzness" (Universal Republic)

August 15, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: 2007 MTV VMA Nominees + info

2007 VMAs
MTV unleashed details of its 2007 Video Music Awards and, as promised, it represents a bit of a shake-up...

The VMAs will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on September 9 at 8pm EST. Not only is Las Vegas a new city to host the event, but this year's ceremony will only air in its original form live. In other words, don't expect the show to be on infinite loop after the initial broadcast. All repeats of the show will be in "remixed" form that will be "programmed by and for the viewers."

Superproducer Timbaland has signed on as the show's "maestro," overseeing a series of collaborative "one time only" performances. The roster, so far, includes Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Fall Out Boy, Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson and Chris Brown.

Categories and nominees were announced during today's episode of TRL. Justin Timberlake and Beyonce lead the pack with seven nominees each, while Kanye West and Rihanna are both up for five Moon Men. The list of nominees — including several new categories — is as follows:

2007 MTV VMA Nominees

Video of the Year

  • Amy Winehouse "Rehab"
  • Beyonce "Irreplaceable"
  • Justice "D.A.N.C.E."
  • Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around ... "
  • Kanye West "Stronger"
  • Rihanna f/ Jay-Z "Umbrella"

Male Artist of the Year

  • Akon for "Don't Matter," "I Wanna Love You" f/ Snoop Dogg, "Smack That" f/ Eminem
  • Kanye West for "Can't Tell Me Nothing," "Stronger," "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been" — DJ Premier remix) f/ Nas, KRS-One and Rakim
  • Justin Timberlake for "Let Me Talk To You/ My Love," "SexyBack" f/ Timbaland, "What Goes Around ..."
  • T.I. for "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)," "You Know What It Is" f/ Wyclef Jean, "What You Know"
  • Robin Thicke for "Can U Believe," "Lost Without U," "Wanna Love You Girl" (remix) f/ Busta Rhymes and Pharrell

Female Artist of the Year

  • Amy Winehouse for "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good"
  • Beyonce for "Irreplaceable," "Beautiful Liar" f/ Shakira
  • Fergie for Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)," "Glamorous" f/ Ludacris, "Fergalicious" f/ Will.I.Am
  • Nelly Furtado for "Maneater," "Say It Right"
  • Rihanna for "Umbrella" f/ Jay-Z

Best New Artist

  • Amy Winehouse for "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good"
  • Carrie Underwood for "Before He Cheats"
  • Gym Class Heroes for "Clothes Off," "Cupid's Chokehold/ Breakfast in America"
  • Lily Allen for "Alfie," "Smile," "LDN"
  • Peter Bjorn and John for "Young Folks"

Best Group

  • Fall Out Boy for This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race," "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
  • Gym Class Heroes for "Clothes Off," "Cupid's Chokehold/ Breakfast in America"
  • Linkin Park for "What I've Done"
  • Maroon 5 for "Makes Me Wonder"
  • White Stripes for Icky Thump"

Most Earthshattering Collaboration

  • Akon f/ Eminem "Smack That"
  • Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
  • Justin Timberlake f/ Timbaland "SexyBack"
  • Gwen Stefani f/ Akon "The Sweet Escape"
  • U2 f/ Green Day "The Saints Are Coming"

Quadruple Threat of the Year

  • Beyonce
  • Bono
  • Jay-Z
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Kanye West

Monster Single of the Year

  • Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend"
  • Daughtry "Home"
  • Fall Out Boy "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
  • Lil Mama "Lip Gloss (No Music)"
  • T-Pain f/ Yung Joc "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')"
  • Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson, D.O.E. and Sebastian "The Way I Are"
  • MIMS "This Is Why I'm Hot"
  • Plain White T's "Hey There, Delilah"
  • Rihanna f/ Jay-Z "Umbrella"
  • Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rock Star"

Best Director

  • Jake Nava for Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
  • Matthew Rolston and Christina Aguilera for Christina Aguilera "Candyman"
  • Samuel Bayer for Justin Timberlake: "What Goes Around ..."
  • Hype Williams for Kanye West: "Stronger"
  • Joseph Hahn for Linkin Park: "What I've Done"
  • Chris Applebaum for Rihanna f/ Jay-Z:"Umbrella"

Best Editing in a Video

  • Jarett Figl for Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
  • Ken Mowe for Gnarls Barkley "Smiley Faces"
  • Hollee Singer for Justin Timberlake: "What Goes Around ..."
  • Peter Johnson and Corey Weisz for Kanye West: "Stronger"
  • Igor Kovalik for Linkin Par: "What I've Done"

Best Choreography in a Video

  • Frank Gatson for  Beyonce and Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
  • Rich & Tone and Flii Styles for Chris Brown "Wall To Wall"
  • Jamaica Craft for Ciara "Like A Boy"
  • Tanisha Scott for Eve "Tambourine"
  • Marty Kudelka for Justin Timberlake "My Love"

August 7, 2007 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 7/30, 8/6/07

MTV
MTV Adds for week of 8/6:
50 Cent f/ J. Timberlake "AYO Technology" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Army Of Me "Go Through Changes" (Doghouse)
Fall Out Boy "The Take Over, The Break's Over" (Island Def Jam) 
Linkin Park "Bleed It Out" (Warner Bros.)
Mark Ronson "Stop Me" (Allido/RCA)
Nelly Furtado "Do It" (Geffen) 
Silverstein "If You Could See Into My Soul" (Victory)

MTV2 Adds for week of 8/6:
Army Of Me "Go Through Changes" (Doghouse)
Chamillionaire "Hip-Hop Police/ Evening News" (Universal Motown) 
Linkin Park "Bleed It Out" (Warner Bros.)
Silverstein "If You Could See Into My Soul" (Victory)
White Stripes "You Don’t Know What Love Is" (Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds for week of 8/6:
Army Of Me "Go Through Changes" (Doghouse)
Chamillionaire "Hip-Hop Police/ Evening News" (Universal Motown) 
Linkin Park "Bleed It Out" (Warner Bros.)
Silverstein "If You Could See Into My Soul" (Victory)
The Starting Line "Island" (Virgin)
White Stripes "You Don’t Know What Love Is" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 8/6:
50 Cent f/ J. Timberlake "AYO Technology" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Eve f/ Sean Paul "Give It To You" (Geffen)
Ja Rule feat. Lil Wayne   "Uh Oh" (Inc/Universal Motown)
Swizz Beatz "Money In The Bank" (Universal Motown) 
USDA f/ Young Jeezy "Corporate Thuggin" (Island Def  Jam)
Yung Berg "Sexy Lady (remix)" (YB/Epic/Koch)

MTV
MTV Adds for week of 7/30:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Hurricane Chris "A Bay Bay" (Polo Grounds/J Records) 
My Chemical Romance "Teenagers" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds for week of 7/30:
50 Cent "I Get Money" (G-Unit/Interscope) 
Fall Out Boy "The Take Over, The Break's Over" (Island Def Jam) 
Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off" (Fueled By Ramen)
Korn "Evolution" (Virgin)

MTVU Adds for week of 7/30:
Cold War Kids "Hospital Beds"  (Downtown/Atlantic)   
Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott & Lil Kim "Let It Go" (Geffen)
Melee "Built To Last" (Warner Bros.)
RJD2 "Work It Out" (XL/Beggars)
Voxtrot "Firecracker" (Beggars)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 7/30:
50 Cent
"I Get Money" (G-Unit/Interscope) 
Chamillionaire "Hip-Hop Police/ Evening News" (Universal Motown) 
Tiffany Evans f/ Ciara "Promise Ring" (Columbia)

August 7, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 7/23/07

MTV
MTV2 Adds:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"Lil Love" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Battles "Atlas" (Warp)
Consequence "Don't Forget Em" (Columbia)
Kevin Michael "It Don't Make Any Difference..." (Atlantic)
Lil Scrappy "Livin In The Projects" (BME/Reprise)
Pharoahe Monch "Body Baby" (SRC/Universal Motown)
Spoon "The Underdog" (Merge)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "10x10" (Interscope)

MTV Jams:
Diddy f/ Mario Winans "Through The Pain" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Gorilla Zoe "Hood" (Bad Boy South/Atlantic)
J. Holiday "Bed" (Capitol)
Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott & Lil Kim "Let It Go" (Geffen)
Rich Boy "Good Things" (Interscope)

July 18, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 7/9 + 7/16/07

MTV
MTV Adds for week of July 9: 
Ciara f/ 50 Cent "Can’t Leave Em' Alone " (LaFace Records/ZLG)
Mika "Love Today" (Island Def Jam)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds for week of July 9:
Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up To Dry" (Downtown) from V-Fest
The Higher "Insurance?" (Epitaph) from V-Fest
Hinder "Better Than Me" (Universal Republic) from V-Fest
Saosin "You Are Not Alone" (Capitol)
Say Anything  "Wow (I Can Get Sexual Too)" (Doghouse/J)  from V-Fest

MTVU Adds for week of July 9:
The Academy Is… "Neighbors" (Fueled By Ramen)
Bright Eyes "Hot Knives" (Saddle Creek) 
Fall Out Boy "The Take Over, The Break's Over" (Island Def Jam) 
The Graduate "Sit And Sink"  (Icon MES)
The Horrors "Gloves" (Stolen Transmission)
The Kooks "She Moves In Her Own Way " (Astralwerks) 
Meg & Dia "Roses" (Doghouse/Warner Bros.)
Muse "Supermassive Black Hole" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for week of July 9:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony "Lil Love" (Interscope)
Ciara f/ 50 Cent "Can’t Leave Em' Alone " (LaFace Records/ZLG)
Jason Fox "Aunt Jackie" (Island Def Jam)

MTV
MTV Adds for week of July 16:
Mims "Like This" (Capitol)
Sum-41
"Underclass Hero" (Island/Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds for week of July 16:
Ciara f/ 50 Cent "Can’t Leave Em' Alone " (LaFace Records/ZLG)
Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Ed Banger/Vice)
Madina Lake "Here I Stand" (Roadrunner)
Muse "Supermassive Black Hole" (Warner Bros.)
Yung Joc feat. Gorilla Zoe "Coffee Shop" (Bad Boy)

MTVU Adds for week of July 16:
Guru f/ Common "State of Clarity" (7 Grand)
Hurricane Chris "A Bay Bay" (Polo Grounds/J Records) 
Motion City Soundtrack "Broken Heart" (Epitaph)
My American Heart "The Shake (Awful Feeling)" (Warcon)
Sum-41 "Underclass Hero" (Island/Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds for week of July 16::
Collie Buddz "Mamacita" (Epic)
Keith Murray "Nobody Do It Better" (Koch)

July 11, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/2/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Avril Lavigne f/ Lil Mama "Girlfriend (remix)" (RCA)
Chris Brown "Wall To Wall" (Jive/ZLG)
Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off" (Fueled By Ramen)
Justin Timberlake "Lovestoned" (Jive/ZLG)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Kat DeLuna "Whine Up" (Epic)
Rihanna "Shut Up And Drive" (Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)

MTV2 Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Flyleaf "All Around Me" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)
Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Rise Against "The Good Left Undone" (Geffen)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Interpol "The Heinrich Maneuver" (Capitol)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
M.I.A. "Boys" (Interscope)
Plies f/ T-Pain "Shawty" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 
Queens Of The Stone Age "Sick Sick Sick" (Interscope) 
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
The Walkmen "Red River" (Record Collection)

MTV Jams Adds:
Common "The People" (Geffen)
Kanye West "Stronger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic/Koch)
T-Pain feat. Akon "Bartender" (Jive/ZLG)
Timbaland "The Way I Are" (Interscope)
Yung Joc feat. Gorilla Zoe "Coffee Shop" (Bad Boy )

June 27, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/25/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
MuteMath "Typical" (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.)
Paramore "Misery Business" (Fueled By Ramen)   
Plies f/ T-Pain "Shawty" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 
R. Kelly f/ Usher "Same Girl" (Jive/ZLG)   
Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" (YB/Epic/Koch)

MTV2 Adds:
Hurricane Chris
  "A Bay Bay" (Polo Grounds/J Records) 
MuteMath "Typical" (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.)
Paramore "Misery Business" (Fueled By Ramen)   
Plies f/ T-Pain "Shawty" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 
R. Kelly f/ Usher "Same Girl" (Jive/ZLG) 

MTVU Adds:
Hot Rod Circuit "Stateside" (Immortal)
KRS-One f/ Marley Marl "Hip Hop Live" (Koch) 
Lily Allen "LDN" (Capitol)
Menomena "Rotten Hell" (Barsuk)
R. Kelly f/ Usher "Same Girl" (Jive/ZLG)   
Rise Against "The Good Left Undone" (Geffen)
Straylight Run "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future" (Universal Republic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Chris Brown "Wall To Wall" (Jive/ZLG)
Cupid "Cupid Shuffle" (Atlantic)
Kafani "Fasst (Like Nascar)" (Whyte Collar)
R. Kelly f/ Usher "Same Girl" (Jive/ZLG)   
Young Buck "U Ain't Goin Nowhere" (G-Unit/Interscope)

June 20, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/18/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Eve "Tambourine" (Geffen)
Gwen Stefani "4 In The Morning" (Interscope)
Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Ed Banger/Vice)
Ne-Yo "Do You" (Island Def Jam)
White Stripes "Icky Thump" (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:
Sum-41 "Underclass Hero" (Island/Def Jam)
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Three Days Grace "Never Too Late" (Jive/ZLG)
UGK feat. OutKast "International Player's Anthem" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Cobra Starship "Send My Love..." (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
Editors "Smokers Outside The Hospital" (Fader/Epic)
Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off" (Fueled By Ramen)
Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Marco Polo f/ Masta Ace "Nostalgia" (Soulspazm/Rawkus)
Mark Ronson "Stop Me" (Allido/RCA)
The Noisettes "Scratch Your Name" (Universal Motown)
Planet Asia "Havin' Things" (Gold Chain/RBC)
Rooney "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" (Cherrytree/Geffen)
Strange Fruit Project
f/ Erykah Badu "Get Live" (OM)
UGK feat. OutKast "International Player's Anthem" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV Jams Adds:
Amy Winehouse "Rehab" (Island Def Jam) 
Huey "When I Hustle" (Jive/ZLG)
Hurricane Chris  "A Bay Bay" (Polo Grounds/J Records) 
Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Lil Scrappy "Livin In The Projects" (BME/Reprise)
T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean "You Know What It Is" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) 
Twista "Give It Up" (Atlantic)

June 13, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/11/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Kinfolk Kiashine "Krispy" (Universal Motown)

MTV2 Adds:
Amber Pacific "Fall Back Into My Life" (Hopeless)
Kinfolk Kiashine "Krispy" (Universal Motown)
Modest Mouse "We've Got Everything" (Epic)
Voxtrot "Steven" (Beggars)

MTVU Adds:
Elephant Man f/ Wyclef Jean "Five O" (VP/Bad Boy)
Mario "How Do I Breathe" (J Records)
Plies f/ T-Pain "Shawty" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic) 
UGK
feat. OutKast "International Player's Anthem" (Jive/ZLG)

June 6, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/4/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
DJ Khaled "We Takin' Over" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo "Make Me Better" (Island Def Jam)
Green Day "Working Class Hero" (Warner Bros.) 
Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rockstar"  (On Deck/Universal Republic)

MTV2 Adds:
Eve "Tambourine" (Geffen)
White Stripes "Icky Thump" (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Bat For Lashes "Prescilla" (Caroline)
Eve "Tambourine" (Geffen)
Justice "D.A.N.C.E." (Ed Banger/Vice)
Kevin Michael "It Don't Make Any Difference..." (Downtown/Atlantic)
White Stripes "Icky Thump" (Third Man/Warner Bros.)

May 30, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/28/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
50 Cent "Amusement Park" (G Unit/Interscope) 
Fergie "Big Girls Don’t Cry" (A&M/Interscope)
Lloyd "Get It Shawty" (Universal Motown)
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" (Hollywood)
T.I. "Big Things Poppin" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent "Amusement Park" (G Unit/Interscope) 
Common "The Game" (Geffen)
Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo "Make Me Better" (Island Def Jam)
Green Day "Working Class Hero" (Warner Bros.) 
Mike Jones "My 64" (Ice Age/Asylum/Warner Bros.)
My Chemical Romance "Teenagers" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Queens Of The Stone Age "Sick Sick Sick" (Interscope) 
T.I. "Big Things Poppin" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" (YB/Epic/Koch)

MTVU Adds:
The Actual "Worst Day Of My Life" (Soft Drive/New West) 
Common "The Game" (Geffen)
Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo "Make Me Better" (Island Def Jam)
Green Day "Working Class Hero" (Warner Bros.) 
Matt Keating "McHappiness" (Alias) 
My Chemical Romance "Teenagers" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Sea Wolf "You’re A Wolf" (Dangerbird) 
T.I. "Big Things Poppin" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Test Your Reflex "Pieces Of The Sun" (RCA)

MTV Jams Adds:
Common "The Game" (Geffen)
Eve "Tambourine" (Geffen)
Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo "Make Me Better" (Island Def Jam)
Kinfolk Kiashine "Krispy" (Universal Motown)
Ne-Yo "Do You" (Island Def Jam)
T.I. "Big Things Poppin" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) 

May 23, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/21/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
50 Cent "Straight To The Bank" (G Unit/Interscope) 
The Almost "Say This Sooner" (Tooth & Nail)
Boys Like Girls "The Great Escape" (Red Ink/Columbia)
Daddy Yankee f/ Fergie "Impacto" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Klaxons "Golden Skans" (DGC/Geffen)
Lil Mama "Lip Gloss" (Jive/ZLG)
Nelly Furtado "All Good Things" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent
"Straight To The Bank" (G Unit/Interscope) 
Boys Like Girls "The Great Escape" (Red Ink/Columbia)
Klaxons "Golden Skans" (DGC/Geffen)
Lil Boosie f/ Webbie "Wipe Me Down" (Trill/Asylum)
Senses Fail "Can't Be Saved" (Vagrant)

MTVU Adds:
The Automatic Automatic "Monster" (Columbia)
Bloc Party "The Prayer (Vice/Atlantic)
Bonde Do Role "Solta O Frango" (Domino)
Boys Like Girls "The Great Escape" (Red Ink/Columbia)
The Cinematics "Keep Forgetting" (TVT)
Daddy Yankee f/ Fergie "Impacto" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Mike Jones "My 64" (Ice Age/Asylum/Warner Bros.)
O.A.R. "Love And Memories” (Lava/Atlantic)
Snow Patrol "Signal Fire" (Record Collection) from Spiderman 3 soundtrack
Yung Berg "Sexy Lady"  (YB/Epic/Koch)

MTV Jams Adds:
50 Cent "Amusement Park" (G Unit/Interscope) 
50 Cent "Straight To The Bank" (G Unit/Interscope) 
Mike Jones "My 64" (Ice Age/Asylum/Warner Bros.)

May 16, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/14/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Pretty Ricky "Push It Baby" (Atlantic)
Cartel "Say Anything (Else)" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
Chevelle "Well Enough Alone" (Epic)
Daddy Yankee f/ Fergie "Impacto" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Killswitch Engage "The Arms Of Sorrow" (Roadrunner)
Mims "Like This" (Capitol)
Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rockstar"  (On Deck/Universal Republic)
Underoath "You're Ever So Inviting" (Solid State/Tooth & Nail)

MTVU Adds:
As Tall As Lions "Love, Love, Love" (Triple Crown/EastWest)
Joss Stone  f/ Common "Tell Me What We Gonna Do" (Virgin)
Klaxons "Atlantis To Interzone" (DGC/Geffen)
Paramore "Misery Business" (Misery Business)
Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party "Wish Upon A Dog Star" (Columbia)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela "Diablo Rojo" (ATO)
The Used "The Bird & The Worm" (Reprise)

MTV Jams Adds:
Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rockstar"  (On Deck/Universal Republic)
Musiq Soulchild "Teachme" (Island Def Jam)
Yung Berg
"Sexy Lady" (YB/Epic/Koch)

May 9, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/7/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Amy Winehouse "Rehab" (Island Def Jam) 
Kelly Clarkson "Never Again" (RCA)

MTV2 Adds:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Akon "I Tried" (Interscope)
Gym Class Heroes "Shoot Down The Stars" (Fueled By Ramen)
Young Jeezy presents USDA "Girl" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Amy Winehouse "Rehab" (Island Def Jam)
The Apples In Stereo "Can You Feel It" (Yep Roc)
The Cliks "Oh Yeah" (Tommy Boy) 
Paolo Nutini "Last Request" (Atlantic)
Pigeon John "Freaks! Freaks!" (Quannum)
The Shins "Australia" (Sub Pop)   
Zion I & The Grouch "Hit Em" (Live-Up/Legendary)

MTV Jams Adds:
The Alliance "Tattoo" (NCE/Asylum)
Fantasia
"When I See U" (J Records)
Lil' Flip f/ Jim Jones "I Get Money" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Mya "Lock U Down"  (Universal Motown)
Robin Thicke "Can U Believe" (Star Trak)
Westurn Union f/ Snoop Dogg "Hat 2 The Bac" (Doggystyle/Koch) 
Young Jeezy feat. Keyshia Cole "Dreamin" (Island Def Jam)
Young Jeezy presents USDA "Girl" (Island Def Jam)

May 2, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/30/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Akon "I Tried" (Interscope)
Daughtry "Home" (RCA)
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z "Umbrella" (Island Def Jam)
T-Pain f/ Yung Joc "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
The Bravery "Time Won’t Let Me Go" (Island Def Jam)
Timbaland f/ Nelly Furtado  & Justin Timberlake "Give It To Me" (Interscope)
The Used "The Bird & The Worm" (Reprise)

MTVU Adds:
Bjork "Earth Intruders" (Atlantic)
The Bravery "Time Won’t Let Me Go" (Island Def Jam)
Gym Class Heroes "Shoot Down The Stars" (Fueled By Ramen)
The Horrors "Count In Fives" (Stolen Transmission)
Lily Allen "Alfie" (Capitol)
Ronnie Day "Outside" (Militia Group)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Bomb. Repeat. Bomb" (Touch & Go)

MTV Jams:
Mims "Like This" (Capitol)
Pretty Ricky "Push It Baby" (Bluestar/Atlantic)
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z "Umbrella" (Island Def Jam)

April 25, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/23/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Baby Boy Da Prince "The Way I Live" (Universal)
Evanescence "Sweet Sacrifice" (Wind-Up)
Pink "U + UR Hand" (LaFace/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Snoop Dogg "Boss' Life" (Geffen)
T-Pain f/ Yung Joc "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Jive/ZLG)
Three Days Grace "Never Too Late" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Akon "I Tried" (Interscope)
DJ Khaled "We Takin' Over" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Feist "1,2,3,4" (Cherry Tree/Interscope) 
John Legend "PDA" (GOOD/Columbia)
Kristoffer Ragnstam "Breakfast By The Mattress" (BluHammock)
Lily Allen "LDN" (Capitol)
Pacha Massive "Don’t Let Go"  (Nacional) 

MTV Jams:
Bobby Valentino "Anonymous" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
The Fixxers
f/ Quik & AMG "Can You Werk Wit Dat?" (Interscope)
Joell Ortiz "Hip Hop" (Koch)

April 18, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/16/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Carrie Underwood "Wasted" (Arista)
Crime Mob "Rock Yo' Hips" (BME/Reprise)
Dashboard Confessional "Stolen" (Vagrant/Interscope)
Nine Inch Nails "Survivalism" (Interscope)
R. Kelly f/ TI & T-Pain "I'm A Flirt (remix)" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Evanescence "Sweet Sacrifice" (Wind-Up)
Incubus "Dig" (Epic) - new version
Lloyd "Get It Shawty" (Universal Motown)
Say Anything  "Wow (I Can Get Sexual Too)"  (Doghouse/J Records) 
Shiny Toy Guns  "You Are The One" (Universal Motown)

MTVU Adds:
Arctic Monkeys "Brainstorm" (Domino/Warner Bros.)
Brother Ali "Uncle Sam Goddamn"  (Rhymesayers)
Crime Mob "Rock Yo' Hips" (BME/Reprise)
Eric Prydz "Proper Education" (Ultra/Sequence)
Fabolous feat. Young Jeezy "Diamonds" (Island Def Jam)
The Rapture "Get Myself Into It" (Universal Motown)
Tokyo Police Club "Cheer It On" (Paper Bag)

MTV Jams Adds:
Birdman & Lil Wayne "You Ain’t Know" (Cash Money/Universal)
Lil Boosie f/ Webbie "Wipe Me Down" (Trill/Asylum)
Prodigy "Stuck On You" (Koch)
Trey Songz "Wonder Woman" (Atlantic)

April 11, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/9/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up To Dry" (Downtown)
Huey "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (Jive/ZLG)
Secondhand Serenade "Vulnerable" (Glassnote)

MTV2 Adds:
Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up To Dry" (Downtown)
DJ Khaled "We Takin' Over" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Huey "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (Jive/ZLG)
Linkin Park "What I’ve Done" (Warner Bros.)
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" (Fearless/Hollywood)

MTVU Adds:
Huey "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (Jive/ZLG)
Kanye West
f/ Nas, KRS-One & Rakim "Classic" (Nike)
Linkin Park
"What I’ve Done" (Warner Bros.)
MuteMath "Typical" (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.)
New Years Day "I Was Right" (TVT)
Rich Boy "Throw Some D’s" (Zone 4/Interscope)

MTV Jams:
DJ Khaled "We Takin' Over" (Terror Squad/Koch)
John Legend "PDA" (GOOD/Columbia)
Kanye West f/ Nas, KRS-One & Rakim "Classic" (Nike)
Kelly Rowland feat. Eve "Like This" (Music World/Columbia)
Redman "Put It Down" (Island Def Jam)
Lil Mama "Lip Gloss" (Jive/ZLG)
Snoop Dogg "Boss' Life" (Geffen)
T-Pain f/ Yung Joc "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Jive/ZLG)
Timbaland f/ Nelly Furtado  & Justin Timberlake "Give It To Me"  (Interscope)

April 4, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/2/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Bow Wow feat. T-Pain "Outta My System" (Columbia)
Linkin Park "What I’ve Done" (Warner Bros.)
Maroon 5  "Makes Me Wonder" (Octone/A&M/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
The Almost "Say This Sooner" (Tooth & Nail)
Fabolous feat. Young Jeezy "Diamonds" (Island Def Jam)
Paul Wall "I'm Throwed" (Asylum/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
The Higher "Insurance" (Epitaph)
Hevi Medal f/ M.O.P. "7:30" (Hevi Medal Music)
Ozomatli "Can’t Stop" (Concord)
Shiny Toy Guns  "You Are The One" (Universal Motown) 

MTV Jams:
Beyonce feat. Shakira "Beautiful Liar" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Flaws And All" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Freakum Dress" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Get Me Bodied" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Green Light" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Kitty Kat" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Still In Love (Kissing You)" (Columbia)
Beyonce "Suga Mama" (Columbia)

March 28, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/26/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Fall Out Boy "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (Island Def Jam)
Katharine McPhee "Over It" (RCA)
The Shins "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop)

MTV2 Adds:
The Academy Is... "We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Beyonce f/ Jay-Z "Upgrade U" (Columbia)
Fall Out Boy "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (Island Def Jam)
R. Kelly f/ TI & T-Pain "I'm A Flirt (remix)" (Jive/ZLG)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Hump De Bump" (Warner Bros.)
Rich Boy "Boy Looka Here" (Zone 4/Interscope)
Swizz Beatz "It’s Me Snitches" (Universal Motown)

MTVU Adds:
The Almost "Say This Sooner" (Tooth & Nail)
Aqualung "Pressure Suit" (Columbia)
Beyonce f/ Jay-Z "Upgrade U" (Columbia)
Cartel "Say Anything (Else)" (Epic)
El-P "Flyentology" (Definitive Jux)
Fall Out Boy "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (Island Def Jam)
The Fratellis "Flathead" (Interscope)
The Go! Team "Junior Kickstart" (Columbia)
Kings of Leon "On Call" (RCA)
Menomena "Wet & Rusting" (Barsuk)
The New Atlantic "Wire And Stone" (Eyeball)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Hump De Bump" (Warner Bros.)
Secondhand Serenade "Vulnerable" (Glassnote)   
Under The Influence Of Giants "In The Clouds" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Akon "I Tried" (Interscope)
Brick & Lace "Never" (Geffen)   
Fabolous feat. Young Jeezy "Diamonds" (Island Def Jam)
Jim Jones f/ Julez Santana "Emotionless" (Diplomats/Koch) 
Paul Wall "I'm Throwed" (Asylum/Atlantic)
Rich Boy "Boy Looka Here" (Zone 4/Interscope)

March 21, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/19/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Ne-Yo "Because Of You" (Island Def Jam)
Three 6 Mafia "Doe Boy Fresh" (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Nine Inch Nails "Survivalism" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
The Academy Is... "We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands" (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Escape the Fate
"Not Good Enough For The Truth In Cliche" (Epitaph)
Kelly "Shoes" 
Nine Inch Nails "Survivalism" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:

Lloyd "Get It Shawty" (Universal Motown)
Ne-Yo "Because Of You" (Island Def Jam)
R. Kelly f/ TI & T-Pain "I'm A Flirt (remix)" (Jive/ZLG)
Young Buck "Get Buck" (G Unit/Interscope)

March 14, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/12/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend" (RCA)
Hilary Duff "With Love" (Hollywood)
Jennifer Lopez "Que Hiciste"  (Epic) 
The Killers "Read My Mind" (Island Def Jam)
Timbaland f/ Nelly Furtado  & Justin Timberlake "Give It To Me"  (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Bayside "Duality" (Victory)
Huey "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (Jive/ZLG) 
Saliva "Ladies And Gentlemen (island Def Jam)
Stone Sour "Sillyworld" (Roadrunner)
UNK "2 Step" (Big Oomp/Koch)

MTVU Adds:
Ben Kweller "Penny On A Train Track" (ATO)
Bright Eyes "Four Winds" (Saddle Creek)
Dr. Dog "My Old Ways" (Park The Van)
Incubus "Dig" (Epic)
Lloyd "Get It Shawty" (Universal Motown)
Malajube "Montreal -40 C" (Dare To Care/City Slang)
Swizz Beatz "It’s Me Snitches" (Universal Motown)
The Format  "She Doesn't Get It" (The Vanity Label/Nettwek)

MTV Jams Adds:
2XL feat. UNK "Magic City" (Tommy Boy)
Beyonce f/ Jay-Z "Upgrade U" (Columbia)
DG Yola "Ain't Gon' Let Up" (Atlantic)
Paul Wall "Break 'Em Off" (Swishahouse/Asylum/Atlantic)
Richie Spice "Youths Dem Cold" (Fifth Element)
Swizz Beatz "It’s Me Snitches" (Universal Motown)

March 7, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/5/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Amy Winehouse "You Know I'm No Good" (Island Def Jam)
Beyonce feat. Shakira "Beautiful Liar" (Columbia)
Christina Aguilera "Candyman" (RCA)
Ciara "Like A Boy" (LaFace/ZLG)
The Fratellis "Flathead" (Interscope)
Joss Stone "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Virgin)
Mastodon "Colony Of Birchmen" (Warner Bros.)
Young Jeezy feat. R. Kelly  "Go Getta" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Bow Wow feat. T-Pain "Outta My System" (Columbia)
The Fratellis
"Flathead" (Interscope) 
Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby" (Universal)

MTVU Adds:
Black Milk "Sound The Alarm" (Fat Beats)
The Fratellis "Flathead" (Interscope) 
Mastodon "Colony Of Birchmen" (Warner Bros.)
Say Anything  "Wow (I Can Get Sexual Too)"  (Doghouse/J Records) 
Sick Puppies "All The Same" (Virgin)
The Vincent Black Shadow "Metro" (Bodog Music)
Visionaries "In The Good"  (Up Above)   

MTV Jams Adds:
Amy Winehouse "You Know I'm No Good" (Island Def Jam)
Ciara "Like A Boy" (LaFace/ZLG)
UNK "2 Step" (Big Oomp/Koch)
Sterling Simms "Jump Off" (Island Def Jam)
Marques Houston "Circle" (T.U.G./Universal)
Jennifer Hudson "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" (Columbia)

February 28, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/26/07

MTV
MTV Adds:
Akon "Don’t Matter" (SRC/Universal)
Bloc Party  "I Still Remember" (Vice/Atlantic)
Madina Lake
"House Of Cards" (Roadrunner)
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot" (Capitol)

MTV2 Adds:
Crime Mob "Rock Yo' Hips" (BME/Reprise)
Modest Mouse "Dashboard" (Epic)
Madina Lake "House Of Cards" (Roadrunner)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "False Pretense" (Virgin)

MTVU Adds:
Cute Is What We Aim For "The Curse Of Curves" (Fueled By Ramen)
J Dilla "Won't Do" (Stones Throw)
Joss Stone "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Virgin)
Klaxons "Golden Skans" (Angular)
The Kooks "Naive" (Astralwerks)
k-os "Sunday Morning" (Virgin)
Madina Lake "House Of Cards" (Roadrunner)
Modest Mouse "Dashboard" (Epic)
Musiq Soulchild "Buddy" (Atlantic)
Patent Pending "This Can't Happen Again" (WPO/EastWest)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "False Pretense" (Virgin)
Robert Randolph "Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bow Wow feat. T-Pain "Outta My System" (Columbia)
Mike Jones "Mr. Jones" (Ice Age/Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Musiq Soulchild "Buddy" (Atlantic)

February 21, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/19/07

MTVMTV Adds:
Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole "Last Night" (Bad Boy)
Fergie feat. Ludacris "Glamorous" (A&M/Interscope)
Good Charlotte "The River" (Epic)
Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Good Charlotte "The River" (Epic)
Ok Go "Do What You Want" (Capitol)
Young Jeezy feat. R. Kelly  "Go Getta" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Bayside "Duality" (Victory)
Elvis Perkins "All The Night Without Love" (XL)
Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby" (Universal)
Kidz In The Hall "Wheelz Fall Off" (Rawkus)
Luke Doucet "Broken One" (Six Shooter)
Madina Lake "House Of Cards" (Roadrunner)
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot" (Capitol)   
Miri Ben-Ari "Symphony of Brotherhood" (Universal)
Ok Go "Do What You Want" (Capitol)
Peter Bjorn & John "Young Folks" (Almost Gold)
Relient K "Must Have Done Something Right" (Capitol)
Three 6 Mafia "Doe Boy Fresh" (Columbia)

MTV Jams Adds:
Trick Daddy feat. Baby "Tuck Ya Ice" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
UGK  "The Game Belongs To Me" (Jive/ZLG)
Young Jeezy
feat. R. Kelly  "Go Getta" (Island Def Jam)

February 14, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/12/07

MTVMTV2 Adds: Akon "Don’t Matter" (SRC/Universal)
Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole "Last Night" (Bad Boy)
Finger Eleven "Paralyzer" (Wind-Up)
Gnarls Barkley "Smiley Faces" (Downtown/Atlantic)
The Killers "Read My Mind" (Island Def Jam)
Three 6 Mafia "Doe Boy Fresh" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Akon "Don’t Matter" (SRC/Universal)
Felt
"Early Mornin’ Tony" (Rhymesayers) 
Good Charlotte "The River" (Epic)
The Killers "Read My Mind" (Island Def Jam)
Mistah FAB "Ghost Ride It" (Thizz/Atlantic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Akon "Don’t Matter" (SRC/Universal)
The A'z "Yadadamean" (TVT)
Collie Buddz "Come Around" (Epic)
Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole "Last Night" (Bad Boy)
Fergie feat. Ludacris "Glamorous" (A&M/Interscope)
Lil' Scrappy "Oh Yeah" (BME/Reprise)
Sammie "Come With Me" (Rowdy) 
Three 6 Mafia "Doe Boy Fresh" (Columbia)

February 7, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/5/07

MTVAdds:
The Game feat. Kanye West "Wouldn't Get Far" (Geffen)
Gnarls Barkley "Smiley Faces" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Nas feat. Chrisette Michele "Can't Forget About You" (Island Def Jam)
Rich Boy "Throw Some D’s" (Zone 4/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
The Game feat. Kanye West "Wouldn't Get Far" (Geffen) ar
Mastodon "Colony Of Birchmen" (Warner Bros.)
Nas feat. Chrisette Michele "Can't Forget About You" (Island Def Jam)
The Shins "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop)

MTVU Adds:
Gnarls Barkley "Smiley Faces" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Matt & Kim "Yea Yeah"  (iHeartcomix)
Murder By Death "Sometimes The Line Walks You" (Tent Show/EastWest) 
Muse "Starlight" (Warner Bros.)
Nas feat. Chrisette Michele "Can't Forget About You" (Island Def Jam)
Static Age "Cherry Red" (Reignition)
TV On The Radio "Province" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:
The Game feat. Kanye West "Wouldn't Get Far" (Geffen)
Nas feat. Chrisette Michele "Can't Forget About You" (Island Def Jam)

January 31, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 1/29/07

MTVAdds:
Pretty Ricky "On The Hotline" (Atlantic)
Omarion "Ice Box" (Epic)
Augustana "Boston" (Epic)
Fat Joe f/ Lil Wayne "Make It Rain" (Terror Squad/Imperial)

MTV2 Adds:
Baby Boy Da Prince "The Way I Live" (Universal)
Chiodos "Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek" (Equal Vision)
The Pack  "I'm Shinin" (Jive/ZLG) 

MTVU Adds:
Amy Winehouse "You Know I'm No Good" (Island Def Jam)
Paolo Nutini "New Shoes" (Atlantic)
Dashboard Confessional "Stolen" (Vagrant/Interscope)

MTV Jams:
Eightball & MJG "Relax And Take Notes" (Bad Boy) 

January 24, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 1/22/07

MTVAdds:
Chris Daughtry "It's Not Over" (RCA)
Korn
f/ Amy Lee "Freak On A Leash" - unplugged - (Virgin)

MTV2 Adds:
Birdman & Lil Wayne "Leather So Soft" (Cash Money/Universal)
Bullet For My Valentine "All These Things I Hate" (Trustkill)
Jibbs feat. Chamillionaire "King Kong" (Geffen)
Korn f/ Amy Lee "Freak On A Leash" - unplugged - (Virgin)
Yung Joc "1st Time" (Bad Boy)

MTVU Adds:
Cartel "Say Anything (Else)" (Epic)
Cold War Kids "Hang Me Up To Dry" (Downtown)
El Perro Del Mar "God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get)" (Control Group)
Korn f/ Amy Lee "Freak On A Leash" - unplugged - (Virgin)
Lloyd  "You" (Atlantic)
The Pack  "I’m Shinin" (Jive/ZLG)
Stephen Marley f/ Damien Marley "Traffic Jam" (Universal Republic)
Test Your Reflex "Pieces Of The Sun" (RCA)
The Thermals "A Pillar of Salt" (Sub Pop)
Tokyo Police Club "Nature Of The Experiment" (Paper Bag)

MTV Jams Adds:
B.G. "Make Em Mad" (Koch)
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot" (Capitol)   
Mistah F.A.B.  "Ghost Ride It" (Thizz/Atlantic)
Yung Joc "1st Time" (Bad Boy)

January 17, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 1/15/07

MTVAdds:
Gwen Stefani f/ Akon "The Sweet Escape" (Interscope)
Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled By Ramen)
Hello Goodbye "Here In Your Arms" (Drive-Thru)
Lily Allen "Smile" (Capitol)
Lloyd  "You" (Atlantic)
Mika "Grace Kelly" (Island Def Jam)
My Chemical Romance  "Famous Last Words" (Reprise)
Robin Thicke "Lost Without U" (Star Trak/Interscope)
Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye" (Dangerbird)

MTV2 Adds:
Bloc Party  "I Still Remember" (Vice/Atlantic)
Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot" (Capitol)
My Chemical Romance  "Famous Last Words" (Reprise)
Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye" (Dangerbird)

MTVU Adds:
Albert Hammond, Jr. "101" (Rough Trade)
Annuals "Brother" (Ace Fu)
Bloc Party  "I Still Remember" (Vice/Atlantic)
Calle 13 "Atrevete Te Te" (White Lion/Sony BMG Latin)
Chiodos "Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek" (Equal Vision)
Common f/ Will.I.Am "A Dream" - from Freedom Writers - (Hollywood)
Forward, Russia "Eighteen" (Mute)
Madvillain "Monkey Suite" (Stones Throw)
Mika "Grace Kelly" (Island Def Jam)
My Chemical Romance  "Famous Last Words" (Reprise)
Nas
f/ Will.I.Am "Hip Hop is Dead" (Island Def Jam)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Snow (Hey Oh)" (Warner Bros.)
Rich Boy "Throw Some D’s" (Zone 4/Interscope)
Tech N9ne "Bout Ta' Bubble" (Strange Music)

MTV Jams Adds:
Amerie "Take Control" (Columbia)
Baby Boy Da Prince "The Way I Live" (Universal)
Lil' Flip f/ Lyfe Jennings "Ghetto Mindstate" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
The Pack  "I'm Shinin" (Jive/ZLG) 
Pimp C
"Knockin Doorz Down" (Jive/ZLG)
Saigon "Pain In My Life" (Atlantic)
Stephen Marley f/ Damien Marley "Traffic Jam" (Universal Republic)

January 10, 2007 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 12/18/06

MTVAdds:
Danity Kane "Ride For You" (Bad Boy)
Evanescence "Lithium" (Wind-Up)
Fall Out Boy "This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race" (Island Def Jam)
Ludacris f. Mary J. Blige "Runaway Love" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Mary J. Blige "We Ride" (Geffen)
Nickelback "If Everyone Cared" (Roadrunner)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Snow (Hey Oh)" (Warner Bros.)
Thirty Seconds To Mars "From Yesterday" (Virgin)
T.I. "Top Back (remix)" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
U2 "Window In The Skies" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Fall Out Boy "This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race" (Island Def Jam)
T.I. "Top Back (remix)" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Evanescence "Lithium" (Wind-Up)
Lloyd f/ Lil Wayne "You" (Sho Nuff/Atlantic)
Muse "Starlight" (Warner Bros.)
Army Of Anyone "Goodbye" (The Firm)

MTVU Adds:
Evanescence "Lithium" (Wind-Up)
Fall Out Boy "This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race" (Island Def Jam)
Pepper "No Control" (Volcom/EastWest/Atlantic)
The Shins "Phantom Limb" (Sub Pop)
U2 "Window In The Skies" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:
Birdman & Lil Wayne "Leather So Soft" (Cash Money/Universal)
Common f/ Will.I.Am "A Dream" (from Freedom Writers)
Huey "Pop, Lock & Drop It" (Jive/ZLG)
Lil Scrappy "Gangsta Gangsta"  (BME/Reprise)
Lloyd Banks "Help" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Lyfe Jennings "Let’s Stay Together" (Columbia) 
Monica
"Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" (J Records)   
Omarion "Ice Box" (Epic)
Project Pat "Raised in the Projects" (Hypnotize Minds/Columbia)
Snoop Dogg
"Candy" (Geffen)
T.I. "What You Know?" (Atlantic)

December 13, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 12/11/06

MTVAdds:
Nas f/ Will.I.Am "Hip Hop is Dead" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds: 
Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled By Ramen)
Nas f/ Will.I.Am "Hip Hop is Dead" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Angels And Airwaves  "The War" (Geffen)
Mary J. Blige "We Ride" (Geffen)
Scanners "Lowlife" (Dim Mak)

MTV Jams Adds:
Jibbs feat. Chamillionaire "King Kong" (Geffen) 
Jim Jones "We Fly High (remix)" (Diplomats/Koch)
Mary J. Blige "We Ride" (Geffen)
Nas f/ Will.I.Am "Hip Hop is Dead" (Island Def Jam)

December 6, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 12/4/06

MTVAdds:
Beyonce "Listen" (Columbia)
Jay-Z f/ Chrisette Michele "Lost Ones" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds: 
Jay-Z f/ Chrisette Michele "Lost Ones" (Island Def Jam)
Ludacris f. Mary J. Blige "Runaway Love" (DTP/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Band Of Horses "The Great Salt Lake" (Sub Pop)
The Early November "Decoration" (Drive-Thru) 
Ima Robot "Creeps Me Out" (Virgin)
Jay-Z f/ Chrisette Michele "Lost Ones" (Island Def Jam)
Johnny Lives! "Get Steady" (Eleven Seven)
Ludacris f. Mary J. Blige "Runaway Love" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
P.O.S. f/ Slug "Bleeding Hearts Club" (Rhymesayers)
Switchfoot "Oh! Gravity" (Columbia)
Thirty Seconds To Mars "From Yesterday" (Virgin)

MTV Jams:
Beyonce
"Listen" (Columbia)
Jay-Z f/ Chrisette Michele "Lost Ones" (Island Def Jam)
Pretty Ricky "On The Hotline" (Atlantic)
Shareefa "Cry No More" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)
Tum Tum "Caprice Musik" (Universal)
Tyrese "One" (J Records)
Young Jeezy "I Love It" (Island Def Jam)

November 29, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/27/06

MTVAdds:
Akon f/ Snoop Dogg "I Wanna Love You" (SRC/Universal)
Cherish "Unappreciated" (Sho'nuff/Capitol)
John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change" (Aware/ Columbia)
Meg & Dia "Monster" (Doghouse)
Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland "Say It Right" (Geffen)
Paula Deanda feat. The Dey "Walk Away" (Arista/J Recods)
The Pussycat Dolls feat. Timbaland "Wait A Minute" (A&M/Interscope)
Shiny Toy Guns  "Le Disko" (Universal) 
Taking Back Sunday "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)" (Warner Bros.)
TV On The Radio "Wolf Like Me" (Interscope)
Vanessa Hudgens "Come Back To Me" (Hollywood)
Young Jeezy "I Love It" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds: 
Akon f/ Snoop Dogg "I Wanna Love You" (SRC/Universal)
Disturbed "Land Of Confusion" (Reprise)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Snow (Hey Oh)" (Warner Bros.)
Rich Boy "Throw Some D’s" (Zone 4/Interscope)
Shiny Toy Guns  "Le Disko" (Universal) 
Sparta "Taking Back Control" (Hollywood)
TV On The Radio "Wolf Like Me" (Interscope)
Young Jeezy "I Love It" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
The Black Keys "Your Touch" (Nonesuch)
Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled By Ramen)
Hit The Lights "Bodybag" (Triple Crown/EastWest)
Muse "Starlight" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams:
2 Pac feat. T.I. & Ashanti "Pac's Life" (Interscope)
Akon f/ Snoop Dogg "I Wanna Love You" (SRC/Universal)
Ludacris f. Mary J. Blige "Runaway Love" (DTP/Island Def Jam)

November 22, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/20/06

MTVAdds:
Gwen Stefani "Wind It Up" (Interscope)
Panic! At The Disco "Lying Is The Most Fun..." (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Shakira "Illegal" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
Thirty Seconds to Mars "From Yesterday" (Virgin)
Clipse "Wamp Wamp" (Re-Up Gang/Star Trak/ZLG)
Rise Against "Prayer Of The Refugee" (Geffen)
Switchfoot "Oh! Gravity" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Bill Madden "Gone" (MadMuse)
Copeland "Control Freak" (Militia Group)
Matisyahu "Jerusalem" (Epic)
mewithoutyou "Nice And Blue (Pt. 2)" (Tooth & Nail)
Panic! At The Disco "Lying Is The Most Fun..." (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic)
Silversun Pickups "Lazy Eye" (Dangerbird)

MTV Jams:
2Much "Fire" (TUG)
Blak Jak "Bobbin My Head" (Republic/Universal)
Crime Mob "Rock Yo' Hips" (BME/Reprise)
Lloyd "You" (Sho Nuff/Atlantic)

November 15, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: mtvU Decemberists Contest

Decemberists Those who lost out on the Colbert Green Screen Challenge can now heed the call of The Decemberists via this mtvU Re-Animate The Decemberists contest. Contestants can download the "unfinished green screen reference master" from the aborted clip for "O Valencia!" and do what you will with it. Submissions and completed entry forms must be submitted to Capitol Records by December 15. The winning clip will be debuted on mtvU and mtvU.com. The winner will also get a new iMac Intel Core 2 Duo.

Complete information and materials are at the mtvU's Re-Animate The Decemberists page.

November 13, 2006 in Capitol, MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/13/06

MTVAdds:
Ciara "Promise" (LaFace/ZLG)
Drake Bell "I Know" (Universal Motown)
Eminem f/ 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Cashis "You Don't Know" (Shady/Interscope)
Snoop Dogg feat. R. Kelly "That’s That" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
Eminem f/ 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Cashis "You Don't Know" (Shady/Interscope)
Killswitch Engage "My Curse" (Roadrunner)
Panic! At The Disco "Lying Is The Most Fun..." (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic) 
Snoop Dogg feat. R. Kelly "That’s That" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
Arctic Monkeys "Leave Before The Lights Come On" (Domino)
The Blood Brothers "Laser Life" (V2)
Dan The Automator "Don't Hate The Player" (Decon)
Incubus "Anna Molly" (Epic)
Nightmare Of You  "My Name Is Trouble" (Bevonshire/EastWest)
Oasis "Acquiesce" (Columbia)
Rise Against "Prayer Of The Refugee" (Geffen)
Snoop Dogg feat. R. Kelly "That’s That" (Geffen)
Viva Voce "From The Devil Himself" (Barsuk) 

MTV Jams:
Eminem f/ 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Cashis "You Don't Know" (Shady/Interscope)
Snoop Dogg feat. R. Kelly "That’s That" (Geffen)

November 8, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEW RELEASE: Dr. Octagon "Trees"

Trees Are Dying How much peril is the earth's environment in? Even the rappers have noticed. Kool Keith aka Dr. Octagon provides "Trees," a snapshot of a bleak future of lost forests, pollution and other consequences of consumption. The symptoms of the earth's problem are mainly conveyed through skillful computer animation, while Octagon rhymes about the chemicals that threaten our existence without sounding trite or esoteric. Don't look for the former Ultramagnetic MC in the video; his vocals are lip-synced by a dancing adolescent weatherman who channels the spirit of Steve Urkel.  This video, which doubles as a PSA, was produced by MTV as part of their think MTV: Break The Addiction campaign. -- watch Trees at MTV or in Quicktime

Review by Craig Belcher, curator of the blog Rap, Lies & Videotape. 

Dr. Octagon "Trees" (OCD International)
George Greville, director | Jere Orlandi & Simon Walbrok, producer | MTV, production co | Pat Donnelly, DP | Rob Campbell @ Click 3X, editor | Click 3X, editor | Steve Tozzi, Mark Szumski & Anthony Filipakis @ Click 3X, design & visial effects

November 7, 2006 in Click 3X, MTV, New Releases, OCD International | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 11/6/06

MTVAdds:
Diddy feat. Christina Aguilera "Tell Me" (Bad Boy /Atlantic)
Rick Ross "Push It" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)
U2 and Green Day "The Saints Are Coming" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Incubus "Anna Molly" (Epic)
The Raconteurs "Level" (V2)
Saosin "Voices" (Capitol)

MTVU Adds:
Boys Like Girls "Hero/Heroine" (Red Ink/Columbia)
Cobra Starship "The Church Of Hot Addiction" (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen) 
The Game "Let's Ride" (Geffen) 
Irving "Jen, Nothing Matters To Me" (Eenie Meenie)
John Legend "Heaven" (GOOD/Columbia) 
The Living End "Wake Up" (Adeline)
Nightmare Of You "My Name Is Trouble" (Bevonshire/EastWest)
Pharrell feat. Snoop Dogg "That Girl" (Star Trak/Universal)
Robin Thicke "Lost Without U" (Star Trak/Interscope)
U2 and Green Day "The Saints Are Coming" (Interscope)

MTV Jams:
The A'z "Yadadamean" (TVT)
Ali & Gipp "Hard N Da Paint" (Derrty/Universal Motown) 
Beyonce "Irreplaceable" (Columbia) 
Ciara "Promise" (LaFace/ZLG) 
Diddy feat. Christina Aguilera "Tell Me" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
The Game "Let's Ride" (Geffen) 
Pharrell feat. Snoop Dogg "That Girl" (Star Trak/Universal)
Trick Daddy f/ Chamillionaire "Bet That" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)

November 1, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/30/06

MTVAdds:
Augustana "Boston" (Epic)
Bow Wow feat. Chris Brown "Shortie Like Mine" (Columbia)
Fergie "Fergalicious" (A&M/Interscope)
The Game "Let's Ride" (Geffen) 
KT Tunstall "Suddenly I See" (Virgin)

MTV2 Adds:

The Game "Let's Ride" (Geffen) 
Senses Fail "Calling All Cars" (Vagrant)
Ying Yang Twins f/ Wyclef Jean "Dangerous" (TVT)

MTVU Adds:
Citizen Cope "Back Together" (RCA)
The Hush Sound "Wine Red" (Decaydance/Fat Wreck Chords)
The Killers "Bones" (Island Def Jam)
k-os "Electrick Heat – The Seekwill" (Virgin)
The Raconteurs "Level" (V2)
Saosin "Voices" (Capitol)
Sparta "Taking Back Sunday" (Hollywood)

MTV Jams:
Pitbull "Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera)" (TVT)
Clipse feat. Slim Thug "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" (Jive/ZLG)
Ying Yang Twins f/ Wyclef Jean "Dangerous" (TVT)
Grafh "Myspace Jumpoff" (Black Hand)

October 25, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/23/06

MTVAdds:
Beck "Nausea" (Interscope)
Beyonce "Irreplaceable" (Columbia)
Christina Aguilera "Hurt" (RCA)
Jim Jones "We Fly High" (Diplomats/Koch) 
The Killers "Bones" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Beck "Nausea" (Interscope)
Fat Joe f/ Lil Wayne "Make It Rain" (Terror Squad/Imperial)
The Killers "Bones" (Island Def Jam)
Ludacris f/ Young Jeezy "Grew Up A Screw Up" (Island Def Jam)
Young Dro "Rubberband Banks" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Now It's Overhead "Walls" (Saddle Creek)
Beck "Nausea" (Interscope)
David & The Citizens "Graycoated Morning" (Friendly Fire)
Emilie Simon "Flowers" (Milan)
KT Tunstall "Suddenly I See" (Virgin)
Lily Allen "Smile" (Capitol)
Taking Back Sunday "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams:
Bow Wow feat. Chris Brown "Shortie Like Mine" (Columbia) 
Rich Boy f/ Polow Da Don "Throw Some D’s" (Interscope)

October 18, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/16/06

MTVAdds:
Akon feat. Eminem "Smack That" (SRC/Universal)
Chris Brown "Say Goodbye" (Jive/ZLG)
The Fray "How To Save a Life" (Epic)
Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got" (Island Def Jam)
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. "My Love" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
+44 "When Your Heart Stops Beating" (Interscope)
Birdman & Lil Wayne "Stuntin’ Like My Daddy" (Cash Money/Universal)
Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone" (Downtown/Atlantic) 
Iron Maiden "Different World" (Columbia)
Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Easy Star All Stars f/ Toots & The Maytal "Let Down" (Easy Star)
Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got" (Island Def Jam)
Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott "Daydreamin" (Atlantic)
Lyfe Jennings feat. Lala "S.E.X." (Columbia)
Pete Yorn "For Us" (Columbia) 

MTV Jams:
Bobby Valentino "Turn The Page" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got" (Island Def Jam)
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. "My Love" (Jive/ZLG)
Lil' Boosie f/ Yung Joc "Zoom" (Trill/Asylum) 
Ludacris f/ Young Jeezy "Grew Up A Screw Up" (Island Def Jam)
Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott "Daydreamin" (Atlantic)
Young Hot Rod feat. Mary J. Blige "Be Easy" (G Unit/Interscope)

October 11, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/9/06

MTVAdds:
AFI "Love Like Winter" (Interscope)
Janet Jackson feat. Khia "So Excited" (Virgin)
Xzibit "Concentrate" (Open Bar/Koch)

MTV2 Adds:
Akon feat. Eminem  "Smack That" (SRC/Universal)
Underoath "Writing On The Walls" (Solid State/Tooth & Nail)

MTVU Adds:
AFI "Love Like Winter" (Interscope)
DJ Unk  "Walk It Out" (Big Ooomp/Koch)
The Game f/ Junior Reid "It's OK (One Blood)" (Geffen)
The Killers "When You Were Young" (Island Def Jam)
My Chemical Romance  "Welcome To The Black Parade" (Reprise)
Sean Lennon "Dead Meat" (Capitol)
Tenacious D "The Pick Of Destiny" (Epic)
"Weird Al" Yankovic "White And Nerdy" (Volcano/ZLG)

MTV Jams Adds:
Chingy feat. Jermaine Dupri "Dem Jeans" (Capitol)
The Frontline f/ E-A-Ski "When You Want It/The Truth" (Infrared)
Janet Jackson feat. Khia "So Excited" (Virgin)

October 4, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 10/2/06

MTVAdds:
Hinder  "Lips Of An Angel" (Universal)
Jibbs "Chain Hang Low" (Geffen)
Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" (Island Def Jam)
My Chemical Romance  "Welcome To The Black Parade" (Reprise)
New Found Glory  "It’s Not Your Fault" (Geffen)
Plain White T's "Hate" (Hollywood)
Say Anything "Alive With The Glory Of Love" (Doghouse/J Records)
T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx "Live In The Sky" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
DJ Unk  "Walk It Out" (Big Ooomp/Koch)
Jibbs "Chain Hang Low" (Geffen)
Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" (Island Def Jam)
Plain White T's "Hate" (Hollywood)
Say Anything "Alive With The Glory Of Love" (Doghouse/J Records)
Taking Back Sunday "Liar" (Warner Bros.)
Tenacious D "The Pick Of Destiny" (Epic)
Xzibit "Concentrate" (Open Bar/Koch)

MTVU Adds:
Birdman & Lil Wayne "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" (Cash Money/Universal)
Every Time I Die "The New Black (Ferret)
The Fray "How To Save a Life" (Epic)
Islands "Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby" (Equator)
Jibbs "Chain Hang Low" (Geffen)
Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" (Island Def Jam)
Plain White T's "Hate" (Hollywood)
Say Anything "Alive With The Glory Of Love" (Doghouse/J Records)
The Sleeping "Loud And Clear" (Victory)
TV On The Radio "Wolf Like Me" (Interscope)

MTV Hits:
Fat Joe f/ Lil Wayne "Make It Rain" (Terror Squad/Imperial)
Snoop Dogg feat. B-Real "Vato" (Doggystyle/Geffen)
Xzibit  "Concentrate" (Open Bar/Koch)
Young Buck feat. Jazze Pha "I Know You Want Some" (G-Unit/Interscope)

September 27, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Tres Launches

Mtv TresMTV officially launched their new channel MTV Tres today, taking over the channel positions previously held by MTV Espanol and fellow Viacom property Mas Musica.

MTV Tres is a bilingual channel that celebrates the musical crossroads between Latin and American cultures. The channel features a wealth of original programming, some of which are Latino versions of familiar MTV hits, including MiTRL (TRL), Pimpeando (Pimp My Ride) and Quiero Mis Quinces (My Super Sweet 16).

For an idea of the types of videos on MTV Tres, visit either of the MTV Overdrive properties Los Hits or Emerging Artists, which are spotlighting clips from Mana, Chelo, Daddy Yankee, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, Mario Vazquez and Miranda.

Read more at Detroit Free Press or NY Times.

September 25, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Europe Awards Announces Noms

MTV EMAs Nominees for the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards were announced this week. Unlike MTV's Video Music Awards, the EMAs celebrate music and recording artists, as opposed to just music videos. In fact, the lone video category is Best Video, with the following nominees:

  • Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — directed by Robert Hales of HSI
  • Justice Vs Simian "We Are Your Friends" — directed by Rozan & Schmeltz of Partizan
  • Kanye West "Touch The Sky" — directed by Chris Milk of @radical.media
  • OK Go "A Million Ways" — directed by OK Go
  • Pink "Stupid Girls" — directed by Dave Meyers of @radical.media

The MTV Europe Music Awards is scheduled for November 2 in Copenhagen with host Justin Timberlake.

September 22, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 9/25/06

MTVAdds:
Snoop Dogg feat. B-Real "Vato" (Doggystyle/Geffen)
Tenacious D  "The Pick Of Destiny" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
AFI "Love Like Winter" (Interscope)
My Chemical Romance  "Welcome To The Black Parade" (Reprise)   
Snoop Dogg feat. B-Real "Vato" (Doggystyle/Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
Adem "Launch Yourself" (Domino)   
Anti-Flag  "This Is The End" (RCA)
The Decemberists  "O Valencia!" (Capitol)
DJ Khaled f/ Kanye West, Consequence &  John Legend "Grammy Family" (Terror Squad/Koch)
DJ Shadow f/ Q Tip & Lateef The Truth Speaker "Enuff" (Universal)
Forward Russia "Nine" (Mute)
Kinky "Sister Twisted" (Nettwerk)
Mew "Special" (Columbia)
Mayday feat. Cee-Lo Green "Groundhog Day" (Southbeat)
Panacea "Starlite" (Rawkus)
Plain White T's "Hate" (Hollywood)
Shiny Toy Guns  "Le Disko" (Universal) 
Silversun Pickups "Well Thought Out Twinkles” (Dangerbird)
Tapes N Tapes "Cowbell" (XL/Beggars)

MTV Jams Adds:
Akon feat. Eminem  "Smack That" (SRC/Universal)
Cassie "Long Way 2 Go" (NextSelection/Bad Boy/Atlantic)
DJ Khaled f/ Trick Daddy/Pitbull/Rick Ross "Born N Raised" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Fergie "London Bridge" (A&M/Interscope)
John Legend "Save Room" (GOOD/Columbia)
Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" (Jive/ZLG)
Kelis feat. Nas "Blindfold Me" (Jive/ZLG)
Robin Thicke "Lost Without U" (Star Trak/Interscope)
Young Dro "Rubberband Banks" (Atlantic)

September 20, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: mtvU Woodie Nominees

Woodies 06 mtvU has announced the nominees for the second annual Woodie Awards, a unique ceremony that lets college students vote for their favorite artists. Winners will be announced at a live event scheduled for October 25 at NYC club Roseland Ballroom, which will then be broadcast November 2 on mtvU A half hour version with highlights from the show will also be subsequently shown on MTV and MTV2.

Categories and nominees are as follows...

Woodie of the Year -- (Artist of the Year) - The artists who made the biggest splash on mtvU and the college music scene this past year.

  • Angels & Airwaves (Geffen)
  • Atmosphere (Rhymesayers)
  • Gym Class Heroes (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)
  • Panic! at the Disco (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)
  • The Academy Is (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)

The Breaking Woodie -- (Best Emerging Artist) - mtvU is where new developing artists are test driven for the first time by the toughest critics around: college students. One of this year's newest artists will win the coveted Breaking Woodie.

  • Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
  • Chamillionaire (Chamillitary/Universal Motown)
  • Imogen Heap (RCA Victor)
  • Lupe Fiasco (1st & 15th/Atlantic)
  • Plain White T's (Hollywood)

Left Field Woodie -- (Most Original Artist) - They're genre-busters. They came out of left field and surprised us so much, we'd still have no idea what section of the record store to look for them in. They resist all classification.

  • Gnarls Barkley (Downtown/Atlantic)
  • Gogol Bordello (Side One Dummy)
  • Imogen Heap (RCA Victor)
  • Lady Sovereign (Def Jam)
  • Wolfmother (Interscope)

Best Video Woodie -- Live Action -- (Best Live Action Video) - The music video that's so incredible, we'd watch it even without the music.

  • 30 Seconds to Mars "The Kill" (Virgin)
  • Feist "Mushaboom" (Cherry Tree/Interscope)
  • Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins "Rise up With Fists" (Team Love)
  • Jurassic 5 "Work It Out" (Interscope)
  • The Raconteurs  "Steady As She Goes" (V2 - Artemis)

Best Video Woodie -- Animated -- (Best Animated Video) - The music video that makes all of your favorite Sunday cartoons look foolish.

  • Against Me "From Her Lips To God's Ears" (Fat Wreck Chords)
  • Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (Downtown/Atlantic)
  • Gorillaz "El Manana" (Virgin)
  • Mark Ronson "Just" (!K7/Rapster)
  • Psapp "Hi" (Domino)

The Good Woodie -- (Greatest Social Impact) - The award for the artists whose commitment to a social cause has effected the greatest change this year.

  • Juvenile - Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts (Atlantic)
  • Ludacris - Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts (Disturbing Tha Peace)
  • Pearl Jam - Environmental Protection (J)
  • Rise Against - Political Awareness and Activism (Geffen)
  • Serj Tankian (System of a Down) - Armenian Genocide (Columbia)

Road Woodie -- (Best Tour) - For those artists who take to the road and never let up, always giving
that memorable live performance.

  • Cartel (Epic)
  • Hellogoodbye (Drive Thru)
  • Nightmare of You (East West)
  • Taking Back Sunday (Warner Bros.)
  • The Fray (Epic)

International Woodie -- (Favorite International Artist Award) - mtvU embraces musicians from all over the world and honors this year's crop of international up-and-comers, including artists from Jamaica to Australia to the UK.

  • Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
  • Cham (Madhouse/Atlantic)
  • Corrine Bailey Rae (Capitol)
  • SIA (Astralwerks)
  • The Subways (Warner Bros.)

Alumni Woodie -- (a.k.a. The You're Still OK in our Book Award) - For the artists who've graduated into the wide world of mega-stardom, but who haven't forgotten where they came from. And we're proud to say, "We knew them when..."

  • AFI (Interscope)
  • Fiona Apple (Epic)
  • Ghostface Killah (Def Jam)
  • MUSE (Warner Bros.)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.)

Streaming Woodie -- (Most Downloaded) - For four weeks, top acts on the college scene go toe-to-toe on mtvU.com, with college students streaming their favorites into the finals. The four artists left standing at the end will battle it out for the Streaming Woodie.

Week 1

  • Atmosphere "Say Hey There (Gotta Go to Mexico)" (Rhymesayers)
  • Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)
  • Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" (East West)
  • The Academy Is "Checkmarks" (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)
  • The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (Epic)

Week 2

  • All-American Rejects "Move Along" (Interscope/A&M)
  • Matisyahu "Youth" (Epic)
  • Motion City Soundtrack "Hold Me Down" (Epitaph)
  • OAR "Lay Down" (Atlantic)
  • Taking Back Sunday "Makedamnsure" (Warner Bros.)

Week 3

  • Armor for Sleep "The Truth About Heaven" (Equal Vision)
  • Death Cab for Cutie "Crooked Teeth" (Atlantic)
  • Hellogoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive Thru)
  • Imogen Heap "Hide and Seek" (RCA Victor)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (Warner Bros.)

Week 4

  • Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor" (Domino)
  • Cage "Shoot Frank" (Definitive Jux)
  • Nightmare of You "I Want to Be Buried In Your Backyard" (East West)
  • Panic! At the Disco "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)
  • The Academy Is "Slow Down" (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic)

September 14, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 9/18/06

MTVAdds:
Brooke Hogan feat. Paul Wall "About Us" (SoBe)
The Game f/ Junior Reid "It's OK (One Blood)" (Geffen)
Nelly Furtado "Maneater" (Geffen)
Pink "U + UR Hand" (LaFace/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Busta Rhymes "In The Ghetto" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Jet  "Put Your Money Where Youth Mouth Is" (Atlantic)
Jim Jones "We Fly High" (Diplomats/Koch)
Lil Scrappy f/ Young Buck "Money In The Bank" (BME/Reprise)
New Found Glory  "It’s Not Your Fault" (Geffen)
DJ Webstar & Young B "Chicken Noodle Soup" (Scrilla Hill/Universal)

MTVU Adds:
Beyonce "Ring The Alarm" (Columbia)
Busta Rhymes "In The Ghetto" (Aftermath/Interscope)
CSS "Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above" (Sub Pop)
Cursive "Dorothy At Forty " (Saddle Creek)
Hawk Nelson "The One Thing I Have Left" (Tooth & Nail)
Lupe Fiasco "I Gotcha" (Atlantic)
Meg & Dia "Monster" (Doghouse)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Tell Me Baby" (Warner Bros.)
T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx "Live In The Sky" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Busta Rhymes "In The Ghetto" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Cherish "Unappreciated" (Sho'nuff/Capitol)
Jim Jones "We Fly High" (Diplomats/Koch)
Birdman & Lil Wayne "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" (Cash Money/Universal) 
Lupe Fiasco "I Gotcha" (Atlantic) 
Pitbull feat. Lil Jon  & Ying Yang Twins "Bojangles" (TVT)

September 13, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

No MTV Adds for the Week of 9/11/06

MTVNo MTV Adds this week

September 6, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: VMA Winners

The winners of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards are:

  • VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
  • BEST DIRECTION IN A VIDEO: Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director
  • BEST MALE VIDEO: James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
  • BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson "Because of You"
  • BEST GROUP VIDEO: The All-American Rejects "Move Along"
  • BEST RAP VIDEO: Chamillionaire "Ridin' "
  • BEST R&B VIDEO: Beyonce f/ Slim Thug "Check on It"
  • BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO: Black Eyed Peas "My Humps"
  • BEST DANCE VIDEO: Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg "Buttons"
  • BEST ROCK VIDEO: AFI "Miss Murder"
  • BEST POP VIDEO: Pink "Stupid Girls"
  • BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO: Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country"
  • VIEWER'S CHOICE: Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance"
  • BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" — Sho-tyme, choreographer
  • BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Missy Elliott "We Run This" — Louis Mackall, special effects
  • BEST ART DIRECTION: Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Justin Dragonis, art director
  • BEST EDITING: Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Ken Mowe, editor
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: James Blunt "You're Beautiful" — Robbie Ryan, DP
  • BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK: "Mark Ecko's Getting Up" — Atari
  • BEST VIDEO GAME SCORE: "Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion" — Jeremy Soule, composer/producer
  • RINGTONE OF THE YEAR: Fort Minor "Where'd You Go"
  • VIDEO VANGUARD: Hype Williams

September 1, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: VMAS Tonight - Reader Poll Results

As you may have heard, the MTV Video Music Awards are being broadcast live tonight from Radio City Music Hall. Watch em live on TV, or check out the bonus content at Overdrive.

Those keeping score at home can compare/contrast the predictions of the Video Static readership with the actual winners. These predictions were horribly wrong last year, so don't start calling your entertainment bookie. Most categories were horribly close — those without a decisive favorite  have been omitted — and the sample size of our poll is small enough that we should assume the margin of error to be +/- 100. In other words, this was a pointless endeavor. Aren't Video Static polls fun?

  • Video of the Year: Madonna "Hung Up" and Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" each got 25% of your vote. Shakira feat. Wyclef got 20%. In other words, you have no idea.
  • Best Male Video: predicted to be Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
  • Best Female Video: predicted to be Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
  • Best Group Video: predicted to be Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
  • Best Hip Hop Video: predicted to be Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
  • Best Dance Video: predicted to be Madonna "Hung Up"
  • Best Direction: predicted to be Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director
  • Special Effects: predicted to be Beck "Hell Yes" — Hammer & Tongs, special effects

Remember, these are the opinions according to those who filled out the VMA poll and do not reflect Video Static's own opinion. Video Static has no opinion.

August 31, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 9/4/06

MTVAdds:

The All-American Rejects "It Ends Tonight" (Interscope)
Ciara "Get Up" (LaFace/ZLG)   
Frankie J f/ Chamillionaire "That Girl" (Columbia) 
Jesse McCartney "Right Where You Want Me" (Hollywood)
Mario Vazquez f/ Baby Bash "Gallery" (Arista/J)
Nick Lachey "I Can't Hate You More" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
The Game f/ Junior Reid "It's OK (One Blood)" (Geffen)
Hello Goodbye "Here In Your Arms" (Drive-Thru)
Lupe Fiasco "I Gotcha" (Atlantic)
Rick Ross "Push It" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)
Stone Sour "Through Glass" (Roadrunner)
T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx "Live In The Sky" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Beyonce "Ring The Alarm" (Columbia)
Dirty Pretty Things "Bang Bang You're Dead" (Interscope)
Joshua Radin "Closer" (Columbia)
Mates Of State "Like U Crazy" (Barsuk)
Plain White T's "Hate" (Hollywood)
The Rapture "Get Myself Into It" (Mercury/Universal)
The Roots "Don’t Feel Right" (Island Def Jam)
Scary Kids Scaring Kids "My Darkest Hour" (Immortal)

MTV Jams Adds:

DJ Unk  "Walk It Out" (Big Ooomp/Koch)

August 30, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Overdrive Now Mac Friendly

MTV has made their broadband platform MTV Overdrive compatible with Macs just in time for the VMAs. Overdrive_appleThe channel works perfectly in both Safari and Firefox, so Mac users can now watch music video, popular shows like  Subterranean, and lots of special content on demand.

August 29, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/28/06

MTVAdds:
The Killers "When You Were Young" (Island Def Jam)
Thirty Seconds to Mars "The Kill" (Virgin)
Wolfmother
"Joker & The Thief" (Modular/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
The Killers "When You Were Young" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Audioslave "Original Fire" (Epic)
Butch Walker "Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty)" (Epic)
The Format "The Compromise" (Nettwerk)
Kasabian "Empire" (RCA)
Murder By Death "Brother" (Tent Show/EastWest) 
The Pack  "Vans" (Jive/ZLG)
Phoenix "Consolation Prizes" (Astralwerks)
The Roots "Don’t Feel Right" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
DJ Khaled f/ Kanye West, Consequence & John Legend "Grammy Family" (Terror Squad/Koch)
The Game f/ Junior Reid "It's OK (One Blood)" (Geffen)
The Pack  "Vans" (Jive/ZLG)
Rick Ross "Push It" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)
T.I. feat. Jamie Foxx "Live In The Sky" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Webstar & Young B "Chicken Noodle Soup" (Scrilla Hill/Universal)

August 23, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/21/06

MTVAdds:
Beyonce "Ring The Alarm" (Columbia)
Ludacris feat. Pharrell  "Money Maker" (Island Def Jam)
OK Go "Here It Goes Again" (Capitol)
Young Joc "I Know You See It" (Bad Boy) 

MTV2 Adds:
Ice Cube f/ Snoop Dogg & Lil Jon "Go To Church" (Lench Mobb) 
Ludacris feat. Pharrell  "Money Maker" (Island Def Jam)
Wolfmother "Joker & The Thief" (Modular/Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Death Cab For Cutie "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" (Atlantic)
French Kicks "So Far We Are" (Star Time/Vagrant)
G. Love "Hot Cookin" (Philadelphonic)
John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change" (Aware/ Columbia)
Locksley "Why Can’t I Be You" (Locksley)
Mr. Lif "Brothaz" (Definitive Jux)

MTV Jams:
216 "Hey Hey"  (Universal)
Beyonce "Ring The Alarm" (Columbia)
Damian Marley & Stephen Marley "All Night" (Tuff Gong/Universal)
Johnta Austin "Turn It Up" (So So Def/Virgin)
Ludacris feat. Pharrell  "Money Maker" (Island Def Jam)
Mary J. Blige  "Take Me As I Am" (Geffen)
Lil Scrappy f/ Young Buck "Money In The Bank" (BME/Reprise)
Voicemail "Wacky Dip" (VP) 

August 16, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/14/06

MTVAdds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
JoJo "Too Little Too Late" ( Blackground/Universal)
Panic! At The Disco "But It's Better If You Do" (Fueled By Ramen)

MTV2 Adds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
Hawthorne Heights "Pens And Needles" (Victory) 
Three 6 Mafia feat. Bow Wow "Side 2 Side" (Sony Urban/Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Arctic Monkeys "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" (Domino)
Anberlin "Paperthin Hymn" (Tooth & Nail)
DMX "Lord Give Me A Sign" (Columbia)
Gogol Bordello "Not A Crime" (Side One Dummy)
Jose Gonzalez "Crosses" (Mute)
The Living End "What’s On Your Radio?" (Adeline)
Mew "The Zookeeper’s Boy"  (Columbia)
M Ward "Chinese Translation" (Merge)
Ok Go "Here It Goes Again" (Capitol)
Paramore "Emergency" (Fueled By Ramen)
Regina Spektor "Fidelity" (Sire/Warner Bros.) 
Talib Kweli "Listen" (Warner Bros.)
Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" (XL) 

MTV Jams Adds:
Diddy f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Come To Me" (Bad Boy)
Monica feat. Dem Franchize Boys "Everytime Tha Beat Drops" (J Records)
Omarion "Entourage" (Epic)   
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Talib Kweli "Listen" (Warner Bros.)

August 9, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 8/7/06

MTVAdds:
Danity Kane "Show Stopper" (Bad Boy) 
E-40 feat. T-Pain "U And Dat" (BME/Warner Bros.)
Evanescence "Call Me When You’re Sober" (Wind-Up)
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Outkast "Morris Brown" (LaFace/ZLG)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Tell Me Baby" (Warner Bros.)

MTV 2 Adds:
Evanescence "Call Me When You’re Sober" (Wind-Up) 
Lil Wayne f/ Robin Thicke "Shooter" (Cash Money/Universal)
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Tell Me Baby" (Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Evanescence "Call Me When You’re Sober" (Wind-Up) 
New Found Glory  "It’s Not Your Fault" (Geffen)
Outkast "Idlewild Blues" (LaFace/ZLG)
Outkast "Morris Brown" (LaFace/ZLG)   
Tanya Morgan "We Be"  (Loud Minority)

MTV Jams Adds:
Big Rich "That’s The Business" (III Story Musik)
Jibbs "Chain Hang Low" (Geffen)
LeToya "She Don't" (Capitol)
Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent "Hands Up" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Shareefa "Need A Boss" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)
Sleepy Brown feat. Pharrell & Big Boi "Margarita" (Virgin)

August 2, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: Breaking Down The VMA Numbers

For those who like to keep score, here are the numbers for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards...

Most nominated directors:

  • Sophie Muller of Oil Factory : seven — all for Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • Tony Kaye of Above The Sea : seven — all for Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
  • Marc Webb of DNA : six — for three videos: A.F.I. "Miss Murder," All-American Rejects "Move Along," and Ashlee Simpson "Invisible"
  • Shane C. Drake of Red Van Pictures : five — all for Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins..."
  • Johan Renck of RSA Films : five — all for Madonna "Hung Up"
  • Hype Williams of Naaila Ent. and Stillking Films:  four — for three videos: Beyonce "Check On It," Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable," and Kanye West "Gold Digger"
  • Bryan Barber of F.M. Rocks : four — all for Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"

Most nominated production companies:

  • HSI Productions: eleven
  • F.M. Rocks: eleven
  • Black Dog/RSA Films: ten
  • DNA: nine
  • Above The Sea: seven
  • Red Van Pictures: five
  • Oil Factory: five
  • Anonymous Content: four   

July 31, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

NEWS: MTV VMA Nominees and Performers

Nominees and an initial slate of performers have been announced for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, to be broadcast live on August 31 from NYC's Radio City Music Hall. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira lead all nominees with seven nods apiece, while Madonna, Panic! At the Disco and Christina Aguilera also scored multiple nominations. A full list of nominations appears after the jump.

In one significant change to previous VMAs, fans will be able to vote online for their favorites in all non-technical categories. And, while a host has still not been announced, the initial slate of performers includes Panic! At the Disco, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, T.I., Ludacris and The Killers.

UPDATED: The 10 Years video nominated has been confirmed to be the second version, directed by Kevin Kerslake. Pertinent credits have also been inserted for all the technical credits (editor, choreographer, etc.). Full details can be found at the official MTV VMA press release.

The nominees are:

  • VIDEO OF THE YEAR
    • Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
    • Madonna "Hung Up"
    • Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • BEST DIRECTION IN A VIDEO
    • 10 Years "Wasteland" (version 2) — Kevin Kerslake, director
    • AFI "Miss Murder" — Marc Webb, director
    • Common "Testify" — Anthony Mandler, director
    • Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Tony Kaye, director
  • BEST MALE VIDEO
    • Busta Rhymes "Touch It Remix"
    • James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
    • Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
    • Nick Lachey "What's Left Of Me"
    • T.I. "What You Know"
  • BEST FEMALE VIDEO
    • Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
    • Kelly Clarkson "Because of You"
    • Madonna "Hung Up"
    • Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland "Promiscuous"
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • BEST GROUP VIDEO
    • The All-American Rejects "Move Along"
    • Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance"
    • Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
    • Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
  • BEST RAP VIDEO
    • 50 Cent "Window Shopper"
    • Busta Rhymes "Touch It Remix"
    • Chamillionaire "Ridin' "
    • T.I. "What You Know"
    • Yung Joc f/ Nitty "It's Goin' Down"
  • BEST R&B VIDEO
    • Beyonce f/ Slim Thug "Check on It"
    • Chris Brown "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
    • Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris "Unpredictable"
    • Mariah Carey "Shake It Off"
    • Mary J. Blige "Be Without You"
  • BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
    • Black Eyed Peas "My Humps"
    • Common "Testify"
    • Daddy Yankee "Rompe"
    • Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger"
    • Three 6 Mafia "Stay Fly"
  • BEST DANCE VIDEO
    • Madonna "Hung Up"
    • Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland "Promiscuous"
    • Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg "Buttons"
    • Sean Paul "Temperature"
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • BEST ROCK VIDEO
    • 30 Seconds To Mars "The Kill"
    • AFI "Miss Murder"
    • Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
    • Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
  • BEST POP VIDEO
    • Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
    • Madonna "Hung Up"
    • Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland "Promiscuous"
    • Pink "Stupid Girls"
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO
    • Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure"
    • Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country"
    • Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana, "Run It!"
    • James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
    • Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
    • Rihanna "S.O.S."
  • VIEWER'S CHOICE
    • Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana "Run It!"
    • Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance"
    • Kelly Clarkson "Because of You"
    • Rihanna "S.O.S."
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie"
  • BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO
    • Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man" — Jerri Slaughter, choreographer
    • Madonna "Hung Up" — Stephanie Roos, choreographer
    • Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg "Buttons" — Mike Mindon, choreographer
    • Sean Paul "Temperature" — Tanisha Scott, choreographer
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" — Sho-tyme, choreographer
  • BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A VIDEO
    • Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure" — Jack Effects, special effects
    • Beck "Hell Yes" — Hammer & Tongs, special effects
    • Missy Elliott "We Run This" — Louis Mackall, special effects
    • Pearl Jam "Life Wasted" — Fernando Apodaca, special effects
    • U2 "Original of the Species" — John Leamy & Lawrence Nimrichter, special effects
  • BEST ART DIRECTION IN A VIDEO
    • 10 Years "Wasteland" (v.2) — Trae King, art director
    • Common "Testify" — David Ross, art director
    • Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" — Lindy McMichael, Jamie Drake, Erin Wieczorek, art directors
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Justin Dragonis, art director
    • Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" — Laura Fox, art director
  • BEST EDITING IN A VIDEO
    • The All-American "Move Along" — J.D. Smyth, editor
    • Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure" — Clark Eddy, editor
    • Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Ken Mowe, editor
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Peter Goddard, editor
    • U2 "Original of the Species" — Olivier Wicki, editor
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO
    • AFI "Miss Murder" — Wells Hackett, DP
    • Ashlee Simpson "Invisible" — Jeff Cutter, DP
    • James Blunt "You're Beautiful" — Robbie Ryan, DP
    • Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" — Tony Kaye, DP
    • Prince "Black Sweat" — Checco Varese, DP
  • BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK
    • "Final Night Round 3" — Electronic Arts
    • "Burnout Revenge" — Electronic Arts
    • "NBA 2K6" — 2K Games
    • "Driver Parallel Lines" — Atari
    • "Mark Ecko's Getting Up" — Atari
  • BEST VIDEO GAME SCORE
    • "Hitman Blood Money" — Jesper Kyd, composer/producer
    • "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter" — Tom Salta, composer/producer
    • "Dreamfall The Longest Journey" — Even "Magnet" Johansen, composer/producer
    • "Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion" — Jeremy Soule, composer/producer
    • "Electroplankton" — user generated soundtrack

July 31, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/31/06

MTVAdds:
Chingy "Pulling Me Back" (Capitol)
Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Avenged Sevenfold "Seize The Day" (Warner Bros.)
Cobra Starship "Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)" (New Line)
Muse "Knights of Cydonia" (Warner Bros.)
Outkast "Morris Brown" (LaFace/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Deja Vu" (Columbia)
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone "Ridin" (Universal)
Damian Marley & Stephen Marley "All Night" (Tuff Gong/Universal)
Hello Goodbye "Here In Your Arms" (Drive-Thru)
Lil Wayne f/ Robin Thicke "Shooter" (Cash Money/Universal)
Muse "Knights of Cydonia" (Warner Bros.)
Pink Spiders "Little Razorblade" (Geffen)
Sanctus Real "I'm Not Alright" (Sparrow)
Under The Influence Of Giants "Mama's Room" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
Cham feat. Alicia Keys "Ghetto Story (remix)" (Atlantic)
Daz Dillinger "On Some Real Sh**" (So So Def/Virgin)
DMX "Lord Give Me A Sign" (Columbia)
Jagged Edge "Stunnas" (Columbia)
Outkast "Morris Brown" (LaFace/ZLG)

July 26, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/24/06

MTVAdds:
Cham feat. Alicia Keys "Ghetto Story (remix)" (Atlantic)
Fergie "London Bridge" (A&M/Interscope)
Jessica Simpson "A Public Affair" (Columbia)
Kelis feat. Too $hort "Bossy" (LaFace/ZLG)
Paris Hilton "Stars Are Blind" (Warner Bros.)
Pink Spiders "Little Razorblade " (Geffen)
The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" (Third Man/V2)
Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole "Give It Up To Me" (VP/Atlantic)
Under The Influence Of Giants "Mama's Room" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Angels And Airwaves  "Do It For Me Now" (Geffen)
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Deja Vu" (Columbia)
Cham feat. Alicia Keys "Ghetto Story (remix)" (Atlantic)
Flyleaf "Fully Alive" (Octone/RCA)
Pink Spiders "Little Razorblade " (Geffen)
Under The Influence Of Giants "Mama's Room" (Island Def Jam)
Young Joc "I Know You See It" (Bad Boy)

MTVU Adds:
The Academy Is… "The Phrase That Pays" (Fueled By Ramen)
Gym Class Heroes  "The Queen And I" (Fueled By Ramen)
Jurassic 5 f/ Dave Matthews Band "Work It Out" (Interscope)

MTV Jams:
Ciara "Get Up" (LaFace/ZLG)
Lil Wayne f/ Robin Thicke "Shooter" (Cash Money/Universal)

July 19, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 7/10 & 7/17/06

MTVAdds:
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Deja Vu" (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Chingy "Pulling Me Back" (Capitol)
Clipse feat. Pharell Williams "Mr. Me Too" (Re-Up Gang/Star Trak/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Angels And Airwaves  "Do It For Me Now" (Geffen)
Cobra Starship "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" (New Line)
Cute Is What We Aim For "There’s A Class For This" (Fueled By Ramen)
Disturbed "Land Of Confusion" (Reprise)
Granddaddy "Elevate Myself" (V2)
Hawthorne Heights "Pens And Needles" (Victory) 
Hot Chip "Over And Over" (DFA/Astralwerks) 
The Receiving End Of Sirens "This Armistice"  (Triple Crown)
Stone Sour "Through Glass" (Roadrunner)

MTV Jams Adds:
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z "Deja Vu" (Columbia)
Busta Rhymes "NY Sh**" (Aftermath/Interscope)
JR Writer "Grill 'Em" (Diplomats/Koch)
Lyfe Jennings feat. Lala "S.E.X." (Columbia)
Robin Thicke "Wanna Love You Girl (remix)" (Star Trak/Interscope)
Shawnna "Damn" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Young Joc "I Know You See It" (Bad Boy)

July 12, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/3/06

MTVAdds:
Ashlee Simpson  "Invisible" (Geffen)
Cherish "Do It To It" (Sho'nuff/Capitol)
Jeannie Ortega feat. Papoose "Crowded" (Hollywood)
Ne-Yo "Sexy Love" (Island Def Jam)
Paula Deanda feat. Baby Bash "Doing Too Much" (J Records)
Pharrell feat. Kanye West "Number One" (Stark Trak/Interscope)
Wolfmother  "Woman" (Modular/Interscope)
Young Dro "Shoulder Lean" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Panic! At The Disco "But It’s Better If You Do" (Fueled By Ramen)
Rise Against "Ready To Fall" (Geffen) 
Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole "Give It Up To Me" (VP/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds: 
Boy Kill Boy "Suzie" (Vertigo)
Hedley "On My Own" (Universal)
Regina Spektor "Samson" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Sia "Sunday" (Astralwerks)  

MTV Jams:
Chingy "Pulling Me Back" (Capitol)
Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole "Give It Up To Me" (VP/Atlantic)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Bow Wow "Side 2 Side" (Sony Urban/Columbia) 

June 28, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/26/06

MTVAdds:
Cheyenne Kimball "Hanging On" (Epic)
Dashboard Confessional "Don’t Wait" (Vagrant)

MTV2 Adds:
The Early November "Hair" (Drive-Thru) 

MTVU Adds:
The Early November "Hair" (Drive-Thru) 
The Grates "19 20 20" (Dew Process)
Kelis feat. Too $hort "Bossy" (LaFace/ZLG)
Mason Jennings "Be Here Now" (Glacial Pace/Epic)
Rise Against "Ready To Fall" (Geffen)
Sound Team "Your Eyes Are Liars"  (Capitol)
Spank Rock "Rick Rubin" (Big Dada)

MTV Jams:
Bailey "U C It"
Ice Cube f/ Snoop Dogg & Lil Jon "Go To Church" (Lench Mobb) 
Lil' Keke f/ Paul Wall & Bun B "Chunk Up The Deuce"  (TF/Swishahouse)

June 21, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/19/06

MTVAdds:
Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man" (RCA)

MTV2 Adds:
Damone "Out Here All Night" (Island Def Jam)
Pharrell feat. Kanye West "Number One" (Stark Trak/Interscope)
The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" (Third Man/V2)

MTVU Adds:
Busta Rhymes f/ Will.I.Am & Kelis "I Love My Chick" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Keane "Is It Any Wonder?" (Interscope)
Mat Kearney "Nothing Left To Lose" (Aware/Columbia)
Nya Jade "One Pill" (Katako)
Pharrell feat. Kanye West "Number One" (Stark Trak/Interscope)
The Procussions "The Storm" (Rawkus)
The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" (Third Man/V2)
She Wants Revenge "These Things" (Flawless/Geffen)
Young Dro "Shoulder Lean" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV Jams:
Bubba Sparxxx "Heat It Up" (Virgin) 
Clipse feat. Pharell Williams "Mr. Me Too" (Re-Up Gang/Star Trak/ZLG)
Ne-Yo "Sexy Love" (Island Def Jam)
Obie Trice "Snitch"  (Shady/Interscope)
Project Pat feat Three 6 Mafia "Good Googly Moogly" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Raheem DeVaughn "You" (Jive/ZLG)
Sammie "You Should Be My Girl" (Rowdy)

June 14, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/12/06

MTVAdds:
Cassie "Me & U"  (NextSelection/Bad Boy/Atlantic)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down" (Virgin)

MTV2 Adds:
E-40 feat. T-Pain "U And Dat" (BME/Warner Bros.)
The Lost Prophets "Rooftops" (Columbia)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down" (Virgin)
Underoath "Writing On The Walls" (Solid State/Tooth & Nail)
Young Dro "Shoulder Lean" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Corrine Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On" (Good Groove/EMI)
Dashboard Confessional "Don’t Wait" (Vagrant)
The Futureheads "Skip To The End" (Vagrant)
Hawthorne Heights "This Is Who We Are" (Victory)
Yung Joc "It's Goin Down" (Bad Boy)

MTV Jams:
Cassie "Me & U"  (NextSelection/Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Pharrell feat. Kanye West "Number One" (Stark Trak/Interscope)

June 7, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/5/06

MTVAdds:
Busta Rhymes f/ Will.I.Am & Kelis "I Love My Chick" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Field Mob feat. Ciara "So What" (DTP/Geffen)
Pearl Jam "Life Wasted" (J Records)

MTV2 Adds:
Daddy Yankee feat. Snoop Dogg "Gangsta Zone" (El Cartel/Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Armor For Sleep "Remember To Feel Real" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Field Mob feat. Ciara "So What" (DTP/Geffen)
The Lost Prophets "Rooftops" (Columbia)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down" (Virgin)

MTV Jams Adds:

Daddy Yankee feat. Snoop Dogg "Gangsta Zone" (El Cartel/Interscope)
E-40 feat. T-Pain "U And Dat" (BME/Warner Bros.)
Yo Gotti "Gangsta Party" (TVT)

May 31, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/29/06

MTVAdds:
Cartel "Honestly" (Militia Group/Epic)
Head Automatica "Graduation Day" (Warner Bros.)
Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push" (1st &  15th/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Busta Rhymes f/ Will.I.Am & Kelis "I Love My Chick" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Cartel "Honestly" (Militia Group/Epic)
Head Automatica "Graduation Day" (Warner Bros.)
Kanye West feat. Paul Wall & GLC "Drive Slow" (Roc-A-fella/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Be Your Own Pet "Bicycle, Bicycle..." (Ecstatic Peace/Universal)
From First To Last "The Latest Plague" (Epitaph)
Murs And 9th Wonder "L.A." (Record Collection)
Pearl Jam "Life Wasted" (J Records)

MTV Jams Adds:
Ali & Gipp "Go Head" (Derrty/Universal)
Dre f/ Rick Ross "Chevy Ridin' High" (Jive/ZLG)
Kanye West feat. Paul Wall & GLC "Drive Slow" (Roc-A-fella/Island Def Jam)

May 24, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Weeks of 5/15 & 5/22/06

MTVAdds:
Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy "Say I" (Island/Def Jam)
LeToya "Torn" (Capitol)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz f. E-40 & Sean Paul "Snap Yo Fingers" (TVT)
Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland "Promiscuous" (Geffen) 
The Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg "Buttons"  (A&M/Interscope)
Rihanna "Unfaithful"  (Island Def Jam)
Shawnna "Gettin' Some" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)
T.I. "Why You Wanna?" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Yung Joc "It's Goin Down" (Bad Boy)

MTV2 Adds:
Atmosphere "Say Hey There" (Rhymesayers)
Dem Franchize Boys "Ridin' Rims" (So So Def/Virgin)
Pearl Jam "Life Wasted" (J Records)
T.I. "Why You Wanna?" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Thursday "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
David Ford "I Don’t Care What You Call Me" (Columbia)
Dem Franchize Boys "Ridin' Rims" (So So Def/Virgin)
Head Automatica "Graduation Day" (Warner Bros.)
Imogen Heap "Goodnight And Go" (RCA Victor)
Islands "Rough Gem" (Equator)
Mark Ronson feat. Alex Greenwald "Just" (Allido)
Plain White T’s "Take Me Away" (Fearless)
Snow Patrol "Hands Open" (A&M/Interscope)
T.I. "Why You Wanna?" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Thirty Seconds to Mars "The Kill" (Virgin)

MTV Jams Adds:
Busta Rhymes f/ Will.I.Am & Kelis "I Love My Chick" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Cheri Dennis feat. Jim Jones & Yung Joc "I Love You" (Bad Boy)
Cherish "Do It To It" (Sho'nuff/Capitol)
Dem Franchize Boys "Ridin' Rims" (So So Def/Virgin)
Juvenile  "Way I Be Leanin" (Atlantic)
Purple City feat. Jim Jones "Trap" (Babygrande/Koch)
T.I. "Why You Wanna?" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Tha Dogg Pound "Cali Iz Active" (Doggystyle/Koch)
Young Dro "Shoulder Lean" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

May 17, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/8/06

MTVAdds:
AFI "Miss Murder" (Interscope)
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone "Ridin" (Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
AFI "Miss Murder" (Interscope)
H.I.M. "Killing Lonliness" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz f. E-40 & Sean Paul "Snap Yo Fingers" (TVT)
Thirty Seconds to Mars "The Kill" (Virgin)

MTVU Adds:

AFI "Miss Murder" (Interscope)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz f. E-40 & Sean Paul "Snap Yo Fingers" (TVT)
Psapp "HI" (Domino)
Rock Kills Kid "Paralyzed" (Reprise)
The Streets "When You Wasn't Famous" (Vice/Atlantic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Juelz Santana "Clockwork" (Island Def Jam)

May 3, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/1/06

MTVAdds:
Daddy Yankee feat. Lloyd Banks "Rompe (remix)" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook "Where'd You Go" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.)
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Jamie Foxx "DJ Play A Love Song" (J Records)
Mary J. Blige "Enough Cryin" (Geffen) 
Nick Lachey "What's Left Of Me" (Jive/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Field Mob feat. Ciara "So What" (DTP/Geffen)
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Wolfmother  "Woman" (Modular/Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Dave Melillo "Knights Of The Island Counter" (Drive-Thru)
Franz Ferdinand "Walk Away" (Epic)
Ghostface feat. Ne-Yo "Back Like That" (Island Def Jam)
Mates Of State "Fraud In The 80's" (Barsuk)
Ray Cash feat. Scarface "Bumpin' My Music" (Ghet-O-Vision/Sony Urban/Columbia)
Thursday "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
Ice Cube "Why We Thugs" (Lench Mob)
LeToya "Torn" (Capitol)
Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland "Promiscuous" (Geffen)

April 26, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/24/06

MTVAdds:
Angels And Airwaves "The Adventure" (Geffen)
Chris Brown feat. Lil' Wayne "Gimme That" (Jive/ZLG)
Mariah Carey feat. Snoop Dogg "Say Somethin" (Island Def Jam)
Ne-Yo "When You're Mad" (Island Def Jam)
Taking Back Sunday "MakeDamnSure" (Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:
Blue October "Hate Me" (Brandy/Universal)
Daddy Yankee feat. Lloyd Banks "Rompe (remix)" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Gorillaz "El Manana" (Virgin)
Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push" (1st &  15th/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Anti-Flag "The Press Corpse" (RCA)
Atmosphere "Say Hey There" (Rhymesayers)
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (Downtown/Atlantic)
India.Arie "I Am Not My Hair" (Motown/Universal)
Keak Da Sneak "Super Hyphy" (Sumday)
Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push" (1st &  15th/Atlantic)
The Secret Machines "Lightning Blue Eyes" (Warner Bros.)
Wolfmother  "Woman" (Modular/Interscope)

MTV Jams:
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" (Downtown/Atlantic)
Jagged Edge "So Amazing" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz f. E-40 & Sean Paul "Snap Yo Fingers" (TVT)
Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push" (1st &  15th/Atlantic)
Mariah Carey feat. Snoop Dogg "Say Somethin" (Island Def Jam)
Mary J. Blige "Enough Cryin" (Geffen) 
Ne-Yo "When You're Mad" (Island Def Jam)

April 19, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/17/06

MTVAdds:
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (Domino)
Cheyenne "Hanging On" (Epic)
Da Backwudz "I Don't Like The Look Of It" (Rowdy/ Major Way)
Flyleaf "I’m So Sick" (Octone)
Rick Ross "Hustlin" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Angels And Airwaves "The Adventure" (Geffen)
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (Domino)
Cam'Ron "Touch it Or Not" (Diplomats/Asylum)
Da Backwudz "I Don't Like The Look Of It" (Rowdy/ Major Way)
DJ Khaled "Holla At Me" (Terror Squad/Koch)
Rick Ross "Hustlin" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Against Me "From Her Lips To God’s Ears (The Energizer)" (Fat Wreck Chords)
Angels And Airwaves "The Adventure" (Geffen)
Amber Pacific "Poetically Pathetic" (Hopeless)
Cartel "Honestly" (Epic)
Elefant  "Lolita" (Hollywood)
James Blunt "High" (Custard/Atlantic)
Lacuna Coil "Our Truth" (Century Media)
Lady Sovereign "Random" (Chocolate Ind.)
Nightmare Of You "The Days Go By Oh So Slow" (Bevonshire/EastWest)
The Subways "Oh Yeah" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Thrice "Red Sky" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bun B feat. Young Jeezy, Pimp C, Z-Ro "Get Throwed" (Rap-A-Lot)
Daddy Yankee feat. Lloyd Banks "Rompe (remix)" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Field Mob feat. Ciara "Say What" (DTP/Geffen)
Too $hort "Blow The Whistle" (Jive/ZLG)
T-Pain feat. Mike Jones "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper) [remix]" (Jive/ZLG)

April 12, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/10/06

MTVAdds:
The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (Epic)
Hoobastank "If I Were You" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Taking Back Sunday "MakeDamnSure" (Warner Bros.)
Yung Joc "It's Goin Down" (Bad Boy)

MTVU Adds:
Gorillaz "El Manana" (Virgin)
The Raconteurs "Steady, As She Goes" (Third Man/V2)
Blackalicious "Powers" (Anti/Epitaph) 
Taking Back Sunday "MakeDamnSure" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams
Chris Brown feat. Lil' Wayne "Gimme That" (Jive/ZLG)
DJ Khaled "Holla At Me" (Terror Squad/Koch)
DMX "We In Here" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Keak Da Sneak "Super Hyphy" (Sumday)
Rick Ross "Hustlin" (Slip-N-Slide/Island Def Jam)

April 5, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 4/3/06

MTVAdds:
Bubba Sparxxx feat. Ying Yang Twins "Ms. New Booty" (Virgin)
Mary J. Blige "Enough Cryin" --Life & Rhymes performance --
Missy Elliott "We Run This" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Olivia feat. 50 Cent "Best Friend" (G Unit/Interscope)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:

Godsmack "Speak" (Republic/Universal)
Olivia feat. 50 Cent "Best Friend" (G Unit/Interscope)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (Warner Bros.)
Shawnna "Gettin' Some" (Disturbing Tha Peace/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Cham "Ghetto" (Atlantic)
Damone "Out Here All Night" (Island Def Jam)
Dresden Dolls "Sing" (Roadrunner)
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams:
Cam'Ron "Touch it Or Not" (Diplomats/Asylum)
Jamie Foxx "DJ Play A Love Song" (J Records)
Olivia feat. 50 Cent "Best Friend" (G Unit/Interscope)
Ray Cash feat. Scarface "Bumpin' My Music" (Ghet-O-Vision/Sony Urban/Columbia)

March 29, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/27/06

MTVAdds:
Rhianna "S.O.S." (Island Def Jam)
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean "Hips Don’t Lie" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
Foo Fighters "No Way Back" (RCA)
Matisyahu "Youth" (Or/Epic)
Paul Wall "Girl" (Swishahouse/Asylum/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Avenged Sevenfold "Beast And The Harlot" (Warner Bros.)
Busta Rhymes "Touch It (remix)" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley f. Bobby Brown "Beautiful" (Universal)
O.A.R. "Lay Down” (Lava/Atlantic)
Jack’s Mannequin "The Mixed Tape" (Maverick)
Korn "Coming Undone" (Virgin)
Wolfmother  "Dimension" (Modular/Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds:
Yung Joc "It's Goin Down" (Bad Boy)

March 22, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/20/06

MTVAdds:
Fall Out Boy "A Little Less Sixteen Candles..." (Island Def Jam)
Ashley Parker Angel "Let U Go" (Blackground/Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
Fall Out Boy "A Little Less Sixteen Candles..." (Island Def Jam)
Yellowcard "Rough Landing, Holly" (Capitol)
Korn "Coming Undone" (Virgin)

MTVU Adds:
Fall Out Boy "A Little Less Sixteen Candles..." (Island Def Jam)
Flyleaf "I’m So Sick" (Octone)
Foo Fighters "No Way Back" (RCA)
Say Anything "Alive With The Glory Of Love" (Doghouse/J Records)
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" (Domino)
Sergio Mendes feat. Erykah Bady & will.i.am "That Heat" (Concord)
Corrine Bailey Rae "Like A Star" (Good Groove/EMI)

MTV Jams Adds:
Mobb Deep "Put Them In Their Place" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy "Say I" (Island/Def Jam)

March 15, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/13/06

MTVAdds:
Aly & AJ "Rush" (Hollywood)
Kelly Clarkson"Walk Away"  (RCA)
Three 6 Mafia"Poppin' My Collar" (Columbia)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion" (Interscope)

MTV 2 Adds:
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone "Ridin" (Universal)
Flyleaf "I’m So Sick" (Octone)
Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik" (Cash Money/Universal)
Matchbook Romance "Monsters" (Epitaph)
Missy Elliott "We Run This" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
System of A Down "Lonely Day" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone "Ridin" (Universal)
Motion City Soundtrack “Hold Me Down" (Epitaph)
Eagles Of Death Metal "I Want You So Hard" (Downtown)
The Sounds "Song With A Mission" (Scratchie/New Line)
T.I. "What You Know?" (Atlantic)

MTV Jams Adds:
Kelis feat. Too $hort "Bossy" (LaFace/ZLG)
Lil' Kim "Whoa" (Atlantic)
Missy Elliott "We Run This" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
The Notorious B.I.G. "Spit Ya Game" (Bad Boy)
Youngbloodz "Chop Chop" (LaFace/ZLG)

March 8, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 3/06/06

MTVAdds:
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak "Tell Me When To Go" (BME/Warner Bros.)
Panic! At the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Fueled By Ramen)
T.I. "What You Know?" (Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
T.I. "What You Know?" (Atlantic)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion" (Interscope)
Ying Yang Twins feat. Bun B "Git It" (TVT)

MTVU Adds:
Augustana "Boston" (Epic)
Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik" (Cash Money/Universal)
Gym Class Heroes "Cupid's Chokehold" (Fueled By Ramen)
The Strokes "Heart In A Cage" (RCA)
System of A Down "Lonely Day" (Columbia)
T.I. feat. UGK "Front Back" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV Jams:
Busta Rhymes "Touch It (remix)" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Cham "Ghetto" (Atlantic)
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone "Ridin" (Universal)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley f. Bobby Brown "Beautiful" (Universal)
Lil Wayne "Hustler Musik" (Cash Money/Universal)
Ray-J "What I Need" (Knockout/Sanctuary)
T.I. feat. UGK "Front Back" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

March 1, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV TRL Awards Scheduled

The annual TRL Awards will held tomorrow, Saturday at noon EST on MTV.  Artists scheduled to appear include Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Madonna, Fallout Boy, My Chemical Romance and many other stars. Chris Brown will be performing and Kelly Clarkson will be world-premiering her video "Walk Away."

February 24, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/27/06

MTVAdds:
P.O.D. "Goodbye For Now" (Atlantic)
The Pussycat Dolls "Beep" (A&M/Interscope)
Teddy Geiger "Confidence (For You I Will)" (Columbia)
T-Pain feat. Mike Jones "I'm N Luv (Wit A Dancer)" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Silverstein "Discovering The Waterfront" (Victory)
Three 6 Mafia"Poppin' My Collar" (Columbia)

MTV Jams:
Avant "4 Minutes" (Geffen)
Terrence Howard "Hard Out There For A Pimp" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Jagged Edge "Good Luck Charm" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
T.I. "What You Know?" (Atlantic)

February 22, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/20/06

MTVAdds:
Hawthorne Heights "Saying Sorry" (Victory)
Keyshia Cole "Love" (A&M/Interscope)
LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez " Control Myself" (Island Def Jam)
Madonna "Sorry" (Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:
Bubba Sparxxx feat. Ying Yang Twins "Ms. New Booty" (Virgin)
Coheed And Cambria "Welcome Home" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
Death Cab For Cutie "Crooked Teeth" (Atlantic)
Juelz Santana " Oh Yes/Clock Work" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez " Control Myself" (Island Def Jam)
She Wants Revenge "Tear You Apart" (Flawless/Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
Action Action  "The Game"  (Victory)
All Envy Aside "Burning Again" (Universal)
Arctic Monkeys "When The Sun Goes Down" (Domino)
Editors "Munich" (Fader Label)
Imogen Heap "Hide & Seek" (Megaphonic/RCA Victor)
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins "Rise Up With Fists" (Team Love)
Paul Wall "Girl" (Swishahouse/Asylum/Atlantic)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Gold Lion" (Interscope)

MTV Jams:
B.G. feat. Mannie Fresh "Move Around" (Koch)
Ghostface feat. Ne-Yo "Back Like That" (Island Def Jam)
Juvenile "Get Ya Hustle On" (Atlantic)
LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez " Control Myself" (Island Def Jam)
Missy Elliott "We Run This" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Paul Wall "Girl" (Swishahouse/Asylum/Atlantic)
Ying Yang Twins feat. Bun B "Git It" (TVT)

February 15, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV Adds for the Week of 2/13/06

MTVAdds:
Black Eyed Peas "Pump It" (A&M/Interscope)
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco "Touch The Sky" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Prince "Black Sweat" (Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
10 Years  "Wasteland" (Republic/Universal)
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak "Tell Me When To Go" (BME/Warner Bros.)
Hawthorne Heights "Saying Sorry" (Victory)
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco "Touch The Sky" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Young Jeezy "My Hood" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco "Touch The Sky" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Of Montreal "Requiem Of O.M.M.2" (Polyvinyl)
Matisyahu "Youth" (Or/Epic)
People In Planes "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)" (Wind-Up)
Prince "Black Sweat" (Universal)

MTV Jams:
Dilated Peoples "Back Again" (Capitol)
Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco "Touch The Sky" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
M1 feat. K’naan & Story James "Til We Get There" (Sotti/Koch)
Prince "Black Sweat" (Universal)

February 8, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 2/6/06

MTVAdds:
Busta Rhymes "Touch It" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Juvenile "Rodeo" (Atlantic)
Pink "Stupid Girls" (LaFace/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
Avenged Sevenfold "Beast And The Harlot" (Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Death Cab For Cutie "Crooked Teeth" (Atlantic)
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak "Tell Me When To Go" (BME/Warner Bros.)
Hawthorne Heights "Saying Sorry" (Victory)
Juelz Santana " Oh Yes/Clock Work" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
The Like "June Gloom" (Geffen)
Young Jeezy "My Hood" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bubba Sparxxx feat. Ying Yang Twins "Ms. New Booty" (Virgin)

February 2, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Executive Reorganization

MTV has announced a reorganization of its executive staff:

  • Amy Doyle, formerly VP, Music Programming is now Sr. VP of Music & Talent.
  • Peter Baron, VP, Label Relations, MTV & MTV2, is now also responsible for programming MTV's VOD services and the network's new Hi Def channel MHD.
  • Tony DiBari has been upped to Sr. VP, Production from his previous position as Vice President, Production.
  • Ocean MacAdams, VP, MTV News will continue to helm the network's news department.
  • Dave Sirulnick will lead MTV's music, production and news divisions in his new role as Executive VP, MTV Multiplatform Production.

Full details and additional changes can be found in the official press release, or at one of the many sites covering the story, including Hits Daily Double and Mediaweek.

January 26, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 1/30/06

MTVAdds:
Dem Franchize Boyz "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" (So So Def/Virgin)
HIM "Wings Of A Butterfly" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Natasha Bedingfield "Unwritten" (Epic)
Relient K "Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been" (Capitol)
Sean Paul "Temperature" (VP/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds
:
Bow Wow f. JD & J-Kwon "Fresh AZIMIZ" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Juvenile "Rodeo" (Atlantic)
T-Pain feat. Mike Jones "I'm N Luv (Wit A Dancer)" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Beth Orton "Conceived" (Astralwerks)
Da Backwudz "I Don't Like The Look Of It" (Rowdy/ Major Way)
Hard-Fi "Cash Machine" (Necessary/Atlantic)
She Wants Revenge "Tear You Apart" (Flawless/Geffen)
Sigur Ros "Hoppipolla" (Geffen)
We Are Scientists "The Great Escape" (Virgin)

MTV Jams:
Cam’Ron feat. Hell Rell "Get 'Em Daddy (remix)" (Diplomat/Asylum)
Da Backwudz "I Don't Like The Look Of It" (Rowdy/ Major Way)
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak "Tell Me When To Go" (BME/Warner Bros.)
T-Pain feat. Mike Jones "I'm N Luv (Wit A Dancer)" (Jive/ZLG)
Young Jeezy "My Hood" (Island Def Jam)

January 25, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 1/23/06

MTVMTV Adds:
The All-American Rejects "Move Along" (Doghouse/Interscope)
James Blunt "You’re Beautiful" (Custard/Atlantic)
M.I.A. "Bucky Done Gun" (Interscope)
Ne-Yo "So Sick" (Island Def Jam)
Purple Ribbon All Stars feat. Big Boi "I'm On It" (Purple Ribbon/Virgin)

MTV2 Adds:
The All-American Rejects "Move Along" (Doghouse/Interscope)
Dem Franchize Boyz "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" (So So Def/Virgin)
Panic! At the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Fueled By Ramen)
P.O.D. "Goodbye For Now" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
The Academy Is… "Slow Down" (Fueled By Ramen)
The All-American Rejects "Move Along" (Doghouse/Interscope)
M1 feat. K’naan & Story James "Til We Get There" (Sotti/Koch)
Dilated Peoples "Back Again" (Capitol)
Franz Ferdinand "The Fallen" (Epic)
Gogol Bordello "Start Wearing Purple" (Side One Dummy)
HelloGoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive Thru)
Matchbook Romance "Monsters" (Epitaph)

MTV Jams:
Keyshia Cole "Love" (A&M/Interscope)
Ne-Yo "So Sick" (Island Def Jam)

January 18, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Spankin' New Music Week Rocks

MTVMTV's Spankin' New Music Week Rocks kicks off this Tuesday, January 17. Highlights include special guests on TRL and numerous video premieres.

TRL performance schedule
Tuesday: Avenged Sevenfold and The Academy Is
Wednesday:  Yellowcard
Thursday: Coheed & Cambria
Friday: P.O.D.

MTV2 Unleashed video debuts through the week include:
Foo Fighters "Resolve"
All American Rejects
"Move Along"
P.O.D.
"Goodbye For Now"
Panic! At the Disco
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

Check in with MTV's Spankin' New Music Week Rocks page for additional programming elements and the most up-to-date schedules.

January 13, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 1/16/06

MTVMTV Adds:
Chris Brown "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"  (Jive/ZLG)
Lil' Wayne "Fireman" (Cash Money/Universal)
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown" (Or/Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
Beyonce feat. Slim Thugg "Check On It" (Columbia)
Purple Ribbon All Stars feat. Big Boi "I'm On It" (Purple Ribbon/Virgin)
Hellogoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive-Thru)
Three 6 Mafia"Poppin' My Collar" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Akon "Pot Of Gold" (SRC/Universal)
Anthony Hamilton "Can’t Let Go" (So So Def/ZLG)
Cage feat. Daryl Palumbo "Shoot Frank" (Definitive Jux)
Dem Franchize Boyz "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" (So So Def/Virgin)
Don Omar & Tego Calederon "Bandoleros" (UBO)
Fiona Apple "Not About Love" (Epic)
Fort Minor "Remember The Name" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.)
Hellogoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" (Drive-Thru)
John Mayer Trio "Who Did You Think I Was" (Columbia)
KT Tunstall "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree " (Virgin)
Lil' Wayne "Fireman" (Cash Money/Universal)
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown" (Or/Epic)
Metric "Monster Hospital" (Last Gang)
Millencolin "Shut You  (Burning Heart/Epitaph)
P.O.D. "Goodbye For Now" (Atlantic)
Panic! At The Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Fueled By Ramen)
Sean Paul "Temperature" (VP/Atlantic)
Story of the Year "Take Me Back" (Maverick/Warner Bros.)
The Receiving End Of Sirens "Planning A Prison Break" (Triple Crown)
Tom Vek "C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)" (Star Time)

MTV Jams:
Akon "Pot Of Gold" (SRC/Universal)
Avant feat. Lil’ Wayne "You Know What" (Geffen)
Black Eyed Peas"Like That" (A&M/Interscope)
D4L "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me" (Dee Money/Asylum/Atlantic)
Daddy Yankee "Rompe" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Dem Franchize Boyz "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" (So So Def/Virgin)
Don Omar & Tego Calederon "Bandoleros" (UBO)
Mobb Deep feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg "Have A Party" (G Unit/Interscope)
Pitbull feat. Pretty Ricky "Everybody Get Up" (TVT)
Styles P feat. Akon "Can You Believe It" (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
Three 6 Mafia"Poppin' My Collar" (Columbia)
Tony Yayo feat. Joe "I Know You Don't Love Me" (G-Unit/Interscope)

January 11, 2006 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: Further Details on MTV and Microsoft's URGE

Microsoft unveiled the new Windows Media Player 11 and a preview of the MTV Networks digital music service Urge at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Urge will offer a catalog of over 2 million songs that can be purchased or listened to through subscription plans, in addition to streaming radio stations, feature stories, music videos and much more. Music from Urge will be compatible with the Xbox 360 and all other portable and home devices that support Windows Media.

Urge will of course be cross-promoted on all MTV Channels and will also be integrated into their main web portals MTV.com, VH1.com and CMT.com. Look for Urge to be introduced when Windows Media Player 11 launches later this year.

January 5, 2006 in MTV, News | Permalink

ALERT: No Adds at FUSE, MTV, VH1 for Week of 12/24/05

There are no new reported adds at Fuse, MTV and VH1 for this week. Regular programming for all three networks will return after New Year's Day.

December 21, 2005 in BET, MTV, VH1 | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 12/19/05

MTV MTV Adds:
Beyonce feat. Slim Thug "Check On It" (Columbia)
Daddy Yankee "Rompe" (El Cartel/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Armor For Sleep "The Truth About Heaven" (Equal Vision)
Daddy Yankee "Rompe" (El Cartel/Interscope)
Sean Paul "Temperature" (VP/Atlantic)
Twista feat. Pitbull "Hit The Floor" (Atlantic)
The White Stripes "The Denial Twist" (V2)

MTVU Adds:

10 Years  "Wasteland" (Republic/Universal)
Black Eyed Peas feat. Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Cee-Lo & John Legend "Like That" (A&M/Interscope)
The Early November "Something that produces Results" (Drive-Thru)
The Go! Team "Ladyflash" (Columbia)
The Subways "Rock & Roll Queen" (Sire/Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds:
Beyonce feat. Slim Thug "Check On It" (Columbia)
Chris Brown "Yo/Gimme That"  (Jive/ZLG)
Juvenile "Rodeo" (Atlantic)

December 14, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV & Microsoft Announce Urge Music Service

MTV Networks and Microsoft today announced a new digital music service called Urge. Slated to launch sometime in 2006, Urge will be a digital download service integrated into a future version of Windows Media Player. In addition to offering over two million tracks of all music genres from both major and indie labels, Urge will also provide exclusive and original MTV content. Some details and executive comments are in the official Press Release. No details can be found at Urge.com. A full unveiling has been promised for this January's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

December 13, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 12/12/05

MTV Adds:
Ashlee Simpson "LOVE" (Geffen)
Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" (Geffen)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly & Jagged Edge "Nasty Girl" (Bad Boy)
Yellowcard "Lights And Sounds" (Capitol)

MTV2 Adds:
Busta Rhymes "Touch It" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley feat. Nas "Road To Zion" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown" (Or/Epic)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly & Jagged Edge "Nasty Girl" (Bad Boy)

mtvU Adds:
Alicia Keys "Every Little Bit Hurts" (J Records)
The Darkness "One Way Ticket" (Atlantic)
Matisyahu & Saul Williams "King Without A Crown/Black Stacey" (live @ the mtvU Woodies)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly & Jagged Edge "Nasty Girl" (Bad Boy)
Slum Village "EZ Up" (Barak)
The Strokes "Juicebox" (RCA)

MTV Jams Adds:
Busta Rhymes "Touch It" (Aftermath/Interscope)
DPGC feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Karupt & Daz "Real Soon" (Doggystyle/Koch)
Juelz Santana " Oh Yes/Clock Work" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly & Jagged Edge "Nasty Girl" (Bad Boy)
Remy Ma "Conceited" (SRC/Universal)
Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell "Wanna Love You Girl" (Star Trak/Interscope)
Sean Paul "Temperature" (VP/Atlantic)
Twista feat. Pitbull "Hit The Floor" (Atlantic)
Young Jeezy "Trap Star/Go Crazy" (Island Def Jam)

December 7, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

MTV2 Unleased Daily- video premieres December 5 - 9:
Monday: Sean Paul "Temperature"
Tuesday: Daddy Yankee "Rompe"
Wednesday: Bun B: “Draped Up” (remix)
Thursday:  Twista feat. Pitbull "Hit The Floor"
Friday:  Young Jeezy "Trap Star"

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Common
MTV - Wednesday, December 7 @ 8pm EST

Making The Video
with Kanye West
MTV - Thursday, December 8 @ 5pm EST

The Life and Rhymes of Nas
MTV2 - Thursday, December 8 @ 9pm EST

December 2, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

MTV Adds for week of 11/28:
Hawthorne Heights "Niki F.M." (Victory)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Ludacris feat. Field Mob "Georgia" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG "Stay Fly" (Sony Urban/Columbia)

MTV Adds for week of 12/05:
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)
Juelz Santana "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
Ray J "One Wish" (Knockout/Sanctuary)
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland "Here We Go" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)
Weezer "Perfect Situation" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds for week of 12/05:
Chamillionaire feat. Lil Flip "Turn It Up" (Universal)
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
The Strokes "Juicebox" (RCA)

No MTV2 adds for week of 11/28

mtvU Adds for week of 11/28:
Chamillionaire feat. Lil Flip "Turn It Up" (Universal)
The Chemical Brothers "Believe" (Astralwerks)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Straylight Run "Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)" (Victory)

mtvU Adds for week of 12/05:
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
HIM "Wings Of A Butterfly" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)
Warren G feat. B Real "Get U Down" (Hawino)
We Are Scientists "Inaction" (Virgin)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 11/28:
Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri & J-Kwon "Fresh AZIMIZ" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
David Banner & Jazze Pha "Touching" (SRC/Universal)
Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" (Geffen)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Bob Marley "Hold Ya Head" (Bad Boy)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 12/5:
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)

November 30, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 11/21/05

MTV2 Adds:
D4L "Laffy Taffy" (Dee Money/Asylum)
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Armor For Sleep "The Truth About Heaven" (Equal Vision)
Bright Eyes "At The Bottom of Everything" (Saddle Creek)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley feat. Nas "Road To Zion" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Spoon "Sister Jack" (Merge)
The White Stripes "The Denial Twist" (V2)

MTV Jams Adds:
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley feat. Nas "Road To Zion" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Little Brother feat. Joe Scudda "Lovin It" (Atlantic)
Slim Thug feat.Killa Kyleon, Slick Pulla & Young Jeezy "Diamonds (remix)" (Star Trak/Geffen)

No adds at MTV this week.

November 16, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: mtvU Woodies Now Online

mtvU's 2005 Woodie Awards ceremony is now available for viewing on-demand through the network's online player, mtvU Über. Held at NYC's Roseland Ballroom on November 2, the event featured performances by The Go! Team, Matisyahu, Death Cab For Cutie and Little Brother.

The winners at the event are as follows:

  • Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year): My Chemical Romance
  • The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist): Motion City Soundtrack
  • Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist): mewithoutyou
  • Best Video Woodie – Live Action: Death Cab for Cutie "Title & Registration"
  • Best Video Woodie – Animated: Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
  • The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact): U2 - DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
  • Road Woodie (Best Tour): Fallout Boy
  • International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award): Muse
  • Alumni Woodie (a.k.a. The You're Still OK in our Book Award): Green Day
  • Streaming Woodie (Most Downloaded): The Afters "Beautiful Love"

November 10, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 11/14/05

MTV Adds:
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Korn "Twisted Transistor" (Virgin)
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp "Grillz" (Derrty /Fo’ Real/Universal)
System of A Down "Hypnotize" (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Beck "Hell Yes" (Geffen/Interscope)
Lil' Wayne "Fireman" (Cash Money/Universal)
Ludacris feat. Field Mob "Georgia" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp "Grillz" (Derrty /Fo’ Real/Universal)
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland "Here We Go" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
Weezer "Perfect Situation" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
50 Cent "Window Shopper" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Beck "Hell Yes" (Geffen/Interscope)
Fiona Apple "O’ Sailor" (Epic)
Mewithoutyou "Paper Hanger" (Tooth & Nail)
Weezer "Perfect Situation" (Geffen)

MTV Jams:
Ludacris feat. Field Mob "Georgia" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp "Grillz" (Derrty /Fo’ Real/Universal)

November 9, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Viewing Guide For Spankin' New Music Week

MTV's latest Spankin' New Music Week kicks off this Monday, November 7. Lots of specials, lots of guests.

MTV's flagship show TRL will be hosting a slew of music stars for performances and walk-ons. The schedule is as follows:

  • Monday: Kanye West, Pharrell, Robin Thicke, The Click Five
  • Tuesday: Shakira, Simple Plan, Chris Brown
  • Wednesday: 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Hilary Duff, Ne-Yo, Olivia
  • Thursday: Green Day, Yellowcard
  • Friday: Lindsay Lohan

MTV2 will be airing a special live edition of Discover & Download on Monday with Motion City Soundtrack, The Academy Is, M.I.A. and Little Brother. Other MTV2 content includes:

  • "Makes A Video" specials with Korn, Yellowcard and Damien Marley
  • "Spankin' New" features on HIM and Daddy Yankee
  • "Unleashed" video premieres from Yellowcard, Beck, Weezer and Slim Thug feat. Young Jeezy

MTV's websites will also be debuting new specials, including three new installments of The Leak with new music streams from Madonna, Green Day and R. Kelly.

Check MTV.com, or your local listings, for specific air times and any late-breaking changes to the schedule.

November 4, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 11/7/05

MTV Adds:
Gwen Stefani feat. Slim Thug "Luxurious" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Yellowcard "Lights And Sounds" (Capitol)

MTVU Adds:
Korn "Twisted Transistor" (Virgin)
Ludacris feat. Field Mob "Georgia" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Morningwood "Nth Degree" (Capitol)
Nightmare Of You "I Want To Be Buried In Your Backyard" (Bevonshire)
O.A.R. "Love And Memories” (Lava/Atlantic)

MTV Jams:
Crime Mob "Stilettos" (BME/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Purple Ribbon All Stars feat. Big Boi "I'm On It" (Purple Ribbon/Virgin)
Sheek Louch feat. Carl Thomas "One Name" (Koch)
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland "Here We Go" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)

November 2, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 10/31/05

MTV Adds:
50 Cent "Window Shopper" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Green Day "St. Jimmy" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Lindsay Lohan "Confession Of A Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" (Casblanca/Universal)
Madonna "Hung Up" (Warner Bros.)
Mariah Carey "Don’t Forget About Us" (Island Def Jam)
Shakira "Don’t Bother" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent "Window Shopper" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Korn "Twisted Transistor" (Virgin)
Paul Wall feat. Mike Jones "They Don't Know" (Swisha House/Asylum/Atlantic)
R. Kelly "Burn It Up" (Jive/ZLG)
System of A Down "Hypnotize" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Against Me! "Don’t Lose Touch" (Fat Wreck Chords)
The Early November "The Mountain Range In My Living Room" (Drive-Thru)
Green Day "St. Jimmy" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Madonna "Hung Up" (Warner Bros.)
System of A Down "Hypnotize" (Columbia)
Youth Group "Shadowland" (Epitaph)

MTV Jams:
50 Cent "Window Shopper" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Bun B "Draped Up" (Rap-A-Lot/Asylum)

October 26, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Behold mtvU Uber

Much like MTV begat MTV2,  the MTV on-campus college network mtvU has spawned mtvU Über. Since mtvU is not aUBER traditional network (it's carried by college cable systems and broadcast in select common spaces on campuses around the country), it's only fitting that mtvU Über also have a unique status by being MTV's first broadband-only channel.

Currently in beta mode, mtvU Über is available for free  at the mtvU homepage to anyone with a properly configured Windows PC . You can watch the 24/7 live, streaming feed, or select individual music videos and mtvU shows to watch on-demand.

October 25, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Advance Warning
with Augustana, I Wayne,  James Blunt and Me Without You
MTV - Sunday, October 23 @ midnight EST

Video Premiere
Thrice "Image Of The Invisible"
MTVU - Monday, October 24 @ 7am EST and every hour, on the hour

Video Premiere
Green Day  "St Jimmy"
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 25 throughout the day

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Gavin DeGraw
MTV - Wednesday, October 26 @ 8pm EST

October 21, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 10/24/05

MTV Adds:
Coheed And Cambria "The Suffering" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
Death Cab For Cutie "Soul Meets Body" (Atlantic)
Destiny's Child "Stand Up For Love" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
The Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu” (A&M/Interscope)
T-Pain "I'm Sprung" (Jive Records/ZLG)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent "Hustler's Ambition" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Green Day "St. Jimmy" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Thrice "Image Of The Invisible" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Floetry feat. Common"SupaStar" (Geffen)
Jack Johnson "Breakdown" (Universal)
Living Things "Bom Bom Bom" (Jive/ZLG)
My Morning Jacket "Off the Record" (ATO/RCA)
Pinback "Fortress" (Touch & Go)
Thrice "Image Of The Invisible" (Island Def Jam)
T.O.K. "Footprints" (VP)

MTV Jams:
50 Cent "Hustler's Ambition" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Black Rob "Star In Da Hood/Ready (Bad Boy)
Floetry feat. Common"SupaStar" (Geffen)
Lil Flip feat. Mannie Fresh "What It Do" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani "Can I Have It Like That" (Star Trak/Interscope)

October 19, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Ashlee Simpson Live And Legal (The 21st Birthday Special)
MTV - tonight, Friday, October 14 @ 8:30pm EST

MTV2 Subterrenean

with The New Pornographers
MTV2 - Sunday, October 16 @ 12am EST


Video Premiere
Rhymefest "Brand New"
MTVU - Monday, October 17 @ 7am EST and every hour, on the hour


Lil' Wayne Makes A Video

MTV2 - Tuesday, October 18 @ 10am EST


Video Premiere
Lil' Wayne "Fireman"
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 18, throughout the day

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with The Bravery
MTV - Wednesday, October 19 @ 8pm EST

October 14, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 10/17/05

MTV Adds:
50 Cent "Hustler's Ambition" (G-Unit/Interscope)
Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance" (Island Def Jam)
Gorillaz "Dare" (Virgin)
My Chemical Romance "The Ghost of You" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani "Can I Have It Like That" (Star Trak/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Bloc Party "Helicopter" (Vice/Atlantic)
HIM "Wings Of A Butterfly" (Sire/Warner Bros.)y
Relient K "Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been" (Capitol)
T-Pain "I'm Sprung" (Jive Records/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Grits "Hittin’ Curves" (Gotee)
Feist "Mushaboom" (Interscope)
Motley Crue  feat. Chester Bennington "Home Sweet Home " (Motley)
Relient K "Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been" (Capitol)
Rhymefest feat. Kanye West "Brand New" (J Records)
Stellastarr "Sweet Troubled Soul" (RCA)
The Academy Is "Checkmarks" (Fueled By Ramen)

MTV Jams:
Jaheim feat. Jadakiss "Everytime I Think About Her" (Warner Bros.)
Lil' Wayne "Fireman" (Cash Money/Universal)
Mike Jones "Flossin" (Swisshahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Rhymefest feat. Kanye West "Brand New" (J Records)

October 12, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Video Debut:
The Sun "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend"
MTVU - Monday, October 10 @ every hour, on the hour

 Mike Jones Makes A Video
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 11 @ 10am EST

Video Debut:
MIke Jones "Flossin"
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 11, throughout the day

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Hawthorne Heights
MTV - Wednesday, October 12 @ 8pm EST

October 7, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: Jeff Seibenick Makes A "Makes A Video"

Refused TV's Jeff Seibenick directed and edited an MTV2 "Makes A Video" episode for Korn's "Twisted Transistor." This behind the scenes look at the video will be airing on MTV2.

October 7, 2005 in MTV, Refused TV, Virgin | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 10/10/05

MTV Adds:
Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" (A&M/Interscope)
Kelly Clarkson "Because Of You" (RCA)

MTV2 Adds:
Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance" (Island Def Jam)
Fort Minor "Petrified" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.)
Hawthorne Heights "Niki F.M." (Victory)
Juelz Santana "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Amadou & Mariam feat. Manu Chao "Senegal Fast Food" (Nonesuch)
Bun B "Draped Up" (Rap-A-Lot/Asylum)
Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance" (Island Def Jam)
Fort Minor "Petrified" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.)
The Like "What I Say And What I Mean" (Geffen)
Sia "Breathe Me" (Astralwerks)
Sigur Ros "Glosoli" (Geffen)
The Sun "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams:
Paul Wall feat. Mike Jones "They Don't Know" (Swisha House/Asylum/Atlantic)
R. Kelly "Burn It Up" (Jive/ZLG)
R. Kelly "Slow Wind" (Jive/ZLG)

October 5, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Headbangers Ball
with Underoath
MTV2 - Saturday, October 1 @ 10pm EST

Subterranean
with The Cloud Room
MTV2 - Sunday, October 2 @ midnight EST

Video Debut:
Hawthorne Heights "Niki FM"
MTVU - Monday, October 3 @ 7am EST and  then every hour

Steven's Untitled Rock Show
with Coheed And Cambria
FUSE  - Monday, October 3 @ 10pm EST

Ying Yang Twins Make A Video
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 4 @ 10am EST

Video Debut:
Ying Yang Twins feat. Pitbull "Shake"
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 4, throughout the day

Steven's Untitled Rock Show
with Against Me
FUSE  - Tuesday October 4 @ 10pm EST

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Franz Ferdinand
MTV - Wednesday, October 5 @ 8pm EST

September 30, 2005 in Fuse, MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 10/3/05

MTV Adds:
Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country" (Warner Bros.)
Chris Brown "Run It"  (Jive/ZLG)
Frankie J "More Than Words" (Columbia)
Nickelback "Photograph" (Roadrunner)
Pretty Ricky "Your Body" (Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Gorillaz "Dare" (Virgin)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Pitbull "Shake" (TVT)

MTVU Adds:
Afu-Ra feat. Gentleman "Why Cry"  (Decon)
Blackalious "Your Move" (Anti/Epitaph)
Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Hawthorne Heights "Niki F.M." (Victory)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG "Stay Fly" (Sny Urban/Columbia)

MTV Jams:
Common "Testify" (GOOD/Geffen)
Ray J "One Wish" (Knockout/Sanctuary)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Pitbull "Shake" (TVT)

September 28, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Signs Wireless Deal With WMG

Warner Music Group has licensed its music video library to MTV for use in the network's mobile phone programming initiatives. This non-exclusive pact will allow MTV to include full-length videos from WMG artists in programming they will provide to cell phone users. Planned programming includes repurposed versions of existing MTV properties like VH1 Driven, plus content created specifically for the wireless space.

This paid MTV wireless service will allow customer to either individually purchase or subscribe to MTV's programming. WMG will receive a portion of the generated revenue.

September 27, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Alicia Keys Unplugged
MTV - tonight, Friday, September 23 @ 10pm EST

7th Avenue Drop
with Coheed & Cambria
FUSE - Saturday, September 24 @ 9pm EST
FUSE - Sunday, September 25 @ 12am, 4am, 2pm, 6:30pm & 11pm EST

Advance Warning
with Avenged Sevenfold, Jack's Mannequin, We Are Scientists, Hope Paltrow
MTV - Sunday, September 25 @ 12am EST
MTV2 - Wednesday, September 28 @ 10am EST


Video Debut:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Ain’t No Easy Way"
MTVU - Monday, September 26 @ 7am EST and  then every hour

TRL
with Sean Paul
MTV - Monday, September 26 @ 5pm EST

Common Makes A Video
MTV2 - Tuesday, September 27 @ 10am

 Video Debut:
Common "Testify"
MTV2 - Tuesday, September 27, throughout the day

September 23, 2005 in Fuse, MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTVU Woodie Nominees

Got wood?MTVU announced the nominees for their second annual Woodie Awards this week, which lets college students vote for their favorite artists and videos. The Arcade Fire lead all contenders with five nominations. Other nominees include Gorillaz, M.I.A., Matisyahu and Death Cab For Cutie. The MTVU Woodie Awards ceremony and concert will be held at NYC's Roseland Ballroom on November 2, with footage set to debut on MTVU and MTVU.com on November 10.

The Woodie Award moniker is, of course, a cheeky reference to the fact that the vast majority of artists nominated aren't receiving Gold and Platinum plaques, yet. Instead, they get a chance to acquire some Wooden awards based directly on fan voting. One very interesting aspect of this year's Woodies will be the "Streaming Woodie Award", which will be set up like the NCAA Final Four tournament. Twenty videos will be available for streaming in week long heats of five videos each. The four winners of those preliminary rounds will them duke it out for the final award.

The full list of nominees can be found after the jump...

Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year)
The Arcade Fire
Common
Fallout Boy
Gorillaz
My Chemical Romance

The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist)
The Bravery
The Decemberists
Matisyahu
Motion City Soundtrack
Paul Wall

Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist)
The Arcade Fire
Matisyahu
MeWithoutYou
M.I.A.
Saul Williams

Best Video Woodie – Live Action (Best Live Action Video)
Death Cab for Cutie "Title & Registration"
Jack Johnson "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
My Chemical Romance "Helena"
Nas & Olu Dara "Bridging the Gap"
Nine Inch Nails "Only"

Best Video Woodie – Animated (Best Animated Video)
Aberfeldy "Love Is An Arrow"
Aesop Rock "Fast Cars"
The Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #3
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc."
Rilo Kiley "It's a Hit"

The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact)
Coldplay - Oxfam International
Common - "Know HIV/AIDS" campaign
David Banner - Heal The Hood Project
Kanye West - Loop Dreams
U2 - DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa

Road Woodie (Best Tour)
The Arcade Fire
Common
Fallout Boy
Jack Johnson
Muse

International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award)

The Arcade Fire
A-kon
Bloc Party
Keane
Muse

Alumni Woodie (a.k.a. The You're Still OK in our Book Award)
Beck
Coldplay
Common
Green Day
Mos Def

Streaming Woodie (Most Downloaded)

Week 1
Eisley "Telescope Eyes"
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc"
Hawthorne Heights "Ohio Is For Lovers"
Modest Mouse "Ocean Breathes Salty"
Usher "My Boo"

Week 2
Aesop Rock "Fast Cars"
Death Cab for Cutie "Title & Registration"
MeWithoutYou "January 1979"
Mike Jones "Still Tippin"
Straylight Run "Existentialism On Prom Night"

Week 3
The Alchemist featuring Nina Sky "Hold You Down"
K'naan "Soobax"
My Chemical Romance "I'm Not OK I Promise)
Taking Back Sunday "A Decade Under the Influence"
The Unicorns "Jellybones"

Week 4
Aberfeldy "Love Is An Arrow"
The Afters "Beautiful Love"
Alicia Keys "Karma"
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown"
The Postal Service "Against All Odds"

September 23, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 9/26/05

MTV Adds:
Common "Testify" (GOOD/Geffen)
Foo Fighters "DOA" (Roswell/RCA)
Lil' Kim "Lighters Up" (Atlantic)
Missy Elliott "Teary Eyed" (Goldmind/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Audioslave "Doesn't Remind Me" (Epic/Interscope)
Common "Testify" (GOOD/Geffen)
Lil' Kim "Lighters Up" (Atlantic)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG "Stay Fly" (Sny Urban/Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Ain’t No Easy Way" (RCA)
Common "Testify" (GOOD/Geffen)
The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (Epic)
The Game "Put You On The Game" (G Unit/Interscope)
James Blunt "You’re Beautiful" (Custard/Atlantic)
Marc Broussard "Home" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:
D4L "Laffy Taffy" (Dee Money/Asylum)
Juelz Santana "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
Lil' Kim "Lighters Up" (Atlantic)
Ne-Yo feat. Peedi Peedi "Stay" (Island Def Jam)

September 21, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Set your DVRs...

Hawthorne Heights Make A Video (with director Major Lightner)
MTV2 - Tuesday, August 20 @5pm EST

Video debut:
Coheed And Cambria "The Suffering" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
MTV2 - Tuesday, August 20, throughout the day

Alicia Keys Unplugged
MTV -Friday, September 23 @ 10pm EST

September 19, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Hi-Def Channel To Launch In '06

It is being reported around the Web that MTV Networks is set to introduce another three letter combination to the cable lexicon: MHD, as in MTV HD. This Hi-Definition channel will aggregate HD content from such MTV Networks properties as MTV and VH1. It  should launch early next year.

Video Static will have the details as they become officially announced...

September 14, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 9/19/05

MTV Adds:
Ashlee Simpson "Boyfriend " (Geffen)
Audioslave "Doesn't Remind Me" (Epic/Interscope)
Twista feat. Trey Songz "Girl Tonight" (Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
The Bravery "Unconditional" (Island Def Jam)
Coheed And Cambria "The Suffering" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
The Game "Put You On The Game" (G Unit/Interscope)
Twista feat. Trey Songz "Girl Tonight" (Atlantic)
Weezer "We Are All In Love" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
311 "Don’t Tread On Me" (Volcano/ZLG)
Audioslave "Doesn't Remind Me" (Epic/Interscope)
Bloc Party "Helicopter" (Vice/Atlantic)
Coheed And Cambria "The Suffering" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
Fiona Apple "Parting Gift"
Nada Surf "Always Love" (Barsuk)
Switchfoot "Stars" (Columbia)
Twista feat. Trey Songz "Girl Tonight" (Atlantic)
Weezer "We Are All In Love" (Geffen)

MTV Jams:
Chamillionaire feat. Lil Flip "Turn It Up" (Universal)
The Game "Put You On The Game" (G Unit/Interscope)
Keyshia Cole "I Should Have Cheated" (A&M/Interscope)
Missy Elliott "Teary Eyed" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Pretty Ricky "Your Body" (Atlantic)
Rihanna "If It’s Lovin' That You Want"  (Island Def Jam)
Tony Yayo feat. Joe "Curious/Pimpin" (G Unit/Interscope)
Trina feat. Lil' Wayne "Don't Trip" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
Twista feat. Trey Songz "Girl Tonight" (Atlantic)
Yummy Bingham feat. Jadakiss "Come Get It" (Motown/Universal)

September 14, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: Sum-41 Congo Special On MTV

MTV will mark the United Nation's International Day of Peace on September 21 by airing the 30-minute special, Rocked: Sum-41 in Congo. Punk/metal group Sum-41 documented their trip to the Democratic Republic of  Congo to draw attention to the bloody humanitarian crisis that has cost 3 million lives over the past 6 years and destroyed much of the country. The special includes the band's rescue from a particularly fraught incident by U.N. peace worker Chuck Pelletier (for whom Sum-41's latest album, Chuck, is named).

Rocked: Sum-41 in Congo was commissioned by War Child Canada and directed by Spy Entertainment's George Vale. The special is strongly tied-in with MTV's politically active web site think MTV and will also air commercial-free on the Cable In The Classroom closed circuit network, which is available in over 8,000 schools in the United States.

A preview of the special and additional info about the situation in the Congo can be found at War Child Canada.

September 13, 2005 in MTV, Spy | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 9/12/05

MTV Adds:
Bow Wow feat. Ciara "Like You" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Coldplay "Fix You" (Capitol)
Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To" (Epic)
Nine Inch Nails "Only" (Interscope)
Paul Wall "Sittin' Sidewayz" (Swisha House/Asylum)
Rev Run "Mind On The Road" (RSMG/Island Def Jam)
Young Jeezy feat. Akon "Soul Survivor" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Bow Wow feat. Ciara "Like You" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Jim Jones feat. Trey Songz "Summer Wit Miami" (Diplomats/KOCH)
Motion City Soundtrack “Everything Is Alright” (Epitaph)
Young Jeezy feat. Akon "Soul Survivor" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU:
Alicia Keys "Unbreakable" (J Records)
The Deathray Davies "Clock In Now" (Glurp)
Little Brother feat. Joe Scudda "Lovin It" (Atlantic)
My Chemical Romance "The Ghost of You" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Underoath "It’s Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door" (Tooth & Nail)

MTV Jams:
Ciara "And I" (LaFace/ZLG)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Jim Jones feat. Trey Songz "Summer Wit Miami" (Diplomats/KOCH)
Tony Yayo featuring 50 Cent "So Seductive" (G Unit/Interscope)
T-Pain "I'm Sprung" (Jive Records/ZLG)
Tyra feat. Penelope "Get No Ooh Wee" (Universal)

September 9, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Hurricane Katrina Concerts

MTV has announced a massive fund raising event on September 10 to benefit the Red Cross and their efforts to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Concerts will be held in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Atlanta with live coverage on MTV, VH1 and CMT. Confirmed participants include Usher, Green Day, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, John Mellencamp, Rob Thomas and Gretchen Wilson. Look for further details to be announced in the coming days.

This is part of MTV and Viacom's larger efforts to aid in the relief efforts. Viacom has already donated $1 million to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Effort and MTV has established a special Hurricane Relief page.

September 1, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Playlist Frozen for the Week of 9/5/05

The MTV playlists are frozen until the week of September 12.... There are no adds for the week of September 5.

August 31, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: VMA 2005 Winners

The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards were all about Green Day. They opened the show with a pyrotechnic performance of "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" and proceeded to win seven awards, including Video Of The Year. Don't be surprised if their new video, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" wins more than a few at next year's festivities.

Here are all the winners for the 2005 MTV VMAs:

  • VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST MALE VIDEO: Kanye West "Jesus Walks"
  • BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone"
  • BEST GROUP VIDEO: Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST RAP VIDEO: Ludacris "Number One Spot"
  • BEST R&B VIDEO: Alicia Keys "Karma"
  • BEST HIP HOP VIDEO: Missy Elliott f/ Ciara & Fat Man Scoop "Lose Control"
  • BEST DANCE VIDEO: Missy Elliott f/ Ciara & Fat Man Scoop "Lose Control"
  • BEST ROCK VIDEO: Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST POP VIDEO: Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone"
  • BEST NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO: The Killers "Mr. Brightside"
  • MTV2 AWARD: Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Going Down"
  • VIEWER'S CHOICE: Green Day "American Idiot"
  • BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO: Gorillaz "Feel Good INC."
  • BEST DIRECTION IN A VIDEO: Samuel Bayer for Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO: Kishaya Dudley for Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl"
  • BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A VIDEO: Passion Pictures for Gorillaz "Feel Good INC."
  • BEST ART DIRECTION IN A VIDEO: Zach Matthewes for Gwen Stefani "What You Waiting For?"
  • BEST EDITING IN A VIDEO: Tim Royes for Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO: Samuel Bayer for Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • BEST VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK: Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

R. Kelly's lip-synced new chapter of "Trapped In The Closet" and Kelly Clarkson's very rocking and very wet show closer "Since You Been Gone" are sure to grab some headlines over the coming days. Fat Joe and G-Unit continued their war of words, which culminated in a potentially fine-worthy flurry of profanity at the end of 50 Cent and Tony Yayo's performance. Neither of the big stories leading up to the awards - the hurricane and the shooting of Suge Knight - seemed to affect or even get acknowledged during the event.

Oh, and as for the accuracy of the Video Static VMA poll? Let's just say that I hope nobody wagered based on our data.

August 28, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Call Me Zogby: VMA Predictions

Our VMA poll is now closed. Although the sample size is so small that the margin of error is conceivably close to 99%, Video Static readers have picked the following winners:

Video of the Year
: Kanye West "Jesus Walks"
Best Female Video: Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl"
Best R&B Video: John Legend "Ordinary People"
Best Hip Hop Video: Kanye West "Jesus Walks"
Best Rock Video: Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
Breakthrough Video: Gorillaz "Feel Good INC"

Every other VMA category is, as they say, too close to call. (insert witty Florida election joke here) As stated earlier: The sample size used to make these predictions is absurdly small and there is no guarantee that the survey respondents are actually VMA voters. So, basically, this post and my survey are probably meaningless. Find out for yourself by tuning in the VMAs tonight at 8pm EST on MTV.

August 28, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV VMAs on Sunday

The MTV Video Music Awards will kick off this Sunday with a pre-show special at 6pm EST, followed by the main event at 8pm. Diddy is the host. Performers include 50 Cent, R. Kelly, Coldplay, The Killers, Green Day and Kelly Clarkson. Coverage will also be continued on MTV's Overdrive online platform with on-demand access to performances, arrival footage and even some exclusive content.

Chance of rain: 60%. Chance of hurricane: Don't ask.  Everything looks ok for Sunday, but many flights were cancelled, as were a good number of MTV's preliminary parties and performances.

Award predictions? Last year's show ended with a giant "Choose Or Lose" performance. We lost. A small, but fitting revenge would be to see Green Day pick up a bunch Moon Men. That said, don't discount Kanye West, who got shut out at the 2004 VMAs.

Video Static will have a complete wrap-up of the event on Monday.

August 26, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 8/29/05

MTV Adds:
Alicia Keys "Unbreakable" (J Records)
Dave Matthews Band "Dreamgirl" (RCA)
David Banner "Play" (SRC/Universal)
Ryan Cabrera "Shine On" (Atlantic)
Shakira "No" (Epic)
System of A Down "Question!" (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
Bloodhound Gang "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" (Republic/Geffen)
Foo Fighters "DOA" (Roswell/RCA)
Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To" (Epic)
My Chemical Romance "The Ghost of You" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Sean Paul "We Be Burnin" (VP/Atlantic)
The White Stripes "My Doorbell" (V2)

MTVU Adds:
The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret" (Doghouse/Interscope)
Death Cab For Cutie "Soul Meets Body" (Atlantic)
Emiliana Torrini "Heartstopper" (Rough Trade)
Foo Fighters "DOA" (Roswell/RCA)
OK Go "A Million Ways" (Capitol)
Sean Paul "We Be Burnin" (VP/Atlantic)
Silverstein "Smile In Your Sleep" (Victory)
The White Stripes "My Doorbell" (V2)
Young Jeezy feat. Akon "Soul Survivor" (Island Def Jam)

No adds at MTV Jams this week...

August 24, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

Video Static Viewing Guide

Set your DVRs for the following...

Headbangers Ball with Avenged Sevenfold
MTV2 - Saturday, August 20 @ 10pm EST

Making of special + video debut:
Jim Jones feat. Diddy, Paul Wall, Jha'Jha "What You Been Drankin' On" (Diplomats/KOCH)
MTV2 -  Sunday, August 21 @ 5pm EST

Video debut:
We Are Scientists "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" (Virgin)
MTVU - Monday, August 22 @ 7am EST and then every hour

Video debut:
Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To" (Epic)
MTV2 - Tuesday, August 23, throughout the day

Warped Wednesday featuring My Chemical Romance
FUSE - Wednesday, August 24 @ 12pm EST and 11pm EST

Nokia Unwired At Hard Rock Live featuring T.I.
MTV2 - Wedsnesday, August 24 @ 8pm EST

August 19, 2005 in Fuse, MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 8/22/05

MTV Adds:
Sean Paul "We Be Burnin" (VP/Atlantic)
Teairra Mari "Make Her Feel Good" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:

50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep "Outta Control (remix)" (G Unit/Interscope)
Citizen Cope "Son’s Gonna Rise" (RCA)
Cold "Happens All The Time" (Lava/Atlantic)
Dave Matthews Band "Dreamgirl" (RCA)
Franz Ferdinand "Do You Want To" (Epic)
John Legend "So High" (GOOD/Columbia)
Trey Songz feat. Twista "I Gotta Make It" (Atlantic)
We Are Scientists "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" (Virgin)

MTV Jams Adds:
Jim Jones feat. Trey Songz "Summer Wit Miami" (Diplomats/KOCH)
John Legend "So High" (GOOD/Columbia)
Marques Houston "Naked" (TUG/Epic)
Sean Paul "We Be Burnin" (VP/Atlantic)
Sheek Louch feat. Styles P "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" (D-Block/KOCH)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG "Stay Fly" (Sny Urban/Columbia)
YoungBloodz "Presidential" (LaFace/ZLG)

No adds at MTV2 this week

August 17, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 8/15/05

MTV Adds:
The Click Five "Just The Girl" (Lava/Atlantic)
Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Hilary Duff "Wake Up" (Hollywood)
Kanye West "Golddigger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones "Badd" (TVT)

MTV2 Adds:
Kanye West "Golddigger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Augustana "Stars And Boulevards" (Epic)
Coheed And Cambria "Welcome Home" (Equal Vision/Columbia)
Gorillaz "Dare" (Virgin)
Little Barrie "Free Salute" (Artemis)

MTV Jams:
Dipset feat. Juelz Santana & Cam'ron "The Best Out/Get Down" (Diplomats/Koch)
Kanye West "Golddigger" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
T.O.K. "Footprints" (VP)

August 10, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of August 8

MTV Adds:
The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret" (Doghouse/Interscope)
Frankie J "How To Deal" (Columbia)
Mariah Carey "Shake It Off" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Coldplay "Fix You (Capitol)
David Banner "Play" (SRC/Universal)
Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Rev Run "Mind On The Road" (RSMG/Island Def Jam)
System of A Down "Question!" (Columbia)
Trey Songz "Gotta Make It" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Coldplay "Fix You (Capitol)
Mariah Carey "Shake It Off" (Island Def Jam)
Mike Doughty "Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well" (ATO/RCA)
Nickel Creek "When In Rome" (Sugar Hill)
System of A Down "Question!" (Columbia)
Yerba Buena "Sugar Daddy" (Razor & Tie)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bow Wow feat. Ciara "Like You" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Mariah Carey "Shake It Off" (Island Def Jam)

August 3, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of July 18 - August 1

MTV Adds - August 1
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep "Outta Control (remix)" (G Unit/Interscope)
Akon "Bonanza (Belly Dancer)" (SRC/Universal)
The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" (Island/Island Def Jam)
Tony Yayo featuring 50 Cent "So Seductive" (G Unit/Interscope)
Young Jeezy "And Then What" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds - August 1
Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country" (Warner Bros.)
Don Omar feat. Fat Joe, N.O.R.E. & LDA "Reggaeton Latino (remix)" (Chosen Few/UBO)

MTVU - August 1
Akon "Bonanza (Belly Dancer)" (SRC/Universal)
Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country" (Warner Bros.)
The Cloud Room "Hey Now Now" (Gigantic)
Copeland "Pin Your Wings" (Militia Group)
Don Omar feat. Fat Joe, N.O.R.E. & LDA "Reggaeton Latino (remix)" (Chosen Few/UBO)
Jason Mraz "Wordplay" (Atlantic)
Keyshia Cole "I Just Want It To Be Over" (A&M/Interscope)
Mae "Suspension" (Tooth & Nail)

MTV Jams - August 1
Chris Brown "Run It"  (Jive/ZLG)
Lil’ Rob "Summer Nights" (Upstairs)

MTV Adds - July 25
Black Eyed Peas "Don’t Lie" (A&M/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds - July 25
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep "Outta Control (remix)" (G Unit/Interscope)

MTVU Adds - July 25
Boys Night Out "Medicating" (Ferret)
Joss Stone "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (S-Curve)
Sleater-Kinney "Entertain" (Sub Pop)

MTV Jams Adds - July 25
50 Cent feat. Mobb Deep "Outta Control (remix)" (G Unit/Interscope)
Lyfe Jennings “Must Be Nice” (Columbia)

MTV Adds - July 18
Gwen Stefani "Cool" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds - July 18
The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret" (Doghouse/Interscope)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley "Welcome To Jam Rock" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Hot Hot Heat "Middle Of Nowhere" (Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Incubus "Make A Move" (Epic)
Jermaine Dupri "Gotta Getcha" (So So Def/Virgin)
Nine Inch Nails "Only" (Interscope)
Tony Yayo featuring 50 Cent "So Seductive" (G Unit/Interscope)

MTVU Adds - July 18
Black Eyed Peas "Don’t Lie" (A&M/Interscope)
Cassidy "B-Boy Stance" (Full Surface/J Records)
The Decemberists "Sixteen Military Wives" (Kill Rock Stars)
Head Automatica "Beating Heart Baby" (Warner Bros.)
Rihanna "Pon De Replay" (Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds - July 18
Faith Evans "Mesmerized" (Capitol)
Don Omar feat. Fat Joe, N.O.R.E. & LDA "Reggaeton Latino (remix)" (Chosen Few/UBO)

July 27, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV VMA 05 Nominees Announced

MTV announced the nominees today for the 2005 Video Music Awards. Green Day leads the pack with eight nominations, while Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott had six nods apiece. Directors with multiple nominations include Dave Meyers, Paul Hunter, Alex & Martin, Marc Webb, Samuel Bayer and Sophie Muller. P. Diddy has been confirmed as host for the festivities and performers will include Green Day, Kelly Clarkson and Kanye West. The Awards will be held Sunday, August 28 in Miami.

The full list of nominees and much more info about the event can be found at MTV's VMA site. Here are the nominees for a few select categories:

Video of the Year:
Coldplay "Speed Of Sound" (Mark Romanek, director)
Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (Samuel Bayer, director)
Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (Paul Hunter, director)
Kanye West "Jesus Walks"  (Chris Milk, director)
Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell "Drop It Like It's Hot" (Paul Hunter, director)

Breakthrough Video:
Eminem "Mosh" (Ian Inaba, director)
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc." (Jamie Hewlett & Pete Candeland, directors)
Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop "Lose Control" (Dave Meyers & Missy Elliott, directors)
Sarah McLachlan "World On Fire" (Sophie Muller, director)
U2 "Vertigo" (Alex & Martin, directors)

Best Direction In A Video:
Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (Samuel Bayer, director)
Jennifer Lopez "Get Right" (Francis Lawrence & Diane Martel, directors)
Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop "Lose Control" (Dave Meyers & Missy Elliott, directors)
White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (Floria Sigismondi, director)
U2 "Vertigo" (Alex & Martin, directors)

Best Cinematography In A Video:
Coldplay "Speed Of Sound" (Harris Savides, DP)
Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (Samuel Bayer, DP)
Modest Mouse "Ocean Breathes Salty" (Danny Hiele, DP)
Simple Plan "Untitled" (Michael Bernard, DP)
U2 "Vertigo" (Omer Ganai, DP)
White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (Chris Soos, DP)

Best Editing In A Video:
Coldplay "Speed Of Sound" (Adam Pertofsky, editor)
Foo Fighters "Best Of You" (Nathan Cox, editor)
Green Day "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (Tim Royes, editor)
Gwen Stefani "What You Waiting For?" (Dustin Robertson, editor)
Jennifer Lopez "Get Right" (Dustin Robertson, editor)
Simple Plan "Untitled" (Richard Alarcron, editor)

July 25, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 7/11/05

MTV Adds:
U2 "City Of Blinding Lights" (Interscope)
Webbie featuring Trina "Bad Chick (remix)" (Trill/Asylum)

MTV2 Adds:
David Banner "Play" (SRC/Universal)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones "Badd" (TVT)
Young Jeezy "And Then What" (Island Def Jam)

MTVU Adds:
Gwen Stefani "Cool" (Interscope)
Jamiroquai "Feels Just Like It Should" (Epic)
Nine Inch Nails "Only" (Interscope)

MTV Jams:
Bobby Valentino "Tell Me" (DTP/ISland Def Jam)
P$C feat. T.I. and Lil' Scrappy "I'm A King" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Rihanna "Pon De Replay" (Island Def Jam)
Webbie featuring Trina "Bad Chick (remix)" (Trill/Asylum)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones "Badd" (TVT)

July 7, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 7/04/05

MTV Adds:
Bow Wow featuring Omarion "Let Me Hold You" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" (Virgin)
Mario "Here I Go Again" (J Records)
Natasha Bedingfield "These Words (I Love You, I Love You)" (Epic)
P$C feat. T.I. and Lil' Scrappy "I'm A King" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
R. Kelly "Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 1)" (Jive/ZLG)
Relient K "Be My Escape" (Capitol)
Rihanna "Pon De Replay" (Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
The Bravery “Fearless” (Island Def Jam)
P$C feat. T.I. and Lil' Scrappy "I'm A King" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Audioslave "Your Time Has Come" (Epic/Interscope)
K-os "Man I Used to Be" (Astralwerks)
Kasabian "L.S.F." (RCA)
The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" (Island/Island Def Jam)
Motion City Soundtrack “Everything Is Alright” (Epitaph)
U2 "City Of Blinding Lights" (Interscope)
Terrence Howard "Whoop That Trick" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

MTV Jams:
P$C feat. T.I. and Lil' Scrappy "I'm A King" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Rihanna "Pon De Replay" (Island Def Jam)
Webbie featuring Trina "Bad Chick (remix)" (Trill/Asylum)
Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones "Badd" (TVT)

note: The P$C and Terrence Howard videos support the Hustle & Flow soundtrack

June 29, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 6/27/05

MTV2 Adds:
Audioslave "Your Time Has Come" (Epic/Interscope)
The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" (Island/Island Def Jam)
Paul Wall "Sittin' Sidewayz" (Swisha House/Asylum)

MTVU Adds:
Incubus "Make A Move" (Immortal/Epic)
Queens of the Stone Age "In My Head" (Interscope)
Teairra Mari "Make Her Feel Good" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTV Jams Adds:

Jermaine Dupri "Gotta Getcha" (So So Def/Virgin)
Jim Jones "Baby Girl/Gee’s Up" (Diplomats/Koch)

There are no Adds to MTV this week.

June 22, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 6/20/05

MTV Adds:
Kanye West "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

MTV2 Adds:
Kanye West "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
The Mars Volta "L'Via/L'Viaquez" (Strummer/Universal)
R. Kelly feat. The Game "Playas Only" (Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds:
Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (Merge)
The Bravery “Fearless” (Island Def Jam)
Hot Hot Heat "Middle Of Nowhere" (Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Kaiser Chiefs "Oh My God" (Universal)
Kanye West "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
The Killers "Mr. Brightside" - live version (Island/Island Def Jam)
Of Montreal "Wraith Pinned To The Mist (And Other Games)" (Polyvinyl)
Saul Williams "Black Stacey" (Fader)
Stereophonics "Dakota" (V2)

MTV Jams Adds:
Cassidy "B-Boy Stance" (Full Surface/J Records)
Kanye West "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Mario "Here I Go Again" (J Records)
R. Kelly feat. The Game "Playas Only" (Jive/ZLG)
Teairra Mari "Make Her Feel Good" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Young Jeezy "And Then What"

June 15, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 6/13/05

MTV Adds:
Jessica Simpson "These Boots Are Made For Walkin" (Columbia)
Lindsay Lohan "First" (Casablanca/Universal/Hollywood)
Mike Jones "Back Then'" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara "Lose Control" (Goldmind/Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Finch "Bitemarks And Bloodstains" (Drive-Thru/Geffen)
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara "Lose Control" (Goldmind/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Bright Eyes "Lua" (Saddle Creek)
Beck "Girl" (Geffen)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley "Welcome To Jam Rock" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Dredg "Bug Eyes" (Interscope)
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara "Lose Control" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
The Mars Volta "L'Via/L'Viaquez" (Strummer/Universal)
Paul Wall "Sittin' Sidewayz" (Swisha House/Asylum)

MTV Jams:
Amerie “Touch” (Columbia)
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley "Welcome To Jam Rock" (Tuff Gong/Ghetto Youths/Universal)
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara "Lose Control" (Goldmind/Atlantic)
R. Kelly "Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 1)" (Jive/ZLG)
Slim Thug featuring Bun B "I Ain't Heard Of That" (Star Trak/Geffen)

June 8, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Flux set to invade Cell Phones

MTV Networks announced today the creation of Flux, a new subscription-based service delivering entertainment and music via mobile and online networks. It will be debuting in Japan only on June 30. There are plans to launch the service in other markets in the coming months.

Flux's content in Japan will include an exclusive music video series from Japanese pop star Utada,  the MTV show Dirty Sanchez, SpongeBob Squarepants episodes, short form animation and much more. The service will cost 315 yen ($3) per month.

June 2, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 6/06/05

MTV Adds:
Boyz N Da Hood "Dem Boyz" (Bad Boy)
Common featuring Kanye West & John Mayer "Go" (Geffen)
Destiny's Child "Cater 2 U" (Columbia)
Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin Down" (Island Def Jam)
Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino “Pimpin' All Over The World” (Island Def Jam)
The White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (V2)

MTV2 Adds:
Kings of Leon "Four Kicks" (RCA)
T.I. "ASAP/Motivation" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
Transplants "Gansters & Thugs" (La Salle/Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Foo Fighters "Best Of You" (RCA)
Mike Jones "Back Then'" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Stevie Wonder "So What The Fuss" (Motley)

MTV Jams:
Paul Wall "Sittin' Sidewayz" (Swisha House/Asylum)
Ray Cash "Sex Appeal" (Ghet-O-Vision/Sony Urban/Columbia)
Trey Songz featuring Twista "Gotta Make It" (Atlantic)

June 1, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Week of 5/30/05

MTV2 Adds:
Common featuring Kanye West & John Mayer "Go" (Geffen)
The White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (V2)

MTVU Adds:
Mewithoutyou "January 1979" (Tooth & Nail)
The RZA feat. Prodigal Son & Christbearer of Northstar "Unleash Me" (Virgin)
The White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (V2)

MTV Jams Adds:
Bow Wow featuring Omarion "Let Me Hold You" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Destiny's Child "Cater 2 U" (Columbia)
Eminem "Ass Like That" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (Interscope)
T.I. "ASAP/Motivation" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

note 1: The RZA's video is in support of Virgin's soundtrack to the new Jet Li movie Unleashed.
note 2: We're now including the adds for the MTV digital tier channel MTV Jams
note 3: No adds reported at MTV this week

May 25, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: Executive Switch at VH1 and MTV

MTV Networks announced last week that Christina Norman is the new President of MTV and Tom Calderone is now General Manager of VH1. Norman had been President of VH1; Calderone had been Executive Vice President of Music Programming and Talent for MTV & MTV2.

The full press release can be found at PR Newswire.

May 19, 2005 in MTV, News, VH1 | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for Week of 5/23/05

MTV Adds:
3 Doors Down "Let Me Go" (Universal)
Coldplay "Speed of Sound" (Capitol)
Eminem "Ass Like That" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Foo Fighters "Best Of You" (RCA)
Howie Day "Collide" (Epic)
Marques Houston "All Because Of You" (TUG Entertainment)
Papa Roach "Scars" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
Alkaline Trio "Time To Waste" (Vagrant)
Coldplay "Speed of Sound" (Capitol)
Eminem "Ass Like That" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino “Pimpin' All Over The World” (Island Def Jam)
Rise Against "Swing Life Away" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
And You Kill Know Us By the Trail of Dead "Caterwaul" (Interscope)
Bobby Valentino "Slow Down" (Island Def Jam)
Coldplay "Speed of Sound" (Capitol)
The Game "Dreams" (G Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)
Garbage "Bleed Like Me" (Almo Sounds/Geffen)
Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino “Pimpin' All Over The World” (Island Def Jam)

May 18, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for Week of 5/16/05

MTV Adds:
The Bravery “An Honest Mistake” (Island Def Jam)
Gavin DeGraw "Chariot" (J Records)
Jesse McCartney "She's No You" (Hollywood)
Kelly Clarkson "Behind These Hazel Eyes" (RCA)
Kelly Osbourne "One Word" (Sanctuary)
My Chemical Romance "Helena" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Pretty Ricky "Grind With Me" (Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds:
Foo Fighters "Best Of You" (RCA)
Muse "Stockholm Syndrome" (Warner Bros.)
Secret Machines "Road Leads Where It’s Led" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Webbie featuring Bun B "Give Me That" (Trill/Asylum)

MTVU Adds:
Acceptance "Different" (Columbia)
Alkaline Trio "Time To Waste" (Vagrant)
Common featuring Kanye West & John Mayer "Go" (Geffen)
Da Back Wudz "You Gonna Luv Me" (Major Way)
Muse "Stockholm Syndrome" (Warner Bros.)
Rise Against "Swing Life Away" (Geffen)

May 11, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for Week of 5/09/05

MTV Adds:
Fat Joe featuring Nelly "Get It Poppin" (Atlantic)
The Game "Dreams" (G Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)
Hawthorne Heights "Ohio Is For Lovers" (Victory)
Mario "How Could You" (J)
Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes "Don’t Cha" (A&M/Interscope)
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz "La Tortura" (Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin Down" (Island Def Jam)
Fat Joe featuring Nelly "Get It Poppin" (Atlantic)
Juelz Santana "Mic Check" (Diplomats/Koch)
Seether "Remedy" (Wind-Up)
Snoop Dogg "Up & Downs/Bang Out" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
Buju Banton "Magic City" (Gargamel)
Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (Interscope)
Keane "Everybody’s Changing" (Interscope)
K-os "Crabbuckit" (Astralwerks)
LCD Soundsystem "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" (DFA/Capitol)
Rilo Kiley "Portions For Foxes" (Warner Bros.)

May 4, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for Week of 5/02/05

MTV Adds:
50 Cent "Just A Lil Bit" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Audioslave "Be Yourself" (Epic/Interscope)
Baby Bash & Akon "Baby I'm Back" (Universal)
Backstreet Boys "Incomplete" (Jive/ZLG)
Cassidy "I'm A Hustla" (Full Surface/J)
Good Charlotte "We Believe" (Epic)
Simple Plan "Untitled" (Lava)
System of A Down "B.Y.O.B." (Columbia)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent "Just A Lil Bit" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Da Back Wudz "You Gonna Luv Me" (Major Way)
The Game "Dreams" (G Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)
Mike Jones "Back Then'" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Dave Matthews Band "American Baby" (RCA)
Reggie And The Full Effect “Get Well Soon” (Vagrant)
The Starting Line “Bedroom Talk” (Geffen)
Tegan & Sara "Walking With A Ghost" (Vapor/Sanctuary)

April 27, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for 4/25/05

MTV Adds:
Bobby Valentino "Slow Down" (Island Def Jam)
Brooke Valentine featuring Big Boi & Lil Jon "Girlfight" (Virgin)
The Mars Volta "The Widow" (Strummer/Universal)
Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds" (Interscope)
Weezer "Beverly Hills" (Geffen)
Ying Yang Twins “Wait (The Whisper Song)” (TVT)

MTV2 Adds:
Audioslave "Be Yourself" (Epic/Interscope)
System of A Down "B.Y.O.B." (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Audioslave "Be Yourself" (Epic/Interscope)
The Caesars "Jerk it Out" (Astralwerks)
David Banner "Ain't Got Nothin" (SRC/Universal)
The Dead 60s "Riot Radio" (Epic)
India.Arie "Purify Me" (Motown/Universal)
Last Conservative "On To The Next One" (Good Charamel)
The Secret Machines "Road Leads Where It’s Led" (Reprise)
The Shins "Pink Bullets" Sub Pop)
System of A Down "B.Y.O.B." (Columbia)
Theory Of A Deadman "No Surprise" (Roadrunner)
Wakefield "C'mon Baby" (Jive/ZLG)

April 20, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for 4/11/05

MTV Adds:
Black Eyed Peas "Don’t Phunk With My Heart" (A&M/Interscope)
Mariah Carey "We Belong Together" (Island Def Jam)
Nelly "Errtime" (Derrty/Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
Beck “E-Pro” (Geffen)
Bloc Party "Banquet" (Vice/Atlantic)
Boyz N Da Hood "Dem Boyz" (Bad Boy)
The Caesars "Jerk it Out" (Astralwerks)
Nelly "Errtime" (Derrty/Universal)
Relient K "Be My Escape" (Capitol)

MTVU Adds:
Ben Lee "Catch My Disease" (New West)
The Raveonettes "Love In A Trashcan" (Columbia)
And You Kill Know Us By the Trail of Dead "And The Rest Will Follow" (Interscope)

April 13, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: I Demand My MTV Overdrive

MTV has announced a new online on-demand service called MTV Overdrive. Billed as "the ultimate  broadband video channel." A sneak preview and an FAQ can be found at MTV.com; Those with a username and password can actually test drive a beta version the service. As is the case with many other video on-demand sites, MTV Overdrive uses Windows Media DRM and is not supported by Mac computers.

The official launch of MTV Overdrive will be April 25. Content will include full-length videos, MTV News clips, movie trailers and much more.

April 7, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for 4/11/05

MTV:
Green Day "Holiday" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl" (Interscope)
Moby "Beautiful" (V2)

MTV2:
Cassidy "I'm A Hustla" (Full Surface/J)
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" (Virgin)
Hawthorne Heights "Ohio Is For Lovers" (Victory)
Pitbull featuring Lil Jon "Toma" (TVT)
Ying Yang Twins "Wait (The Whisper Song)" (TVT)

MTVU:
Bloc Party "Banquet" (Vice/Atlantic)
Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin Down" (Island Def Jam)
M.I.A. "Galang" (XL)
Razorlight "Somewhere Else" (Universal)

April 6, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV Awards To Return To Miami

MTV has announced that the 2005 Video Music Awards will be held in Miami for the second year in a row. The show is scheduled for August 28.

April 6, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for 4/4/05

MTV Adds:
Amerie “1 Thing” (Columbia)
Ashanti "Don't Let Them" (The Inc./Island Def Jam)
Beck “E-Pro” (Geffen)
Mike Jones featuring Slim Thug & Paul Wall "Still Tippin'" (Asylum/Warner Bros.)
Natalie "Goin' Crazy" (Universal)

MTV2 Adds:
Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)" (Merge)
Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
Cassidy "I'm A Hustla" (Full Surface/J)
Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" (Virgin)
Relient K "Be My Escape" (Capitol)
Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake "Signs" (Geffen)

March 31, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 3/28/05

MTV Adds:
Rob Thomas "Lonely No More" (Atlantic)
Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake "Signs" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds:
Weezer "Beverly Hills" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:

Aesop Rock "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire & Knives" (Definitive Jux)
Hidden In Plain View "Ashes Ashes" (Drive-Thru)
Hot Hot Heat "Goodnight Goodnight" (Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Stars "Ageless Beauty" (Arts & Crafts)
Weezer "Beverly Hills" (Geffen)

March 23, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 3/21/05

MTV Adds:
Akon "Lonely" (Geffen)
Ciara featuring Ludacris "Oh" (LaFace/Zomba)
Destiny's Child "Girl" (Columbia)
Fat Joe "So Much More" (Atlantic)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Fat Joe "Hold You Down" (Epic)
John Legend "Ordinary People" (Columbia)
Mariah Carey "It's Like That" (Island Def Jam)
U2 "Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own" (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Chevelle "The Clincher" (Epic)
Green Day "Holiday" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Hot Hot Heat "Goodnight Goodnight" (Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot" (Universal)
Louis XIV "Finding Out True Love is Blind" (Atlantic)
U2 "Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own" (Interscope)

MTVU Adds:
The Afters “Beautiful Love” (Epic)
Garbage "Why Do You Love Me" (Almo Sounds/Geffen)
Green Day "Holiday" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown" (JDub)
Moby "Beautiful" (V2)
U2 "Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own" (Interscope)

March 16, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 3/14/05

MTV2 Adds:
Ciara featuring Ludacris "Oh" (LaFace/Zomba)
Fat Joe "So Much More" (Atlantic)
Kings of Leon "The Bucket" (RCA)

MTVU Adds:
Strata "Never There"(Wind-Up)
Talib Kweli "Never Been In Love" (Geffen)

No new adds at MTV this week

March 9, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 3/07/05

MTV2 Adds:
Amerie “1 Thing” (Columbia)
Breaking Benjamin "Sooner Or Later" (Hollywood)
Common featuring The Last Poets "The Corner" (Geffen)

MTVU Adds:
Akon "Lonely" (Geffen)
Arcade Fire "Rebellion (Lies)" (Merge)
Chevelle "The Clincher" (Epic)

No new adds at MTV this week

March 2, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

NEWS: MTV base Launches in Africa

Mtv baseMTV Networks launched a pan-African channel called "MTV base" on Tuesday, February 22. The channel's playlist boasts familiar International and American acts alongside many African artists, including Femi Kuti, Zama Jobe, Angelique Kidjo, Nameless and SSP.

MTV base is reaching 1.3 million households in Africa via cable, satellite and MMDS providers.

ps: Just in case you're wondering, MMDS is short for Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service. It's a basically a technology that allows cable companies to broadcast their signals - hence it's nickname, "wireless cable". It's popular in South America, Africa and other areas where underground cable installation is cost prohibitive. Subscribers to an MMDS service need a special converter box and antenna. MMDS is a line-of-sight technology, meaning that you will not get reception if something is blocking your antenna from the transmitter.

Aren't you glad I looked that up for you?

February 23, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 2/28/05

MTV Adds:
Faith Evans "Again" (Capitol)
The Game featuring 50 Cent "Hate It Or Love It"

MTV2 Adds:
The Game featuring 50 Cent "Hate It Or Love It"
Interpol "Evil" (Matador)
Ludacris “Number One Spot/The Potion” (Island Def Jam)
My Chemical Romance "Helena" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds:
Ari Hest "They’re On To Me" (Red Ink/Columbia)
Bright Eyes "First Day Of My Life" (Saddle Creek)
Common featuring The Last Poets "The Corner" (Geffen)
The Game featuring 50 Cent "Hate It Or Love It" (G Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)

February 23, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for week of 2/21/05

MTV Adds:
Alicia Keys "Karma" (J)
Eminem “Mockingbird” (Aftermath/Interscope)
Ludacris “Number One Spot/The Potion” (Island Def Jam)
T.I. "You Don’t Know Me" (Atlantic)
Trick Daddy "Sugar (Gimme Some)" (Atlantic)
Will Smith “Switch” (Interscope)

MTV2 Adds:
Eminem “Mockingbird” (Aftermath/Interscope)
T.I. "You Don’t Know Me" (Atlantic)
Trick Daddy "Sugar (Gimme Some)" (Atlantic)

MTVU Adds:
Beck “E-Pro” (Geffen)
The Futureheads "Decent Days And Nights" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
The Game "Dreams" - live version (G Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)
Hawthorne Heights "Ohio Is For Lovers" (Victory)
Lyfe Jennings “Must Be Nice” (Columbia)
M.I.A. "Sunshowers" (XL/Beggars)
Nic Armstrong & The Thieves "Broken Mouth Blue" (New West)
Pitty Sing "Radio" (Or)
Razah "Feel So Good" (Virgin)
T.I. "You Don’t Know Me" (Atlantic)

February 16, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the week of 2/14/05

MTV Adds:
Fabolous feat. Mike Shorey "Baby" (Atlantic)
Frankie J "Obsession (No Amor)" (Columbia)
Nas feat. Quan "Just a Moment" (Columbia)
Trillville & Cutty "Some Cut" (BME/Warner Bros.)

MTV2 Adds:
The Bravery "An Honest Mistake" (Island Def Jam)
Daddy Yankee "Gasolina" (El Carte/VI)
Nas feat. Quan "Just a Moment" (Columbia)

MTVU Adds:
Aberfeldy "Love is an Arrow" (Rough Trade)
My Chemical Romance "Helena" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Queens of the Stone Age "Little Sister" (Interscope)
The Bravery "An Honest Mistake" (ISland Def Jam)
K’Naan "Soobax" (Track And Field)
John Butler Trio "Zebra" (Lava)
Embrace "Ashes" (Independiente/Epic)
Martin Luther "Daily Bread" (Rebel Soul)
Regina Spektor "Us" (Warner Bros.)
Jack Johnson "Sitting, Wishing, Waiting" (Universal)
Miri Ben-Ari feat. Scarface & Anthony Hamilton "Sunshine to the Rain" (Universal)
Eisley "Telescope Eyes" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)

February 9, 2005 in MTV, Music Video | Permalink

NEWS: Where My 2 Headed Dogs At? MTV2 To Relaunch During Super Bowl

MTV somehow shocked the world last year with a Super Bowl halftime show that revealed that women have nipples and some of these women like to adorn them with jewelry. Shocking, yes? This year MTV has something different to offer: A relaunch of channel MTV2. According to an AP story, the MTV2 ad campaign with the channel's new 2 Headed Dog logo will be officially unveiled during a halftime commercial.

Read the story yourself at Yahoo! News.

February 4, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the week of 2/07/05

MTV Adds:
50 Cent featuring Olivia "Candy Shop" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
The Killers "Mr. Brightside" (Island/Island Def Jam)
Omarion "O" (Sony Urban/Epic)

MTV2 Adds:
50 Cent featuring Olivia "Candy Shop" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Papa Roach " Scars" (Geffen)
Social Distortion "Don’t Take Me For Granted" (Time Bomb)

MTVU Adds:
Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip "Galvanize" (Astralwerks)
El Pus "Suburb Thugg'n" (Virgin)
Gratitude "Drive Away" (Atlantic)

February 2, 2005 in MTV, Music Video | Permalink

NEWS: Dogs With 2 Heads Are In

What is The 2 Headed Dog? Might it have something to do with a music channel with the numeral 2 in its name? Why is the Web site the2headeddog.com so damn entertaining?

Stay tuned to find out, or let the New York Post ruin the surprise.

2headeddog

February 1, 2005 in MTV, News | Permalink

MTV ALERT: Adds for the week of 1/31/05

Mars Volta "The Widow" added to MTV2.

MTV playlist frozen. No new adds.

January 26, 2005 in MTV | Permalink

MTV ALERT: 50 Cent "Making The Video"

50 Cent "Making The Video" debuts January 31 @ 6pm (EST) on MTV

January 26, 2005 in MTV | Permalink