Charli XCX, Coldplay Among Nominees At 2024 UK Music Video Awards
Charli XCX leads the nominations at this year’s UK Music Video Awards with a suite of attention-grabbing videos. The artist sees her videos for 360, Von Dutch and Guess, her collaboration with Billie Eilish, pick up a total of 7 shortlist places across the music genre and craft categories, the most by any single artist, in the annual celebration of music video creativity.
Coming up close behind, Jade wins 5 nominations, 4 for the official music video for Angel Of My Dreams by last year’s Best Director winner Aube Perrie, as well as a nod for the live version helmed by Theo Adams and Sophie Muller.
Among the other British artists to make headlines in the shortlists, the ever-charismatic Raye and Ants Live pick up multiple nominations for their music videos and live videos, while Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. win a total of 5 mentions for their innovative videos for Here’s The Thing and Starburster. They head a list which includes multiple nods for Coldplay, James Blake, The Rolling Stones, The Chemical Brothers, Ezra Collective, IDLES, Mura Masa and Jeshi demonstrating the breadth of music video creativity over the past year.
Among the international artists, previous UK Music Video Awards multi-nominee Childish Gambino leads the way with 5 nominations and last year’s Video of the Year winner, Mette, scores 4 places for her video for Bet. The video for the collaboration between Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak for the track Gangsta also gains 4 nominations, while Camila Cabello, Jeremy Pope, Justice, Kamasi Washington, Rage Against The Machine, Wallace Cleaver and Yseult receive multiple mentions in this year’s list of nominations for over 35 awards, celebrating the best work in music videos in the UK and around the world, and the creative and technical talent behind them.
The winners at the 2024 UK Music Video Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony which takes place at Magazine London on 24 October, when directors and production companies will be celebrated for their outstanding creative work alongside other filmmaking talent in areas including Cinematography, Colour grading, Production Design, Choreography, Styling, Editing, Animation and Visual Effects.
Since its inception in 2008, the UK Music Video Awards has grown into the leading global awards programme for music video creativity, the most important annual event in the calendar for the world of music video production. The global reach of the competition saw entries from 33 different territories. Visit the event’s official website for further information about this year’s UKMVA.