2006 MTV Video Music Awards

Awards

Video of the Year

• Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man"
• Madonna – "Hung Up"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Best Male Video

• Busta Rhymes – "Touch It Remix"
• Nick Lachey – "What's Left of Me"
• T.I. – "What You Know"
• Kanye West – "Gold Digger"

  Best Female Video

• Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man"
• Nelly Furtado – "Promiscuous"
• Madonna – "Hung Up"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Best Group Video

• Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"
• Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy"
• Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"

  Best New Artist in a Video

• Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure"
• James Blunt – "You're Beautiful"
• Chris Brown – "Run It!"
• Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Rihanna – "SOS"

  Best Pop Video

• Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man
• Nelly Furtado – "Promiscuous"
• Madonna – "Hung Up"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Best Rock Video

• Green Day – "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
• Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – "The Kill"

  Best R&B Video

• Mary J. Blige – "Be Without You"
• Chris Brown – "Yo "
• Mariah Carey – "Shake It Off"
• Jamie Foxx – "Unpredictable"

  Best Rap Video

• 50 Cent – "Window Shopper"
• Busta Rhymes – "Touch It "
• T.I. – "What You Know"
• Yung Joc – "It's Goin' Down"

  Best Hip-Hop Video

• Common – "Testify"
• Daddy Yankee – "Rompe"
• Three 6 Mafia – "Stay Fly"
• Kanye West – "Gold Digger"

  Best Dance Video

• Nelly Furtado – "Promiscuous"
• Madonna – "Hung Up"
• Sean Paul – "Temperature"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Best Direction in a Video

• 10 Years – "Wasteland"
• AFI – "Miss Murder"
• Common – "Testify"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"

  Best Choreography in a Video

• Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man"
• Madonna – "Hung Up"
• Sean Paul – "Temperature"
• The Pussycat Dolls – "Buttons"

  Best Special Effects in a Video

• Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure"
• Beck – "Hell Yes"
• Pearl Jam – "Life Wasted"
• U2 – "Original of the Species"

  Best Art Direction in a Video

• 10 Years – "Wasteland"
• Common – "Testify"
• Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Best Editing in a Video

• The All-American Rejects – "Move Along"
• Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"
• U2 – "Original of the Species"

  Best Cinematography in a Video

• AFI – "Miss Murder"
• Prince – "Black Sweat"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"
• Ashlee Simpson – "Invisible"

  Best Video Game Soundtrack

• Burnout Revenge
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• Fight Night Round 3
• NBA 2K6"

  Best Video Game Score

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• Electroplankton
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  Ringtone of the Year

• The Black Eyed Peas – "My Humps"
• Bubba Sparxxx – "Ms. New Booty"
• Nelly – "Grillz"
• Kanye West – "Gold Digger"

  MTV2 Award

• Lil Wayne – "Fireman"
• Taking Back Sunday – "MakeDamnSure"
• Three 6 Mafia – "Stay Fly"
• Yung Joc – "It's Goin' Down"

  Viewer's Choice

• Chris Brown – "Run It!"
• Kelly Clarkson – "Because of You"
• Rihanna – "SOS"
• Shakira – "Hips Don't Lie"

  Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Performances

Pre-show

• Fergie – "London Bridge"
• My Chemical Romance – "Welcome to the Black Parade"

  Main show

• Justin Timberlake – "My Love"/"SexyBack"
• The Raconteurs and Lou Reed - "White Light/White Heat"
• Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - " Hips Don't Lie "
• Ludacris – "Money Maker"
• OK Go – "Here It Goes Again"
• The All-American Rejects – "Move Along"
• Beyoncé – "Ring the Alarm"
• T.I. – "Shoulder Lean"/"What You Know"
• Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Busta Rhymes – "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
• Missy Elliott – "The Rain "
• Christina Aguilera – "Hurt"
• Tenacious D – "Friendship Song"
• The Killers – "Enterlude"/"When You Were Young"

  Appearances

Pre-show

• The Black Eyed Peas – introduced Fergie's performance

  Main show

• Jay-Z – opened the show
• Montel Williams and Michael Bloomberg – made brief appearances during Jack Black's opening sequence
• Lil' Kim – presented Best Male Video
• André 3000 and Ciara – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• The Rock – introduced Shakira and Wyclef Jean
• The cast of Jackass Number Two – appeared in different vignettes about Viewer's Choice voting, and later on presented Viewer's Choice
• 50 Cent and LL Cool J – presented Best Female Video
• Lil Jon – introduced Pharrell and Ludacris
• Sarah Silverman – appeared in backstage skits and coverage, and later performed a stand-up routine
• Kyle Gass – appeared in a couple of on-stage sequences with Jack Black and The Black Eyed Peas
• Jessica Simpson – introduced Best Dance Video
• Chris Brown – introduced OK Go
• Shaun White – introduced as of the Jackass Number Two cast's vignettes
• Paris Hilton – introduced The All-American Rejects
• Nick Lachey and Nicole Richie – presented Best Pop Video
• Snoop Dogg – presented Best Rap Video
• Diddy – introduced T.I.
• Amy Lee and Jared Leto – presented Best Group Video
• Ne-Yo and Rihanna – presented Ringtone of the Year
• Fall Out Boy – introduced Panic! at the Disco
• Fergie – introduced Abigail Breslin and presented Best New Artist in a Video with her
• Jim Shearer and EBRO – presented the MTV2 Award
• Britney Spears and Kevin Federline – presented Best R&B Video
• Kanye West – presented the Video Vanguard Award
• Pink and Lou Reed – presented Best Rock Video
• The Black Eyed Peas – appeared in an on-stage sequence with Kyle Gass, which led to Tenacious D's "reunion" and performance
• Queen Latifah – introduced Al Gore
• Al Gore – spoke about global warming and the world's environmental crisis
• Jennifer Lopez – announced the launch of MTV Tr3́s and presented Video of the Year
• Axl Rose – introduced The Killers
• Also, MTV VJs Vanessa Minnillo and John Norris appeared before and after some commercial breaks to remind viewers to check out MTV Overdrive's backstage VMA coverage

  Contests

VMA Karaoke Contest

VMA Insider Contest

"Reveal the Real You" Contest