2016 UK Music Video Awards

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2016 UK Music Video Awards
Date20 October 2016
LocationRoundhouse, London, United Kingdom
Hosted byAdam Buxton
Website www.ukmva.com
  2015  · UK Music Video Awards ·  2017  

The 2016 UK Music Video Awards were held on 20 October 2016 [1] to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 21 September 2016. [2] English musician Jamie XX won Video of the Year with "Gosh", directed by Romain Gavras.

Contents

Video of the Year

Video of the Year

Jamie XX – "Gosh"
(Director: Romain Gavras)

Special awards

Outstanding Achievement AwardIcon Award

Mike O'Keefe

Vaughan Arnell

Video genre categories

Best Pop Video – UKBest Pop Video – International

Michael Kiwanuka – "Black Man in a White World"
(Director: Hiro Murai)

Miike Snow – "Genghis Khan"
(Director: Ninian Doff)

Best Dance Video – UKBest Dance Video – International

The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck – "Wide Open"
(Directors: Dom & Nic)

Valentino Khan – "Deep Down Low"
(Director: Ian Pons Jewell)

Best Rock/Indie Video – UKBest Rock/Indie Video – International

Coldplay – "Up&Up"
(Directors: Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia)

Tame Impala – "The Less I Know The Better"
(Directors: CANADA)

Best Alternative Video – UKBest Alternative Video – International

Jamie xx – "Gosh"
(Director: Romain Gavras)

The Blaze – "Virile"
(Directors: Jonathan Alric & Guillaume Alric)

Best Urban Video – UKBest Urban Video – International

Nao – "Bad Blood"
(Director: Ian Pons Jewell)

  • Dusky ft. Wiley – "Sort It Out Sharon"
  • Kano – "This Is England"
  • Rejjie Snow – "Blakkst Skn"
  • Roots Manuva – "Crying"
  • Spyro ft. Big H, Bossman Birdie & President T – "Side By Side"

Run The Jewels ft. Gangsta Boo – "Love Again"
(Director: Ninian Doff)

Best Pop Video – NewcomerBest Dance Video – Newcomer

Will Joseph Cook – "Take Me Dancing"
(Director: Rafe Jennings)

  • Casi – "Lion"
  • Connie Constance – "Lose My Mind"
  • Kloe – "Touch"
  • MS MR – "Wrong Victory"
  • Skylar Spence – "I Can't Be Your Superman"

Beardyman – "Mountainside"
(Director: Lewis Rose)

  • Antony & Cleopatra - "Love Is A Lonely Dancer"
  • Gabriels – "Amethyst"
  • Lone – "Backtail Was Heavy"
  • Mura Masa – "What If I Go?"
  • Vessels – "Are You Trending?"
Best Rock/Indie Video – NewcomerBest Alternative Video – Newcomer

Honeyblood – "Ready For Magic"
(Director: Thomas James)

  • Captains – "Heavy Metal Works"
  • Girl Band – "In Plastic"
  • Small Black – "Boy's Life"
  • Tim Aminov ft. Pete Josef – "One Lone Survivor"
  • Vant – "Fly-By Alien"

Holy Fuck – "Tom Tom"
(Director: Michael Leblanc)

  • FOXTROTT – "Shaky Hands"
  • Jono McCleery – "This Idea of Us"
  • Lil Silva ft. Kent Jamz – "De Ja"
  • Sheep, Dog & Wolf – "Breathe"
  • The Shoes – "Drifted"
Best Urban Video – Newcomer

Jesse James Solomon – "YPT"
(Director: Noah Lee)

  • A.CHAL – "Round Whippin'"
  • Dead Players – "Drenching"
  • Ichon – "Fils de Pute"
  • LarzRanda – "Lifeguard"
  • Ray BLK – "5050"

Craft and technical categories

Best Production Design in a VideoBest Styling in a Video

David Bowie – "Blackstar"
(Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue)

Beyoncé – "Formation"
(Stylist: Marni Senofonte)

Best Choreography in a VideoBest Cinematography in a Video

Florence + The Machine – "Delilah"
(Choreographer: Holly Blakey)

Miike Snow – "Genghis Khan"
(DOP: Patrick Meller)

Best Color Grading in a VideoBest Editing in a Video

Jamie xx – "Gosh"
(Colourist: Mathieu Caplanne at Nightshift)

Run The Jewels ft. Gangsta Boo – "Love Again"
(Editor: Paul O'Reilly at Stitch)

Best Visual Effects in a VideoBest Animation in a Video

The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck – "Wide Open"
(VFX Artist: The Mill London)

De Staat – "Witch Doctor"
(Animators: Floris Kaayk & Studio Smack)

Live and interactive categories

Best Interactive VideoBest Live Coverage

Naïve New Beaters ft. Izia – "Heal Tomorrow"
(Director: Romain Chassaing)

  • Cassius – "The Missing"
  • Mind Enterprises – "Chapita"
  • Netsky – "Work It Out"
  • Polar Youth – "Searching/The Future of Music"
  • Reeps One – "Does Not Exist"

Iggy Pop: Post Pop Depression Live At The Royal Albert Hall
(Director: Nick Wickham)

Best Music Documentary

Breaking A Monster
(Director: Luke Meyer)

  • Blur: New World Towers
  • Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
  • Goodnight Brooklyn - The Story of Death By Audio
  • Janis: Little Girl Blue
  • Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

Individual and company categories

Best Video ArtistBest Commissioner

Massive Attack

Phil Lee (XL Recordings)

  • Elizabeth Doonan
  • Emily Tedrake
  • James Hackett
  • Jane Third
  • Sam Seager
Best DirectorBest New Director

Ninian Doff

  • CANADA
  • Hiro Murai
  • Ian Pons Jewell
  • Sam Pilling
  • Vincent Haycock

Oscar Hudson

  • Holly Blakey
  • John Merizalde
  • Pedro Martin-Calero
  • Thunderlips
  • Youth Hymns
Best Producer

Roman Pichon Herrera

  • Dobi Manolova
  • Nathan Scherrer
  • Rachel Rumbold
  • Sarah Boardman & Rik Green
  • Tom Birmingham

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References

  1. "UK Music Video Awards 2016: all the winners!". Promonews. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. "UK Music Video Awards 2016: here are the nominations..." www.ukmva.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.