A partial list of nominees for tonight's MTV Video Music Awards:
Best Video of the Year
* Peter Gabriel, "Digging In the Dirt"
Best Male Video
* Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Best Female Video
* Janet Jackson, "That's the Way Love Goes"
Best Group Video
* Depeche Mode, "I Feel You"
Best Rap Video
* Digable Planets, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
Best Dance Video
* Janet Jackson, "That's the Way Love Goes"
Best Metal/Hard Rock Video
* Aerosmith, "Livin' On the Edge"
Best Alternative Music Video
* Nirvana, "In Bloom" (Band In Dresses Version)
Best New Artist in a Video
* Tasmin Archer, "Sleeping Satellite"
Best Video from a Film
* Arrested Development, "Revolution"
Best R&B; Video
* Prince and the New Power Generation, "7"
Best Direction in a Video
* Los Lobos, "Kiko & the Lavender Moon"; Ondrej Rudavsky, director
Best Choreography in a Video
* En Vogue, "Free Your Mind"; Frank Gatson/Lavelle Smith/Travis Payne, choreographers
Best Special Effects in a Video
* Peter Gabriel, "Steam"; Real World Productions/Colossal Pictures, FX
Best Art Direction in a Video
* Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Nigel Phelps, art director
* k.d. lang, "Constant Craving"
Best Editing in a Video
* Tasmin Archer "Sleeping Satellite" John Mayes, editor
Best Cinematography in a Video
* Sting "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Ivan Bartos, director of photography
Breakthrough Video
* George Michael, "Killer/Papa Was a Rolling Stone"; Marcus Nispel, director