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8th Annual California Music Video Awards Announce Nominees for Year’s Best Music Videos

TasteTV and the CALIFORNIA MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS are pleased to announce the Finalist Nominees in the 8th Annual awards competition for Music Video categories, excluding Films and Documentaries, as well as Best Producer. All finalists are listed by song or music video title.

In addition, selected Special Achievement Award Honoree Award Winners have been announced.

The CALIFORNIA MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS celebrate some of the most exciting and creative music, musicians and artists in the World. They honor great work!

Additional Award Nominees and Honorees, including for the Film and Art categories, will be announced in early January 2025.

MUSIC VIDEO FINALISTS

Best Male Solo Artist

  • CANNONBAL
  • Closer
  • First Light
  • Heal My Mind
  • Jeff Hilliard – My Face
  • NO RELIGION
  • UN MONDO PERFETTO
  • Wander
  • You’re All I Want

Best Female Solo Artist

  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • Care For Yourself
  • Come To The Water – Bailey Elora
  • Highway 17
  • In It Alone
  • Like Sunshine
  • Maybe This Is How Life Should Be (Heather Morris)
  • My Fathers Men
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • On My Way to You
  • Spoiler Alert
  • The Absence
  • The Hollywood Medley – Music Video
  • Wrené – Metamorphosis (Official Video)
  • You Set Me On Fire

Best Band or Group

  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • Everything Is Shattered
  • One Man Party
  • Pray For Them (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • TANDANG by sego
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread
  • Wreckless Strangers – Fast Girls

Best Movement (Choreography in a Music Video)

  • All Lit Up (Official Music Video)
  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • Closer
  • First Light
  • Fragments
  • Jane Bell: Mother Ate
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • TANDANG by sego
  • The Music Box
  • Valhalla

Best Eye (Cinematography in a Music Video)

  • 《舞狀元 Wu Zhuang Yuan》Chinese martial arts
  • A Dream In The Sahā World
  • All Ways – An Ode To Black Women
  • CANNONBAL
  • Come To The Water – Bailey Elora
  • Dopamine
  • DOPAMINE
  • Gungja
  • Last Night / Anoche
  • Lost in Harmony
  • NO RELIGION
  • TANDANG by sego
  • When you come to Pamplona

Coolest Video Effects

  • Florida Plates
  • Me&You
  • Midnite Gossip [Mickey Valenz Remix] Music Video
  • One Man Party
  • Pearl
  • The Music Box

Lyrics and Verse

  • All That You Left of This Man (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • Barefoot & Pregnant
  • Dopamine
  • Grandpa’s Ghost
  • Heal My Mind
  • HOTTER THAN HELL (We Are At War) [lyrics only]
  • Just Human
  • PANORAMA
  • Rise Up & Fight
  • Too Old to Matter
  • Wreckless Strangers – Fast Girls
  • YOU’RE A HALO

Best Inspirational

  • BLACKBIIRD
  • Care For Yourself
  • Grandpa’s Ghost
  • Maybe This Is How Life Should Be (Heather Morris)
  • NO RELIGION
  • PANORAMA
  • Standing by a River

Made Me Laugh (Humor)

  • Barefoot & Pregnant
  • Closer
  • Florida Plates
  • Jeff Hilliard – My Face
  • ON VACATION
  • the lobby – myah
  • The Trouble
  • When you come to Pamplona
  • Whiskey

 Best Fashion and Makeup

  • A Dream In the Sahā World
  • All Lit Up (Official Music Video)
  • Barefoot & Pregnant
  • Closer
  • Me&You
  • Sonic Boom
  • TANDANG by sego
  • the lobby – myah
  • When you come to Pamplona

Best Location or Set Design

  • A Dream In the Sahā World
  • Barefoot & Pregnant
  • Benares Express
  • Care For Yourself
  • Jane Bell: Mother Ate
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • Roshi Shyong
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

Best LGBTQ

  • AMARU – Este Hombre (El Tesoro) (Official Music Video)
  • Fool’s Gold
  • Fragments
  • Green
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • When you come to Pamplona

Best Latinx Music Video

  • Fool’s Gold
  • IMMORTALS
  • The Absence

Best Directing (Music Video)

  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • CANNONBAL
  • Come To The Water – Bailey Elora
  • Gungja
  • IMMORTALS
  • Jane Bell: Mother Ate
  • NonNonNon – Mada Mada feat. Orlanda (Director’s Cut)
  • Roshi Shyong
  • Sonic Boom
  • Spoiler Alert
  • TANDANG by sego
  • The Hollywood Medley – Music Video
  • When you come to Pamplona

Best Non-English Language Music Video

  • Asphalt Surfer
  • Benares Express
  • CANNONBAL
  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • First Light
  • Lost in Harmony
  • NonNonNon – Mada Mada feat. Orlanda (Director’s Cut)
  • Roshi Shyong
  • The Absence
  • UN MONDO PERFETTO

The Trippy Award

  • Bob Dylan’s Big Dick
  • Breaking Out
  • One Man Party
  • The Way Me Noop

Best Sci-Fi, Horror, or Fantasy

  • Come To The Water – Bailey Elora
  • Lotería
  • Me&You
  • The Way Me Noop
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

Best Live or Studio Performance

  • All That You Left of This Man (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • Fall In My Arms
  • Pray For Them (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • The Hollywood Medley – Music Video
  • Wreckless Strangers – Fast Girls

Best Dance Crew

  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • Crescent Heights
  • Fragments
  • TANDANG by sego

Best Student Production Music Video or Film

  • Cornfed Punk
  • Django
  • GrownMan
  • In It Alone
  • Suspended Frequencies
  • The Trouble
  • The Windmill

FILM & DOCUMENTARY FINALISTS

Best Short Music Film or Documentary (10-40 Minutes)

  • TBA

Best Feature Music Film or Documentary 

  • TBA

Best Non-English Language Film

  • TBA

Best Dance Program, Film or Documentary

  • TBA

MUSIC VIDEO FINALISTS

True California

  • Fool’s Gold
  • Highway 17
  • ON VACATION
  • Wander

The Chip E. Best EDM or Dance Music Award

  • All Lit Up (Official Music Video)
  • AMARU – Este Hombre (El Tesoro)
  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • Electric Euphoria
  • Jane Bell: Mother Ate
  • Midnite Gossip [Mickey Valenz Remix] Music Video
  • Sonic Boom
  • TANDANG by sego
  • The Music Box

Best Hip Hop or Rap

  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • GrownMan
  • IMMORTALS
  • One
  • Roshi Shyong
  • The Fall of the Toys
  • WTF is Love

Best R&B

  • All Ways – An Ode To Black Women
  • First Light
  • Jeff Hilliard – My Face
  • Mercy
  • My Fathers Men
  • White Dress
  • You’re All I Want

Best Pop

  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • Closer
  • Cowboy Down
  • Fall In My Arms
  • HOLYSEA – Even Edges (Official Music Video)
  • In It Alone
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • NO RELIGION
  • Sky-Sky
  • Spoiler Alert
  • the lobby – myah

California Heat Index

  • Asphalt Surfer
  • Come To The Water – Bailey Elora
  • My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – Chrissy Chlapecka
  • Staring Down the Barrel
  • Whiskey

Best Love Song

  • All Ways – An Ode To Black Women
  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • Django
  • DOPAMINE
  • First Light
  • Last Night / Anoche
  • Marry My Girl
  • Strangers in the City
  • The Absence
  • The Other Side of Shanghai
  • White Dress
  • WTF is Love

This Rocks

  • Asphalt Surfer
  • Back To The Start
  • Bob Dylan’s Big Dick
  • Cowboy Down
  • Everything Is Shattered
  • Futurelust – Rogue
  • Lotería
  • My Mona – Johnny O’Neil
  • Old Death
  • Pray For Them (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • Sarah Shafey – Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
  • The Raven (Nic Andrea & The Verdict)
  • Whiskey

Best Metal

  • Everything Is Shattered
  • Undead Phoenix – Blue Crystal Death
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

Best Action or Adventure Music Video

  • 《舞狀元 Wu Zhuang Yuan》Chinese martial arts
  • CANNONBAL
  • Lost in Harmony
  • Lotería
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

Best Animation in a Music Video

  • Back To The Start
  • Bob Dylan’s Big Dick
  • Cowboy Down
  • Everything Is Shattered
  • First Purple Light
  • Go With the Flow – Music Video
  • Marry My Girl
  • Private Worlds
  • Rise Up & Fight
  • So I
  • Sock Quiz
  • WTF is Love

Best Folk, Country or Blues

  • Barefoot & Pregnant
  • Dopamine
  • First Purple Light
  • Go With the Flow – Music Video
  • Grandpa’s Ghost
  • Highway 17
  • Like Sunshine Music Video
  • My Body
  • On My Way to You
  • Standing by a River
  • Staring Down the Barrel
  • Wander
  • Wreckless Strangers – Fast Girls

Best World Music

  • A Dream In the Sahā World
  • Benares Express
  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • First Light
  • Gungja
  • Lost in Harmony
  • NonNonNon – Mada Mada feat. Orlanda (Director’s Cut)
  • PANORAMA
  • Roshi Shyong
  • Sonic Boom

Best Single Camera Production 

  • Care For Yourself
  • Staring Down the Barrel
  • We Could Wait All Night Long For Wolves To Come by John Mutter

Best Film Soundtrack or Album

  • TBA

Best Instrumental or Jazz

  • Benares Express
  • Breaking Out
  • Crescent Heights
  • Pearl
  • So I
  • Someday My Prince Will Come
  • The Hollywood Medley – Music Video
  • Valhalla

Best AI-Generated Content

  • BLACKBIIRD
  • First Purple Light
  • Private Worlds
  • The Way Me Noop

Best Music Video Actor or Actress

  • TBA

Best Music Video Collaboration

  • HEATED PASSION
  • TANDANG by sego
  • WTF is Love

Best Photo or Art: Artist / Band / Album / Music Video / Concert / Film

  • TBA

Best of Asia Music Video

  • Lost in Harmony
  • Roshi Shyong
  • Gungja
  • Me&You

Best of Europe Music Video

  • CANNONBAL
  • I don’t love my mother
  • Last Night / Anoche
  • NO RELIGION
  • UN MONDO PERFETTO

Best of South and Central America Music Video

  • Asphalt Surfer
  • Dopamine
  • IMMORTALS
  • Someday My Prince Will Come

Best of Oceania Music Video

  • Django
  • In It Alone
  • The Trouble

Best of Canada Music Video

  • A Dream In the Sahā World
  • Camila Cabello, Playboi Carti – I LUV IT
  • Midnite Gossip [Mickey Valenz Remix] Music Video
  • Pass A Bottle
  • We Could Wait All Night Long For Wolves To Come by John Mutter
  • Wrené – Metamorphosis (Official Video)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER HONOREES

The Word Award Winners

  • The Fall of the Toys
  • Class Has Begun (Freedom Is Coming)
  • More TBA

Peace Award Winner

  • TBA

Social Justice and Hope Winners

  • BLACKBIIRD
  • Rise Up & Fight
  • Crimes Against Children
  • More TBA

Breakout Storytellers Winners

  • TBA

Spotlight Award Winners

  • TBA

The Kids or Educational Award Winners

  • Sock Quiz
  • More TBA
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