MTVU Announces "2005 Woodie Awards" Nominees
mtvU, MTV's college network, today announced the nominees for the "mtvU Woodie Awards" – the only show honoring the music voted best by the college audience. Tossing aside gold and platinum records to pay tribute to those artists who have won over hearts, but not necessarily charts, The Arcade Fire grabbed the most nominations with five, including "Woodie of the Year" – Best Artist, "Left Field Woodie" – Most Original Artist, and "Best Showing Woodie" – Best Tour. The Arcade Fire joins Gorillaz, M.I.A., Matisyahu, Death Cab For Cutie and 39 other emerging and influential artists that will be voted on by the college audience. Winners will be announced at the "mtvU Woodie Awards" live ceremony and concert event November 2nd at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City which will premiere on mtvU and mtvU.com November 10th.
For the first time, this year's ceremony will be shot live featuring a full line-up of performers, presenters and more that will be announced in the upcoming weeks. Held for, with, and by the college community, the "mtvU Woodie Awards" will also feature college students from around the country, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, throughout the live show as they present, introduce and honor their favorite music and artists.
To vote for the second-annual "mtvU Woodie Awards," college students around the country are invited to visit www.mtvU.com before October 28th.
Nominees for the second-annual "mtvU Woodie Awards" are:
Woodie of the Year – (Artist of the Year)
The artists who made the biggest splash on the scene and on mtvU, yet somehow huge commercial success hasn't intoxicated them just yet.
Nominees:
Fallout Boy (Island Records)
My Chemical Romance (Eyeball Records)
Common (Geffen Records)
The Arcade Fire (Merge Records)
Gorillaz (Virgin Records)
The Breaking Woodie – (Best Emerging Artist)
mtvU is where new developing artists are test driven for the first time by the toughest critics around: college students. One of this year's newest artists will win the coveted Breaking Woodie.
Nominees:
Matisyahu (JDub)
The Bravery (Island Def Jam)
Paul Wall (Atlantic Records)
Motion City Soundtrack (Epitaph Records)
The Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)
Left Field Woodie – (Most Original Artist)
They're genre-busters. They came out of left field and surprised us so much, we'd still have no idea what section of the record store to look for them in. They resist all classification.
Nominees:
Saul Williams (Fader Label)
M.I.A. (Xl/Beggars US)
Matisyahu (JDub)
The Arcade Fire (Merge Records)
MeWithoutYou (Tooth & Nail Records)
Best Video Woodie – Live Action – (Best Live Action Video)
The music video that's so incredible, we'd watch it even without the music.
Nominees:
Death Cab for Cutie – "Title & Registration" (Atlantic Records)
My Chemical Romance – "Helena" (Eyeball Records)
Nas & Olu Dara – "Bridging the Gap" (Atlantic Records)
Nine Inch Nails – "Only" (Interscope Records)
Jack Johnson – "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" (Universal)
Best Video Woodie – Animated – (Best Animated Video)
The music video that makes all of your favorite Sunday cartoons look foolish.
Nominees:
Aberfeldy – "Love Is An Arrow" (Sanctuary Records)
Gorillaz – "Feel Good Inc." (Virgin Records)
Aesop Rock – "Fast Cars" (Definitive Jux)
Rilo Kiley – "It's a Hit" (Brute/Beaute)
The Arcade Fire – "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (Merge Records)
The Good Woodie – (Greatest Social Impact)
The award for the artists whose commitment to a social cause has effected the greatest change this year.
Nominees:
David Banner – Heal The Hood Project
Coldplay – Oxfam International
Common – "Know HIV/AIDS" campaign
U2 – DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
Kanye West - Loop Dreams
Road Woodie – (Best Tour)
For those artists who take to the road and never let up, always giving that memorable live performance.
Nominees:
Muse (Warner Brothers)
The Arcade Fire (Merge Records)
Fallout Boy (Island)
Jack Johnson (Universal)
Common (Geffen Records)
International Woodie – (Favorite International Artist Award)
mtvU embraces musicians from all over the world and honors this year's crop including artists from Africa, the UK and more.
Nominees:
Bloc Party (Vice Records)
Muse (Warner Brothers)
The Arcade Fire (Merge Records)
Keane (Interscope Records)
A-kon (Universal)
Alumni Woodie – (a.k.a. The You're Still OK in our Book Award)
For the artists who've graduated into the wide world of mega-stardom, but who haven't forgotten where they came from. And we're proud to say, "We knew them when..."
Nominees:
Green Day (Reprise)
Common (Geffen Records)
Coldplay (Capitol)
Beck (Interscope)
Mos Def (Geffen Records)
Streaming Woodie – (Most Downloaded)
It's in your hands – For four weeks, your favorite artists will go toe-to-toe on mtvU.com. You vote your brains out each week and the four artists left standing in the end will battle it out for the Streaming Woodie.
Nominees:
Week 1
Hawthorne Heights – "Ohio Is For Lovers" (Victory Records)
Gorillaz – "Feel Good Inc" (Virgin Records)
Usher – "My Boo" (La Face)
Modest Mouse – "Ocean Breathes Salty" (Sony)
Eisley – "Telescope Eyes" (Reprise)
Week 2
Aesop Rock – "Fast Cars" (Definitive Jux)
Death Cab for Cutie – "Title & Registration" (Atlantic Records)
MeWithoutYou – "January 1979" (Tooth & Nails Records)
Mike Jones – "Still Tippin" (Asylum Records)
Straylight Run – "Existentialism On Prom Night" (Victory Records)
Week 3
Taking Back Sunday – "A Decade Under the Influence" (Victory Records)
The Alchemist featuring Nina Sky – "Hold You Down" (Koch Records)
My Chemical Romance – "I'm Not OK (I Promise)" (Eyeball Records)
K'naan – "Soobax" (BMG)
The Unicorns – "Jellybones" (Alien8 Recording)
Week 4
The Afters – "Beautiful Love" (Sony)
Aberfeldy – "Love Is An Arrow" (Sanctuary Records)
Alicia Keys – "Karma" (J-Records)
Matisyahu – "King Without A Crown" (JDub)
The Postal Service – "Against All Odds" (Sub Pop)
