Gli MTV Music Awards 2011, giunti alla 28ª edizione, si sono tenuti domenica 28 agosto 2011 a Nokia Theatre di Los Angeles, in California, negli Stati Uniti d'America.^[1]

Le nomination sono state pubblicate il 20 luglio 2011^[2].

L'edizione è presentata nel pre-show da Selena Gomez e nello show reale da Kevin Hart ed è stata trasmessa in differita di pochi minuti in Italia su MTV. Adele e Katy Perry sono le cantanti che hanno portato a casa più statuette (3 a testa) seguite da Lady Gaga (2) e Britney Spears (1 e il Video Vanguard Award).

• Cobra Starship (featuring Sabi) — You Make Me Feel...

• Lady Gaga (con Brian May) — Yoü and I
• Jay-Z e Kanye West — Otis
• Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo e Nayer) — Give Me Everything
• Adele — Someone like You
• Chris Brown — Yeah 3x / Beautiful People
• Tributo a Britney Spears
• Beyoncé — Love on Top
• Young the Giant — My Body
• Bruno Mars — Valerie (Tributo a Amy Winehouse)
• Lil Wayne — How to Love / John

• Jessie J — Price Tag, Girls Just Want to Have Fun (cover di Cyndi Lauper), Do It like a Dude, Rainbow, Firework (cover di Katy Perry), Domino, No Scrubs (cover delle TLC), Who's Laughing Now, Fuck You! (cover di Cee Lo Green), Nobody's Perfect, Mamma Knows Best

I vincitori sono scritti in grassetto.

• Katy Perry — Firework
• Adele — Rolling in the Deep
• Beastie Boys — Make Some Noise
• Bruno Mars — Grenade
• Tyler, the Creator — Yonkers

• Justin Bieber — U Smile
• Eminem (con Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie
• Cee Lo Green — Fuck You!
• Bruno Mars — Grenade
• Kanye West (con Rihanna e Kid Cudi) — All of the Lights

• Lady Gaga — Born This Way
• Adele — Rolling in the Deep
• Beyoncé — Run the World (Girls)
• Nicki Minaj — Super Bass
• Katy Perry — Firework

• Tyler, the Creator — Yonkers
• Big Sean (con Chris Brown) — My Last
• Foster the People — Pumped Up Kicks
• Kreayshawn — Gucci Gucci
• Wiz Khalifa — Black and Yellow

• Britney Spears — Till the World Ends
• Adele — Rolling in the Deep
• Bruno Mars — Grenade
• Katy Perry — Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
• Pitbull (con Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) — Give Me Everything

• Foo Fighters — Walk
• The Black Keys — Howlin' for You
• Cage the Elephant — Shake Me Down
• Foster the People — Pumped Up Kicks
• Mumford & Sons — The Cave

• Nicki Minaj — Super Bass
• Chris Brown (con Lil Wayne e Busta Rhymes) — Look at Me Now
• Lupe Fiasco — The Show Goes On
• Lil Wayne (con Cory Gunz) — 6 Foot 7 Foot
• Kanye West (con Rihanna e Kid Cudi) — All of the Lights

• Katy Perry (con Kanye West) — E.T.
• Chris Brown (con Lil Wayne e Busta Rhymes) — Look at Me Now
• Nicki Minaj (con Drake) — Moment 4 Life
• Pitbull (con Ne-Yo, Nayer e Afrojack) — Give Me Everything
• Kanye West (con Rihanna) — All of the Lights

• Beastie Boys — Make Some Noise (Regista: Adam Yauch)
• Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Regista: Sam Brown)
• Thirty Seconds to Mars — Hurricane (Regista: Bartholomew Cubbins)
• Eminem (con Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie (Regista: Joseph Kahn)
• Katy Perry (con Kanye West) — E.T. (Regista: Floria Sigismondi)

• Beyoncé — Run the World (Girls) (Coreografi: Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami e Jeffrey Page)
• Lady Gaga — Judas (Coreografo: Laurieann Gibson)
• LMFAO (con Lauren Bennett e GoonRock) — Party Rock Anthem (Coreografo: Hokuto Konishi)
• Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song (Coreografi: Bruno Mars e Poreotics)
• Britney Spears — Till the World Ends (Coreografo: Brian Friedman)

• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — E.T. (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects)
• Chromeo — Don't Turn the Lights On (Special Effects: The Mill)
• Linkin Park — Waiting for the End (Special Effects: Ghost Town Media)
• Manchester Orchestra — Simple Math (Special Effects: DANIELS)
• Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — Power (Special Effects: Nice Shoes and ArtJail)

• Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Art Director: Nathan Parker)
• Death Cab for Cutie — You Are a Tourist (Art Directors: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi and Anthony Maitz)
• Lady Gaga — Judas (Art Director: Amy Danger)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — E.T. (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
• Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — Power (Art Director: Babak Radboy)

• Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Editor: Art Jones at Work)
• Thirty Seconds to Mars — Hurricane (Editors: Jared Leto, Frank Snider, Michael Bryson, Stefanie Visser and Daniel Carberry)
• Manchester Orchestra — Simple Math (Editor: DANIELS)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — E.T. (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
• Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — All of the Lights (Editor: Hadaya Turner)

• Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)
• Thirty Seconds to Mars — Hurricane (Directors of Photography: Benoît Debie, Jared Leto, Rob Witt and Daniel Carberry)
• Beyoncé — Run the World (Girls) (Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball)
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
• Katy Perry — Teenage Dream (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)

• Lady Gaga — Born This Way
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie
• Katy Perry — Firework
• Pink — Fuckin' Perfect
• Rise Against — Make It Stop (September's Children)
• Taylor Swift — Mean

• Maná — Lluvia al Corazón^[3]

• Don Omar and Lucenzo — Danza kuduro
• Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) — Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)
• Prince Royce — Corazón Sin Cara
• Wisin & Yandel — Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas

• Britney Spears

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