NEWS: 2009 MTV VMAs - Sept 13 in NYC

The line-up is beginning to take shape for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, set for a live broadcast Sunday, September 13 @ 9pm from NYC's legendary Radio City Music Hall.

Comedian Russell Brand returns as host with a pair of confirmed performers who will be making their VMA debut. Taylor Swift will be singing an alternate version of "You Belong To Me," while UK rockers Muse are making their U.S. TV debut with a performance of "Uprising," off their upcoming album The Resistance. Additional performers and a full slate of nominees will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer for the “2009 MTV Video Music Awards.” Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Garrett English is co-Executive Producer/Executive in Charge of Production. Amy Doyle is co-Executive Producer. Joanna Bomberg is Executive in Charge of Music and Talent. Jen Jones is Producer. Hamish Hamilton is Director. Robin Reinhardt-Locke is Celebrity Talent Executive.

MTV Adds for the Week of 7/13/09

MTV Adds for the week of July 13:

• Beyonce "Sweet Dreams"
• Eminem "Beautiful"
• Pussycat Dolls "Hush Hush Hush Hush"
• This Providence "Let Down"

MTV2 Adds for the week of July 13:

• Eminem "Beautiful"
• Kings Of Leon "Notion"
• Papa Roach "I Almost Told You That I Loved You"
• This Providence "Let Down"

MTVU Adds for the week of July 13:

• Death Cab For Cutie "Little Bribes"
• Duo Live "Give & Take"
• Eminem "Beautiful"
• Gossip "Heavy Cross"
• Inverse "So Far"
• Kings Of Leon "Notion"
• M. Ward "Rave On"
• P.O.S. "Purexed"
• Plushgun "Let Me Kiss You And I'll Fade Away"

MTV Hits Adds for the week of July 13:

• Beyonce "Sweet Dreams"
• Eminem "Beautiful"
• Paradiso Girls "Patron Tequila"
• This Providence "Let Down"

MTV Jams Adds for the week of July 13:

• 2 Pistols Ft. C-Ride "Lights Down Low"
• Beyonce "Sweet Dreams"
• Duo Live "Give & Take/Life I Lead"
• Emimen "Beautiful"
• KRS One & Buckshot "Robot"
• Maino Ft. Swizz Beatz "Million Bucks"

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/29/09

MTV Adds for the week of Jun 29:

• Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Green Day "21 Guns"
• Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
• Young Money ft. Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"

MTV2 Adds for the week of Jun 29:

• Clipse feat. Kanye West "Kinda Like a Big Deal"
• Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Green Day "21 Guns"
• Marilyn Manson "Armageddon"
• Sean Paul "So Fine"
• Twista "Wetter"
• Young Money f/ Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"
• Yung LA f/ Rico Barrino "Futuristic Love (Elroy)"

MTVU Adds for the week of Jun 29:

• Abstract Rude f/ Aceyalone & Myka 9 "Thynk Eye Can"
• B. Real ft. Damian Marley "Fire"
• Band Of Skulls "I Know What I Am"
• Chairlift "Bruises"
• Clipse f/ Kanye West "Kinda Like A Big Deal"
• Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Green Day "21 Guns"
• M83 "We Own the Sky"
• Manchester Orchestra "Tony The Tiger"
• The Noisettes "Never Forget You"
• Peter Bjorn & John "It Don't Move Me"
• Sean Paul "So Fine"
• Secondhand Serenade "Maybe"
• Sing It Loud "Come Around"
• There For Tomorrow "A Little Faster"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Heads Will Roll"
• Young Money ft. Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"

MTV Hits Adds for the week of Jun 29:

• Aventura f/ Akon & Wisin Y Yandel "All Up 2 You"
• Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad"
• Green Day "21 Guns"
• Parachute "She Is Love"
• Rob Thomas "Her Diamonds"
• Sean Paul "So Fine"
• Seether "Careless Whisper"
• Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
• Young Money f/ Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"

MTV Jams Adds for the week of Jun 29:

• Clipse ft. Kanye West "Kinda Like A Big Deal"
• Heavy D "No Matter What"
• Lil Ru "Nasty Girl"
• Method Man & Redman "Mrs. International"
• Sean Paul "So Fine"
• Willy Northpole "#1 Side Chick"
• Young Money ft Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"
• Young Problemz ft. Mike Jones & Gucci Mane "Boi"

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/22 + 6/15/09

MTV Adds for the week of Jun 22:

• Sean Kingston "Fire Burning"
• Silversun Pickups "Panic Switch"

MTV Adds for the week of Jun 15:

• Linkin Park "New Divide"
• Kanye West "Paranoid"
• Jordan Sparks "Battlefield"
• Jessie James "Wanted"
• Birdman "Always Strapped"

MTV2 Adds for the week of Jun 22:

• Jadakiss f/ Swizz Beatz & OJ Da Juiceman "Who’s Real"
• New Boyz "You’re A Jerk"
• Street Sweeper Social Club "100 Little Curses"
• Wale f/ Lady Gaga "Chillin"

MTV2 Adds for the week of Jun 15:

• The Alchemist "Smile"
• Billy Boy On Poison "On My Way"
• Cage "I Never Knew You"
• Kanye West "Paranoid"
• Kill Switch Engage "Starting Over"
• Linkin Park "New Divide"
• Passion Pit "The Reeling"

MTVU Adds for the week of Jun 22:

• Aimee Allen "On Vacation"
• Blitzen Trapper "Black River Killer"
• La Roux "Bullet Proof"
• MGMT "Kids"
• Street Sweeper Social Club "100 Little Curses"
• The Gallows "Vulture Act II"

MTVU Adds for the week of Jun 15:

• Billy Boy On Poison "On My Way"
• Birdman –Always Strapped"
• Kanye West "Paranoid"
• Linkin Park "New Divide"

MTV Hits Adds for the week of Jun 22:

• Cassie "Must Be Love"
• David Guetta f/ Kelly Rowland "When Love Takes Over"
• Wale f/ Lady Gaga "Chillin"

MTV Hits Adds for the week of Jun 15:

• Birdman "Always Strapped"
• Kanye West "Paranoid"
• Linkin Park "New Divide"
• Mary Mary "God In Me"
• New Boyz "You’re A Jerk"
• Sean Kingston "Fire Burning"
• Wisin y Yandel "Abusadora"

MTV Jams Adds for the week of Jun 22:

• GS Boys "Booty Dew"
• K'naan-T.I.A"
• Yung L.A. "Futuristic Love"

MTV Jams Adds for the week of Jun 15:

• The Alchemist "Smile"
• Birdman "Always Strapped"
• Cassie "Must Be Love"
• G. Malone "Sun Come Up"
• Juelz Santana "Days of Our Lives"
• Kanye West "Paranoid"
• Maxwell "Pretty Wings"
• MullyMan "I Go Harder"

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/08//09

MTV Adds for the week of Jun 8:

• Ashley Tisdale "It's Alright, It's OK"
• Beyonce "Ego“
• Cage The Elephant "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked“
• The-Dream feat. Kanye West "Walking On The Moon"
• Jeremih "Birthday Sex"
• Young Money feat. Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"

MTV2 Adds for the week of Jun 8:

• D-Block "Get That Paper"
• Daughtry "No Surprise"
• The-Dream feat. Kanye West "Walking On The Moon"
• Jeremih "Birthday Sex"
• Young Money feat. Lil Wayne & Drake "Every Girl"

MTVU Adds for the week of Jun 8:

• Alchemist "Smile"
• Butch Walker feat. Pink "Here Comes The…"
• Disturbed "The Night"
• The-Dream feat. Kanye West "Walking On The Moon"
• The Grouch & Eligh "All In"
• Pete Yorn "Don't Wanna Cry"
• The Prodigy "Warrior's Dance"
• This Providence "Let Down"
• Regina Spektor "Laughing With"
• Tanya Morgan "So Damn Down"
• White Rabbits "Percussion Gun"
• Willy Northpole "Hood Dreamer"
• Zion-I "Geek To The Beat"

MTV Hits Adds for the week of Jun 8:

• Beyonce "Ego"
• Daughtry "No Surprise"
• The-Dream feat. Kanye West "Walking On The Moon"
• Jeremih "Birthday Sex"
• Jordin Sparks "Battlefield"
• Pussycat Dolls "Hush Hush Hush Hush"

MTV Jams Adds for the week of Jun 8:

• Amerie "Why R U"
• Beyonce "Ego"
• The-Dream feat. Kanye West "Walking On The Moon"
• Jadakiss "Who's Real"
• Jeremih "Birthday Sex"
• New Boyz "You're A Jerk"
• Playaz Circle "Stupid"
• Tanya Morgan "So Damn Down“
• Twista "Wetter"
• Wale feat. Lady Gaga "Chillin"
• Young Money ft. Lil Wayne & Drake- Every Girl

MTV Adds for the Week of 6/01//09

MTV Adds for the week of Jun 1:

• Billy Boy On Poison "On My Way" (Ironworks)
• Fabolous f/ The Dream "Throw It In The Bag" (Island Def Jam)
• Jonas Brothers "Paranoid" (Hollywood)
• Kristinia DeBarge "Goodbye" (Sodapop)

MTV2 Adds for the week of Jun 1:

• Fabolous f/ The Dream "Throw It In The Bag" (Island Def Jam)
• Kia Shine "Checkin’ My Fresh" (Universal)
• Mos Def "Casa Bey" (Downtown)
• Saving Abel "Drowning (Face Down)" (Virgin/Capitol)
• Shinedown "Sound of Madness" (Atlantic)
• Tyga "Cali Love" (Decaydance)
• Wale f/ Lady Gaga "Chillin’" (Allido/Interscope)

MTVU Adds for the week of Jun 1:

• Fabolous f/ The Dream "Throw It In The Bag" (Island Def Jam)
• Hey Monday "How You Love Me Now" (Decaydance/Columbia)
• Kia Shine "Checkin’ My Fresh" (Universal)
• Liam & Me "Say It Out Loud" (None)
• Little Boots "New In This Town" (Elektra)
• Major Lazer "Hold The Line" (Mad Decent/Downtown)
• Substantial "My Favorite Things" (Unlimited Vinyl)
• Underoath "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" (Tooth & Nail)
• Wale f/ Lady Gaga "Chillin’" (Allido/Interscope)

MTV Hits Adds for the week of Jun 1:

• Fabolous f/ The Dream "Throw It In The Bag" (Island Def Jam)
• Jonas Brothers "Paranoid" (Hollywood)
• Kristinia DeBarge "Goodbye" (Sodapop)
• Richgirl "He Ain’t Wit Me Now Tho" (Jive/ZLG)
• V Factory "Love Struck" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for the week of Jun 1:

• The Dream f/ Kanye West "Walking On the Moon" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Fabolous f/ The Dream "Throw It In The Bag" (Island Def Jam)
• Richgirl "He Ain’t Wit Me Now Tho" (Jive/ZLG)
• Wale f/ Lady Gaga "Chillin’" (Allido/Interscope)

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/25/09

MTV Adds for the week of May 25:

• Flo Rida f/ Wynter "Sugar" (Atlantic)

MTV2 Adds for the week of May 25:

• Dorrough "Ice Cream Paint Job" (E1/Ngenius)
• Flo Rida f/ Wynter "Sugar" (Atlantic)
• Method Man & Redman "AYO" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Phoenix "1901" (Ghettoblaster)
• Serani "No Games" (Daseca/Universal Motown)
• U2 " Magnificient" (Interscope)
• Webstar f/ Jim Jones "Dancing On Me" (Scrilla Hill)

MTVU Adds for the week of May 25:

• Brother Ali "Good Lord" (Rhymesayers)
• Flo Rida f/ Wynter "Sugar" (Atlantic)
• Handsome Furs "I'm Confused" (Sub Pop)
• Kasabian "Fire" (RCA)
• Major Lazer "Hold The Line" (Mad Decent/Downtown)
• Melanie Fiona "Give It To Me Right" (Universal Motown)
• Mos Def "Casa Bey" (Downtown)
• Parachute "She Is Love" (Island/IDJMG)
• Phoenix "1901" (Ghettoblaster)
• Rick Ross f/ The Dream "All I Really Want" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Serani "No Games" (Daseca/Universal Motown)
• The Soft Pack "Extinction" (Kemado)
• U2 " Magnificient" (Interscope)

MTV Hits Adds for the week of May 25:

• Flo Rida f/ Wynter "Sugar" (Atlantic)
• Method Man & Redman "AYO" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Nina Sky "On Some Bull" (J)
• Rick Ross f/ The Dream "All I Really Want" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Theory of a Deadman "Not Meant To Be" (Roadrunner)
• Tyga "Cali Love" (Decaydance)
• U2 " Magnificient" (Interscope)

MTV Jams Adds for the week of May 25:

• D-Block "Get That Paper" (E1/D-Block)
• Flo Rida f/ Wynter "Sugar" (Atlantic)
• Jibbs f/ Lloyd "Ay DJ" (Interscope)
• Kia Shine "Checkin’ My Fresh" (Universal)
• Melanie Fiona "Give It To Me Right" (Universal Motown)
• Mike Jones "Swagg Thru Da Roof" (Ice Age/Asylum)
• Mos Def "Casa Bey" (Downtown)
• Tyga "Cali Love" (Decaydance)
• Webstar f/ Jim Jones "Dancing On Me" (E1/Scrilla Hill)

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/18/09

MTV Adds for the week of May 18:

• Kanye West "Amazing" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
• Lady Gaga "Love Game" (Streamline/Konlive/Interscope)

MTV2 Adds for the week of May 18:

• 311 "Hey You" (Volcano/Jive/ZLG)

MTVU Adds for the week of May 18:

• Ace Hood f/ T-Pain "Overtime" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Cage "I Never Knew You" (Definitive Jux)
• Camera Obscura "French Navy" (Merge)
• The Crystal Method "Drown In The Now" (Tiny E)
• Datarock "Give It Up" (Nettwerk)
• Francis & The Lights "The Top" (Normative)
• Jake One "Home" (Rhymesayers)
• Miniature Tigers "Cannibal Queen" (Modern Art)
• White Lies "Death" (Fiction/Geffen)

MTV Hits Adds for the week of May 18:

• Ace Hood f/ T-Pain "Overtime" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Just Kait "U Suck" (None)
• Lady Gaga "Love Game" (Streamline/Konlive/Interscope)
• Madcon "Beggin" (Bonnier Amigo)
• Ruben Studdard "Together" (Hickory)

MTV Jams Adds for the week of May 18:

• Ace Hood f/ T-Pain "Overtime" (Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Keyshia Cole "Trust" (Geffen)
• Teairra Mari "Cause A Scene" (Interscope)

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/11/09

MTV Adds for the week of May 11:

• The Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight" (Majordomo/Island/IDJMG)
• Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas" (Capitol)
• Pleasure P "Boyfriend #2" (Swagga/Interscope)
• Rick Ross f/ The Dream "All I Really Want" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)

MTV2 Adds for the week of May 4:

• The Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight" (MajordomoIsland/IDJMG)
• Busta Rhymes f/ Lil Wayne & Jadakiss "Respect My Conglomerate Remix" (Universal Motown)
• Lil Kim f/ T-Pain & Charlie Wilson "Download" (Brookland/Universal Republic)
• Rick Ross f/ The Dream "All I Really Want" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Taking Back Sunday "Sink Into Me" (Warner Bros.)

MTVU Adds for the week of May 4:

• Busta Rhymes f/ Lil Wayne & Jadakiss "Respect My Conglomerate Remix" (Universal Motown)
• Empire Of The Sun "Walking On a Dream" (Virgin)
• Taking Back Sunday "Sink Into Me" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Hits Adds for the week of May 4:

• Elliot Yamin "Fight For Love" (Hickory)
• Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas" (Capitol)
• Matt Nathanson "Come On Get Higher" (Vanguard)
• Taking Back Sunday "Sink Into Me" (Warner Bros.)

MTV Jams Adds for the week of May 4:

• Bobby V "Hands On Me" (Universal Motown)
• Busta Rhymes f/ Lil Wayne & Jadakiss "Respect My Conglomerate Remix" (Universal Motown)
• Dorrough "Ice Cream Paint Job/Walk That Walk" (E1/Ngenius)
• Kia Shine "Checkin’ My Fresh" (Universal)
• Lil Kim f/ T-Pain & Charlie Wilson "Download" (Brookland/Universal Republic)
• Rick Ross f/ The Dream "All I Really Want" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
• Zion-I "Juicy Juice" (Live Up)

MTV Adds for the Week of 5/04/09

MTV Adds for the week of May 4:

• Asher Roth f/ Cee-Lo "Be By Myself" (SRC/Universal Motown)

MTV2 Adds for the week of May 4:

• Asher Roth f/ Cee-Lo "Be By Myself" (SRC/Universal Motown)
• Blue October "Say It" (Universal Motown)
• Disturbed "The Night" (Warner Bros.)
• Gaslight Anthem "Great Expectations" (SideOneDummy)
• Hurricane Chris "Halle Berry (She’s Fine)" (Polo Grounds/J)
• Incubus "Black Heart Inertia" (Epic)
• Kanye West "Amazing" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
• Nickelback "If Today Was Your Last Day" (Roadrunner)

MTVU Adds for the week of May 4:

• 16 Frames "Back Again" (Verve Forecast)
• Adele "Hometown Glory" (XL/Columbia)
• Asher Roth f/ Cee-Lo "Be By Myself" (SRC/Universal Motown)
• Bat For Lashes "Daniel" (Caroline)
• Bishop Allen "Dimmer" (Dead Oceans)
• Blitzen Trapper "Furr" (Sub Pop)
• The Dears "Disclaimer" (Maple)
• GLC f/ Kanye West "The Big Screen" (G.O.O.D./Stadium Ent.)
• Incubus "Black Heart Inertia" (Epic)
• Kanye West "Amazing" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
• Keri Hilson "Knock You Down" (Interscope)
• Manchester Orchestra "I’ve Got Friends" (Canvasback)
• Mat Kearney "Closer To Love" (Columbia)
• Maxwell "Pretty Wings" (Columbia)
• Never Yet Contested "I Can’t Take It/True Statement" (Redface)
• One Day As a Lion "Wild International" (Anti)
• Tinted Windows "Kind Of A Girl" (Scratchie)
• The Whip "Trash" (Razor & Tie)
• Z-Ro "I'm Tired" (Rap-A-Lot)

MTV Hits Adds for the week of May 4:

• Adele "Hometown Glory" (XL/Columbia)
• Asher Roth f/ Cee-Lo "Be By Myself" (SRC/Universal Motown)
• Jessie James "Wanted" (Mercury/IDJMG)
• Kanye West "Amazing" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
• Kevin Rudolph "Welcome to the World" (Cash Money/Universal Republic)
• Mandy Moore "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week" (Storefront/RED)

MTV Jams Adds for the week of May 4:

• Asher Roth f/ Cee-Lo "Be By Myself" (SRC/Universal Motown)
• Kanye West "Amazing" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
• Skull Gang starring Juelz Santana "I Am The Club" (E1/Skull Gang)
• Trey Songz "I Need A Girl" (Atlantic)
• U-N-I "Hollywood Hiatus" (None)
• Young Dro f/ Yung LA "Take Off" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)