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The MTV Video Music Awards are coming up this week and with nominees pretty evenly spread (Rihanna and Drake both have five nominations, with Ri Ri’s BFF Katy Perry following closely behind with four) it should be a great time to see which artists had the most impact this past year.

Check out some of our predictions for the big night (hosted by Kevin Hart) in bold type below:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

» Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
» Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”
» Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
» M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
» Rihanna, “We Found Love”

BEST NEW ARTIST

» Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
» Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
» Fun., “We Are Young”
» One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
» The Wanted, “Glad You Came”

BEST MALE VIDEO

» Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”
» Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
» Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
» Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
» Usher, “Climax”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

» Beyoncé, “Love on Top”
» Katy Perry, “Part of Me”
» Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
» Rihanna, “We Found Love”
» Selena Gomez and the Scene, “Love You Like a Love Song”

BEST POP VIDEO

» Fun., “We Are Young”
» Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
» Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”
» One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
» Rihanna, “We Found Love”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

» Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”
» Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR”
» Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz, “Mercy”
» Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, “Beez in the Trap”
» The Throne, “Paris”

BEST ROCK VIDEO

» The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
» Coldplay, “Paradise”
» Imagine Dragons, “It’s Time”
» Jack White, “Sixteen Saltines”
» Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”

The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards air live this Thursday at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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