Billy Talent And Nickelback Lead With Five MMVA Nominations

After announcing the People's Choice nominees last week, MuchMusic has revealed the contenders for their remaining MuchMusic Video Awards, and Billy Talent and Nickelback lead the way with five nominations each.

Hip-hop artists K-OS and Belly have four nods each, while Alexisonfire, George, Hedley, Nelly Furtado, Sam Roberts and Three Days Grace follow with three.

The 18th annual awards party will take place in and around the Much environment on Toronto's Queen Street West on June 17 and will be broadcast live on the nation's music station.

Here are the previously unannounced nominees:

Best Video:
Belly featuring Ginuwine — "Pressure"
Billy Talent — "Fallen Leaves"
Finger Eleven — "Paralyzer"
Nickelback — "If Everyone Cared"
Three Days Grace — "Never Too Late"

Best Director:
RT! for Belly featuring Ginuwine — "Pressure"
Floria Sigismondi for Billy Talent — "Red Flag"
RT! for George — "Lie To Me"
The Love Movement (K-OS and Micah Meisner) for K-OS — "Electrik Heat — The Seekwill"
David Pawsey for Sam Roberts — "Bridge To Nowhere"

Best Post-Production:
Jay Lee and Matt Biloitz for Cadence Weapon — "Sharks"
Christian Moreton and Marc Bachli for Hedley — "Gunnin'"
Drew Lightfoot, Tom Morrison, Marc Bachli and Kevin Kim for In-Flight Safety — "Coast Is Clear"
Steve Mottershead for Mobile — "Dusting Down The Stars"
Johnathan Legris for Sam Roberts — "Bridge To Nowhere"

Best Cinematography:
Chris Sargent for Alexisonfire — "This Could Be Anywhere In The World"
Adam Marsden for Belly featuring Ginuwine — "Pressure"
Claudio Miranda for Billy Talent — "Red Flag"
Simon Shohet for JDiggz — "Make It Hot"
Francois Dutil for Sam Roberts — "Bridge To Nowhere"

Best Pop Video:
City And Colour — "Comin' Home"
George — "Talk To Me"
Hedley — "Gunnin'"
K-OS — "Sunday Morning"
Keshia Chante — "2U"

MuchLOUD Best Rock Video:
Alexisonfire — "This Could Be Anywhere In The World"
Billy Talent — "Fallen Leaves"
Finger Eleven — "Paralyzer"
Nickelback — "If Everyone Cared"
Three Days Grace — "Never Too Late"

MuchVibe Best Rap Video:
Belly featuring Ginuwine — "Pressure"
Classified — "Find Out"
JDiggz — "Make It Hot"
K-OS — "Electrik Heat — The Seekwill"
Point Blank — "Born And Raised In The Ghetto"

Best Independent Video:
Cancer Bats — "French Immersion"
Classified — "Find Out"
In-Flight Safety — "Coast Is Clear"
Ten Second Epic — "Count Yourself In"
Tokyo Police Club — "Cheer It On"

MuchMoreMusic Award:
Feist — "My Moon My Man"
Michael Buble — "Everything"
Nelly Furtado — "Say It Right"
Nickelback — "Far Away"
The Tragically Hip — "In View"

Best French Video:
Anodajay & Raoul Duguay — "Le Beat A Ti-Bi"
Damien Robitaille — "Je Tombe"
Dumas — "Au Gre Des Saisons"
Malajube — "Pate Filo"
Vulgaires Machins — "Compter Les Corps"

Best International Video By A Canadian:
Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
Nelly Furtado — "Say It Right"
Nelly Furtado — "All Good Things (Come To An End)"
Nickelback — "Far Away"
Three Days Grace — "Pain"

Best International Video — Artist:
Akon featuring Eminem — "Smack That"
Beyonce featuring Shakira — "Beautiful Liar"
Christina Aguilera — "Candyman"
Eminem featuring 50 Cent, Cashis and Lloyd Banks — "You Don't Know"
Fergie — "Fergalicious"
Gwen Stefani featuring Akon — "The Sweet Escape"
Hilary Duff — "With Love"
Justin Timberlake — "What Goes Around — Comes Around"
Ludacris featuring Pharrell — "Money Maker"
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z — "Umbrella"

Best International Video — Group:
AFI — "Miss Murder"
Blue October — "Hate Me"
Evanescence — "Call Me When You're Sober"
Fall Out Boy — "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"
My Chemical Romance — "Welcome To The Black Parade"
Pussycat Dolls featuring Timbaland — "Wait A Minute"
Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"
The Fray — "How To Save A Life"
The Killers — "When You Were Young"
The Used — "The Bird & The Worm"