Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Eminem will perform as part of
the inaugural YouTube Music Awards on November 3,
celebrating the rise of the Google-owned video service to
what it calls "the world's go-to music destination."
Jason Schwartzman will host the live-streamed awards,
which YouTube says will include "performances and
musical collaborations from Seoul, Moscow, London and
Rio," followed by a live event in New York.
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Nominees will be announced on October 17, based on
videos that have been watched and shared the most over
the past year. It appears that winners will be chosen by the
public through social media.
It's been a big year for YouTube: In addition to racking up
billions and billions of views (including 1.7 billion alone for
Psy's "Gangnam Style" and hundreds of millions more for
recent videos from stars including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry
and Miley Cyrus), Billboard in February altered its chart
criteria to include data from YouTube.
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The change turned Baauer's viral sensation "Harlem
Shake" into a No. 1 hit.
The YouTube Music Awards will feature film and music
director Spike Jonze as creative director. Vice and Sunset
Lane Entertainment will serve as executive producers.
See the original story at RollingStone.com.
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