สำหรับรายชื่อศิลปิน และมิวสิควิดีโอ ที่เข้าชิงรางวัล MTV Video Music Awards 2008 มีดังนี้
Best Group Video
* Jonas Brothers — Burnin' Up
* Panic at the Disco — Nine in the Afternoon
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* The Ting Tings — Shut Up and Let Me Go
* Tokio Hotel — Ready, Set, Go
Best Direction in a Video
* Mariah Carey — Touch My Body
* Leona Lewis — Bleeding Love
* Coldplay — Violet Hill
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* Britney Spears — Piece of Me
Best Choreography in a Video
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* Chris Brown — Forever
* Madonna (featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) — 4 Minutes
* Ne-Yo — Closer
* Britney Spears — Gimme More
Best Art Direction in a Video
* Britney Spears — Piece of Me
* Paramore — Crushcrushcrush
* Mariah Carey — Touch My Body
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* The Ting Tings — Shut Up and Let Me Go
Best Overall Performance in a Video
* Mariah Carey — Touch My Body
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* Katy Perry — I Kissed a Girl
* Fergie — Clumsy
* Chris Brown — Forever
Best Editing in a Video
* Pussycat Dolls — When I Grow Up
* Alicia Keys — No One
* Mariah Carey — Touch My Body
* The Ting Tings — Shut Up and Let Me Go
* Linkin Park — Shadow of the Day
Best Dancing in a Video
*Danity Kane - Damaged
*Chris Brown - Forever
*Maddona Feat. JT - 4 Minutes
*Pussycat Dolls - When i grow up
*Ne-Yo - Closer
Video Of the Year
*Chris Brown - Forever
*Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up
*Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
*Britney Spears - Piece of Me
*Ting Tings - Shup Up and Let Me Go
