The last year has been a truly impressive one for Porter Robinson and it seems he’s finally being properly recognized for his artistry. Though The Grammys passed over his ground-breaking album, Worlds, the good people at MTV are giving him the acknowledgement his work deserves with a nomination for Artist of the Year at the MTVu Woodie Awards. This is no small honor, as the other nominees include the talents of Run the Jewels, J. Cole, Sam Smith, and several others.
Other players from the EDM arena are also being recognized; Jack U & Kieza‘s hit ‘Take U There’ has been nominated for Best Collaboration, while Kygo is in the running for Best Emerging Artist.
What do you think, can Porter Robinson take home the award? Tune into the MTVu Woodie Festival and Awards ceremony to find out! It will be held in Austin at SXSW, Friday March 20th. In the meantime, check out the full list of nominees below.
Woodie Of The Year (Artist of the Year)
J. Cole
Sam Smith
Charli XCX
Run the Jewels
Porter Robinson
FKA Twigs
Artist to Watch Woodie (Best Emerging Artist)
Years & Years
Rae Sremmurd
Raury
MisterWives
Kygo
James Bay
Best Video Woodie (Best Video of the Year)
Pendulum, FKA Twigs
Sober, Childish Gambino
7/11, Beyoncé
Never Catch Me, Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
Salt, Bad Suns
Down on My Luck, Vic Mensa
Cover Woodie (Best Cover Song)
Drunk in Love, Ed Sheeran, Sia, and Grouplove (covering Beyoncé)
Take Me to Church, Kiesza (covering Hozier)
Don’t Tell ‘Em, Lorde (covering Jeremih)
Shake it Off, Charli XCX (covering Taylor Swift)
Riptide, Taylor Swift (covering Vance Joy)
How Will I Know, Sam Smith (covering Whitney Houston)
Next Level Performance Woodie (Finding New Ways to Reach Audiences)
Drake and Lil Wayne
Created an app that allowed the audience to decide who performed first on their joint tour.
Childish Gambino
Created an app that allowed users to display messages onto his tour stage.
Big Data
Used social media during their performances to acknowledge specific audience members in real time in front of the entire crowd.
Sia
Performed in several TV appearances without showing her face by utilizing performance artists and actors to serve as a proxy for her.
Skrillex
Performed Bonnaroo SuperJam session fusing EDM and live instrumentation with numerous surprise guests.
Co-Sign Woodie (Best Collaboration Between Artists)
Heroes (We Could Be), Alesso featuring Tove Lo
All About It, Hoodie Allen featuring Ed Sheeran
Take Ü, Jack Ü featuring Kiesza
Arrows, Fences featuring Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Tuesday, iLoveMakonnen featuring Drake
Detroit vs. Everybody, Eminem featuring Dej Loaf
College Radio Woodie (Best College Radio Station)
Arizona State University (KASC)
Boston University (WTBU)
Eastern Illinois University (WEIU)
Hofstra University (WRHU)
James Madison University (WXJM)
Loyola University Chicago (WLUW)
Marywood University (WVMW)
St. Edward’s University (Topper Radio)
University of California, Berkeley (KALX)
University of Pittsburg (WPTS)
[H/T: Dancing Astronaut]
