2008 MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri Paramount Pictures Stüdyolarında 7 Eylül 2008'de verilmiştir.

• Chris Brown — "Forever"
• Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up"
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"
• Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
• The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go"

• Chris Brown — "With You"
• Flo Rida (T-Pain ile) — "Low"
• Lil Wayne (Static Major ile) — "Lollipop"
• T.I. — "No Matter What"
• Usher (Young Jeezy ile) — "Love in This Club"

• Mariah Carey — "Touch My Body"
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"
• Rihanna — "Take a Bow"
• Jordin Sparks (Chris Brown ile) — "No Air"
• Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"

• Miley Cyrus — "7 Things"
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"
• Jordin Sparks (Chris Brown ile) — "No Air"
• Taylor Swift — "Teardrops on My Guitar"
• Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!"

• Danity Kane — "Damaged"
• Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up"
• Panic at the Disco — "Nine in the Afternoon"
• Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
• Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!

• Fall Out Boy (John Mayer ile) — "Beat It"
• Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
• Linkin Park — "Shadow of the Day"
• Paramore — "Crushcrushcrush"
• Slipknot — "Psychosocial"

• Mary J. Blige — "Just Fine"
• Lupe Fiasco (Matthew Santos ile) — "Superstar"
• Flo Rida (T-Pain ile) — "Low"
• Lil Wayne (Static Major ile) — "Lollipop"
• Kanye West (Chris Martin ile) — "Homecoming"

• Chris Brown — "Forever"
• Danity Kane — "Damaged"
• Madonna (Justin Timberlake ve Timbaland ile) — "4 Minutes"
• Ne-Yo — "Closer"
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"

• Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Director: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto)
• Linkin Park — "Shadow of the Day" (Yönetmen: Joe Hahn)
• Panic at the Disco — "Nine in the Afternoon" (Yönetmen: Shane Drake)
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Yönetmen: Joseph Kahn)
• Rihanna — "Take a Bow" (Yönetmen: Anthony Mandler)

• Adele — "Chasing Pavements" (Koregoraf: Marguerite Derricks)
• Chris Brown — "Forever" (Koreograflar: Tone & Rich)
• Chris Brown (T-Pain ile) — "Kiss Kiss" (Koregoraf: Flii Stylz)
• Gnarls Barkley — "Run" (Koreograf: Michael Rooney)
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Koreograf: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)

• Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Özel efektler: X1 FX)
• Coldplay — "Violet Hill" (Özel efektler: Asa Mader)
• Missy Elliott — "Ching-a-Ling/Shake Your Pom Pom" (Özel efektler: Les Umberger)
• Linkin Park — "Bleed It Out" (Özel efektler: David Lebensfeld ve Adam Catino)
• Kanye West (T-Pain ile) — "Good Life" (Özel efektler: SoMe, Jonas & François)

• Gnarls Barkley — "Run" (Sanat yönetmenleri: Happy ve Kells Jesse)
• MGMT — "Electric Feel" (Sanat yönetmeni: Sophie Kosofsky)
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Sanat yönetmeni: Benji Bamps)
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Sanat yönetmeni: Marcelle Gravel)
• The White Stripes — "Conquest" (Sanat yönetmeni: David Fitzpatrick)

• Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Editor: T. David Binns)
• Death Cab for Cutie — "I Will Possess Your Heart" (Editors: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Jeff Buchanan)
• Ne-Yo — "Closer" (Editor: Clark Eddy)
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Editor: Tom Lindsay)
• Weezer — "Pork and Beans" (Editor: Jeff Consiglio and Colin Woods)

• Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Director of Photography: Karsten "Crash" Gopinath)
• Death Cab for Cutie — "I Will Possess Your Heart" (Directors of Photography: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Shawn Kim)
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Director of Photography: Simon Thirlaway)
• Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
• The White Stripes — "Conquest" (Director of Photography: Wyatt Troll)

• Coldplay — "Violet Hill"
• Duffy — "Warwick Avenue"
• Estelle (Kanye West ile) — "American Boy"
• Leona Lewis — "Bleeding Love"
• The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go" ^[16]