mtvU Woodie Awards announce 2012 nominees

mtvU have announced the nominees for the 2012 Woodie Awards. Like last year, the event will be held in Austin, TX during South By Southwest. This time around it won't just be an awards show, but an all day festival kicking off at 1pm CT on March 15th. The program will air, however, on Sunday, March 18th at 8pm ET. 

This year's performers will be announced in the coming weeks. Feel free to vote for your favorite nominees right here. Voting closes March 9th (except for Breaking Woodie, open til March 15). If you missed it, check out our coverage of the 2011 awards.

Woodie of the Year

The Black Keys
Foster the People
Frank Ocean
J. Cole
Skrillex

Performing Woodie

Alabama Shakes
The Black Keys
Kanye West and Jay-Z (The Throne)
Mac Miller
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia

Best Video

Battles, "My Machines"
Best Coast, "Our Deal"
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
M83, "Midnight City"
Major Lazer, "Original Don"

EDM Effect Woodie

Chris Brown and Benny Benassi, "Beautiful People"
Flo Rida and Avicii, "Good Feeling"
Flux Pavilion and the Throne, "Who Gon Stop Me"
Martin Solveig featuring Kele, "Ready 2 Go"
Laidback Luke and Steve Aoki, "Turbulence"
Rihanna and Calvin Harris, "We Found Love"

Breaking Woodie

A$AP Rocky
Azealia Banks
Charli XCX
Childish Gambino
Cloud Nothings
Cults
Electric Guest
Fake Problems
Fun.
Future
Iggy Azalea
Kendrick Lamar
Lana Del Rey
Meek Mill
Porter Robinson
Machine Gun Kelly
Sleeper Agent
T. Mills
Tune-Yards
Walk the Moon
Wallpaper
The Weeknd