CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>2013 YouTube Music Awards - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"f7b12ad3-ead5-4a26-a973-ccb66d196a67","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"2013_YouTube_Music_Awards","wgTitle":"2013 YouTube Music Awards","wgCurRevisionId":1252730894,"wgRevisionId":1252730894,"wgArticleId":40966131,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["2013 awards in the United States","2013 in American music","2013 in New York City","2013 music awards","2013 YouTube events","November 2013 events in the United States","Livestreams"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"2013_YouTube_Music_Awards","wgRelevantArticleId":40966131,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[ ],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q16157094","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false, "wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="2013 YouTube Music Awards - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-2013_YouTube_Music_Awards rootpage-2013_YouTube_Music_Awards skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Announcement_and_promotion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Announcement_and_promotion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Announcement and promotion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Announcement_and_promotion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Live_performances_and_streaming" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Live_performances_and_streaming"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Live performances and streaming</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Live_performances_and_streaming-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Winners_and_nominees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Winners_and_nominees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Winners and nominees</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Winners_and_nominees-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Winners and nominees subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Winners_and_nominees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Video_of_the_Year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Video_of_the_Year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Video of the Year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Video_of_the_Year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Artist_of_the_Year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Artist_of_the_Year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Artist of the Year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Artist_of_the_Year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Response_of_the_Year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Response_of_the_Year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Response of the Year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Response_of_the_Year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-YouTube_Phenomenon" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#YouTube_Phenomenon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>YouTube Phenomenon</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-YouTube_Phenomenon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-YouTube_Breakthrough" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#YouTube_Breakthrough"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>YouTube Breakthrough</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-YouTube_Breakthrough-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Innovation_of_the_Year" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Innovation_of_the_Year"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Innovation of the Year</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Innovation_of_the_Year-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reception" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reception"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Reception</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reception-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 YouTube Music Awards</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 1 language" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-1" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">1 language</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A8_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B1%DB%B3" title="جوایز موسیقی یوتیوب ۲۰۱۳ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جوایز موسیقی یوتیوب ۲۰۱۳" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q16157094#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2013_YouTube_Music_Awards" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&oldid=1252730894" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&id=1252730894&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2013_YouTube_Music_Awards"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q16157094" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">2013 YouTube Music Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YouTube_Music_Awards_(2013-2015).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png/200px-YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png/300px-YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png/400px-YouTube_Music_Awards_%282013-2015%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1616" data-file-height="491" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Sponsored by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kia" title="Kia">Kia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">Sunday, November 3, 2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location">Pier 36, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Schwartzman" title="Jason Schwartzman">Jason Schwartzman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Watts" title="Reggie Watts">Reggie Watts</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Television/radio coverage</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap" style="border-top: 1px solid #000; padding-top: 5px; font-weight: bold;"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint"></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Music_Awards" title="YouTube Music Awards">YouTube Music Awards</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/2015_YouTube_Music_Awards" title="2015 YouTube Music Awards">2015</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2013 YouTube Music Awards</b>, abbreviated as the <b>YTMA</b>, was the inaugural music award show presented by <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. The inaugural award show was held on November 3, 2013, streamed live from Pier 36 in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, with additional shows in Seoul, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, and London. </p><p> Unlike other award shows, the winners were entirely voted on by fans.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was directed by <a href="/wiki/Spike_Jonze" title="Spike Jonze">Spike Jonze</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><blockquote><p>"None of us have done anything live before or an awards show – in a way we're all like amateurs on YouTube ourselves, making our first video. So even if it's messy, it'll be live," Jonze admitted to <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard.com</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Announcement_and_promotion">Announcement and promotion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Announcement and promotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> On September 30, 2013, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> uploaded <i>Announcing the first-ever YouTube Music Awards</i>, on its own channel.<sup id="cite_ref-announcementvideo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announcementvideo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The video revealed that the award show would be presented by <a href="/wiki/Kia_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Kia Motors">Kia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-announcementvideo_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announcementvideo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of the nominees, such as <a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> promoted their videos, in hopes they would win.<sup id="cite_ref-erbytma_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erbytma-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Innovation of the Year nominee, <a href="/wiki/DeStorm_Power" title="DeStorm Power">DeStorm Power</a>, also made a video asking his fans to vote for him stating, </p><blockquote><p>"Let's bring one home, and keep it in the family,"</p></blockquote><p> referring to the fact that he is considered a homegrown YouTube musician.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kia served as the event's main sponsor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Live_performances_and_streaming">Live performances and streaming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Live performances and streaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The award show featured live performances in the form of music videos from music industry stars such as <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The award show was live streamed on YouTube's official channel.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Artist </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arcade_Fire" title="Arcade Fire">Arcade Fire</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Afterlife_(Arcade_Fire_song)" title="Afterlife (Arcade Fire song)">Afterlife</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spike_Jonze" title="Spike Jonze">Spike Jonze</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>CDZA<br /><a href="/wiki/Walk_off_the_Earth" title="Walk off the Earth">Walk off the Earth</a> </td> <td>"Abridged History of YouTube Music" <span style="background:#CFCFCF; color: white; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; text-transform: uppercase; padding:3px">medley</span> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_It_Goes_Again" title="Here It Goes Again">Here It Goes Again</a>" - <a href="/wiki/OK_Go" title="OK Go">OK Go</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chocolate_Rain" title="Chocolate Rain">Chocolate Rain</a>" <span style="font-size:85%;">(feat. <a href="/wiki/Tay_Zonday" title="Tay Zonday">Tay Zonday</a>)</span></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Single_Ladies_(Put_a_Ring_on_It)" title="Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)">Single Ladies</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)" title="Born This Way (song)">Born This Way</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Party_Rock_Anthem" title="Party Rock Anthem">Party Rock Anthem</a>" - <a href="/wiki/LMFAO" title="LMFAO">LMFAO</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bennett" title="Lauren Bennett">Lauren Bennett</a> and <a href="/wiki/GoonRock" title="GoonRock">GoonRock</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bed_Intruder_Song" title="Bed Intruder Song">Bed Intruder Song</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Dodson" title="Antoine Dodson">Antoine Dodson</a> & <a href="/wiki/The_Gregory_Brothers" title="The Gregory Brothers">The Gregory Brothers</a> ft. Kelly Dodson</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_On_A_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="I'm On A Boat">I'm On A Boat</a>" - <a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Island" title="The Lonely Island">The Lonely Island</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/T-Pain" title="T-Pain">T-Pain</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(feat. T-Pain)</span></li></ol> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">with Walk of the Earth:</span> </p> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know" title="Somebody That I Used to Know">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Gotye" title="Gotye">Gotye</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/Kimbra" title="Kimbra">Kimbra</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Maybe" title="Call Me Maybe">Call Me Maybe</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Carly_Rae_Jepsen" title="Carly Rae Jepsen">Carly Rae Jepsen</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Friday_(Rebecca_Black_song)" title="Friday (Rebecca Black song)">Friday</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Black" title="Rebecca Black">Rebecca Black</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tik_Tok_(song)" title="Tik Tok (song)">TiK ToK</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Kesha" title="Kesha">Kesha</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thrift_Shop" title="Thrift Shop">Thrift Shop</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/Wanz" title="Wanz">Wanz</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gangnam_Style" title="Gangnam Style">Gangnam Style</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Psy" title="Psy">PSY</a></li></ol> <ol><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fox_(What_Does_the_Fox_Say%3F)" title="The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)">The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Ylvis" title="Ylvis">Ylvis</a></li></ol> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sabia" title="Joe Sabia">Joe Sabia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(creator)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Dope_(Lady_Gaga_song)" title="Dope (Lady Gaga song)">Dope</a>" </td> <td>Spike Jonze<br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Milk" title="Chris Milk">Chris Milk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Sweatshirt" title="Earl Sweatshirt">Earl Sweatshirt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a> </td> <td>"Sasquatch" </td> <td>Wolf Haley <span style="font-size:85%;">(creator)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Stirling" title="Lindsey Stirling">Lindsey Stirling</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Crystallize_(Lindsey_Stirling_song)" title="Crystallize (Lindsey Stirling song)">Crystallize</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Tintori" title="Ray Tintori">Ray Tintori</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(creator)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Brother" title="Hey Brother">Hey Brother</a>"<br />"<a href="/wiki/You_Make_Me" title="You Make Me">You Make Me</a>"<br />"<a href="/wiki/Wake_Me_Up_(Avicii_song)" title="Wake Me Up (Avicii song)">Wake Me Up</a>" </td> <td>Spike Jonze<br />Chris Milk<br /><a href="/wiki/Lena_Dunham" title="Lena Dunham">Lena Dunham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(writer)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)" title="M.I.A. (rapper)">M.I.A.</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Come_Walk_with_Me_(song)" title="Come Walk with Me (song)">Come Walk With Me</a>" </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fafi_(artist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fafi (artist) (page does not exist)">Fafi</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafi" class="extiw" title="fr:Fafi">fr</a>]</sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">(creator)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Rap_God" title="Rap God">Rap God</a>" </td> <td>Syndrome <span style="font-size:85%;">(creator)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winners_and_nominees">Winners and nominees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Winners and nominees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Monday, October 21, 2013, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> announced the nominees for the six categories of its inaugural music award show.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nominees are based on video views, likes, comments, and subscriptions since September 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, YouTube has not yet published the final stats results on the votes. <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Generation" title="Girls' Generation">Girls' Generation</a> won the Video of the Year with "<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Boy_(song)" title="I Got a Boy (song)">I Got a Boy</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_of_the_Year">Video of the Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Video of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Video of the Year recognizes the video with most fan engagement based on views, likes, shares, and comments. </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq7ftOZBy0E" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Generation" title="Girls' Generation">Girls' Generation</a> — "<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Boy_(song)" title="I Got a Boy (song)">I Got a Boy</a>"</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><dl><dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AByfaYcOm4A" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Demi_Lovato" title="Demi Lovato">Demi Lovato</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Heart_Attack_(Demi_Lovato_song)" title="Heart Attack (Demi Lovato song)">Heart Attack</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_1B0w7Hzc" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_vs._Mitt_Romney_(video)" title="Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney (video)">Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7-6_t7OEQ" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_a_Beat" title="Beauty and a Beat">Beauty and a Beat</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco91kroVgQ" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Applause_(Lady_Gaga_song)" title="Applause (Lady Gaga song)">Applause</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a> ft. <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lambert_(singer)" title="Mary Lambert (singer)">Mary Lambert</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Same_Love" title="Same Love">Same Love</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrUvu1mlWco" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a> — "<a href="/wiki/We_Can%27t_Stop" title="We Can't Stop">We Can't Stop</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_v9MY_FMcw" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Best_Song_Ever_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Song Ever (song)">Best Song Ever</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Psy" title="Psy">PSY</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Gentleman_(Psy_song)" title="Gentleman (Psy song)">Gentleman</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-D1EB74Ckg" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Selena_Gomez" title="Selena Gomez">Selena Gomez</a> — "<a href="/wiki/Come_%26_Get_It_(Selena_Gomez_song)" title="Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)">Come & Get It</a>"</dd></dl></li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artist_of_the_Year">Artist of the Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Artist of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artist of the Year recognizes the most watched, shared, liked, and subscribed-to artists. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg/180px-Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg/270px-Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg/360px-Eminem_at_DJ_hero_party_with_d12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>Eminem won Artist of the Year, and performed "<a href="/wiki/Rap_God" title="Rap God">Rap God</a>" to close the award show.</figcaption></figure> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Winner"><img alt="Winner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katy_Perry" title="Katy Perry">Katy Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSY" class="mw-redirect" title="PSY">PSY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Response_of_the_Year">Response of the Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Response of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Response of the Year recognizes the best fan remixes, covers or parodies, based on views, likes, shares, and comments. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:466px;max-width:466px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lindsey_Stirling_(7486855766).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg/200px-Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg/300px-Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg/400px-Lindsey_Stirling_%287486855766%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pentatonix_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pentatonix_2015.jpg/258px-Pentatonix_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pentatonix_2015.jpg/387px-Pentatonix_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pentatonix_2015.jpg/516px-Pentatonix_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2001" data-file-height="1037" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Lindsey Stirling, along with Pentatonix won Response of the Year.</div></div></div></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Stirling" title="Lindsey Stirling">Lindsey Stirling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Radioactive_(Imagine_Dragons_song)" title="Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)">Radioactive</a>"</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><dl><dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvEZUbzqqyM" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Boyce_Avenue" title="Boyce Avenue">Boyce Avenue</a> (feat. <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Harmony" title="Fifth Harmony">Fifth Harmony</a>) – "<a href="/wiki/Mirrors_(Justin_Timberlake_song)" title="Mirrors (Justin Timberlake song)">Mirrors</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3OLswKKAw" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> Jayesslee – "<a href="/wiki/Gangnam_Style" title="Gangnam Style">Gangnam Style</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz4MzJTeL0c" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/ThePianoGuys" class="mw-redirect" title="ThePianoGuys">ThePianoGuys</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Titanium_(song)" title="Titanium (song)">Titanium</a> / <a href="/wiki/Pavane" title="Pavane">Pavane</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcM14Al83Ls" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Walk_Off_the_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Walk Off the Earth">Walk Off the Earth</a> (feat. KRNFX) – "<a href="/wiki/I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble" title="I Knew You Were Trouble">I Knew You Were Trouble</a>"</dd></dl></li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="YouTube_Phenomenon">YouTube Phenomenon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: YouTube Phenomenon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recognizing the songs that generated the most fan videos. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg/180px-Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg/270px-Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg/360px-Taylor_Swift_GMA_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>'s "I Knew You Were Trouble" won YouTube Phenomenon</figcaption></figure> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Winner"><img alt="Winner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></span></span> "<b><a href="/wiki/I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble" title="I Knew You Were Trouble">I Knew You Were Trouble</a>"</b> </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Diamonds_(Rihanna_song)" title="Diamonds (Rihanna song)">Diamonds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gangnam_Style" title="Gangnam Style">Gangnam Style</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(song)" title="Harlem Shake (song)">Harlem Shake</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thrift_Shop_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrift Shop (song)">Thrift Shop</a>"</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="YouTube_Breakthrough">YouTube Breakthrough</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: YouTube Breakthrough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recognizing the artists with the greatest growth in views and subscribers. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg/180px-Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg/270px-Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg/360px-Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis_at_Sasquatch_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1884" /></a><figcaption>Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won YouTube Breakthrough</figcaption></figure> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Winner"><img alt="Winner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar" title="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naughty_Boy" title="Naughty Boy">Naughty Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passenger_(singer)" title="Passenger (singer)">Passenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudimental" title="Rudimental">Rudimental</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Innovation_of_the_Year">Innovation of the Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Innovation of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Innovation of the Year recognizes creative video innovations with the most views, likes, shares and comments. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/270px-DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/360px-DeStorm_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>DeStorm Power, winner of Innovation of the Year</figcaption></figure> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6FepyR0KuE" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/25px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/38px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg/50px-YouTube_full-color_icon_%282017%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/DeStorm" class="mw-redirect" title="DeStorm">DeStorm</a> – "See Me Standing"</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><dl><dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fdr-Fiv92c" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Anamanaguchi" title="Anamanaguchi">Anamanaguchi</a> – "Endless Fantasy"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpVfF4U75B8" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Atoms_for_Peace_(band)" title="Atoms for Peace (band)">Atoms for Peace</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Amok_(Atoms_for_Peace_album)" title="Amok (Atoms for Peace album)">Ingenue</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUCBCL8KKQ" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bat_For_Lashes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bat For Lashes">Bat For Lashes</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Lilies" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilies">Lilies</a>"</dd> <dd><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmfOsdla2Y" title="Video" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Video" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/7px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/11px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Octicons-playback-play.svg/15px-Octicons-playback-play.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Toro_Y_Moi" class="mw-redirect" title="Toro Y Moi">Toro Y Moi</a> – "Say That"</dd></dl></li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The show was documented for being unusual compared to other award shows, as well as having moments of awkward pauses and brief technical difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eminem's victory of Artist of the Year was, perhaps, the pinnacle of the feeling that the YouTube Music Awards' nominees were puzzling.<sup id="cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAtimeseminem-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is because a frequent criticism was that being the YouTube Music Awards, homegrown YouTube musicians should have been more frequently nominated than they were.<sup id="cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAtimeseminem-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Los Angeles Times stated, </p><blockquote><p>"He is hardly a YouTube sensation in the traditional sense. He's more of an MTV kind of guy. Shouldn't YouTube try harder to honor its own?",</p></blockquote><p> referring to Eminem and his victory at the YTMAs.<sup id="cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAtimeseminem-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Attendee and performer <a href="/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" title="Tyler, the Creator">Tyler, the Creator</a>, was also critical of the awards, noting the mainstream artist presence rather than independent YouTube musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><i>Yahoo! News</i> stated, </p><blockquote><p>"The 90-minute affair may have split the Internet audience down the middle, judging by comments posted on Twitter, in which some people complained of censorship, when the show's live stream stopped several times."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> YouTube disabling comments on the video of the award show was also heavily criticized by fans.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Generation" title="Girls' Generation">Girls' Generation</a>, the Video of the Year's winner, received a considerable amount of negative backlash on Twitter from fans of the other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-popdust_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popdust-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another winner, DeStorm, had his name mispronounced by hosts as he accepted his award. This was used as an example in a common criticism of the ceremony, which was that YouTube pushed its own content creators aside in favor of more traditional celebrities.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHughes2013" class="citation web cs1">Hughes, Hilary (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/11/03/first-you-tube-music-awards-gaga-eminem-arcade-fire/3420757/">"YouTube Music Awards: Streaming of consciousness?"</a>. USA Today<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=YouTube+Music+Awards%3A+Streaming+of+consciousness%3F&rft.pub=USA+Today&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=Hilary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fmusic%2F2013%2F11%2F03%2Ffirst-you-tube-music-awards-gaga-eminem-arcade-fire%2F3420757%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeisman2013" class="citation web cs1">Weisman, Aly (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-the-first-ever-youtube-music-awards-live-streaming-now-2013-11">"Watch The First Ever YouTube Music Awards Live-Streaming Now"</a>. Business Insider<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Watch+The+First+Ever+YouTube+Music+Awards+Live-Streaming+Now&rft.pub=Business+Insider&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Weisman&rft.aufirst=Aly&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fwatch-the-first-ever-youtube-music-awards-live-streaming-now-2013-11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-billboard-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-billboard_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHampp2013" class="citation web cs1">Hampp, Andrew (November 1, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5778120/youtube-music-awards-director-spike-jonze-says-even-if-its-messy-itll-be-live">"YouTube Music Awards Director Spike Jonze Says 'Even If It's Messy, It'll Be Live'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Billboard<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=YouTube+Music+Awards+Director+Spike+Jonze+Says+%27Even+If+It%27s+Messy%2C+It%27ll+Be+Live%27&rft.pub=Billboard&rft.date=2013-11-01&rft.aulast=Hampp&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fnews%2F5778120%2Fyoutube-music-awards-director-spike-jonze-says-even-if-its-messy-itll-be-live&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-announcementvideo-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-announcementvideo_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-announcementvideo_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckE_S5Y5QM">"Announcing the first-ever YouTube Music Awards"</a>. YouTube. September 30, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Announcing+the+first-ever+YouTube+Music+Awards&rft.pub=YouTube&rft.date=2013-09-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9ckE_S5Y5QM&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-erbytma-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-erbytma_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mb215TytV0">"A Special Announcement from ERB"</a>. <i>Epic Rap Battles of History</i>. YouTube. October 26, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Epic+Rap+Battles+of+History&rft.atitle=A+Special+Announcement+from+ERB&rft.date=2013-10-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3mb215TytV0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMathers2013" class="citation web cs1">Mathers, Marshall (October 24, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/393478955648303105">"Eminem YTMA Artist of the Year Tweet"</a>. Twitter<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Eminem+YTMA+Artist+of+the+Year+Tweet&rft.pub=Twitter&rft.date=2013-10-24&rft.aulast=Mathers&rft.aufirst=Marshall&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FEminem%2Fstatus%2F393478955648303105&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPower2013" class="citation web cs1">Power, DeStorm (October 31, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEdr49ECL9g">"YouTube Music Awards! I'm nominated!!! (Let's win this!)"</a>. <i>DeStorm Power</i>. YouTube<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DeStorm+Power&rft.atitle=YouTube+Music+Awards%21+I%27m+nominated%21%21%21+%28Let%27s+win+this%21%29&rft.date=2013-10-31&rft.aulast=Power&rft.aufirst=DeStorm&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwEdr49ECL9g&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kia.com/worldwide/about-kia/company/corporate-news-view.aspx?idx=690">"Kia to be Presenting Sponsor of inaugural YouTube Music Awards"</a>. Kia. October 1, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 29,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kia+to+be+Presenting+Sponsor+of+inaugural+YouTube+Music+Awards&rft.pub=Kia&rft.date=2013-10-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kia.com%2Fworldwide%2Fabout-kia%2Fcompany%2Fcorporate-news-view.aspx%3Fidx%3D690&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGruttadaro2013" class="citation web cs1">Gruttadaro, Andrew (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131104070721/http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/03/youtube-music-awards-live-stream-video-watch-2013-ytma/">"2013 YouTube Music Awards Live Stream — Watch The Show Online"</a>. Hollywood Life. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/03/youtube-music-awards-live-stream-video-watch-2013-ytma/">the original</a> on November 4, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2013+YouTube+Music+Awards+Live+Stream+%E2%80%94+Watch+The+Show+Online&rft.pub=Hollywood+Life&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Gruttadaro&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhollywoodlife.com%2F2013%2F11%2F03%2Fyoutube-music-awards-live-stream-video-watch-2013-ytma%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKennedy2013" class="citation web cs1">Kennedy, Gerrick D. (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-watch-the-youtube-music-awards-20131103,0,4454831.story">"<i>Los Angeles Times</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Gerrick+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fposts%2Fla-et-ms-watch-the-youtube-music-awards-20131103%2C0%2C4454831.story&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4xaLn2W6s&feature=inp-lt-mau">"Live Now: YouTube Music Awards (YTMA)"</a>. YouTube. November 3, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Live+Now%3A+YouTube+Music+Awards+%28YTMA%29&rft.pub=YouTube&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdG4xaLn2W6s%26feature%3Dinp-lt-mau&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2013/10/calling-all-music-fans-youtube-music.html">"Calling All Music Fans: YouTube Music Award Voting Opens Today"</a>. <i>YouTube Official Blog</i>. Blogspot. October 21, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube+Official+Blog&rft.atitle=Calling+All+Music+Fans%3A+YouTube+Music+Award+Voting+Opens+Today&rft.date=2013-10-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutube-global.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F10%2Fcalling-all-music-fans-youtube-music.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichalski2013" class="citation web cs1">Michalski, Jennifer (October 22, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/youtubes-music-awards-nominations-complete-list-2013-10">"Here Are The Nominations For YouTube's First Music Awards"</a>. Business Insider<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Here+Are+The+Nominations+For+YouTube%27s+First+Music+Awards&rft.pub=Business+Insider&rft.date=2013-10-22&rft.aulast=Michalski&rft.aufirst=Jennifer&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fyoutubes-music-awards-nominations-complete-list-2013-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTalbott2013" class="citation web cs1">Talbott, Chris (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150114102743/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eminem-swift-top-weird-youtube-music-awards">"Eminem, Swift Top Weird YouTube Music Awards"</a>. <i>The Big Story</i>. Associated Press. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eminem-swift-top-weird-youtube-music-awards">the original</a> on January 14, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Big+Story&rft.atitle=Eminem%2C+Swift+Top+Weird+YouTube+Music+Awards&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Talbott&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbigstory.ap.org%2Farticle%2Feminem-swift-top-weird-youtube-music-awards&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LAtimeseminem-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LAtimeseminem_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGelt2013" class="citation web cs1">Gelt, Jessica (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-youtube-music-awards-eminem-wins-artist-of-the-year-20131103,0,7513928.story#axzz2jdsdyvQY">"YouTube Music Awards: Eminem wins Artist of the Year ... wait, what?"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=YouTube+Music+Awards%3A+Eminem+wins+Artist+of+the+Year+...+wait%2C+what%3F&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Gelt&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftv%2Fshowtracker%2Fla-et-st-youtube-music-awards-eminem-wins-artist-of-the-year-20131103%2C0%2C7513928.story%23axzz2jdsdyvQY&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClem2013" class="citation web cs1">Clem, JB (November 2, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35mN-9nUlWw">"COME ON MAN! Ylvis The Fox Not Nominated as a Youtube Phenomenon at 2013 Youtube Music Awards?"</a>. <i>JB Clem</i>. YouTube<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=JB+Clem&rft.atitle=COME+ON+MAN%21+Ylvis+The+Fox+Not+Nominated+as+a+Youtube+Phenomenon+at+2013+Youtube+Music+Awards%3F&rft.date=2013-11-02&rft.aulast=Clem&rft.aufirst=JB&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D35mN-9nUlWw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131107052908/http://news.revolt.tv/tyler-the-creator-youtube-music-awards">"Revolt TV News | Tyler, the Creator Disses YouTube Music Awards On Red Carpet"</a>. News.revolt.tv. November 4, 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.revolt.tv/tyler-the-creator-youtube-music-awards/">the original</a> on 2013-11-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 7,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Revolt+TV+News+%26%23124%3B+Tyler%2C+the+Creator+Disses+YouTube+Music+Awards+On+Red+Carpet&rft.pub=News.revolt.tv&rft.date=2013-11-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.revolt.tv%2Ftyler-the-creator-youtube-music-awards%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMilfeld2013" class="citation web cs1">Milfeld, Becca (November 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.yahoo.com/youtube-debuts-first-ever-music-awards-200433456.html">"Eminem takes top honor at YouTube music awards"</a>. Yahoo! News<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Eminem+takes+top+honor+at+YouTube+music+awards&rft.pub=Yahoo%21+News&rft.date=2013-11-03&rft.aulast=Milfeld&rft.aufirst=Becca&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fyoutube-debuts-first-ever-music-awards-200433456.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCohen2013" class="citation web cs1">Cohen, Joshua (November 4, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/11/04/youtube-music-awards-disable-comments/">"Why Did YouTube Disable Comments On The Live Stream Of Its Music Awards?"</a>. Tubefilter<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 10,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Why+Did+YouTube+Disable+Comments+On+The+Live+Stream+Of+Its+Music+Awards%3F&rft.pub=Tubefilter&rft.date=2013-11-04&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=Joshua&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tubefilter.com%2F2013%2F11%2F04%2Fyoutube-music-awards-disable-comments%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson2013" class="citation web cs1">Peterson, Tim (November 4, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://adage.com/article/digital/youtube-music-awards-drew-thousands-millions-views/245099/">"YouTube Music Awards Drew Thousands, Not Millions, of Views"</a>. Ad Age<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 17,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=YouTube+Music+Awards+Drew+Thousands%2C+Not+Millions%2C+of+Views&rft.pub=Ad+Age&rft.date=2013-11-04&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fadage.com%2Farticle%2Fdigital%2Fyoutube-music-awards-drew-thousands-millions-views%2F245099%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-popdust-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-popdust_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson" class="citation web cs1">Peterson, Jacques. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://popdust.com/2013/11/03/girls-generation-wins-big-at-youtube-music-awards-racist-tweets-from-losing-fandoms-follow/">"Girls' Generation Wins Big At YouTube Music Awards, Racist Tweets From Losing Fandoms Follow"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Girls%27+Generation+Wins+Big+At+YouTube+Music+Awards%2C+Racist+Tweets+From+Losing+Fandoms+Follow&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Jacques&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpopdust.com%2F2013%2F11%2F03%2Fgirls-generation-wins-big-at-youtube-music-awards-racist-tweets-from-losing-fandoms-follow%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGutelle2013" class="citation web cs1">Gutelle, Sam (November 4, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/11/04/youtube-music-awards-weird-problem/">"The YouTube Music Awards Were Weird, And That's A Problem"</a>. Tubefilter<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 10,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+YouTube+Music+Awards+Were+Weird%2C+And+That%27s+A+Problem&rft.pub=Tubefilter&rft.date=2013-11-04&rft.aulast=Gutelle&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tubefilter.com%2F2013%2F11%2F04%2Fyoutube-music-awards-weird-problem%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2013+YouTube+Music+Awards" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="YouTube_Music_Awards" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ebebeb"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:YTMAs" title="Template:YTMAs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:YTMAs" title="Template talk:YTMAs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:YTMAs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:YTMAs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="YouTube_Music_Awards" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Music_Awards" title="YouTube Music Awards">YouTube Music Awards</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Ceremonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_YouTube_Music_Awards" title="2015 YouTube Music Awards">2015</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Schwartzman" title="Jason Schwartzman">Jason Schwartzman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Watts" title="Reggie Watts">Reggie Watts</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Oakley" title="Tyler Oakley">Tyler Oakley</a> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Videos of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Boy_(song)" title="I Got a Boy (song)">I Got a Boy</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Generation" title="Girls' Generation">Girls' Generation</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Artists of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Responses of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Radioactive_(Imagine_Dragons_song)" title="Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)">Radioactive</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Stirling" title="Lindsey Stirling">Lindsey Stirling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">YouTube Phenomenons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Knew_You_Were_Trouble" title="I Knew You Were Trouble">I Knew You Were Trouble</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">YouTube Breakthroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis" title="Macklemore & Ryan Lewis">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Innovations of the Year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"See Me Standing" by <a href="/wiki/DeStorm_Power" title="DeStorm Power">DeStorm</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ebebeb;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kia" title="Kia">Kia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Jonze" title="Spike Jonze">Spike Jonze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Awards" title="YouTube Awards">YouTube Awards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #ebebeb"><div><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="YouTube" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:YouTube_navbox" title="Template:YouTube navbox"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:YouTube_navbox" title="Template talk:YouTube navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:YouTube_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:YouTube navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="YouTube" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> (parent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_YouTube" title="History of YouTube">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_YouTube" title="Social impact of YouTube">Social impact</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Mohan" title="Neal Mohan">Neal Mohan</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyor_Cohen" title="Lyor Cohen">Lyor Cohen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Chen" title="Steve Chen">Steve Chen</a> (founder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Hurley" title="Chad Hurley">Chad Hurley</a> (founder & CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salar_Kamangar" title="Salar Kamangar">Salar Kamangar</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki" title="Susan Wojcicki">Susan Wojcicki</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawed_Karim" title="Jawed Karim">Jawed Karim</a> (founder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanne_Daniels" title="Susanne Daniels">Susanne Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kyncl" title="Robert Kyncl">Robert Kyncl</a> (CBO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udi_Manber" title="Udi Manber">Udi Manber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Pan" title="Yu Pan">Yu Pan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-subscribed_YouTube_channels" title="List of most-subscribed YouTube channels">Most-subscribed channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_channels" title="List of most-viewed YouTube channels">Most-viewed channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-channel_network" title="Multi-channel network">Multi-channel network</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_multi-channel_networks" title="List of multi-channel networks">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_(channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube (channel)">Official channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Original_Channel_Initiative" title="YouTube Original Channel Initiative">Original channels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture and<br />videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apology_video" title="Apology video">Apology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauty_YouTuber" title="Beauty YouTuber">Beauty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BookTube" title="BookTube">BookTube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BreadTube" title="BreadTube">BreadTube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Creator_Awards" title="YouTube Creator Awards">Creator Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draw_My_Life" title="Draw My Life">Draw My Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Play" title="Let's Play">Let's Play</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Me_at_the_zoo" title="Me at the zoo">Me at the zoo</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PewDiePie_vs_T-Series" title="PewDiePie vs T-Series">PewDiePie vs T-Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reply_girl" title="Reply girl">Reply girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StudyTube" title="StudyTube">StudyTube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viral_video" title="Viral video">Viral video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_poop" title="YouTube poop">YouTube poop</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Rewind" title="YouTube Rewind">YouTube Rewind</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Rewind_2018:_Everyone_Controls_Rewind" title="YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Rewind_2019:_For_the_Record" title="YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record">2019</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTuber" title="YouTuber">YouTuber</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_YouTubers" title="List of YouTubers">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VTuber" title="VTuber">VTuber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_YouTube_videos" title="List of most-viewed YouTube videos">Most-viewed videos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_Arabic_music_videos_on_YouTube" title="List of most-viewed Arabic music videos on YouTube">Arabic music videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_French_music_videos_on_YouTube" title="List of most-viewed French music videos on YouTube">French music videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_Indian_YouTube_videos" title="List of most-viewed Indian YouTube videos">Indian videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-viewed_Pakistani_YouTube_videos" title="List of most-viewed Pakistani YouTube videos">Pakistani videos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-liked_YouTube_videos" title="List of most-liked YouTube videos">Most-liked videos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-disliked_YouTube_videos" title="List of most-disliked YouTube videos">Most-disliked videos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_YouTube" class="mw-redirect" title="Criticism of YouTube">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_by_YouTube" class="mw-redirect" title="Censorship by YouTube">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_copyright_issues" title="YouTube copyright issues">Copyright issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Content_ID" title="Content ID">Content ID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_copyright_strike" title="YouTube copyright strike">Copyright strike</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Viacom_International_Inc._v._YouTube,_Inc." title="Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.">Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_moderation" title="YouTube moderation">Moderation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_suspensions" title="YouTube suspensions">Channel suspensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsagate" title="Elsagate">Elsagate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Adventures_scandal" title="Fantastic Adventures scandal">Fantastic Adventures scandal</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garcia_v._Google,_Inc." title="Garcia v. Google, Inc.">Garcia v. Google, Inc.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kohistan_video_case" title="2012 Kohistan video case">Kohistan video case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Korean_YouTube_backdoor_advertising_controversy" title="2020 Korean YouTube backdoor advertising controversy">Korean backdoor advertisement controversy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lenz_v._Universal_Music_Corp." title="Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.">Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_and_privacy" title="YouTube and privacy">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_Innocence_of_Muslims" title="Reactions to Innocence of Muslims">Reactions to <i>Innocence of Muslims</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Slovenian_YouTube_incident" title="2011 Slovenian YouTube incident">Slovenian government incident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Apps and services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_BrandConnect" title="YouTube BrandConnect">BrandConnect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Kids" title="YouTube Kids">Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Music" title="YouTube Music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Premium" title="YouTube Premium">Premium</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_YouTube_Premium_original_programming" title="List of YouTube Premium original programming">original programming</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Shorts" title="YouTube Shorts">Shorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Studio" title="YouTube Studio">Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_TV" title="YouTube TV">TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_VR" title="YouTube VR">VR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Awards" title="YouTube Awards">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNN/YouTube_presidential_debates" title="CNN/YouTube presidential debates">CNN/YouTube presidential debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Comedy_Week" title="YouTube Comedy Week">Comedy Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creator_Clash" title="Creator Clash">Creator Clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSI_vs_Logan_Paul" title="KSI vs Logan Paul">KSI vs Logan Paul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul_II" title="KSI vs. Logan Paul II">rematch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Live" title="YouTube Live">Live</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Music_Awards" title="YouTube Music Awards">Music Awards</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_YouTube_Music_Awards" title="2015 YouTube Music Awards">2015</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Sauce" title="Open Sauce">Open Sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playlist_Live" title="Playlist Live">Playlist Live</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_for_Awesome" title="Project for Awesome">Project for Awesome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_in_the_City" title="Social in the City">Social in the City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streamy_Awards" title="Streamy Awards">Streamy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Space_Lab" title="YouTube Space Lab">Space Lab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Symphony_Orchestra" title="YouTube Symphony Orchestra">Symphony Orchestra</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Internet_Symphony_No._1" title="Internet Symphony No. 1">Internet Symphony No. 1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mothership_(composition)" title="Mothership (composition)"><i>Mothership</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubecon" title="Tubecon">Tubecon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VidCon" title="VidCon">VidCon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_of_YouTube" title="Censorship of YouTube">Censorship of YouTube</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blocking_of_YouTube_videos_in_Germany" title="Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany">Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Select" title="YouTube Select">YouTube Select</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting" title="YouTube headquarters shooting">Headquarters shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_in_education" title="YouTube in education">In education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vevo" title="Vevo">Vevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_YouTube_downloaders" title="Comparison of YouTube downloaders">YouTube downloaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Instant" title="YouTube Instant">YouTube Instant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Space" title="YouTube Space">YouTube Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Theater" title="YouTube Theater">YouTube Theater</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:YouTube" title="Category:YouTube">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&oldid=1252730894">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&oldid=1252730894</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2013_awards_in_the_United_States" title="Category:2013 awards in the United States">2013 awards in the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2013_in_American_music" title="Category:2013 in American music">2013 in American music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2013_in_New_York_City" title="Category:2013 in New York City">2013 in New York City</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2013_music_awards" title="Category:2013 music awards">2013 music awards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2013_YouTube_events" title="Category:2013 YouTube events">2013 YouTube events</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:November_2013_events_in_the_United_States" title="Category:November 2013 events in the United States">November 2013 events in the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Livestreams" title="Category:Livestreams">Livestreams</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 October 2024, at 18:19<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2013_YouTube_Music_Awards&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-trxbb","wgBackendResponseTime":172,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.575","walltime":"0.701","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2427,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":88962,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":6866,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":12,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":2,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":97503,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 559.921 1 -total"," 38.69% 216.632 1 Template:Reflist"," 33.54% 187.805 22 Template:Cite_web"," 26.35% 147.533 1 Template:Infobox_award"," 20.71% 115.958 1 Template:Infobox"," 17.92% 100.361 1 Template:YTMAs"," 5.11% 28.597 1 Template:Multiple_image"," 4.28% 23.979 1 Template:YouTube_navbox"," 4.19% 23.467 3 Template:Navbox"," 2.87% 16.090 4 Template:If_empty"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.330","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5895824,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-6b786b4b4d-8kgsj","timestamp":"20241119005819","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"2013 YouTube Music Awards","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_YouTube_Music_Awards","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q16157094","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q16157094","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2013-11-03T23:45:17Z","dateModified":"2024-10-22T18:19:50Z"}</script> </body> </html>