YouTube Music Awards 2013
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The first ever YouTube Music Awards will be webcast live on Sunday, November 3 from New York's Pier 36. The YouTube Music Awards begin Sunday at 6 p.m. ET and run until 7.30 p.m. ET. Eminem, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Acicii, M.I.A, Earl Sweatshirt and more are all set to perform at the inaugural awards ceremony. Jason Schwartzman will be hosting with Reggie Watts, while acclaimed film director Spike Jonze is acting as creative director. Performance from around the world began at 5 AM this morning, running throughout the day until the event. You can watch the whole event LIVE right here.

YouTube Music Awards nominees include Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, as well as independent artists likePentatonix, the Piano Guys and Lindsey Stirling. Nominees were selected based on views of the last 12 months. There are six categories in the awards -- Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Response of the Year, YouTube Phenomenon, YouTube Breakthrough and Innovation of the Year. Host Schwarzman ha promised a variety of surprises and unexpected moments, as he and co-host Watts have been kept in the dark about the unscripted show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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In an interview wih the Reporter, Shwartzman explains, "There's a whole series of obstacles, ambush-style tactics -- basically distractions -- that we have to overcome as hosts that are going to be thrown at us for the first time on camera. I know basically 10 percent more than you do...I don't know anything. It's hysterical! ... Every time I ask Spike, 'What about this?,' it's like, 'Don't tell him the answer to that question!" Schwarzman admits that, although he is nervous, having Watts by his side makes the prospect of an unscripted hosting event a lot easier. "It would feel a lot different if I was doing something like this with Reggie and we were in a situation where everything else was figured out and scripted, an awards show people had seen before,"

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