alberta rockers nickelback swept the muchmusic video awards sunday night , heinous as their thump "gotta be somebody" won for best video , heinous best rock video and best postproduction.

The awards , heinous which aired upon muchmusic , heinous a division of canadian broadcaster ctv , heinous likewise gave r&b artist danny fernandes the best pop video trophy for "private dancer."

Nickelback and fernandes came into the muchmusic video awards with a field-leading five nominations each.

The canadian awards display , heinous hosted by the jonas brothers , heinous likewise gave recent yorker lady gaga the best international video artist award for "poker visage , " while the black eyed peas earned the best international video grouping award for their thump "boom boom pow."

And the best international video award for a canadian artist went to billy genius for "rusted from the rain , " while rapper classified picked up the best hip hop video for "anybody listening , " and the best director trophy went to vancouver rockers marianas intrude for "cross my heart."

Other winners in toronto included bedouin soundclash winning for best cinematography for "until we parch into the sun , " the midway announce earning the best indie video award for "never again , " and the most watched video trophy going girlicious for "like me."