Vixen Media Group Celebrates 2022 XBIZ Awards Nominations

LOS ANGELES — Vixen Media Group (VMG) is celebrating its 2022 XBIZ Awards nominations with more than 60 nods for its brands Vixen, Blacked and Blacked Raw, Tushy and Tushy Raw, Deeper and Slayed.

"Influence: Emily Willis" nabbed eight nominations for "Feature Movie of the Year," "Performer Showcase of the Year," "Best Performer Showcase Sex Scene" and "Best All-Girl Sex Scene" as well as in tech categories for its screenplay, cinematography, editing and art direction.

"Psychosexual" also earned eight nods, among them "Feature Movie of the Year," Best Acting" (Maitland Ward)," "Best Acting — Supporting" (Lena Paul) and "Best Feature Sex Scene" alongside tech noms for its screenplay, cinematography, editing and art direction.

Additionally, "Mistress Maitland 2" scored three noms for "Performer Showcase of the Year," "Best Performer Showcase Sex Scene" and "Best Cinematography," while "Impulse" brought in three as well for "Vignette Movie of the Year," "Best Vignette Sex Scene" and "Best Editing."

The newly launched all-girl brand Slayed landed four noms for "Best New Studio/Imprint," "Best New Site," "All-Girl Movie of the Year" ("Explicit Acts") and "Best All-Girl Sex Scene" (for both "Explicit Acts" and "Influence: Emily Willis").

VMG itself is up for "Studio of the Year" while Vixen.com is contending for "Paysite of the Year," Deeper.com for "Erotic Site of the Year" and Kayden Kross and Laurent Sky are each nominees for "Director of the Year."

Visit VixenGroup.com and follow Vixen on Twitter and Instagram.

The 2022 XBIZ Awards will crown the best-of-the-best in adult Sunday, Jan. 9 at the historic Hollywood Palladium; select web and tech categories will be presented on Jan. 5 during the XBIZ L.A. conference. Voting is now underway; click here for a full list of nominees.

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