Beyonce Leads MTV VMA Nominations with 11

Bey’s “visual album” Lemonade earned the singer a leading 11 nods for this year’s awards, which air live from New York’s Madison Square Garden on August 28.  Adele was the second-most nominated act, scoring eight nods, including seven for her “Hello.” video.  Other top nominees include Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Coldplay, Sia and The Weeknd.

The prestigious Video of the Year category will be a face-off between Bey’s “Formation,” Adele’s “Hello,” Justin Bieber‘s “Sorry,” Kanye West‘s controversial clip “Famous” and Drake‘s much-mocked “Hotline Bling.”

Fans can start voting now in the categories of Video of the Year, Best Male Female Video, Best Male Video and others.  The Best New Artist Award category will be open all the way up until the pre-show, while the nominees for Best Song of the Summer will be announced in the coming weeks.

Here are the 2016 MTV VMA nominations:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber — “Sorry”
Kanye West — “Famous”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Hold Up”
Sia — “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande — “Into You”
Rihanna ft. Drake — “Work” (short version)

BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller — “Don’t”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — “This Is What You Came For”
Kanye West — “Famous”
The Weeknd — “Can’t Feel My Face”

BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar — “Freedom”
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign — “Work From Home”
Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne — “Let Me Love You”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — “This Is What You Came For”
Rihanna ft. Drake — “Work” (short version)

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner — “Panda”
Bryson Tiller — “Don’t”
Chance the Rapper featuring Saba — “Angels”
2 Chainz — “Watch Out”

BEST POP VIDEO
Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Justin Bieber — “Sorry”
Alessia Cara — “Wild Things”
Ariana Grande — “Into You”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low — “Missing You”
Coldplay — “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato — “Irresistible”
twenty one pilots — “Heathens”
Panic! At the Disco — “Victorious”

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples — “How Deep Is Your Love”
99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy — “The Girl Is Mine”
Mike Posner — “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Afrojack — “SummerThing!”
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya — “Don’t Let Me Down”

BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO
Florence + The Machine — The Odyssey
Beyoncé — Lemonade
Justin Bieber — PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown — Royalty
Troye Sivan — Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

BEST NEW ARTIST
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Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Presented by Orbit Gum

BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé — “Hold Up”
Fergie — “M.I.L.F. $”
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie — “Blackstar”
Adele — “Hello”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé – “Sorry”
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Florence + The Machine – “Delilah”

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Tame Impala – “The Less I Know The Better”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Alesso – “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – “Format
Adele – “Hello”
Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Adele – “Send My Love (to Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn – “PILLOWTALK”

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