The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will hold this Sunday, August 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Beyoncé tops the 2016 list with 11 nominations, with Adele not far behind with eight nominations.
Visuals of Justin Bieber‘s ‘Sorry’ and Adele’s ‘Hello’, which have gathered over one billion vevo views each, are nominated for ‘Video of the Year’.
Adele’s ‘Hello’ is the most nominated video, appearing in seven categories.
Taylor Swift, who is the highest earning celebrity of 2016, failed to make the list while rapper Kendrick Lamar only makes the list for his feature on Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’.
Other competitors in the Video of the Year category include Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’, Kanye West‘s ‘Famous’ and Drake‘s ‘Hotline Bling’.
Kanye reportedly spent close to $1m on the ‘Famous’ video – which is off is ‘Life of a Pablo’ album.
The video featured wax figures of celebrities such as Rihanna, Chris Brown, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Ray J, and Kim Kardashian., all of which took six months to create.
Below is the 2016 MTV VMA nominations in full:
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
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
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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